Ultimate GK Guide for all Exams Part-   1

Posted by Admin on November 19, 2009

1. For Rajya Sabha, how many members are nominated by President?(A) 7(B) 10(C) 12(D) 15

Ans. (C) 12

2. Chankya was the chief advisor of which ruler ?(A) Ashok(B) Harshvardhan(C) Chandragupta Maurya(D) Kanishka

Ans. (C) Chandragupta Mourya

3. What is the direction of rotation of earth on its axis ?(A) East to West(B) West to East(C) North to South(D) South to North

Ans. (B) West to East

4. In Computers, One Byte equals to how many Bits ?(A) 4(B) 8(C) 12(D) 16

Ans. (B) 8

5. Which is the highest civilian award in India ?(A) Padam Shri(B) Padam Bhushan(C) Padam Vibhushan(D) Bharat Ratna

Ans. (D) Bharat Ratna

6. In first battle of Panipat, Babar defeated which Lodhi ruler to establish Mughals in India ?(A) Ibrahim Lodhi

(B) Sikandar Lodhi(C) Bahlul Lodhi(D) Daulat Lodhi

Ans. (A) Ibrahim Lodhi

7. Which is the largest animal in world ?(A) Giraffe(B) Elephant(C) Orang Utan(D) Blue Whale

Ans. (D) Blue Whale

8. In an equilateral triange, how many sides are equal ?(A) Two(B) All(C) None(D) Not fixed

Ans.  (B) All

9. What is the name of first indigenously developed Super Computer of India ?(A) Tejas(B) Anupam(C) Aryabhatt(D) Param

Ans. (D) Param

10. Who is the first indian Tenis player to win boy’s Australian Open Junior Title ?(A) Prakash Amritraj(B) Rohan Bopanna(C) Yuki Bhambri(D) Zeeshan Ali

Ans. (C) Yuki Bhambri

11. Which colour is in the centre of Rainbow ?(A) Red(B) Yellow(C) Green(D) Violet

Ans. (C) Green

12. In terms of area, which is the smallest state in India ?(A) Goa(B) Sikkim(C) Nagaland(D) Tripura

Ans. (A) Goa

13. Who is the chairman of the Planning Commission ?(A) President(B) Prime Minister(C) Vice President(D) Finance Minister

Ans. (B) Prime Minister

14. Who authored sanskrit epic Ramayana ?(A) Ved Vyas(B) Valmiki(C) Surdas(D) Tulsidas

Ans. (B) Valmiki

15. Who is the first indian woman to win Olympic medal ?(A) P.T.Usha(B) Shiny Abraham(C) Karnam Malleshwari(D) Kunjarani Devi

Ans. (C) Karnam Malleshwari

16. Which canal connects Mediterranean Sea with Red Sea ?(A) Erie Canal(B) Indira Gandhi Canal(C) Panama Canal(D) Suez Canal

Ans. (D) Suez Canal

17. According to Mahabharat, who was the last Commander-in-Chief of Kaurava army ?(A) Ashwatthama(B) Dronacharya

(C) Karna(D) Shalya

Ans. (A) Ashwatthama

18. Who is the first indian cricketer to take Hat Trick in Test Cricket ?(A) Chetan Sharma(B) Kapil Dev(C) Harbhajan Singh(D) Irfan Pathan

Ans. (C) Harbhajan Singh

19. Which is the longest bone in human body ?(A) Femur(B) Fibula(C) Radius(D) Stapes

Ans. (A) Femur

20. Which luxury train travels through Maharashtra and includes Goa in its journey ?(A) Palace on Wheels(B) Heritage on Wheels(C) The Deccan Odyssey(D) Golden Chariot

Ans. (C) The Deccan Odyssey

21. German Shepherd is a popular breed of ?(A) Dog(B) Cat(C) Cow(D) Horse

Ans. (A) Dog

22. How do we better know film actor Rajeev Bhatia ?(A) Govinda(B) Jitendra(C) Sunil Dutt(D) Akshay Kumar

Ans. (D) Akshay Kumar

23. According to Ramayana, who was Bharat’s wife ?(A) Sita(B) Urmila(C) Mandavi(D) Shruthukeerti

Ans. (C) Mandevi

24. Into which water body does river Narmada flow ?(A) Red Sea(B) Arabian Sea(C) Bay of Bengal(D) Indian Ocean

Ans. (B) Arabian Sea

25. Who was Akbar’s financial advisor ?(A) Birbal(B) Abul Fazal(C) Raja Todar Mal(D) Raja Man Singh

Ans. (C) Raja Todar Mal

26. Where is Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel Police Academy situated ?(A) Mussoorie(B) Dehradun(C) Chandigarh(D) Hyderabad

Ans. (D) Hyderabad

27. Who founded Forward Block political party ?(A) A.O.Hume(B) Subhash Chandar Bose(C) Motilal Nehru(D) Shyama Prasad Mukherjee

Ans. (B) Subhash Chandar Bose

28. Who is the only cricketer to claim over 500 wickets in both Tests and One Day Internationals ?(A) Wasim Akram(B) Shane Warne(C) Muttiah Muralitharan(D) Glenn McGrath

Ans. (C) Muttiah Muralitharan

29. Which indian IT expert started web-based e-mail service Hotmail in 1996 ?(A) Sabeer Bhatia(B) Vinod Dham(C) Azim Premji(D) N.R.Narayan Murthy

Ans. (A) Sabeer Bhatia

30. Which architect designed the city of Chandigarh ?(A) Edwin Lutyens(B) Le Corbusier(C) Charles Correa(D) Herbert Baker

Ans. (B) Le Corbusier

31. Peter Parker is the original name of which fictional superhero ?(A) Phantom(B) Batman(C) Superman(D) Spiderman

Ans. (D) Spiderman

32. Which planet is referred Morning Star as well as Evening Star ?(A) Mars(B) Venus(C) Jupiter(D) Mercury

Ans. (B) Venus

33. Lumbini, the birth place of Gautam Budhdha, is in which present country ?(A) Bhutan(B) Nepal(C) India(D) Bangladesh

Ans. (B) Nepal

34. Who was the first indian woman to scale the Mount Everest ?(A) Bachendri Pal(B) Santosh Yadav

(C) Kalpana Chawla(D) Kiran Bedi

Ans. (A) Bachendri Pal

35. Which is not a part of our parliament ?(A) President(B) Lok Sabha(C) Rajya Sabha(D) Supreme Court

Ans. (D) Supreme Court

36. What is aquaphobia, also referred as hydrophobia, the fear of ?(A) Water(B) Height(C) Darkness(D) Thunder

Ans. (A) Water

37. Which freedom fighter authored the book Discovery of India ?(A) Mahatma Gandhi(B) Bal Gangadhr Tilak(C) Rabindra Nath Tagore(D) Jawaharlal Nehru

Ans. (D) Jawaharlal Nehru

38. To commemorate his conquest of the Ranthambhor fort and Khandesh in Gujarat, which Mughal ruler built Buland Darwaza at Fatehpur Sikri ?(A) Babur(B) Akbar(C) Jahangir(D) Shahjahan

Ans. (B) Akbar

39. Which is the principal ore of Mercury ?(A) Galena(B) Bauxite(C) Cinnabar(D) Hematite

Ans. (C) Cinnabar

40. Where is the Indian Institute of Science (IISc) situated ?(A) New Delhi(B) Ahmedabad(C) Bengaluru(D) Bhubaneshwar

Ans. (C) Bengaluru

41. What is the motto of the National Cadet Corps (NCC) ?(A) Veerta Aur Vivek(B) Bharat Mata Ki Jai(C) Vayam Rakshaamah(D) Ekta Aur Anushasan

Ans. (D) Ekta Aur Anushasan

42. Nifty is the main share index of which stock exchange ?(A) BSE(B) NSE(C) NYSE(D) NASDAQ

Ans. (B) NSE

43. Which planet is nearest to Sun ?(A) Venus(B) Mercury(C) Earth(D) Mars

Ans. (B) Mercury

44. According to Mahabahrat, who was Abhimanyu’s mother ?(A) Draupadi(B) Ulupi(C) Chitrangada(D) Subhadra

Ans. (D) Subhadra

45. What is the boundary line demarcating India and Pakistan known as ?(A) Radcliffe Line(B) McMahon Line(C) Durand Line(D) Curzon Line

Ans. (A) Radcliffe Line

46. The name of which Indian classical dance style, originated in north India, literally means ‘Story Teller’ ?(A) Odissi(B) Kuchipudi(C) Kathak(D) Bharatanatyam

Ans. (C) Kathak

47. Jama Masjid at Delhi, the largest in India, was built by which Mughal emperor ?(A) Akbar(B) Jahangir(C) Shahjahan(D) Aurangzeb

Ans. (C) Shahjahan

48. Which renowned vocalist was awarded Bharat Ratna in 2008 ?(A) Lata Mangeshkar(B) Pt. Bhimsen Joshi(C) Gangubai Hangal(D) Pt. Ravi Shankar

Ans. (B) Pt. Bhimsen Joshi

49. The Althing, the oldest functioning legislative assembly in world, is the parliament of which country ?(A) Iceland(B) France(C) Japan(D) Israel

Ans. (A) Iceland

50. To measure hardness of minerals, which scale is used ?(A) Kelvin(B) Richter(C) Mohs(D) Mercalli

Ans. (C) Mohs

51. Out of four Hindu Dhams, three are dedicated to lord Vishnu & one to lord Shiva. Which one is dedicated to lord Shiva ?

(A) Puri(B) Dwarka(C) Badrinath(D) Rameshwaram

Ans. (D) Rameshwaram

52. By mixing equal amount of Blue and Yellow colours, which colour will result ?(A) Green(B) Purple(C) Orange(D) Brown

Ans. (A) Green

53. Which freedom fighter is also known as Lokmanya ?(A) Gopal Krishan Gokhle(B) Jai Praksha Narain(C) Bal Gangadhar Tilak(D) Lala Lajpat Rai

Ans. (C) Bal Gangadhar Tilak

54. By how many hours Indian Standard Time (IST) is ahead of Greenwich Mean Time (GMT) ?(A) 4:00 Hours(B) 4:30 Hours(C) 5:00 Hours(D) 5:30 Hours

Ans. (D) 5:30 Hours

55. Crescograph, a device for measuring growth in plants, was invented by which Indian scientist ?(A) Jagadish Chandra Bose(B) Satyendra Nath Bose(C) Jayant Narlikar(D) Meghnad Saha

Ans. (A) Jagadish Chandra Bose

56. On August 8, 1942, in which city Indian National Congress passed Quit India Resolution ?(A) Karachi(B) Mumbai(C) Kolkata(D) Lucknow

Ans. (B) Mumbai

57. Where is the Indira Point, the southernmost point of land in the territory of India, situated ?(A) Lakshadweep(B) Andaman & Nicobar Islands(C) Kerala(D) Tamilnadu

Ans. (B) Andaman & Nicobar Islands

58. In history, how do we better know Mughal empress Arjumand Banu Begum ?(A) Mumtaz(B) Noorjahan(C) Hazrat Mahal(D) Manmati

Ans. (A) Mumtaz

59. What line connects the points on a map that have the same temprature ?(A) Isobar(B) Isohel(C) Isotherm(D) Isohume

Ans. (C) Isotherm

60. In which river is India’s largest riverine island Majuli is situated ?(A) Ganga(B) Brahmaputra(C) Mahanadi(D) Godavari

Ans. (B) Mrahmaputra

61. What is the observation that `Supply creates its own demand’ is popularly called ?(A) Gresham’s Law(B) Murphy’s Law(C) Say’s Law(D) Parkinson’s Law

Ans. (C) Say’s Law

62. In 1916, who founded Banaras Hindu University in Varanasi ?(A) Annie Besant(B) Madan Mohan Malaviya

(C) Syed Ahmed Khan(D) S.Radhakrishnan

Ans. (B) Madan Mohan Malaviya

63. Who was the first Jain Tirthankar ?(A) Rishabh Dev(B) Neminath(C) Parshavnath(D) Mahavir

Ans. (A) Rishabh Dev

64. Where are the headquarters of the Organisation of Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) situated ?(A) Geneva(B) Vienna(C) Brussels(D) The Hague

Ans. (B) Vienna

65. Which blood group is universal donor ?(A) A(B) B(C) AB(D) O

Ans. (D) O

66. Who directed 8 Oscar awards winning film ‘Slumdog Millionaire’ ?(A) Danny Boyle(B) David Fincher(C) Stephen Daldry(D) Ron Howard

Ans. (A) Danny Boyle

67. Who became the first space tourist on 28 April, 2001 ?(A) Dennis Tito(B) Mark Shuttleworth(C) Gregory Olsen(D) Anousheh Ansari

Ans. (A) Dennis Tito

68. Khajuraho temples were built by rulers of which dynasty ?(A) Chola(B) Pallava(C) Chandela(D) Chalukya

Ans. (C Chandela

69. The book `Beyond The Last Blue Mountain’ written by R.M.Lala is the biography of which industrialist ?(A) G.D.Birla(B) Dhirubhai Ambani(C) Jamnalal Bajaj(D) J.R.D.Tata

Ans. (D) J.R.D. Tata

70. Which city will host Winter Olympics in 2010 ?(A) Turin (Italy)(B) Sochi (Russia)(C) Vancouver (Canada)(D) Salt Lake City (USA)

Ans. (C) Vancouver (Canada)

71. Which term is used to describe the rearing of silkworms for the production of raw silk ?(A) Sericulture(B) Viticulture(C) Horticulture(D) Apiculture

Ans. (A) Sericulture

72. Which metal is the best conductor of electric current ?(A) Copper(B) Gold(C) Silver(D) Aluminium

Ans. (C) Silver

73. What is the popular name of Ascorbic acid ?(A) Vitamin A(B) Vitamin B(C) Vitamin C(D) Vitamin D

Ans. (C) Vitamin C

74. Who was the first person to address the United Nations in Hindi ?(A) Morarji Desai(B) Atal Behari Vajpayee(C) V.P.Singh(D) P.V.Narasimha Rao

Ans. (B) Atal Behari Vajpayee

75. Which imaginary line, located at zero degrees latitude, divides the earth into Northern and Southern hemispheres ?(A) Prime Meridian(B) Equator(C) Tropic of Cancer(D) Tropic of Capricorn

Ans. (B) Equator

76. Which city did Sikandar Lodi found in 1504 on the banks of Yamuna river ?(A) Agra(B) Mathura(C) Delhi(D) Allahabad

Ans. (A) Agra

77. Who coined the name `Pakistan’ ?(A) Muhammad Ali Jinnah(B) Allama Iqbal(C) Liaquat Ali Khan(D) Chaudhary Rahmat Ali

Ans. (D) Choudhary Rahmat Ali

78. Vishvambhar Mishra was the original name of which spiritual guru ?(A) Swami Vivekanand(B) Chaitanya Mahaprabhu(C) Swami Dayanand Saraswati(D) Swami Prabhupada

Ans. (B) Chaitanya Mahaprabhu

79. At the time of independence, who was the president of Indian National Congress ?(A) Mahatma Gandhi(B) Jawahar Lal Nehru

(C) Sardar Patel(D) J.B.Kriplani

Ans. (D) J. B. Kriplani

80. In 1958, who became the first Indian to receive Raman Magsaysay Award ?(A) Vinoba Bhave(B) Baba Amte(C) Satyajit Ray(D) Jai Prakash Narain

Ans. (A) Vinoba Bhave

81. Which co-founder of Infosys, wrote the book `Imagining India : Ideas for the New Century’ ?(A) N.R.Narayan Murthy(B) N.S.Raghavan(C) Nandan Nilekani(D) Kris Gopalakrishnan

Ans. (C) Nandan Nilekani

82. What is the scientific name of Vinegar ?(A) Citric Acid(B) Acetic Acid(C) Lactic Acid(D) Tartaric Acid

Ans. (B) Acetic Acid

83. Who is the ex-officio chairman of Rajya Sabha ?(A) President(B) Vice President(C) Prime Minister(D) Lok Sabha Speaker

Ans. (B) Vice President

84. In 2008, who became the first Indian to win an individual gold medal in the Olympic Games ?(A) Abhinav Bindra(B) Vijender Kumar(C) Leander Paes(D) Rajyavardhan Singh Rathore

Ans. (A) Abhinav Bindra

85. Which film star founded the Telugu Desham Party ?(A) N.T.Rama Rao(B) M.G.Ramachandran(C) Sivaji Ganesan(D) J.Jayalalithaa

Ans. (A) N. T. Rama Rao

86. Who was the first Indian woman to win Miss Universe title in 1994 ?(A) Lara Dutta(B) Reita Faria(C) Aishwarya Rai(D) Sushmita Sen

Ans. (D) Sushmita Sen

87. Which is the largest brackish water lake in India ?(A) Wular Lake,(B) Pulicat Lake(C) Kaliveli Lake(D) Chilka Lake

Ans. (D) Chilka Lake

88. How do we better know playback singer Kedarnath Bhattacharya ?(A) Shaan(B) Lucky Ali(C) Kumar Sanu(D) Kishore Kumar

Ans. (C) Kumar Sanu

89. Which scientist is known as the Father of the Green Revolution in India ?(A) Verghese Kurien(B) M.S.Swaminathan(C) Raja Ramanna(D) A.P.J.Abdul Kalam

Ans. (B) M. S. Swaninathan

90. Which city is served by Jolly Grant Airport ?(A) Jaipur(B) Lucknow(C) Chandigarh(D) Dehradun

Ans. (D) Dehradun

91. In 2007, which state re-established its Vidhan Parishad (Legislative Council) after a gap of 22 years ?(A) Rajasthan(B) Madhya Pradesh(C) Andhra Pradesh(D) Tamil Nadu

Ans. (C) Andhra Prodesh

92. Which unit is used to measure the intensity of sound ?(A) Decibel(B) Ampere(C) Parsec(D) Tesla

Ans. (A) Decibel

93. Who wrote the patriotic song `Saare Jahan Se Achcha’ ?(A) Rabindranath Tagore(B) Bankim Chandra Chatterjee(C) Muhammad Iqbal(D) Kavi Pradeep

Ans. (C) Muhammad Iqbal

94. In which town of Uttar Pradesh did Gautam Buddha attain Mahaparinirvana (salvation) ?(A) Lumbini(B) Kushinagar(C) Nanded(D) Pavapuri

Ans. (B) Kushinagar

95. Who presides over the joint sittings of both houses of Parliament ?(A) President(B) Prime Minister(C) Lok Sabha Speaker(D) Rajya Sabha Speaker

Ans. (C) Lok Sabha Speaker

96. Nathu La Pass, located in Sikkim, connects India with which country ?(A) Nepal(B) Bhutan

(C) Myanmar(D) China

Ans. (C) China

97. Who is the only Indian batsman to score Triple Century in Test Cricket ?(A) Sunil Gavaskar(B) Sachin Tendulkar(C) V.V.S.Laxman(D) Virender Sehwag

Ans. (D) Virender Sehwag

98. In which hill station is the Himalayan Mountaineering Institute (HMI) located ?(A) Darjeeling(B) Srinagar(C) Nainital(D) Shimla

Ans. (A) Darjeeling

99. What term is used to refer the large number which is formed by writing digit 1 followed by 100 zeros ?(A) Billion(B) Trillion(C) Octillion(D) Googol

Ans. (D) Googol

100. Zakumi, a leopard, is the official mascot of which tournament ?(A) Commonwealth Games 2010(B) FIFA Football World Cup 2010(C) Cricket World Cup 2011(D) Olympic Games 2012

Ans. (B) FIFA Football World Cup 2010

Q1. The name of which painting style, based on the name of a district in Bihar, literally means `Forest of Honey’ ?(A) Kangra(B) Mysore(C) Tanjore(D) Madhubani

Q2. Whose birthday on 29 August is celebrated as `National Sports Day’ in India ?(A) C.K.Naidu(B) Dhyan Chand(C) Milkha Singh(D) Wilson Jones

Q3. What is Mahatma Gandhi’s samadhi in Delhi Called ?(A) Raj Ghat(B) Shantivan(C) Vijay Ghat(D) Shakti Sthal

Q4. Guru Shikhar, in Mount Abu, is the highest peak of which mountain range ?(A) Satpura(B) Vindhya(C) Aravali(D) Himalaya

Q5. `Silicon Valley of India’ is the nickname of which south Indian city ?(A) Hyderabad(B) Bengaluru(C) Chennai(D) Thiruvananthapuram

Q6. According to Hindu mythology, who is the Guru of Devas (Gods) ?(A) Dhanvantri(B) Shukracharya(C) Brihaspati(D) Vishvakarma

Q7. Which one of the following is not a fungus ?(A) Yeast(B) Mushroom(C) Insulin(D) Penicillin

Q8. In 1905, which Viceroy of India effected the Partition of Bengal ?(A) Lord Irwin(B) Lord Curzon(C) Lord Hardinge(D) Lord Chelmsford

Q9. `Panchatantra’, a collection of moral stories in Sanskrit, was authored by ?(A) Somadeva(B) Kautilya

(C) Narayan Pandit(D) Vishnu Sharma

Q10. Which is the only state in India to have Common Civil Code in force ?(A) Goa(B) Mizoram(C) Nagaland(D) Jammu & Kashmir

Q11. Which is the only metal that exists in liquid form at normal room temprature (25 degree Celsius) ?(A) Mercury(B) Cesium(C) Gallium(D) Rubidium

Q12. What was the name of Maharana Pratap’s faithful horse ?(A) Chetak(B) Kanthak(C) Marengo(D) Bucephalus

Q13. Under National Rural Employment Guarantee Act (NREGA), how many minimum no. of days guaranteed wage employment is provided in every financial year to a rural household ?(A) 50 days(B) 100 days(C) 150 days(D) 200 days

Q14. According to Hindu mythology, what kind of animal is Kamadhenu ?(A) Dog(B) Cow(C) Horse(D) Elephant

Q15. Who was the first Deputy Prime Minister of India ?(A) B.R.Ambedkar(B) Lal Bahadur Shastri(C) Maulana Abul Kalam Azad(D) Vallabhbhai Patel

Q16. In 2010, which Asian city will host Commonwealth Games ?(A) Tokyo(B) Shanghai(C) New Delhi(D) Kuala Lumpur

Q17. Annie Besant, a British lady, was first woman President of Indian National Congress(INC). Who was the first Indian woman President of INC ?(A) Sarojini Naidu(B) Nellie Sengupta(C) Indira Gandhi(D) Sonia Gandhi

Q18. Java Trench, also called Sunda Trench, is the deepest point in which ocean ?(A) Arctic Ocean(B) Pacific Ocean(C) Indian Ocean(D) Atlantic Ocean

Q19. `Liberty, Equality and Fraternity’ was the motto of which revolution ?(A) Cuban Revolution(B) American Revolution(C) Chinese Revolution(D) French Revolution

Q20. `Dreams from My Father’ and `The Audicity of Hope’ books are authored by which American President ?(A) Bill Clinton(B) George W. Bush(C) Barack Obama(D) Ronald Reagan

Q21. On the banks of which river is Lucknow, the capital of Uttar Pradesh, situated ?(A) Ganga(B) Yamuna(C) Gomti(D) Godavari

Q22. Jataka Tales, written in Pali language, are the previous birth stories of which religious Guru ?(A) Mahavira(B) Gautam Buddha(C) Guru Nanak Dev(D) Guru Gobind Singh

Q23. Who wrote Bangladesh’s national anthem ‘Amar Shonar Bangla’ ?(A) Rabindranath Tagore(B) Kazi Nazrul Islam(C) Mohammed Iqbal(D) Taslima Nasrin

Q24. Parvani, the peacock, is mount of which Hindu God ?(A) Indra(B) Vishnu(C) Ganesh(D) Kartikeya

Q25. Before Bhubaneswar, which city was the capital of Orissa ?(A) Puri(B) Cuttack(C) Rourkela(D) Sambalpur

Q26. Who was the first recipient of Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna Award ?(A) Geet Sethi(B) Pullela Gopichand(C) Vishwanathan Anand(D) Sachin Tendulkar

Q27. In which city are the headquarters of European Union (EU) located ?(A) Brussels(B) Geneva(C) New York(D) Paris

Q28. Which conquerer was born in Macedonia (Europe), died in Babylon (Asia) and buried in Alexandria (Africa) ?(A) Genghis Khan(B) Attila the Hun(C) Napolean Bonaparte(D) Alexander the Great

Q29. To produce artificial rains, which chemical is used for Cloud Seeding ?(A) Copper Sulphate(B) Ammonium Nitrate(C) Silver Iodide(D) Potassium Premanganate

Q30. Binola village, the scheduled site of the Indian National Defence University (INDU), is in which state ?(A) Punjab(B) Haryana(C) Rajasthan(D) Uttar Pradesh

Q31. In 1970, who became the first recipient of the Dadasaheb Phalke Award ?(A) Devika Rani Roerich

(B) Prithviraj Kapoor(C) B.N.Sirkar(D) Pankaj Mullick

Q32. Bomakai and Sambalpuri saris are native of which state ?(A) Orissa(B) Madhya Pradesh(C) Maharashtra(D) West Bengal

Q33. `Akbarnama’, a biographical account of Mughal ruler Akbar, was authored by ?(A) Faizi(B) Birbal(C) Abul Fazl(D) Abdul Rahim Khan-i-khana

Q34. Which among the following is not a mammal ?(A) Bat(B) Shark(C) Dolphin(D) Blue Whale

Q35. Which city is known as the `Big Apple’ ?(A) Paris(B) Tokyo(C) Shanghai(D) New York

Q36. Who was the first Indian to win All England Open Badminton Championships Singles title ?(A) Prakash Nath(B) Prakash Padukone(C) Nandu M. Natekar(D) Pullela Gopichand

Q37. On which river is Bhakra Nangal Dam, the highest gravity dam in world, is constructed ?(A) Chenab(B) Jhelum(C) Ravi(D) Sutlej

Q38. Apart from Delhi, which other Union Territory has its own elected Vidhan Sabha and the executive council of ministers headed by a Chief Minister ?(A) Daman and Diu(B) Dadra and Nagar Haveli

(C) Lakshadweep(D) Pondicherry

Q39. On 2nd July 1972, with which Pakistani leader did Indira Gandhi sign Shimla Agreement ?(A) Ayub Khan(B) Yahya Khan(C) Zulfikar Ali Bhutto(D) Muhammad Zia-ul-Haq

Q40. Which freedom fighter highlighted the drain of India’s wealth into Britain, in his book `Poverty and Un-British Rule in India’ in 1901 ?(A) Dinshaw Edulji Wacha(B) Dadabhai Naoroji(C) Gopal Krishna Gokhale(D) Womesh Chandra Bonerjee

Q41. In Windows XP operating system, what is the `XP’ short for ?(A) Expert(B) Express(C) Experience(D) Extra Power

Q42. What is the common name of Indian national tree `Ficus Bengalensis’ ?(A) Neem(B) Peepal(C) Aam (Mango)(D) Bargad (Banyan)

Q43. In which city is the Netaji Subhash National Institute of Sports situated ?(A) Gwalior(B) Patiala(C) Bangalore(D) Chennai

Q44. What is the retirement age of Supreme Court judges ?(A) 60 years(B) 62 years(C) 65 years(D) 70 years

Q45. Which religious teacher established four maths in four corners of country at Badrinath (North), Dwarka (West), Puri (East) & Sringeri (South) ?(A) Adi Shankaracharya(B) Swami Vivekanand(C) Swami Dayanand Saraswati(D) Swami Prabhupada

Q46. From which country’s constitution, the concept of the Directive Principles of State Policy has been adopted in Indian constitution ?(A) France(B) Ireland(C) United Kingdom(D) United States of America

Q47. Which sector is the biggest contributor to India’s GDP ?(A) Agriculture(B) Industry(C) Services(D) All contribute equally

Q48. Bubonic, Pnuemonic and Septicemic are the forms of which deadly infectious disease caused by Yersinia Pestis bacterium ?(A) Hepatitis B(B) Measles(C) Tetanus(D) Plague

Q49. Who is the Chairman of the National Knowledge Commission ?(A) Sam Pitroda(B) C.Rangarajan(C) Raghunath Anant Mashelkar(D) A.P.J.Abdul Kalam

Q50. Who among the following is considered as the father of Mobile Phone ?(A) Percy Spencer(B) Martin Cooper(C) Tim Berners-Lee(D) Edwin Land

Q51. The significant rise in production of which commodity is referred as `Yellow Revolution’ ?(A) Grains(B) Pulses(C) Oilseeds(D) Fruits and Vegetables

Q52. What is the length of a Cricket pitch, measured between two sets of wickets ?(A) 18 yards(B) 20 yards(C) 22 yards(D) 24 yards

Q53. Which associate of Mahatma Gandhi founded Paunar Ashram near Wardha in Maharashtra ?

(A) Baba Amte(B) C.Rajagopalachari(C) C.F.Andrews(D) Vinoba Bhave

Q54. Where is the headquarters of Reserve Bank of India (RBI) ?(A) New Delhi(B) Mumbai(C) Chennai(D) Kolkata

Q55. Gayatri Mantra is addressed to which Hindu god ?(A) Surya(B) Brahma(C) Vishnu(D) Shiv

Q56. What is the name of India’s first electric Car ?(A) Rewa(B) Arjun(C) Chetak(D) Shaktiman

Q57. In which battle was Prithviraj Chauhan, the ruler of Delhi, decisively defeated by Afghan ruler Muhammad Ghori ?(A) Battle of Buxar (1764)(B) Battle of Plassey (1757)(C) Third Battle of Panipat (1761)(D) Second Battle of Tarain (1192)

Q58. Which element is necessarily present in all acids ?(A) Carbon(B) Oxygen(C) Hydrogen(D) Nitrogen

Q59. Which IT entrepreneur authored the book `Business at the speed of thought’ ?(A) Bill Gates(B) Larry Ellison(C) Michael Dell(D) Sergey Brin

Q60. In which mountain range is the Siachen Glacier, the world’s longest glacier, located ?(A) Himalayas(B) Karakoram

(C) Hindu Kush(D) Tien Shan

Q61. In human body, Bile is produced by which organ ?(A) Liver(B) Spleen(C) Pancreas(D) Stomach

Q62. What was the original name of Mughal empress Noor Jahan ?(A) Bhagmati(B) Mehrunnisa(C) Manikarnika(D) Arjumand Banu Begum

Q63. Which among the following is not a Prime number ?(A) 5(B) 7(C) 9(D) 11

Q64. Which city houses the headquarters of International Cricket Council (ICC) ?(A) Dubai(B) London(C) Monaco(D) Sharjah

Q65. Graphite and Diamond are allotropes of which element ?(A) Arsenic(B) Carbon(C) Selenium(D) Germanium

Q66. In 1905, who founded the Servants of India Society in Pune ?(A) Lala Lajpat Rai(B) Bal Gangadhar Tilak(C) Gopal Krishna Gokhale(D) Gopal Hari Deshmukh

Q67. Who is the only Indian cricketer to have taken all 10 wickets in a Test innings ?(A) Kapil Dev(B) Bishen Singh Bedi(C) Narendra Hirwani(D) Anil Kumble

Q68. In which Indian state is the Keibul Lamjao, world’s only floating National Park, situated ?(A) Kerala(B) Karnataka(C) Manipur(D) West Bengal

Q69. In 1995, who became first recipient of the International Gandhi Peace Prize ?(A) Julius Nyerere(B) Nelson Mandela(C) Gerhard Fischer(D) John Hume

Q70. ’My Music, My Life’ and ‘Raga Mala’ books are the autobiographies of which music maestro ?(A) Zakir Hussain(B) Amjad Ali Khan(C) Pt.Shiv Kuamr Sharma(D) Pt.RavishankarQ71. What is the minimum age limit to become the President of India ?(A) 25 years(B) 30 years(C) 35 years(D) 40 years

Q72. Who created fictional character Harry Potter ?(A) Ruskin Bond(B) J.K.Rowling(C) Enid Blyton(D) R.K.Narayan

Q73. In humans, the deficiency of Vitamin C leads to which disease ?(A) Beriberi(B) Scurvy(C) Rickets(D) Nyctalopia (Night Blindness)

Q74. Which freedom fighter was popularly known as `Deshbandhu’ ?(A) Lala Lajpat Rai(B) Bal Gangadhar Tilak(C) Chittaranjan Das(D) C.F.Andrews

Q75. On 7th April 1875, in which city did Swami Dayanand Saraswati found the Arya Samaj ?(A) Rajkot(B) Ahmedabad

(C) Mumbai(D) Lahore

Q76. What was the original name of renowned Hindi and Urdu writer Munshi Premchand ?(A) Raghupati Sahay(B) Dhanpatrai Srivastava(C) Akhtar Hussain Rizvi(D) Sampooran Singh Kalra

Q77. In the Mahabharat, who killed Bhima’s son Ghatotkacha ?(A) Karna(B) Dronacharya(C) Ashwathama(D) Shalya

Q78. Who was the first president of the Indian National Congress ?(A) Dadabahi Naoroji(B) Badruddin Tyabji(C) Pherozeshah Mehta(D) Womesh Chandra Bonnerjee

Q79. Who wrote ‘Ashtadhyayi’, the earliest existing grammar of Sanskrit ?(A) Charak(B) Sushruta(C) Patanjali(D) Panini

Q80. Which among the following is the motto of the Asian Games ?(A) Ever Onward(B) Friendship Through Sport(C) Humanity – Equality – Destiny(D) Swifter, Higher, Stronger

Q81. What is the approximate playing time of full version of ‘Jana Gana Mana’, the National Anthem of India ?(A) 42 seconds(B) 52 seconds(C) 62 seconds(D) 72 seconds

Q82. Which city is famous for Chikankari embroidery ?(A) Srinagar(B) Hyderabad(C) Lucknow(D) Jodhpur

Q83. In terms of population, which is the smallest state in India ?(A) Goa(B) Sikkim(C) Mizoram(D) Arunachal Pradesh

Q84. Phobos and Deimos are two moons (natural satellite) of which planet ?(A) Mars(B) Venus(C) Mercury(D) Jupiter

Q85. Which state will host 34th National Games in June 2009 ?(A) Goa(B) Assam(C) Kerala(D) Jharkhand

Q86. Mossad is the national intelligence agency of which country ?(A) China(B) Russia(C) Israel(D) Pakistan

Q87. Situated on the banks of Vaigai river, which city was the capital of Pandya Dynasty ?(A) Madurai(B) Thanjavur(C) Warangal(D) Vijayanagar

Q88. Which constituent of human blood is responsible for blood clotting ?(A) Plasma(B) Red Blood Cells (Erythrocytes)(C) White Blood Cells (Leukocytes)(D) Platelets (Thrombocytes)

Q89. Which was the first country to give women the right to vote in elections ?(A) Finland(B) Norway(C) Australia(D) New Zealand

Q90. What is the name of world’s first Personal Supercomputer, which is upto 250 times faster than standard PCs ?(A) Eka(B) Tesla

(C) Param(D) Deep Blue

Q91. Who is the Supreme Commander of Indian armed forces ?(A) President(B) Prime Minister(C) Defence Minister(D) Chief of Army Staff

Q92. Which among the following is not a parasite ?(A) Hookworm(B) Tapeworm(C) Ringworm(D) Roundworm

Q93. Who authored the book ‘India Wins Freedom’ ?(A) Jawaharlal Nehru(B) Maulana Abul Kalam Azad(C) Subhash Chandra Bose(D) C.Rajagopalachari

Q94. Jatiyo Sansad is the parliament of which country ?(A) Nepal(B) Pakistan(C) Bangladesh(D) Japan

Q95. According to Hindu mythology, twin sisters Riddhi and Siddhi are wives of which God ?(A) Surya(B) Vishnu(C) Shiva(D) Ganesh

Q96. In 1612, where did the British establish their first factory (trading post) in India ?(A) Surat(B) Mumbai(C) Chennai(D) Kolkata

Q97. Velodrome is an arena for which sporting event ?(A) Ice Hockey(B) Lawn Tennis(C) Sumo Wrestling(D) Track Cycling

Q98. Which scientist was known as ‘Wizard of Menlo Park’ ?(A) Isaac Newton(B) Albert Einstein(C) Louis Pasteur(D) Thomas Alva Edison

Q99. On the banks of river Ganga, which ruler of Magadh founded the city of Patliputra (modern Patna) ?(A) Bimbisara(B) Ajatashatru(C) Chandragupta Maurya(D) Bindusara

Q100. On 6th April 1909, who became the first person to reach the North Pole ?(A) Richard E. Byrd(B) Robert Edwin Peary(C) Roald Amundsen(D) Lincoln Ellsworth

Q1. In which city is the dargah (tomb) of sufi saint Moinuddin Chishti located ?(A) Mumbai(B) Srinagar(C) New Delhi(D) Ajmer

Q2.  With with musical instrument is Pt. Ravi Shankar associated ?(A) Sitar(B) Sarod(C) Santoor(D) Tabla

Q3. In 1953, who became the first woman President of the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) ?(A) Rajkumari Amrit Kaur(B) Sucheta Kriplani(C) Vijay Laxmi Pandit(D) Sarojini Naidu

Q4. Which lake seprates the Hyderabad, capital of Andhra Pradesh, from its twin city Secunderabad ?(A) Loktak Lake(B) Chilka Lake(C) Wular Lake(D) Hussain Sagar Lake

Q5. What is the name of India’s first nuclear reactor ?(A) Apsara(B) Kamini(C) Dhruva(D) Aryabhatt

Q6. At which place did Mahatama Gandhi start his first Satyagraha in India ?(A) Kheda (Gujarat)(B) Champaran (Bihar)(C) Sabarmati (Gujarat)(D) Mumbai (Maharashtra)

Q7. ’Wings of Fire’ and ‘Ignited Minds’ books are authored by which Indian scientist ?(A) H.G.Khurana(B) M.S.Swaminathan(C) A.P.J.Abdul Kalam(D) S.Chandrasekhar

Q8. The Gir Forest National Park (Sasan Gir), the only home of the Asiatic Lions, is situated in which state ?(A) Kerala(B) Gujarat(C) West Bengal(D) Madhya Pradesh

Q9. Which Mughal emperor assumed the title of ‘Alamgir’ (Conqueror of the world) ?(A) Akbar(B) Jehangir(C) Shahjahan(D) Aurangzeb

Q10. What is the common name of Acetylsalicylic Acid ?(A) Aspirin(B) Vinegar(C) Vitamin C(D) Vitriol

Q11. Who signs one rupee currency note of India ?(A) RBI Governor(B) Finance Secretary(C) Finance Minister(D) President

Q12. Who wrote the ‘Das Capital’, an extensive treatise on political economy ?(A) Karl Marx(B) Friedrich Engles

(C) Leo Tolstoy(D) Maxim Gorky

Q13. Who was the first law minister of independent India ?(A) Vallabhbhai Patel(B) Rafi Ahmed Kidwai(C) B.R.Ambedkar(D) Maulana Abul Kalam Azad

Q14. Arabica, Robusta and Liberica are the varieties of which popluar beverage ?(A) Tea(B) Coffee(C) Yoghurt(D) Lemonade

Q15. Which Indian classical dance form, native of Andhra Pradesh, was developed by Siddhendra Yogi from Bhamakalapam dance drama ?(A) Odissi(B) Kathakali(C) Bharatanatyam(D) Kuchipudi

Q16. Where is the headquarters of the National Institute of Oceanography located ?(A) Dona Paula (Goa)(B) Kochi (Kerala)(C) Mumbai (Maharashtra)(D) Visakhapatnam (Andhra Pradesh)

Q17. Which European country is known as the ‘Land of a thousand lakes’ ?(A) Denmark(B) Sweden(C) Norway(D) Finland

Q18. Which is the nearest star to the Sun ?(A) Proxima Centauri(B) Alpha Centauri A(C) Alpha Centauri B(D) Bernard’s Star

Q19. Which gas is commonly known as ‘Laughing Gas’ ?(A) Ozone(B) Methane(C) Nitrous Oxide(D) Carbon dioxide

Q20. Which is the only continent through which all three main latitude lines – Equator, Tropic of Cancer and Tropic of Capricorn – passes ?(A) Asia(B) Africa(C) Europe(D) South America

Q21. Kavaratti, an island town, is the capital of which Indian union territory ?(A) Lakshadweep(B) Daman and Diu(C) Puducherry(D) Andaman and Nicobar Islands

Q22. Garba dance is native of which Indian state ?(A) Punjab(B) Maharashtra(C) Gujarat(D) West Bengal

Q23. Antarctica is the largest cold desert in the world. Which is the largest hot desert in the world ?(A) Thar(B) Gobi(C) Sahara(D) Kalahari

Q24. Sadakat Ashram memorial in Patna is dedicated to which former President of India ?(A) Zakir Hussain(B) Rajendra Prasad(C) Fakhruddin Ali Ahmed(D) V.V.Giri

Q25. Who discoverd Penicillin ?(A) Jonas Salk(B) Frederick Benting(C) Alexander Fleming(D) Ronald Ross

Q26. In Mumbai terror attacks on 26 Nov. 2008, what was the code name of security forces commando action against terrorists ?(A) Operation Vijay(B) Operation Shakti(C) Operation Cactus(D) Operation Black Tornado

Q27. At which temprature, Celsius and Fahrenheit scales will show same reading ?(A) 0 degree(B) 32 degre(C) 180 degree(D) minus 40 degree

Q28. Launched on 1st July 1822, which newspaper is the Asia’s oldest extant daily ?(A) The Times of India(B) Mumbai Samachar(C) The Indian Express(D) Hindustan Times

Q29. Who is the first Indian woman to graduate from the Harvard Business School ?(A) Naina Lal Kidwai(B) Lalita D. Gupte(C) Kiran Mazumdar Shaw(D) Chanda Kochhar

Q30. In domestic LPG cylinders, a small quantity of which foul smelling chemical is added to act as a warning agent in case of any gas leakage ?(A) Pyridine(B) Isocyanide(C) Cadaverine(D) Ethyl Mercaptan

Q31. In tabletop game Carrom, how many coins are used ?(A) 15(B) 17(C) 19(D) 21

Q32. How much time does Sunlight take to reach the Earth ?(A) 8 minutes(B) 10 minutes(C) 12 minutes(D) 15 minutes

Q33. Alpha is the first letter of Greek alphabet. Which is the last ?(A) Beta(B) Gamma(C) Sigma(D) Omega

Q34. Which ruler of Gupta dynasty is also called the ‘Napoleon of India’ ?(A) Ramagupta(B) Skandagupta

(C) Samudragupta(D) Chandragupta Vikramaditya

Q35. Which mountain range in Chhatisgarh, with name literally meaning the hump of ox, is world famous for top-quality deposits of iron ore ?(A) Aravali(B) Bailadila(C) Nilgiri(D) Patkai

Q36. Which scientist is considered as the father of Indian Space Programme ?(A) Vikram Sarabhai(B) Homi Bhabha(C) M.S.Swaminathan(D) A.P.J.Abdul Kalam

Q37. Which pigment is responsible for red colour of tomatoes ?(A) Melanin(B) Lycopene(C) Bilirubin(D) Chlorophyll

Q38. Who founded the ‘Pushti Marg’ (path of divine grace) sect of the Hindu religion ?(A) Adi Shankaracharya(B) Nimbarkacharya(C) Ramanujacharya(D) Vallabhacharya

Q39. Who authored the book `The Fortune at the Bottom of the Pyramid’ ?(A) Philip Kotler(B) Jack Welch(C) C.K.Prahalad(D) Mohanbir Sawhney

Q40. Indira Mount, an underwater mountain named after former PM of India Smt. Indira Gandhi, is in which ocean ?(A) Indian Ocean(B) Antarctic Ocean(C) Atlantic Ocean(D) Pacific Ocean

Q41. In Roman numerals, which letter represents one thousand ?(A) L(B) C(C) M(D) X

Q42. Who was the only woman ruler of Delhi ?(A) Chand Bibi(B) Razia Sultan(C) Rani Durgavati(D) Rani Rudramma Devi

Q43. How do we better know Oscar award winner lyricist Sampooran Singh Kalra, the writer of ‘Jai Ho’ song for film ‘Slumdog Millionaire’ ?(A) Sameer(B) Gulzar(C) Javed Akhtar(D) Prasoon Joshi

Q44. Where did Lord Mahavira, the last of 24 tirthankars in Jain tradition, attain Nirvana ?(A) Nanded (Maharashtra)(B) Kolkata (W.Bengal)(C) Kushinagar (U.P.)(D) Pawapuri (Bihar)

Q45. In 1904, which revolutionary founded Abhinav Bharat Society ?(A) Veer Savarkar(B) Bhagat Singh(C) Chandrasekhar Azad(D) Lala Hardayal

Q46. In which city are the headquarters of International Olympic Committee (IOC) located ?(A) Zurich (Switzerland)(B) London (United Kingdom)(C) Dubai (United Arab Emirates)(D) Lausanne (Switzerland)

Q47. In 1872, which Viceroy of India was assassinated at Port Blair in the Andaman Islands ?(A) Lord Mayo(B) Lord Curzon(C) Lord Lytton(D) Lord Irwin

Q48. Greenland, the largest island in world, is the part of which country ?(A) Canada(B) Denmark(C) Norway(D) Iceland

Q49. Who created the first cloned sheep Dolly ?(A) Adam Osborne(B) Charles Babbage

(C) Tim Burners-Lee(D) Ian Wilmut

Q50. Which pass, connecting Sri Lankan mainland with Jaffna peninsula. is referred as the ‘Gateway to Jaffna’ ?(A) Khyber pass(B) Nathu La pass(C) Elephant pass(D) Rohtang pass

Q51. After Sachin Tendulkar, who is the second cricketer to receive the Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna Award ?(A) Saurav Ganguly(B) Rahul Dravid(C) Mahendra Singh Dhoni(D) Anil Kumble

Q52. Which city houses the headquarters of Central Railway ?(A) Bhopal(B) Nagpur(C) Allahabad(D) Mumbai

Q53. Who was the first Indian Governor-General of independent India ?(A) Lord Mountbatten(B) C.Rajagopalachari(C) Rajendra Prasad(D) Jawaharlal Nehru

Q54. ’Bhogi’, ‘Surya’, ‘Mattu’ and ‘Kanum’ are the parts of which four day long harvest festival of Tamilnadu ?(A) Bihu(B) Lohri(C) Pongal(D) Baisakhi

Q55. Wheeler Island, the site of India’s missile testing facility Integrated Test Range (ITR), is situated in which state ?(A) Orissa(B) Andhra Pradesh(C) Tamilnadu(D) Kerala

Q56. To whom does the President of India address his resignation ?(A) Chief Justice of India(B) Prime Minister

(C) Lok Sabha Speaker(D) Vice President

Q57. Apart from Russia, the territory of which country lies in both Europe and Asia continents ?(A) Turkey(B) Greece(C) France(D) Germany

Q58. In 1998, who became the first Indian ever to be awarded the Wharton School Dean’s Medal ?(A) J.R.D.Tata(B) Dhirubhai Ambani(C) N.R.Narayana Murthy(D) Azim Premji

Q59. Who is known as the ‘Father of Medicine’ ?(A) Herodotus(B) Hipparchus(C) Hippocrates(D) Wilhelm Wundt

Q60. ’Razmnama’ is the Persian translation of which Indian epic ?(A) Ramayana(B) Mahabahrat(C) Raghuvamsha(D) Kumarsambhava

Q61. After Hindi, which is the second most spoken language in India ?(A) Tamil(B) Marathi(C) Telugu(D) Bengali

Q62. In terms of area, which is the largest country ?(A) Russia(B) Canada(C) China(D) United States of America

Q63. Who was the first woman to receive the Bharat Ratna, India’s highest civilian award ?(A) Indira Gandhi(B) Mother Teresa(C) Aruna Asaf Ali(D) M.S.Subbulakshmi

Q64. Which is the only element whose atoms have no neutron ?(A) Helium(B) Oxygen(C) Nitogen(D) Hydrogen

Q65. Challenger Deep, a part of Mariana Trench and the deepest point in the oceans, named after British ship Challenger II which first surveyed it in 1951, is located in which ocean ?(A) Indian Ocean(B) Pacific Ocean(C) Atlantic Ocean(D) Antarctic Ocean

Q66. In 1922, Chittarajnan Das and Motilal Nehru founded which political party ?(A) Forward Block(B) Swaraj Party(C) Swatantra Party(D) Ghadar Party

Q67. According to Hindu mythology, which warrior was the possessor of ‘Chanrdrahas’ sword ?(A) Arjun(B) Kansa(C) Ravana(D) Parshuram

Q68. In which state is the Dachigam National Park, famous for Hangul (Red Deer), located ?(A) Assam(B) Jammu & Kashmir(C) West Bengal(D) Madhya Pradesh

Q69. Which early 11th century traveller to India authored the books ‘Tahqiq-i-Hind’ and ‘Kitab-ul-Hind’ ?(A) Fi-Hien(B) Marco Polo(C) Al Beruni(D) Ibn Batuta

Q70. Who was the first President of Pakistan ?(A) Ayub Khan(B) Liaquat Ali Khan(C) Iskandar Mirza(D) Muhammad Ali Jinnah

Q71. Which is the heaviest organ in the human body ?(A) Heart

(B) Liver(C) Kidney(D) Stomach

Q72. Which hill station was the summer capital of British India ?(A) Nainital(B) Mussoorie(C) Darjeeling(D) Shimla

Q73. ’Hematite’ and ‘Magnetite’ are the principal ores of which metal ?(A) Iron(B) Nickel(C) Cobalt(D) Aluminium

Q74. ’Biman’ is the national airline of which Asian country ?(A) Nepal(B) Bhutan(C) Bangladesh(D) Sri Lanka

Q75. In 1581, which Mughal ruler started religious doctrine ‘Din-i-Ilahi’ (Divine Faith) ?(A) Babar(B) Akbar(C) Jehangir(D) Shahjahan

Q76. From which country did India procure the aircraft carier Admiral Gorshkov, scheduled to join Indian Navy as INS Vikramaditaya in 2012 ?(A) Russia(B) Germany(C) France(D) United States of America

Q77. Which National Film Award is given to the Best First Film of a Director ?(A) Swarna Kamal (Golden Lotus)(B) Rajat Kamal (Silver Lotus)(C) Nargis Dutt Award(D) Indira Gandhi Award

Q78. ’Kalaripayattu’ is the traditional martial art of which Indian state ?(A) Punjab(B) Manipur(C) Kerala(D) Jammu & Kashmir

Q79. Hazratbal Dargah, which houses the sacred hair of Prophet Mohammed, is situated in which city ?(A) Ajmer(B) Srinagar(C) Fatehpur Sikri(D) Mumbai

Q80. ’Struggle for Existence’ book is the autobiography of which Indian woman leader ?(A) Mayawati(B) J.Jayalalitha(C) Sushma Swaraj(D) Mamta Banerjee

Q81. Who administers the oath of office to the President of India ?(A) Prime Minister(B) Lok Sabha Speaker(C) Rajya Sabha Speaker(D) Chief Justice of India

Q82. With which state is the Phulkari embroidery associated ?(A) Punjab(B) Gujarat(C) Karnataka(D) Uttar Pradesh

Q83. Which capital city houses the headquarters of the South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation (SAARC) ?(A) Dhaka(B) Thimpu(C) Kathmandu(D) Islamabad

Q84. Zend Avesta is the holy book of which religion ?(A) Islam(B) Judaism(C) Christianity(D) Zoroastrianism

Q85. Before Hyderabad, which city was the the capital of Andhra Pradesh (erstwhile Andhra State) ?(A) Warangal(B) Kurnool(C) Vijayawada(D) Visakhapatnam

Q86. Who was the first Indian to win boy’s Wimbledon Singles title in 1954 ?(A) Ramanathan Krishnan(B) Vijay Amritraj(C) Ramesh Krishnan(D) Leander Paes

Q87. At which place in Kerala was the first tide (ocean wave) generated electricity project of India established ?(A) Alapuzha(B) Ezhimala(C) Vizhinjam(D) Kozhikode

Q88. In 1954, with which Chinese premier did Indian PM Jawaharlal Nehru sign Panchsheel (five principles of peaceful co-existence) Pact ?(A) Mao Zedong(B) Zhou Enlai(C) Deng Xiaoping(D) Hua Guofeng

Q89. Who authored the ‘Rajatarangini’, a historical chronicle of Kashmir ?(A) Kalidas(B) Kalhana(C) Chankaya(D) Banabhatt

Q90. Who designed the Param Vir Chakra medal, India’s highest military award ?(A) Nek Chand(B) Umesh Rao(C) Bobby Kooka(D) Savitri Khanolkar

Q91. Who directed ‘Raja Harishchandra’ (1913), the first totally indigenous Indian feature film ?(A) Ardeshir Irani(B) Dadasaheb Phalke(C) V.Shantaram(D) Sohrab Modi

Q92. Who is the ex-officio chairman of the Planning Commission of India ?(A) President(B) Prime Minister(C) Finance Minister(D) RBI Governor

Q93. What is the name of India’s longest river bridge, built over the river Ganga at Patna ?(A) Rabindra Setu

(B) Vidyasagar Setu(C) Mahatma Gandhi Setu(D) Anna Indira Gandhi Bridge

Q94. Who founded the Brahmo Samaj, initially known as Brahmo Sabha, in 1828 ?(A) Raja Ram Mohan Roy(B) Debendranath Tagore(C) Mahadev Govind Ranade(D) Keshub Chandra Sen

Q95. ’Tamasha’ is the popular folk theatre of which state ?(A) Punjab(B) Maharashtra(C) Karnataka(D) West Bengal

Q96. In which city is the Central Rice Research Institute located ?(A) Karnal (Haryana)(B) Shimla (Himachal Pradesh)(C) Rajamundry (Andhra Pradesh)(D) Cuttack (Orissa)

Q97. At which place Guru Gobind Singh, the tenth and the last Guru of Sikhs, created ‘Khalsa’ in 1699 ?(A) Anandpur (Punjab)(B) Amritsar (Punjab)(C) Patna (Bihar)(D) Nanded (Maharashtra)

Q98. Who is the first woman Air Marshal of India Air Force (IAF) ?(A) Punita Arora(B) Harita Kaur Deol(C) Kanchan Chaudhary Bhattacharya(D) Padmavathy Bandopadhyay

Q99. What is the boundary line demarcating India and China known as ?(A) Curzon Line(B) Durand Line(C) McMahon Line(D) RadCliffe Line

Q100. In 1958, which billiards player became the first Indian to win an individual world title in any sport ?(A) Wilson Jones(B) Michael Ferreira

(C) Geet Sethi(D) Manoj Kothari

Q1. Which gas is used to disinfect water in swimming pools ?(A) Hydrogen(B) Nitrogen(C) Chlorine(D) Oxygen

Q2. ’Royal Bengal’, ‘Sumatran’, ‘Malayan’ and ‘Siberian’ are the species of which member of cat family ?(A) Lion(B) Tiger(C) Leopard(D) Jaguar

Q3. Which was the first state in the India to be formed on a purely linguistic basis, in 1953 ?(A) Punjab(B) Gujarat(C) Andhra Pradesh(D) Tamil Nadu

Q4. Which 19th century social reformer from Maharashtra was popularly known as ‘Lokhitwadi’ ?(A) Mahadev Govind Ranade(B) Dhondo Keshav Karve(C) Mahatma Jyotirao Phule(D) Gopal Hari Deshmukh

Q5. In humans, which protein transports oxygen from the lungs to the rest of body ?(A) Lectin(B) Keratin(C) Collagen(D) Hemoglobin

Q6. The union territory of Andaman & Nicobar Islands is under the jurisdiction of which High Court ?(A) Orissa High Court(B) Andhra Pradesh High Court(C) Kolkata High Court(D) Madras High Court

Q7. Ganymede, the largest natural satellite in the Solar System, is a natural satellite (moon) of which planet ?(A) Mars(B) Jupiter(C) Saturn(D) Uranus

Q8. Which princely state was the first to be annexed to the British East India Company under the Doctrine of Lapse policy, devised by Lord Dalhousie ?(A) Satara(B) Sambalpur(C) Jhansi(D) Awadh

Q9. Which water body seprates the Africa from the Europe ?(A) Suez Canal(B) Panama Canal(C) Palk Strait(D) Strait of Gibraltar

Q10. Which American President in his famous Gettysberg speech defined democracy as the ‘government of the people, by the people, for the people’ ?(A) Abraham Lincoln(B) George Washington(C) John F. Kennedy(D) Theodore Roosevelt

Q11. What is the popular name of Sodium Chloride ?(A) Epsom Salt(B) Common Salt(C) Baking Soda(D) Washing Soda

Q12. ’Satyameva Jayate’, the national motto of India, has been teken from which Upanishad ?(A) Kena(B) Katha(C) Mundaka(D) Aitareya

Q13. On the banks of which river is the city of Jammu, the winter capital of Jammu & Kashmir, situated ?(A) Ravi(B) Tawi(C) Tapti(D) Gomti

Q14. How do we better know social activist Murlidhar Devidas, the founder of leprosy rehabilitation center ‘Anandvan’ in Maharashtra ?(A) Baba Amte(B) Vinoba Bhave(C) Swami Ramdev(D) Swami Agnivesh

Q15. Which passenger train service connects Kolkata (India) with Dhaka (Bangladesh) ?(A) Thar Express(B) Samjhauta Express(C) Maitreyi Express(D) Himsagar Express

Q16. To the Greeks, which Maurya ruler was known as ‘Sandrokottos’ ?(A) Bindusara(B) Ashok the Great(C) Chandragupta Maurya(D) Dasaratha Maurya

Q17. In 1998, which internet search engine company was co-founded by Larry Page and Sergey Brin ?(A) Google(B) Alta Vista(C) Yahoo(D) Lycos

Q18. ’By God’s Decree’, ‘Cricket my style’ and ‘Straight from the Heart’ are the autobiographies of which Indian cricketer ?(A) Sunil Gavaskar(B) Ajit Wadekar(C) Sandeep Patil(D) Kapil Dev

Q19. On 21st July 1969, at which site did Neil Armstrong set his foot on the Moon ?(A) Sea of Waves(B) Sea of Clouds(C) Sea of Serenity(D) Sea of Tranquility

Q20. Due to its ability to dissolve glass, which acid is not kept in glass container ?(A) Nitric Acid(B) Sulphuric Acid(C) Hydrochloric Acid(D) Hydrofluoric Acid

Q21. Which state is known as the ‘Spice Garden of India’ ?(A) Kerala(B) Karnataka(C) Andhra Pradesh(D) Tamil Nadu

Q22. Which Marathi newspaper is the mouthpiece of Shiv Sena ?(A) Saamna(B) Sakal(C) Lokmat(D) Loksatta

Q23. Constituting about 78% by volume, which is the most abundant gas in the Earth’s atmosphere ?(A) Argon(B) Oxygen(C) Nitrogen(D) Carbon dioxide

Q24. Koyna Hydroelectric Power Project constructed over Koyna river, a tributary of Krishna river, is located in which state ?(A) Karnataka(B) Maharashtra(C) Andhra Pradesh(D) Madhya Pradesh

Q25. For Lok Sabha, how many members from the Anglo-Indian community are nominated by the President of India ?(A) 1(B) 2(C) 3(D) 4

Q26. The Grand Trunk Road (GT Road), running from Peshawar in Pakistan to Sonargaon in Bangladesh, was built by which ruler ?(A) Babur(B) Akbar(C) Sher Shah Suri(D) Humayun

Q27. Which American swimmer created history by winning 8 gold medals in Beijing Olympic 2008, the most gold medals by an individual at a single Olympic ?(A) Carl Lewis(B) Paavo Nurmi(C) Mark Spitz(D) Michael Phelps

Q28. Which Muslim social reformer founded the Aligarh Muslim University, originally known as Mohammeden Anglo-Oriental College, in 1875 ?(A) Zakir Hussain(B) Hakim Ajmal Khan(C) Syed Ahmed Khan(D) Maulana Abul Kalam Azad

Q29. Which chennai born writer won the Booker Prize 2008 for his debut novel ‘The White Tiger’ ?(A) V.S.Naipaul(B) Amitav Ghosh(C) Salman Rushdie(D) Aravind Adiga

Q30. ’Fight the guerrilla as a guerrilla’ is the motto of which miltary academy ?(A) National Defence Academy(B) Indian Military Academy(C) Defence Services Staff College(D) Counterinsurgency & Jungle Warfare School

Q31. Who was the first Indian woman to win Miss Asia Pacific title in 1970 ?(A) Rita Faria(B) Zeenat Aman(C) Tara Anne Fonseca(D) Diya Mirza

Q32. Who wrote India’s natinal song the ‘Vande Mataram’, which first appeared in the book ‘Anandmath’ ?(A) Rabindranath Tagore(B) Bankimchandra Chatterjee(C) Mohammed Iqbal(D) Kavi Pradeep

Q33. How many times Equinox, when Sun is vertically above the Earth’s equator and the day & night are equally long, occurs in a year ?(A) Two(B) Three(C) Four(D) Not fixed

Q34. After attaining enlightenment, where did Gautama Buddha deliver his first sermon ‘Dharamachakra Pravartan’ (set in motion Wheel of Law) ?(A) Bodh Gaya (Bihar)(B) Sarnath (U.P.)(C) Kushinagar (U.P.)(D) Sanchi (M.P.)

Q35. Which Asian country is known as the ‘Land of the White Elephants’ ?(A) Thailand(B) Indonesia(C) Malaysia(D) Singapore

Q36. Who is the first chief of the National Investigation Agency (NIA), set up recently to investigate terror-related cases across the country ?(A) K.C.Verma(B) N.P.S.Aulakh(C) Radha Vinod Raju(D) Ashwani Kumar

Q37. Who invented Smallpox Vaccine ?(A) Jonas Salk(B) Frederick Banting(C) Edward Jenner(D) Louis Pasteur

Q38. Which freedom fighter authored ‘Gita Rahasya’, a commentary on Bhagvad Gita, during his imprisonment at Mandalay in Myanmar ?(A) Vinoba Bhave(B) Mahatma Gandhi(C) C.Rajagopalachari(D) Bal Gangadhar Tilak

Q39. Considered as the symbol of peace, two branches of which tree are depicted on the United Nations (UN) flag ?(A) Neem(B) Mango(C) Olive(D) Eucalyptus

Q40. Which city is served by the Veer Savarkar Airport ?(A) Nasik(B) Nagpur(C) Mumbai(D) Port Blair

Q41. For which domestic Cricket trophy, the Ranji Trophy champions play against the Rest of India team ?(A) Irani Trophy(B) Duleep Trophy(C) Deodhar Trophy(D) Nissar Trophy

Q42. Which garden near Chandigarh was built by Aurangzeb’s foster brother Fidai Khan ?(A) Shalimar Gardens(B) Nishat Gardens(C) Brindavan Gardens(D) Pinjore Gardens

Q43. Who was the first education minister of independent India ?(A) Lal Bahadur Shastri(B) Shyama Prasad Mukherjee(C) Maulana Abul Kalam Azad(D) Vallabhbhai Patel

Q44. Which city houses the headquarters of United Nations (UN) ?(A) Vienna (Austria)(B) Geneva (Switzerland)(C) New York (USA)(D) Washington (USA)

Q45. Which among the following is the measuring unit of electric current ?(A) Ohm(B) Volt(C) Watt(D) Ampere

Q46. Angkor Wat temple in Cambodia, the largest Hindu temple in the world, is dedicated to which God ?(A) Surya(B) Shiva(C) Vishnu(D) Brahma

Q47. Where is the Satish Dhawan Space Centre, the launching site of the Chandrayaan-I, located ?(A) Thumba (Kerala)(B) Sriharikota (Andhra Pradesh)(C) Bangalore (Karnataka)(D) Thiruvananthapuram (Kerala)

Q48. Which African country was formerly known as ‘Nyasaland’ ?(A) Malawi(B) Ghana(C) Botswana(D) Tanzania

Q49. ’Long Walk To Freedom’ is the autobiography of which Bharat Ratna recipient ?(A) Jawaharlal Nehru

(B) S.Radhakrishnan(C) Khan Abdul Ghaffar Khan(D) Nelson Mandela

Q50. Which island nation, in the Indian Ocean, is the world’s largest producer and exporter of Vanilla ?(A) Maldives(B) Madagascar(C) Sri Lanka(D) Mauritius

Q51. Gol Ghar, a beehive shaped structure built in 1786 to store grains for the British Army, is located in which city ?(A) Meerut(B) Chennai(C) Kolkata(D) Patna

Q52. In humans, which dark brown pigment is responsible for the skin colour ?(A) Melanin(B) Bilirubin(C) Carotene(D) Hemoglobin

Q53. Who wrote the famous novel ‘Devdas’ ?(A) Rabindranath Tagore(B) Bankim Chandra Chatterjee(C) Sharat Chandra Chatterjee(D) Bibhuti Bhushan Bandopadhyay

Q54. Which freedom fighter was popularly known as ‘Lokpriya’ ?(A) Gopinath Bordoloi(B) Bal Gangadhar Tilak(C) Chittaranjan Das(D) Jayaprakash Narain

Q55. Which battle lead to the disintegration of Vijayanagar empire of south India ?(A) Battle of Plassey (1757)(B) Battle of Buxar (1764)(C) Battle of Talikota (1565)(D) Battle of Seringapatam (1799)

Q56. In which city is the Indian Institute of Pulses Research located ?(A) Lucknow(B) Nagpur

(C) Indore(D) Kanpur

Q57. Pinaka, the multi barrel rocket launcher produced in India, is named after which Hindu God’s bow ?(A) Indra(B) Shiva(C) Vishnu(D) Brahma

Q58. Which scale is used to measure the Acid or Alkali (Base) content of a substance ?(A) Mohs scale(B) Beaufort scale(C) Richter scale(D) pH scale

Q59. Which disease, named after a Japanese city where it was first observed, is caused by severe Mercury poisoning ?(A) Argyria(B) Minamata(C) Itai-itai(D) Devon colic

Q60. Who was the first Indian to be elected a Fellow of Royal Society (FRS) ?(A) Srinivasa Ramanujan(B) Ardaseer Cursetjee Wadia(C) Jagadish Chandra Bose(D) Meghnad Saha

Q61. Which among the following is not a Kharif crop ?(A) Mustard(B) Sugarcane(C) Groundnut(D) Maize

Q62. Which monument was built by Mohammed Quli Qutub Shah in 1591 to commemorate the end of the plague in his capital ?(A) Taj Mahal, Agra(B) Hawa Mahal, Jaipur(C) Gol Gumbad, Bijapur(D) Charminar, Hyderabad

Q63. For the popularization of science, which agency of United Nations (UN) awards the Kalinga Prize ?(A) UNIDO(B) UNESCO

(C) UNICEF(D) UNHRC

Q64. ’Lawsons Bay Beach’ and ‘Ramakrishna Beach’ are located in which port city on the Bay of Bengal ?(A) Paradip (Orissa)(B) Chennai (Tamil Nadu)(C) Tuticorin (Tamil Nadu)(D) Visakhapatnam (Andhra Pradesh)

Q65. Which ancient Indian physician is known as the ‘Father of Modern Plastic Surgery’ ?(A) Charak(B) Madhav(C) Sushruta(D) Patanjali

Q66. Who directed Oscar award winning short documentary film ‘Smile Pinki’ (2008) ?(A) Danny Boyle(B) Megan Mylan(C) Andrew Stanton(D) Gus Van Sant

Q67. Who presided over the first session of the All India Trade Union Cogress in 1920 ?(A) M.N.Roy(B) V.V.Giri(C) Lala Lajpat Rai(D) Shripad Amrut Dange

Q68. On which planet, due to its clockwise (east to west) rotation on the axis, the Sun rises in the west and sets in the east ?(A) Mars(B) Earth(C) Venus(D) Mercury

Q69. By what name is British lady Madeleine Slade, a disciple of Mahatma Gandhi, better known ?(A) Meera Ben(B) Sister Nivedita(C) The Mother(D) Sarla Ben

Q70. For his major role in the development of computer chip ‘Pentium’, which indian IT expert is called the ‘Father of Pentium’ ?(A) Sabeer Bhatia(B) Vinod Dham

(C) Vinod Khosla(D) Vijay Bhatkar

Q71. In which sport, each team consists of four male and four female players ?(A) Baseball(B) Volleyball(C) Korfball(D) Hockey

Q72. What is the term of a member of Rajya Sabha ?(A) 3 years(B) 4 years(C) 5 years(D) 6 years

Q73. In which state is the Kanchenjunga, the second highest mountain peak in India, located ?(A) Sikkim(B) Jammu & Kashmir(C) Himachal Pradesh(D) Uttarakhand

Q74. What does the Pisciculture refers to ?(A) Beekeeping(B) Fish Farming(C) Silk Farming(D) Dairy Farming

Q75. In 1906, at the founding session of all India Muslim League in Dhaka, who became the first president of the party ?(A) Mohammed Ali Jinnah(B) Syed Ahmed Khan(C) Mohammed Iqbal(D) Nawab Salimullah Khan

Q76. Which is the longest National Highways in India ?(A) Kolkata – Hazira (NH6)(B) Chennai – Baharagora (NH5)(C) Varanasi – Kanyakumari (NH7)(D) Pathankot – Samakhiali (NH15)

Q77. How do we better know nineteenth century spiritual guru Gadadhar Chatterjee ?(A) Chaitanya Mahaprabhu(B) Ramakrishna Paramhans(C) Swami Dayanand Saraswati(D) Swami Vivekanand

Q78. Stapes, the smallest and the lightest bone in human body, is the part of which organ ?(A) Ear(B) Hand(C) Foot(D) Lungs

Q79. Which mineral is mined at Jayamkondam in Tamil Nadu ?(A) Zinc(B) Lignite(C) Copper(D) Gold

Q80. Who authored the book ‘A Brief History of Time’ ?(A) Jack Welch(B) Bill Gates(C) Deepak Chopra(D) Stephan HawkingQ81. When do we celebrate the Engineers Day of India, the birthday of Bharat Ratna recipient M.Visvesarayya ?(A) 15 January(B) 28 February(C) 29 August(D) 15 September

Q82. ’Muga’, ‘Eri’, ‘Tussar’ and ‘Mulberry’ are the varieties of which natural fibre ?(A) Wool(B) Silk(C) Jute(D) Cotton

Q83. In which pilgrimage city of India would you come across the world’s longest corridor ?(A) Dwarka(B) Varanasi(C) Rameshwaram(D) Tirupati

Q84. In 1929, who founded non-violent movement ‘Khudai Khidmatgar’, also known as ‘Red Shirts’ ?(A) Mahatma Gandhi(B) Gopal Krishan Gokhle(C) Mohammed Ali Jinnah(D) Khan Abdul Ghaffar Khan

Q85. Lakshmibai National Institute of Physical Education is located in which city ?(A) Jhansi(B) Gwalior

(C) Patiala(D) Nagpur

Q86. Athlete’s Foot, an infectious disease, is caused by which agent ?(A) Virus(B) Fungi(C) Bacteria(D) Protozoa

Q87. Who authored the book ‘Hindu View of Life ?(A) S.Radhakrishnan(B) Jawaharlal Nehru(C) C.Rajagopalachari(D) Mahatma Gandhi

Q88. Solid form of which gas is commonly known as ‘Dry Ice’ ?(A) Oxygen(B) Nitrogen(C) Carbon dioxide(D) Hydrogen

Q89. Who was the first woman president in the world ?(A) Golda Meir(B) Indira Gandhi(C) Sirimavo Bhandarnaike(D) Maria Isbel Paron

Q90. Who created the first Portable Computer ?(A) Adam Osborne(B) Charles Babbage(C) Steve Jobs(D) Tim Berners-Lee

Q91. Designed by Bengali architect Vidhyadhar Bhattacharya, which city is known as ‘Pink City’ ?(A) Jaipur(B) Jodhpur(C) Bengaluru(D) Chandigarh

Q92. Which metal is used to make electric bulb filaments ?(A) Copper(B) Silver(C) Tungsten(D) Aluminium

Q93. Who was the first Viceroy of India ?(A) Lord Mayo(B) Lord Dalhousie(C) Lord Canning(D) Lord Curzon

Q94. In terms of both area and population, which is the smallest country in the world ?(A) Nauru(B) Monaco(C) Tuvalu(D) Vatican City

Q95. Which portfolio did Rajkumari Amrit Kaur, the first woman cabinet minister in India, hold in the independent India’s first cabinet ?(A) Labour(B) Health(C) Education(D) Railways

Q96. Palghat Gap, about 20 miles wide mountain pass between the Nilgiri Hills and the Anaimalai Hills, connects Kerala to which state ?(A) Tamil Nadu(B) Karnataka(C) Maharashtra(D) Andhra Pradesh

Q97. Named after the mount of Hindu god Vishnu, ‘Garuda’ is the national airline of which most Muslim populous country ?(A) Nigeria(B) Pakistan(C) Bangladesh(D) Indonesia

Q98. At which town in Andhra Pradesh, famous for silk sarees, did Vinoba Bhave start the Bhoodan Movement in 1951 ?(A) Vijayawada(B) Rajahmundry(C) Pochampally(D) Warangal

Q99. ’Daughter of the East’ book is the autobiography of which Asian woman leader ?(A) Indira Gandhi(B) Benazir Bhutto(C) Aung San Suu Kyi(D) Maghawati Sukarnoputri

Q100. Which country was formerly known as ‘Upper Volta’ ?(A) Namibia(B) Ethiopia(C) Botswana(D) Burkina Faso

Q.1 Which former Prime Minister of India was also called ‘Yuva Turk’ ?(A) Rajiv Gandhi(B) V.P.Singh(C) H.D.Deve Gowda(D) Chandrashekhar

Q2. Which mineral is used to make the Plaster of Paris ?(A) Gypsum(B) Calcite(C) Fluorite(D) Apatite

Q3. Which is the most spoken language in the world ?(A) English(B) Mandarin(C) Spanish(D) Hindi

Q4. Which planet in the Solar System is named after the Roman god of agriculture and harvest ?(A) Mars(B) Jupiter(C) Saturn(D) Venus

Q5. From the Constitution of which country was the concept of the Fundamental Rights in the Indian Constitution borrowed ?(A) Australia(B) South Africa(C) United Kingdom(D) United States of America

Q6. To which ocean does Panama Canal connect the Pacific Ocean ?(A) Arctic Ocean(B) Antarctic Ocean(C) Atlantic Ocean(D) Indian Ocean

Q7. By what name is Krishna Dvaipayana, author of the epic Mahabharat, better known ?(A) Ved Vyas(B) Valmiki(C) Tulsidas(D) Ramanujacharya

Q8. In which city is the Central Potato Research Institute (CPRI) located ?(A) Nagpur(B) Lucknow(C) Shimla(D) Cuttack

Q9. ‘Bhutia’, ‘Kathiawadi’, ‘Marwari’, ‘Manipuri’, ‘Spiti’ and ‘Zanskari’ are the Indian breeds of which animal ?(A) Cow(B) Horse(C) Camel(D) Goat

Q10. Who introduced the word ‘Robot’, for artificial workers, in his science fiction play R.U.R. in 1921 ?(A) George Orwell(B) Karel Capek(C) Daniel Defoe(D) Rudyard Kipling

Q11. In the most popular internet domain name ‘.com’ (dot-com), the ‘com’ is the short form for which word ?(A) Common(B) Commercial(C) Computer(D) Communication

Q12. Deficiency of which vitamin leads to ‘Rickets’ (softening of bones) ?(A) Vitamin A(B) Vitamin B(C) Vitamin C(D) Vitamin D

Q13. Which freedom fighter was popularly known as the ‘Grand Old Man of India’ ?(A) Bal Gangadhar Tilak(B) Chittaranjan Das(C) Dadabhai Naoroji(D) C.Rajagopalachari

Q14. Which Indian state has the longest coastline ?(A) Gujarat(B) Maharashtra(C) Tamil Nadu(D) Andhra Pradesh

Q15. Naxalbari village, the birth place of Naxalite Movement, is located in which state ?(A) Bihar(B) Jharkhand(C) West Bengal(D) Orissa

Q16. ‘Roopavahini’ is the National Television Network of which Asian country ?(A) Nepal(B) Sri Lanka(C) Bhutan(D) Myanmar

Q17. On 17 Dec 1931, who founded the Indian Statistical Institute (ISI) in Kolkata ?(A) C.V.Raman(B) Homi Bhabha(C) P.C.Mahalanobis(D) Vikram Sarabhai

Q18. Named after Libyan leader Muammar al-Gaddafi, famous Test cricket ground Gaddafi Stadium is located in which city ?(A) Hyderabad (India)(B) Dhaka (Bangladesh)(C) Colombo (Sri Lanka)(D) Lahore (Pakistan)

Q19. Which mythological weapon is depicted on the Param Vir Chakra medal ?(A) Vajra(B) Khatvanga(C) Sudarshan Chakra(D) Kaumodaki

Q20. Hydrogen and Carbon monoxide are the major constituents of which fuel gas ?(A) Coal Gas(B) Water Gas(C) Compressed Natural Gas (CNG)(D) Liquefied Petroleum Gas (LPG)

Q21. In May 1998, while addressing at nuclear tests site near Pokhran, who added ‘Jai Vigyan’ to the Lal Bahadur Shastri’s slogan ‘Jai Jawan, Jai Kisan’ ?(A) Indira Gandhi

(B) Rajeev Gandhi(C) P.V.Narsimha Rao(D) Atal Behari Vajpayee

Q22. On the banks of which river is the Jamshedpur, the steel city of India, situated ?(A) Tapti(B) Narmada(C) Subarnarekha(D) Hooghly

Q23. Which Indian city you would be in if you were standing on world’s longest railway platform ?(A) Jabalpur (M.P.)(B) Kharagpur (W.Bengal)(C) Mughalsarai (U.P.)(D) Secunderabad (A.P.)

Q24. In 1953, which film won the first National Award for the Best Feature Film ?(A) Shyamchi Aai (Marathi)(B) Pather Panchali (Bengali)(C) Kabooliwala (Bengali)(D) Mirza Galib (Hindi)

Q25. In his first voyage to India, at which place did Vasco da Gama land on 20 May 1498 ?(A) Goa(B) Kochi (Cochin)(C) Mumbai (Bombay)(D) Kozhikode (Calicut)

Q26. Vikramshila University, an ancient university of India whose ruins are situated in present day Bihar, was founded by which Pala ruler ?(A) Dharmapala(B) Devapala(C) Mahipala(D) Govindpala

Q27. ‘Freedom in Exile’ book is the autobiography of which Nobel Peace Prize winner ?(A) Yasser Arafat(B) Nelson Mandela(C) Dalai Lama XIV(D) Aung San Suu Kyi

Q28. Which Indian woman athlete is popularly known as ‘Idukki Express’ ?(A) P.T.Usha(B) K.M.Beenamol

(C) Jyotirmay Sikdar(D) Anju Bobby George

Q29. Hoover Medal, a prize given for outstanding extra-career services by engineers to humanity, has been awarded to which Indian engineer for year 2008 ?(A) Sam Pitroda(B) G.Madhavan Nair(C) N.R.Narayan Murthy(D) A.P.J.Abdul Kalam

Q30. In international cricket, Yuvraj Singh of India is the second batsman to hit 6 sixers in an over. Who was the first ?(A) Sanath Jayasuriya (Sri Lanka)(B) Adam Gilchrist (Australia)(C) Herschelle Gibbs (South Africa)(D) Shahid Afridi (Pakistan)

Q31. On the banks of which river is the Kumbh Mela at Ujjain held ?(A) Kshipra(B) Godavari(C) Krishna(D) Kaveri

Q32. Shivkasi in Tamil Nadu is famous for which industry ?(A) Glass(B) Leather(C) Diamond(D) Fireworks

Q33. To put out the fire, which gas is released by Fire Extinguishers ?(A) Oxygen(B) Hydrogen(C) Carbon dioxide(D) Carbon monoxide

Q34. ‘Dromedary’ and ‘Bactrian’ are the types of which animal ?(A) Goat(B) Camel(C) Elephant(D) Bear

Q35. In which union territory of India, would you meet the people of the Onge tribe ?(A) Daman and Diu(B) Lakshadweep(C) Dadra and Nagar Haveli(D) Andaman and Nicobar Islands

Q36. Ramon Magsaysay Award, often considered as Asia’s Nobel Prize, is given in memory of which Asian country’s former president ?(A) Singapore(B) Indonesia(C) Philippines(D) Malaysia

Q37. The East-West Corridor, being constructed under National Highways Development Project, and which starts at Porbandar (Gujarat) in west, will terminate at which place in the east ?(A) Silchar (Assam)(B) Kohima (Nagaland)(C) Imphal (Manipur)(D) Shillong (Meghalaya)

Q38. Asteroids, sometimes called minor planets or planetoids, are generally found between which planets ?(A) Earth and Mars(B) Mars and Jupiter(C) Jupiter and Saturn(D) Saturn and Uranus

Q39. By what name is the observation in economics that ‘bad money drives out good money’ popularly known ?(A) Say’s Law(B) Gresham’s Law(C) Murphy’s Law(D) Parkinson’s Law

Q40. The subatomic particle ‘Boson’ is named after which Indian scientist ?(A) Meghnad Saha(B) Jagdish Chandra Bose(C) Satyendra Nath Bose(D) Homi Bhabha

Q41. On 1st July 1997, where was India’s first Science City inaugurated ?(A) Mumbai(B) Bengaluru(C) Hyderabad(D) Kolkata

Q42. What is the name of Morarji Desai’s samadhi in Ahmedabad ?(A) Raj Ghat(B) Vijay Ghat(C) Abhay Ghat(D) Narayan Ghat

Q43. In 1829, which Governor-General prohibited the practice of ‘Sati’ ?(A) Lord Auckland(B) Lord Amherst(C) Lord William Bentinck(D) Lord Dalhousie

Q44. Who authored the book ‘Indica’ ?(A) Fa Hian(B) Megasthanese(C) Al Beruni(D) Huen Tsang

Q45. Which is the oldest stock exchange in Asia ?(A) Tokyo Stock Exchange(B) Hong Kong Stock Exchange(C) Shanghai Stock Exchange(D) Bombay Stock Exchange

Q46. Who is the chairman of the Atomic Energy Commission of India ?(A) Mangala Rai(B) Sam Pitroda(C) Anil Kakodkar(D) G.Madhavan Nair

Q47. By defeating Harshavardhana on the banks of river Narmada, which Chalukya ruler stopped him from expanding into south ?(A) Pulkesin I(B) Pulkesin II(C) Vinayaditya(D) Vijayaditya

Q48. In 1892, who became the first Indian to be elected to the House of Commons (lower house of British Parliament) ?(A) Mahatma Gandhi(B) Dadabhai Naoroji(C) Tej Bahadur Sapru(D) Gopal Krishna Gokhale

Q49. Which military training institute located at Khadakwasla near Pune in Maharashtra has adopted ‘Seva Parmo Dharma’ (Service before Self) as its motto ?(A) National Defence Academy(B) Indian Military Academy(C) Defence Services Staff College(D) Dundigul Air Force Academy

Q50. Which city houses the headquarters of Asian Development Bank (ADB) ?(A) Manila (Philippines)(B) Bangkok (Thailand)(C) Kualalampur (Malaysia)(D) Seoul (South Korea)

Q51. Which natural sugar is found in the milk ?(A) Lactose(B) Sucrose(C) Maltose(D) Fructose

Q52. ‘Nepali’, ‘Lepcha’, ‘Bhutia’ and ‘Limbu’ are the main spoken langauges of which Indian state ?(A) Manipur(B) Mizoram(C) Sikkim(D) Nagaland

Q53. On 15 May 1952, who became the first speaker of the Lok Sabha ?(A) Sukumar Sen(B) G.V.Mavalankar(C) Harilal J. Kania(D) S.Radhakrishnan

Q54. Which royal poet of Delhi Sultanate is regarded as the ‘Father of Qawwali’ ?(A) Tansen(B) Baiju Bawra(C) Nayak Charju(D) Amir Khusro

Q55. In 1976, which Bengali lady novelist became the first woman to receive the Jnanpith Award for her novel ‘Pratham Pritisruti’ (First Promise) ?(A) Ashapurna Devi(B) Mahasveta Devi(C) Mahadevi Varma(D) Amrita Pritam

Q56. Which Article of the Indian Constitution gives special status to Jammu and Kashmir ?(A) Article 352(B) Article 356(C) Article 360(D) Article 370

Q57. Immortalized in the voice of Lata Mangeshkar, Kavi Pradeep’s famous patriotic song ‘Aye mere watan ke logon’ was set to music by which musician ?

(A) Naushad(B) S.D.Burman(C) O.P.Nayyar(D) C.Ramchandra

Q58. Coined by French priest Henri Didon, ‘Citius, Altius, Fortius’ (Swifter, Higher, Stronger) slogan is the motto of which tournament ?(A) Olympic Games(B) Commonwealth Games(C) FIFA World Cup(D) Asian Games

Q59. Who was popularly known as the ‘Lady with the Lamp’ ?(A) Mother Teresa(B) Sister Nivedita(C) Florence Nightingale(D) The Mother (Mirra Alfassa)

Q60. Falkland Islands, located in South Atlantic Ocean, are a self-governing Overseas Territory of which country ?(A) France(B) United Kingdom(C) Argentina(D) Spain

Q61. What is the minimum age limit to become the Governor of a state in India ?(A) 18 years(B) 25 years(C) 30 years(D) 35 years

Q62. Yakshagana, literally meaning celestial music, is a popular dance drama of which Indian state ?(A) Gujarat(B) Maharashtra(C) Karnataka(D) West Bengal

Q63. Hirakud Dam at Sambalpur in Orissa, the longest dam in India, is built across which river ?(A) Narmada(B) Mahanadi(C) Godavari(D) Kaveri

Q64. Among terrestrial (land) animals, which animal has the longest gestation period ?(A) Tiger

(B) Elephant(C) Rhinoceros(D) Horse

Q65. For writing the Punjabi language, which Sikh guru developed the Gurumukhi script ?(A) Guru Angad(B) Guru Amar Das(C) Guru Ram Das(D) Guru Arjan

Q66. Which among the following disease is caused by female Aedes Aegypti mosquitoes ?(A) Malaria(B) Kala-Azar(C) Dengue Fever(D) Typhoid

Q67. ‘Mein Kampf’ (My Struggle) book is the autobiography of which dictator ?(A) Pol Pot(B) Idi Amin(C) Adolf Hitler(D) Joseph Stalin

Q68. Who was the chief guest at the Republic Day celebrations on 26th January 2009 in New Delhi ?(A) Vladimir Putin (Russian President)(B) Nicolas Sarkozy (French President)(C) Zigme Singye Wangchuk (Bhutan King)(D) Nursultan Nazarbayev (Kazakhstan President)

Q69. In 1916, who founded Shreemati Nathibai Damodar Thackersey (SNDT) Women’s University at Pune, the first women’s university in India ?(A) Annie Besant(B) Mahatma Gandhi(C) Madan Mohan Malaviya(D) Dhondo Keshav Karve

Q70. In which African city are the headquarters of United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) located ?(A) Nairobi (Kenya)(B) Cairo (Egypt)(C) Abuja (Nigeria)(D) Addis Ababa (Ethiopia)

Q71. Which hormone, released when danger threatens, is known as Emergency hormone ?(A) Insulin(B) Adrenaline

(C) Melatonin(D) Thyroxine

Q72. ‘Kathakali’, ‘Mohiniaattam’ and ‘Thullal’ dance forms are native of which state ?(A) Karnataka(B) Andhra Pradesh(C) Tamil Nadu(D) Kerala

Q73. Which is the only continent through which all longitude lines passes ?(A) Asia(B) Africa(C) Antarctica(D) Australia

Q74. ‘Vinaya Pitaka’, ‘Sutta Pitaka’ and ‘Abhidhamma Pitaka’ – collectively known as the ‘Tripitaka’ (three baskets) – are sacred texts of which religion ?(A) Jainism(B) Sikhism(C) Buddhism(D) Christianity

Q75. In 1997, to which Indian film star did Pakistan Government present its highest civilian award ‘Nishan-e-Intiaz’ ?(A) Dev Anand(B) Raj Kapoor(C) Amitabh Bachchan(D) Dilip Kumar

Q76. On 18 March 1965, who became the first human to walk in the space ?(A) Yuri Gagarin(B) Alexey Leonov(C) Neil Armstrong(D) Buzz Aldrin

Q77. Washington D.C., the capital of United States of America, is located on the banks of which river ?(A) Seine(B) Thames(C) Potomac(D) Moskva

Q78. Which among the following is the first indigenous civilian aircraft of India ?(A) Saras(B) Tejas

(C) Chetak(D) Cheetah

Q79. Near which city is the Salim Ali Centre for Ornithology and Natural History located ?(A) Panaji (Goa)(B) Coimbatore (Tamil Nadu)(C) Bharatpur (Rajasthan)(D) Sultanpur (Haryana)

Q80. Which Central American country was formerly known as ‘British Honduras’ ?(A) Belize(B) Malawi(C) Botswana(D) Benin

Q81. What name has been given to the first Boeing 747/700 jet, inducted into Indian Air Force, designed to work as the Indian President’s office-in-the-sky ?(A) Samrat(B) Rajdoot(C) Maharaja(D) Badshah

Q82. Which pigment gives plants and leaves their green colour ?(A) Betalain(B) Chlorophyll(C) Carotenoid(D) Anthocyanin

Q83. As a token of protest against Jallianwala Bagh massacre on 13 April 1919, who returned the Knighthood conferred on him by the British Government ?(A) Rabindranath Tagore(B) Tej Bahadur Sapru(C) Gopal Krishna Gokhle(D) Syed Ahmed Khan

Q84. On 6 Apr 2009, which Indian cricketer surpassed Australian Mark Waugh’s world record for the most catches in Test Cricket by a fielder (excluding wicket-keeper) ?(A) Sunil Gavaskar(B) V.V.S.Laxman(C) Rahul Dravid(D) Mohammed Azharuddin

Q85. What is the retirement age of High Court judges ?(A) 60 years(B) 62 years

(C) 65 years(D) 70 years

Q86. Which apparatus is used to measure the blood pressure ?(A) Hygrometer(B) Chronometer(C) Thermometer(D) Sphygmomanometer

Q87. Which renowned dancer established classical dance school ‘Kalakshetra’ at Adyar near Chennai in 1931 ?(A) Protima Gauri Bedi(B) Sonal Mansingh(C) Mrinalini Sarabhai(D) Rukmini Devi Arundale

Q88. Kudremukh hills, name literally meaning Horse face, in Karnataka are famous for mines of which mineral ?(A) Gold(B) Lignite(C) Bauxite(D) Iron Ore

Q89. Ghatigaon Sanctuary, set up for the conservation of the Son Chiriya (great Indian bustard), is located in which state ?(A) Haryana(B) Rajasthan(C) Madhya Pradesh(D) Karnataka

Q90. The novel ‘Q & A’, on which 8 Oscar awards winning film ‘Slumdog Millionaire’ (2008) is based, was authored by which Indian civil servant ?(A) Vikas Swarup(B) Vikram Seth(C) Amitav Ghosh(D) Aravind Adiga

Q91. Which is the only bird that can fly backwards ?(A) Sunbird(B) Kingfisher(C) Honeyeater(D) Hummingbird

Q92. ‘Chanderi’ and ‘Maheshwari’ sarees are native of which state ?(A) Tamil Nadu(B) West Bengal

(C) Madhya Pradesh(D) Maharashtra

Q93. Quinine, the anti-malaria drug, is made from the bark of which tree ?(A) Cinchona(B) Wintergreen(C) Peppermint(D) Eucalyptus

Q94. Titan, the only moon (natural satellite) known to have a dense atmosphere, is the largest moon of which planet ?(A) Mars(B) Jupiter(C) Saturn(D) Uranus

Q95. Which dynasty, founded by Mauryan senapati (commander-in-chief) Pushyamitra, was immediate successor of the Maurya dyanasty ?(A) Gupta dynasty(B) Kanva dynasty(C) Nanda dynasty(D) Shunga dynasty

Q96. Which coastal city is known as the ‘Queen of the Arabian Sea’ ?(A) Kochi (Kerala)(B) Mangalore (Karnataka)(C) Ratnagiri (Maharashtra)(D) Marmagao (Goa)

Q97. On 1 September 1939, attack on which country by Germany marked the start of World War II ?(A) France(B) Poland(C) Britain(D) Belgium

Q98. In 1981, which Mumbai born British writer won the Booker Prize for his novel ‘Midnight’s Children’ ?(A) Salman Rushdie(B) V.S.Naipaul(C) Arundhati Roy(D) Kiran Desai

Q99. In 1913, at which American city did Lala Har Dayal found the ‘Ghadar Party’ ?(A) Boston(B) California

(C) Philadelphia(D) San Francisco

Q100. By voter strength, which Indian parliamentary constituency (Lok Sabha seat) having more than 33 lakh voters holds the world record of the largest constituency ?(A) Chandni Chowk (Delhi)(B) Outer Delhi (Delhi)(C) Nandyal (Andhra Pradesh)(D) Samastipur (Bihar)

1. There is one word in the English language that is always pronounced incorrectly. What is it?

2. A man gave one son 10 cents and another son was given 15 cents. What time is it?3. A boat has a ladder that has six rungs; each rung is one foot apart. The bottom rung is one

foot from the water. The tide rises at 12 inches every 15 minutes. High tide peaks in one hour. When the tide is at its highest, how many rungs are under water?

4. There is a house with four walls. Each wall faces south. There is a window in each wall. A bear walks by one of the windows. What color is the bear?

5. Is half of two plus two equal to two or three?6. There is a room. The shutters are blowing in. There is broken glass on the floor. There is

water on the floor. You find Sloppy dead on the floor. Who is Sloppy? How did Sloppy die?

7. How much dirt would be in a hole 6 feet deep and 6 feet wide that has been dug with a square edged shovel?

8. If I were in Hawaii and dropped a bowling ball in a bucket of water which is 45 degrees F, and dropped another ball of the same weight, mass, and size in a bucket at 30 degrees F, both of them at the same time, which ball would hit the bottom of the bucket first? Same question, but the location is in Canada?

9. What is the significance of the following: The year is 1978, thirty-four minutes past noon on May 6th.

10. If a farmer has 5 haystacks in one field and 4 haystacks in the other field, how many haystacks would he have if he combined them all in the center field?

11. What is it that goes up and goes down but does not move?

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***************** Answers to Tricky Questions

1. The word “incorrectly” itself.2. 1:45, the man gave away a total of 25 cents. He divided it between two people. Therefore,

he gave a quarter to two.3. None, the boat rises with the tide.4. White. If all the walls face south, the house is at the North Pole, and the bear, therefore, is

a polar bear.5. Three. Well, it seems that it could almost be either, but if you follow the mathematical

orders of operation, division is performed before addition. So, half of two is one. Then add two, and the answer is three.

6. Sloppy is a gold fish. The wind blew the shutters in, which knocked his goldfish-bowl off the table, and it broke, killing him.

7. None. No matter how big a hole is, it’s still a hole: the absence of dirt.8. Both questions, same answer: the ball in the bucket of 45 degree F water hits the bottom

of the bucket last. Did you think that the water in the 30 degree F bucket is frozen? Think again. The question said nothing about that bucket having anything in it. Therefore, there is no water or ice to slow the ball down.

9. The time and month/date/year American style calendar are 12:34, 5/6/78.10. One. If he combines all of his haystacks, they all become one big stack.11. The temperature.

Durand Line :

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Between Pakistan and Afghanistan, demarcated by Sir Mortimer Durand in 1896.

Hindenberg Line :

The line to which the Germans retreated in 1917 during the First World War, defines the boundary between Germany and Poland.

Line of Control :

It divides Kashmir between India and Pakistan.

Maginot Line :

Boundary between France and Germany.

Mannerheim Line :

Drawn by General Mannerheim; fortification on the Russia an Finland border.

McMahon Line :

The boundary between India and China as demarcated by Sir Henry McMahon in 1914. China does not recognise this line.

Oder Niesse Line :

Boundary between Germany and Poland.

Radcliffe Line :

Drawn by Sir Cyril Radcliffe in 1947 as demarcation between India and Pakistan.

Seigfrid Line :

Line of fortification drawn by Germany on its border with France.

17th Parallel :

The line which defined the boundary between North Vietnam and South Vietnam before the two were united.

24th Parallel :

The line which Pakistan claims should be the demarcation between India and Pakistan.

38th Parallel :

Boundary between North Korea and South Korea.

49th Parallel :

Boundary between USA and Canada.

1: What is called as the “Roof of the World”?

1. Indira Point2. Kanchenjunga3. Pamir Knot4. Indira Col

Answer: 3.  Pamir knot

2: The illustrious names of Aryabhatta and Varahamihir are associated with the age of the

1. Guptas2. Kushanas3. Mauryas4. Palas

Answer: 1.  Guptas

3: Who generally acknowledged as the pioneer of local self government in modern India?

1. Ripon2. Mayo3. Lytton4. Curzon

Answer:  1.  Ripon

4: Which Article of the Constitution of India abolishes untouchability and forbids its practice in any form?

1. Article 162. Article 173. Article 18

4. Article 15

Answer: 2.  Article 17

5: The idea of Pakistan was first conceived by

1. Muhammad Iqbal2. M. A. Jinnah3. Shaukat Ali4. Aga Khan

Answer: 1.  Muhammad Iqbal

6: Which of the following countries has introduced “Direct Democracy”?

1. Russia2. India3. France4. Switzerland

Answer: 4.  Switzerland

7: Inflation occurs when aggregate supply is

1. More that aggregate demand2. Less than aggregate demand3. Equal to aggregate demand4. None of the above

Answer: 2.  More that aggregate demand

8: Which State has the lowest per capita income in India?

1. Bihar2. Orissa3. Rajasthan4. Gujrat

Answer: 2.  Orissa

9: In the budget figures of the Government of India, fiscal deficit is

1. Total expenditure – total receipts2. Revenue expenditure – revenue receipts3. Capital expenditure – capital receipts + market borrowings4. Sum of budget deficit and Government’s market borrowings and liabilities

Answer: 1.  Total expenditure – total receipts

10: The eighth Joint Economic Group dialogue between China and India was held in January 2010 in Beijing, China after a gap of

1. two years2. three years3. four years4. five years

Answer: 3.  four years

11: According to the recently released World Bank Report, the Chinese economy grew by the close of fourth quarter of 2009 at the rate of

1. 9.7 percent2. 10.7 percent3. 10.8 percent4. 11 percent

Answer: 2.  10.7 percent

12: As per the quality of life Index 2010, which was released worldwide in January 2010, the united States occupies the

1. Second Place2. Third Place3. Fifth Place4. Seventh Place

Answer: 4. Seventh Place

13: The India-France deal for civil nuclear corporation, which came into force in January 2010, had been signed between the two countries in

1. September 20082. October 20083. November 20084. December 2008

Answer: 1. September 2008

14: Wodeyars were the ruler of

1. Princely State of Mysore2. Princely State of Travancore

3. Vijayanagaram4. None of these

Answer: 1. Princely State of Mysore

15: “Black Pagoda” is in

1. Egypt2. Srilanka3. Madurai4. Konark

Answer: 4. Konark

16: The meeting of the Rajya Sabha are presided over by the

1. President2. Vice President3. Prime Minister4. Speaker

Answer: 2. Vice President

17: Lunar eclipse occurs on

1. A new moon day2. A full moon day3. A half moon day4. both 1 and 2

Answer: 2. A full moon day

18: Which of the following crops helps in nitrogen fixation?

1. Rice2. Wheat3. Beans4. Maize

Answer: 3. Beans

19: Detroit in the U. S. A. is known as the city of

1. Motor Car2. Lights3. Aeroplanes

4. Rockets

Answer: 1. Motor Car

20: The term “Fourth Estate” refers to

1. Backward States2. Judiciary3. Press4. Tea Estate

Answer: 3. Press

21: SAIL’s plant in Karnataka is situated at

1. Bangalore2. Bhadravati3. Belgaum4. Hubli

Answer: 2. Bhadravati

22: At which of the following place Rajiv Gandhi died of human bomb explosion?

1. New Delhi2. Chennai3. Sriperumbudur4. Colombo

Answer: 3. Sriperumbudur

23: Who is not the Speaker of the Lok Sabha ever?

1. Somnath Chatterjee2. P. A. Sangma3. Meira Kumar4. Sushma Swaraj

Answer: 4. Sushma Swaraj

24: The Governor General associated with the abolition of slavery was

1. Cornwallis2. Bentinck3. Dalhousie4. Rippon

Answer: 2. Bentinck

25: The name of India’s first carrier is

1. INS Vikrant2. INS Nilgiri3. INS Kukri4. INS Himgiri

Answer: 1. INS Vikrant

26: The general direct flow of summer monsoon in India is -

1. From South to North2. From South West to South East3. From South East to South West4. From South West to North East

Answer: 2 From South West to South East

27: World No-Tobacco Day is observed on -

1. May 252. May 313. May284. May 24

Answer: 2. May 31

28: Which one of the following ecosystems covers the largest area of the earth’s surface?

1. Desert Ecosystem2. Grassland Ecosystem3. Mountain Ecosystem4. Marine Ecosystem

Answer: 4. Marine Ecosystem

29: With which game is the Double Fault associated?

1. Lawn Tennis2. Football3. Cricket4. Hockey

Answer: 2. Football

30: Where is the oldest oil refinery in India located?

1. Digboi2. Cochin3. Mathura4. Guwahati

Answer: 1. Digboi

31: The Siwaliks stretch between -

1. Indus and Sutlaj2. Potwar basin and Teesta3. Sutlaj and Kali4. None of these

Answer: 2. Potwar basin and Teesta

32: Thalassaemia is a hereditary disease affecting -

1. Blood2. Lungs3. Heart4. Kidney

Answer: 1.  Blood

33: Polythene is industrially prepared by the polymerization of -

1. Methane2. Styrene3. Acetylene4. Ethylene

Answer: 4. Ethylene

34: In cricket the length of pitch between the two wickets is -

1. 24 yards2. 23 yards3. 22 yards4. 21 yards

Answer: 3.  22 yards

35: Which one of the following is not the official language of the United Nations Organisation?

1. Arabic2. Chinese3. Portuguese4. Spanish

Answer: 3.  Portuguese

36: Which countries are separated by Mac Mohan Line?

1. India and Pakistan2. China and Tibet3. India and China4. India and Bangladesh

Answer: 3.  India and China

37: Which one of the following is a water soluble vitamin?

1. Vitamin A2. Vitamin C3. Vitamin D4. Vitamin K

Answer: 2. Vitamin C

38: Among the following who was the Speaker in two Lok Sabhas?

1. Rabi Ray2. Shivraj Patil3. P. A. Sangma4. G. M. C Balyogi

Answer: 4.  G. M. C Balyogi

39: ‘Lakshya’ which is part of Indian Defence System is

1. Surface of air missile2. Missile Firing Submarine3. multi Barrel rocket System4. Pilot-less target aircraft

Answer: 4. Pilot-less target aircraft

40: Which one of the following states has only one representatives each in Lok Sabha?

1. Manipur, Meghalaya

2. Himachal Pradesh and Jammu Kashmir3. Arunachal Pradesh and Tripura4. Mizoram and Nagaland

Answer: 4.  Mizoram and Nagaland

41: Who among the following is known as the guardian of the Public Purse in India?

1. The Comptroller and Auditor General of India2. The President3. The Minister of Finance4. The parliament

Answer: 1.  The Comptroller and Auditor General of India

42: Biological Oxygen demand (BOD) is used as a standard measure of

1. Oxygen level in forest System2. Oxygen level in animals3. Oxygen level in water system4. Oxygen level in atmosphere

Answer: 3.  Oxygen level in water system

43: Which of the following Crops is of Kharif Season?

1. Soyabean2. Linseed3. lentil4. Mustard

Answer: 1.  Soyabean

44: Fruit most suitable for making jelly is

1. Papaya2. Karunda3. Mango4. Banana

Answer: 3.  Mango

45: Who was the first chief Justice of Supreme court of Calcutta?

1. Hyde2. Elijah Impey

3. Lemaistre4. Monson

Answer: 2.  Elijah Impey

46: By which of the following Acts were the Commercial Rights of East India Company Abolished?

1. Regulating Act of 17732. Charter Act of 18133. Charter Act of 18334. Charter Act of 1853

Answer: 3.  Charter Act of 1833

47: Who Was the founder of All India Muslim League?

1. Sir Syed Ahmad Khan2. Nawab Saleem Ullah Khan3. Liyaqat Ali Khan4. Mohammad Ali Jinnah

Answer: 2.  Nawab Saleem Ullah Khan

48: Vishakhapatnam Steel Plant obtains its iron ore from the mines of

1. Bababudan2. Bailadila3. Dalli-Rajhra4. Gurumahisaini

Answer: 1.  Bababudan

49: The First Finance Commission was constituted in the year

1. 19562. 19533. 19524. 1951

Answer: 4.  1951

50: Which one of the following Settlements comprised Zamindar as middleman to collect the land revenue?

1. Mahalwari Settlement

2. Ryotwari Settlement3. Permanent Settlement4. None of the above

Answer: 3.  Permanent Settlement

51: Which of the following was the court language during the reign of Akbar?

1. Hindi2. Urdu3. Persian4. Arabic

Answer: 3.  Persian

52: What were the districts called in the Vijaynagar empire?

1. Nadu2. Khurram3. Kottam4. Janpad

Answer: 3.  Kottam

53: Which was the first National News Agency of India?

1. The Indian Review2. The Free Press of India3. The Associated Press of India4. None of the above

Answer: 3. The Associated Press of India

54: The depiction of the stones of the previous lives of Gautama Buddha was first done in the art of

1. Sarnath Pillar of Asoka2. Bharhut Stupa3. Ajanta Caves4. Eilora Caves

Answer: 2.  Bharhut Stupa

55: The British Parliament can do everything except make a woman a man and a woman a man?To whom is this statement ascribed?

1. Dicey2. Hegal3. De Lolme4. none of above

Answer: 3.  De Lolme

56: Which of the following states did not come into being in 1987?

1. Mizoram2. Arunachal Pradesh3. Goa4. Manipur

Answer: 4.  Manipur

57: The number of Zonal Councils in India is

1. Five2. Four3. Seven4. Eight

Answer: 1.  Five

58: National Commission for Back ward Classes was established in

1. 19942. 19933. 19954. 1999

Answer: 2. 1993

59: Indravati Hydroelectric Project is the multipurpose projet of

1. Maharashtra state2. Gujarat state3. Orissa State4. Tamil Nadu state

Answer: 3.  Orissa State

60: Which sector contributes the maximum share in National income of India?

1. Primary

2. Secondary3. Tertiary4. All the above have equal share

Answer: 3.  Tertiary

61: Shankarlal Guru committee was associated With

1. Agricultural Marketing2. Agricultural production3. Public Distribution System4. None of above

Answer: 1.  Agricultural Marketing

62: IMF is the result of

1. Hawana Conference2. Rome Conference3. Brettonwood Conference4. Geneva Conference

Answer: 3.  Brettonwood Conference

63: The Difference between Gross Domestic product and Net Domestic product is

1. Government Revenue2. Net Indirect Tax (Indirect Tax Subsidy)3. Consumption of fixed Capital4. Net Capital Formation

Answer: 4.  Net Capital Formation

64: First share market in India was established in

1. Delhi2. Mumbai3. Kolkata4. chennai

Answer: 2.  Mumbai

65: The acronym STD written on Telephone booth stands for

1. Straight Telephone Dial2. Switch Telephone Dial

3. Subscriber Telephone Dialing4. Save Telephone Dialing

Answer: 3.  Subscriber Telephone Dialing

66: India has signed a landamrk deal for sale of Dhruv Advance Light Helicopters (ALHs) with

1. Venezuela2. Peru3. Ecuador4. Chile

Answer: 3. Ecuador

67: Humidity is measured by which of the following instrument?

1. Barometer2. Thermometer3. Hygrometer4. Hydrometer

Answer: 3.  Hygrometer

68: Rabindranath Tagore was awarded Noble Prize for his literary work named

1. Geetanjali2. Rajtarangini3. Chokher Bali4. Kapal Kundala

Answer: 1. Geetanjali

69: Which of the following department of Indian Government takes care of education of children with physical disabilities?

1. Ministry of Welfare2. Ministry of Sports3. Ministry of HRD4. Ministry of Rural Development

Answer: 1. Ministry of Welfare

70: Amrita Pritam’s work “A Revenue Stamp” is

1. A book of stories2. A novel

3. A biography4. An autobiography

Answer: 4.  An autobiography

71: “Nadi Ke Dweep” is the creation of

1. Nirmala Verma2. Krishna Sobit3. Gajanan Madhav Muktibodh4. Sachidananda Heeranand Vatsyayan Agyeya

Answer: 4.  Sachidananda Heeranand Vatsyayan Agyeya

72: The poetic work “Rashmirathi” was written by

1. Maithilisharan Gupt2. Mahadevi Verma3. Ramdhari Singh Dinkar4. Surya Kant Tripathi Nirala

Answer: 3.  Ramdhari Singh Dinkar

73: “Operation Black Board” refers to providing schools with

1. Enough number of black boards2. New type of black boards3. Training for using new type of black boards4. All essential learning materials.

Answer: 4.  Training for using new type of black boards

74: Transistors used in electronic equipments are mostly made of

1. Silver2. Copper3. Silicon4. Carbon

Answer: 3.  Silicon

75: The disease diphtheria affects

1. Lungs2. Intestine3. Throat

4. Body joints

Answer: 3.  Throat

76: Which of the following is the brightest planet as seen from the earth?

1. Mercury2. Uranus3. Venus4. Mars

Answer: 3.  Venus

77: The Harry Potter series is written by

1. K K Rowling2. K J Rowling3. J K Rowling4. A K Rowling

Answer: 3.  J K Rowling

78: The most common communicable disease is

1. Influenza2. Typhoid3. Cholera4. Polio

Answer: 1.  Influenza

79: Among the following, the richest source of protein is

1. Ground Nut2. Rice3. Potato4. Apple

Answer: 1.  Ground Nut

80: Taoism is a school of

1. Chinese philosophy2. Japanese philosophy3. Buddhist philosophy4. Sri Lankan philosophy

Answer: 1.  Chinese Philosophy

81: Hydrogen is used instead of Helium to fill balloons for meteorology because

1. of its low density2. It is not very reactive under normal conditions3. It is almost insoluble in water4. It can be prepared easily

Answer: 1.  of its low density

82: The most abundant element in the earth’s crust is

1. Silicon2. Aluminium3. Nitrogen4. Oxygen

Answer: 4.  Oxygen

83: Stainless steel is an example of

1. A metallic compound2. A homogeneous mixture3. A heterogeneous mixture4. An inorganic compound

Answer: 1.  A metallic compound

84: The Non-Cooperation Movement was ultimately withdrawn by Mahatma Gandhi

1. On the directions of the Party2. On account of amicable settlement with the British3. On account of violent incidents at Chauri-Chaura4. On account of excessive repression by the Government

Answer: 3.  On account of violent incidents at Chauri-Chaura

85: The Preamble of the Constitution after 42nd amendment declares India

1. Sovereign Socialist Secular Democratic Republic2. Sovereign Democratic Republic3. Federal Democratic Republic4. Federal Socialist Democratic Republic

Answer: 1.  Sovereign Socialist Secular Democratic Republic

86: The International Date Line is the

1. Equator2. 0° Longitude3. 88° East Longitude4. 180° Longitude

Answer: 4.  180° Longitude

87: The real executive power under a Parliamentary Government rests with

1. The Parliament2. The King3. The Council of Ministers4. The Civil Servants

Answer: 3.  The Council of Ministers

88: Who among the following was the first Maratha Ruler to get legal recognition from the Mughals?

1. Sahuji2. Shivaji3. Balaji Baji Rao4. Sambhaji

Answer: 1.  Sahuji

89: The average solar day is approximately

1. 24 hrs2. 24 hrs 15 minutes3. 24 hrs 52 minutes4. 24 hrs 15 Second

Answer: 1.  24 hrs

90: The constellation Sapta-Rishi is known to westerns as the

1. Seven Monks2. Alpha Centauri3. Big Dipper4. Small Bear

Answer: 3.  Big Dipper

91: One kilobyte is equal to

1. 1000 bytes2. 1024 bytes3. 100 bytes4. 1023 bytes

Answer: 2.  1024 bytes

92: Which of the following is a cellulose fiber?

1. Cotton2. Wool3. Rayon4. Polyester

Answer: 1.  Cotton

93: Which of the following is not an example of Operating System?

1. Windows 982. BSD Unix3. Microsoft Office XP4. Red Hat Linux

Answer: 3. Microsoft Office XP

94: Which of the following vitamins helps in the absorption of calcium?

1. Vitamin A2. Vitamin B3. Vitamin C4. Vitamin D

Answer: 4.  Vitamin D

95: Dengue fever is spread by

1. Aedes aegypti mosquito2. Common House flies3. Anophilies mosquito4. Rodent like rats and squirrels

Answer: 1.  Aedes aegypti mosquito

96: Which of the following is not a fundamental right of the Indian citizens?

1. Right to property2. Right to freedom of expression3. Right to vote4. Right to remain silence

Answer: 1.  Right to property

97: Which supercomputer is developed by the Indian Scientists?

1. Param2. Super 3013. Compaq Presario4. CRAY YMP

Answer: 1.  Param

98: Genome is the key to tomorrow’s medical practices because

1. It unleashes an information revolution2. It provides a new outlook into medicine3. It is a new way of making drugs4. It can enable customized medicines.

Answer: 2.  it provides a new outlook into medicine

99: Which of the following is not a missile tested in Indian Missile Programme?

1. Agni2. Trishul3. Prithvi4. Arjun

Answer: 4.  Arjun

100: Mahatma Gandhi started his struggle against apartheid in

1. Natal2. Transvaal3. Johannesberg4. Champaran

Answer: 1.  Natal

This is a special notes for all CAT and MBA aspirants.. by IIM Topper.

QUANT THEORY

1) nPr = n!/(n-r)!

2) nPn = n!

3) nCr = n!/(n-r)!r!

4) nCn = 1

5) nP0 = 1

6) nC0 = 1

7) AP An = a + (n-1)d

Sn = n/2[2a + (n-1)d]

GP An = ar(n-1)

Sn = a(rn – 1 )/ (r-1)

S∞ = a/(1-r)

9) 1 mile = 1760 yards

10) 1 yard = 3 feet

11) 1 mile2 = 640 acres

12) I gallon = 4 quarts

13) 1 quart = 2 pints

14) 1 pint = 2 cups

15) 1 cup = 8 ounces

16) 1 pound = 16 ounces

17) 1 ounce = 16 drams

18) 1 kg = 2.2 pounds

19) 30-60-90 triangle è 1:√3:2 sides

20) 45-45-90 triangle è 1:1:√2 sides

21) a3>b3 è a>b

22) If A than B => not B than not A

23) Zero divided by any nonzero integer is zero.

24) Division by 0 is undefined.

25)

26) The standard deviation is a statistic that tells you how tightly all the various examples are clustered around the mean in a set of data. When the examples are pretty tightly bunched together and the bell-shaped curve is steep, the standard deviation is small. When the examples are spread apart and the bell curve is relatively flat, that tells you have a relatively large standard deviation.

27) n(A U B U C) = n(A) + n (B)+ n(C) – n(A n B) – n(A n C) – n(B n C) + n(A n B n C)

28) n(Aonly) = n(A) – n(A n C) – n(A n B) + n(A U B U C)

29) Dividend = Divisor * Quotient + Remainder

30) LCM * HCF = Product of 2 numbers.

31) 1 + 2 + 3 ………………..n = n * n+1 / 2

32) Sum of squares of 1st n natural numbers = n (n+1)(2n+1) / 6

33) Sum of cubes of 1st n natural numbers = [n (n+1)/2]2

34)

Squares and Cubes

Number ( x ) Square ( x 2 ) Cube ( x 3 )1 1 12 4 83 9 274 16 645 25 1256 36 2167 49 -8 64 -9 81 -10 100 -11 121 -12 144 -13 169 -14 196 -15 225 -16 256 -17 28918 32419 36121 44122 48423 52924 57625 625

35)

Fractions and Percentage:

Fraction Decimal Percentage1 / 2 0.5 501 / 3 0.33 33 1/32 / 3 0.66 66 2/3

1 / 4 0.25 253 / 4 0.75 751 / 5 0.2 202 / 5 0.4 403 / 5 0.6 604 / 5 0.8 801 / 6 0.166 16 2/35 / 6 0.833 83 2 / 31 / 8 0.125 12 1 / 23 / 8 0.375 37 1 / 25 / 8 0.625 62 1 / 27 / 8 0.875 87 1 / 21 / 9 0.111 112 / 9 0.222 221 / 10 0.1 101 / 20 0.05 51 / 100 0.01 1

36) Average speed = Total distance / Total Time

When equal distances are covered in different speed then we take the harmonic mean

Av Speed = 2ab / a + b

Different distances in same time we take AM

Av Speed is = a + b / 2

37) Simple Interest: SI = PRT / 100, A = P + SI

38) 1 Nickel = 5 cents

1 dime = 10 cents

1 quarter = 25 cents

1 half = 50 cents

1 dollar = 100 cents

39) Equilateral triangle, Area = (√3 * a2)/4

40) Area of trapezium = ½ (Height * Sum of parallel sides)

41) Arc Length = (θ/ 360) 2 ∏ r

42) Area of sector = (θ/ 360) ∏ r2

43) Equal chords are equidistant from the center.

44) (x+y) 8 = 8C8x8 + 8C7x7y + 8C6x6y2 + 8C5x5y3 + … + 8C2x2y6 + 8C1xy7 + 8C0y8

45) Sometimes we get so involved with the nitty-gritties of mathematics that we start functioning like automatons and stop thinking. Don’t fall prey to this trap. For example, what is the probability that a number amongst the first 1000 positive integers is divisible by 8? Don’t start counting the multiples of 8! The figure of 1000 is a red herring. Use a little common sense. The numbers will be 8,16,24,32…So, 1 in every 8 numbers is a multiple of 8, even if you consider the first million integers. So Probability is 1/8

46) The number of integers from A to B inclusive is = B -A +1

47) Average of consecutive numbers:

Eg from 13 to 77 = (13+77)/2

48) Slope = (change in y)/(change in x)

49) 00 = undefined

50)

51) Sum of interior angles of a polygon with n sides = (n-2)*180

52) Degree measure of one angle in a regular polygon with n sides

= {(n-2)*180 }/n

53) When multiplying or dividing both sides of an inequality by a negative number, the inequality sign reverses.

–x < y => -(-x) > y => x > -y

54) Fraction > (fraction)2 for all positive fractions

55) Fraction > √(fraction ) for all positive fractions

56) If n is a positive integer, (n6)/2 = √(n12 / 4)

57) If z1, z2, z3 … zn are consecutive positive integers and their average is an odd integer => n is odd => sum of series is odd

58) In a triangle with sides of measure a, b and c SHAPE \* MERGEFORMAT , a-b a + b = odd

59) Before confirming try and back solve and make sure that u have answered what has been asked.

60) When the question mentions prime number, remember to think of 2 too.

61) In a triangle, if the sum of two angles = third angle, then it is a right angled triangle.

62) Do not transport information from another statement unless considering both collectively.

63) A-b = odd => a + b = odd

64)

65)

66) If a DS question simply asks whether a, b, c and d are consecutive integers; use your brain. It has just asked u to answer if they are consecutive, not if they are consecutive in order.

67) Measure of an angle of a cyclic polygon = 180 – 360/n , where n is the number of sides of the polygon.

68) Sometimes, mistakes might also be committed by simply misreading the statement. Eg

Both Tim and Harry received an acre of land more than Neel => t = n + 1, h = n + 1

Tim and Harry received an acre more than Neel => t + h = n+1

69)

Let Triangle ABC be equilateral with each side of measure ‘a’ and AC ^ BD

ð AB = BD = AD = a

ð Ða = Ðb = Ðc = 600

ð AC = √(a2 + a/2 2)

= √3*a/2

ð Area = √3 * a2/4

ð Perimeter = 3a

ð Radius of circle O = a/√3 = AC * 2/3

Radius of circle O’ = √3a/6 = AC * 1/3

70) Two

circles will touch each or intersect each other if the distance between their centers d is such that

R – r £ d £ R + r, where R and r are the radii of the two circles

71) Remainder of less than two means not just one; it also means remainder of zero.

72) Do not make unwarranted assumptions. 12 midnight to 12 noon does not mention what days, and hence you cannot find out the time period.

73) Standard deviation of a set is always negative and equals zero only if all elements of the set are equal.

74) If the difference between the largest and the smallest divisor of a number is X, the number is X + 1

75) Always remember the special watch out cases in DS questions. If the question mentions mean of a set, the mean can be ZERO also.

76) If area of a rectangle is known, diagonal is known, perimeter can be found

a2 + b2 = diagonal2

a2 + b2 + 2ab = diagonal2+ 2ab

(a + b)2 = diagonal2+ 2*area

77) √(y2) = |y| => y if y is positive, -y if y is negative

78) angle = mod [(60H - 11M) /2 ]

H = value of hour handM = value of minute hand

eg, if time is 2:30, then H =2 and M =30

79) Every number raised to power 5 has the number itself as unit digit

80) If a + b + c = Z, than the largest of a, b, and c cannot be greater than the mean of the other two.

81) The rule that one side of a triangle cannot be > sum of other two, only applies to sides, not angles

82) FINALLY, MAKE SURE OF WHAT THE QUESTION SAYS – INTEGER MEANS INTEGRAL LENGTH. And, DIVIDING A WIRE INTO PIECES, DOES NOT NECESSARILY IMPLY THAT THEY WILL BE INTEGRAL LENGTHS. Similarly, that a boat covers a distance upstream in 3 hours, states only the time, even if it has been mentioned that it covers a a distance 12 km downstream in 2 hours.

83) x2 = 9*y2 does not necessarily imply that x2 > y2. (Hint : consider x=y=0)

84) When we say multiples between 16 and 260, and inclusive/exclusive is not mentioned, take 16 and 260 to be exclusive.

85) The statement implies :

The hourly wage for each employee ranges from $5 an hour to $20 an hour.

minimum average = (20 + 5 + 5 + 5 + 5)/5

maximum average = (5 + 20 + 20 + 20 + 20)/5

THEORY OF EQUATIONS:—————————–

(1) If an equation (i:e f(x)=0 ) contains all positive co-efficients of any powers of x , it has no positive roots then.eg: x^4+3x^2+2x+6=0 has no positive roots .

(2) For an equation , if all the even powers of x have some sign coefficients and all the odd powers of x have the opposite sign coefficients , then it has no negative roots .

(3)Summarising DESCARTES RULE OF SIGNS:

For an equation f(x)=0 , the maximum number of positive roots it can have is the number of sign changes in f(x) ; and the maximum number of negative roots it can have is the number of sign changes in f(-x) .Hence the remaining are the minimum number of imaginary roots of the equation(Since we also know that the index of the maximum power of x is the number of roots of an equation.)

(4) Complex roots occur in pairs, hence if one of the roots of an equation is 2+3i , another has to be 2-3i and if there are three possible roots of the equation , we can conclude that the last root is real . This real roots could be found out by finding the sum of the roots of the equation and subtracting (2+3i)+(2-3i)=4 from that sum. (More about finding sum and products of roots next time )

——————————————07/10/2002 THEORY OF EQUATIONS——————————————

(1) For a cubic equation ax^3+bx^2+cx+d=o

sum of the roots = – b/asum of the product of the roots taken two at a time = c/aproduct of the roots = -d/a

(2) For a biquadratic equation ax^4+bx^3+cx^2+dx+e = 0

sum of the roots = – b/asum of the product of the roots taken three at a time = c/asum of the product of the roots taken two at a time = -d/aproduct of the roots = e/a

(3) If an equation f(x)= 0 has only odd powers of x and all these have the same sign coefficients or if f(x) = 0 has only odd powers of x and all these have the same signcoefficients then the equation has no real roots in each case(except for x=0 in the second case.

(4) Besides Complex roots , even irrational roots occur in pairs. Hence if 2+root(3) is a root , then even 2-root(3) is a root .(All these are very useful in finding number of positive , negative , real ,complex etc roots of an equation )

Today’s Section:—————-

08/10/2002—————-

(1) If for two numbers x+y=k(=constant), then their PRODUCT is MAXIMUM ifx=y(=k/2). The maximum product is then (k^2)/4 .

(2) If for two numbers x*y=k(=constant), then their SUM is MINIMUM ifx=y(=root(k)). The minimum sum is then 2*root(k) .

(3) |x| + |y| >= |x+y| (|| stands for absolute value or modulus )(Useful in solving some inequations)

(4) Product of any two numbers = Product of their HCF and LCM .Hence product of two numbers = LCM of the numbers if they are prime to each other .

1) For any regular polygon , the sum of the exterior angles is equal to 360 degreeshence measure of any external angle is equal to 360/n. ( where n is the number of sides)

(2) If any parallelogram can be inscribed in a circle , it must be a rectangle.

(3) If a trapezium can be inscribed in a circle it must be an isosceles trapezium (i:e oblique sies equal).

(4) For an isosceles trapezium , sum of a pair of opposite sides is equal in length to the sum of the other pair of opposite sides .(i:e AB+CD = AD+BC , taken in order) .

(5) Area of a regular hexagon : root(3)*3/2*(side)*(side)

1) For any 2 numbers a>b

a>AM>GM>HM>b (where AM, GM ,HM stand for arithmetic, geometric , harmonic menasa respectively)

(2) (GM)^2 = AM * HM

(3) For three positive numbers a, b ,c

(a+b+c) * (1/a+1/b+1/c)>=9

(4) For any positive integer n

2<= (1+1/n)^n <=3

(5) a^2+b^2+c^2 >= ab+bc+caIf a=b=c , then the equality holds in the above.

(6) a^4+b^4+c^4+d^4 >=4abcd

(7) (n!)^2 > n^n (! for factorial)

————————–This is for 21/10/2002————————–

(1) If a+b+c+d=constant , then the product a^p * b^q * c^r * d^s will be maximumif a/p = b/q = c/r = d/s .

(2)Consider the two equations

a1x+b1y=c1a2x+b2y=c2

Then ,If a1/a2 = b1/b2 = c1/c2 , then we have infinite solutions for these equations.If a1/a2 = b1/b2 <> c1/c2 , then we have no solution for these equations.(<> means not equal to )If a1/a2 <> b1/b2 , then we have a unique solutions for these equations..

(3) For any quadrilateral whose diagonals intersect at right angles , the area of the quadrilateral is0.5*d1*d2, where d1,d2 are the lenghts of the diagonals.

(4) Problems on clocks can be tackled as assuming two runners going round a circle , one 12 times as fast as the other . That is ,the minute hand describes 6 degrees /minutethe hour hand describes 1/2 degrees /minute .

Thus the minute hand describes 5(1/2) degrees more than the hour hand per minute .

(5) The hour and the minute hand meet each other after every 65(5/11) minutes after being together at midnight.(This can be derived from the above) .

1)If n is even , n(n+1)(n+2) is divisible by 24

(2)If n is any integer , n^2 + 4 is not divisible by 4

(3)Given the coordinates (a,b) (c,d) (e,f) (g,h) of a parallelogram , the coordinates of the meeting point of the diagonals can be found out by solving for[(a+e)/2,(b+f)/2] =[ (c+g)/2 , (d+h)/2]

(4)Area of a triangle1/2*base*altitude = 1/2*a*b*sinC = 1/2*b*c*sinA = 1/2*c*a*sinB = root(s*(s-a)*(s-b)*(s-c)) where s=a+b+c/2

=a*b*c/(4*R) where R is the CIRCUMRADIUS of the triangle = r*s ,where r is the inradius of the triangle .

(5)In any trianglea=b*CosC + c*CosBb=c*CosA + a*CosCc=a*CosB + b*CosA

(6)If a1/b1 = a2/b2 = a3/b3 = ………….. , then each ratio is equal to(k1*a1+ k2*a2+k3*a3+…………..) / (k1*b1+ k2*b2+k3*b3+…………..) , which is also equal to(a1+a2+a3+…………./b1+b2+b3+……….)

(7)In any trianglea/SinA = b/SinB =c/SinC=2R , where R is the circumradius

cosC = (a^2 + b^2 – c^2)/2ab

sin2A = 2 sinA * cosAcos2A = cos^2(A) – sin^2 (A)

1) x^n -a^n = (x-a)(x^(n-1) + x^(n-2) + …….+ a^(n-1) ) ……Very useful for finding multiples .For example (17-14=3 will be a multiple of 17^3 – 14^3)

(2) e^x = 1 + (x)/1! + (x^2)/2! + (x^3)/3! + ……..to infinity(2a) 2 < e < 3

(3) log(1+x) = x – (x^2)/2 + (x^3)/3 – (x^4)/4 ………to infinity [ Note the alternating sign . .Also note that the ogarithm is with respect to base e ]

(4) In a GP the product of any two terms equidistant from a term is always constant .

(5) For a cyclic quadrilateral , area = root( (s-a) * (s-b) * (s-c) * (s-d) ) , where s=(a+b+c+d)/2

(6) For a cyclic quadrilateral , the measure of an external angle is equal to the measure of the internal opposite angle.

(7) (m+n)! is divisible by m! * n! .

_________________“I have miles to go before I sleep

————-02/11/2002————-

(1) If a quadrilateral circumscribes a circle , the sum of a pair of opposite sides is equal to the sum of the other pair .

(2)The sum of an infinite GP = a/(1-r) , where a and r are resp. the first term and common ratio of the GP .

(3)The equation whose roots are the reciprocal of the roots of the equationax^2+bx+c is cx^2+bx+a

(4) The coordinates of the centroid of a triangle with vertices (a,b) (c,d) (e,f)is((a+c+e)/3 , (b+d+f)/3) .

(5) The ratio of the radii of the circumcircle and incircle of an equilateral triangle is 2:1 .

(6) Area of a parallelogram = base * height

(7)APPOLLONIUS THEOREM:

In a triangle , if AD be the median to the side BC , thenAB^2 + AC^2 = 2(AD^2 + BD^2) or 2(AD^2 + DC^2) .

_________________

1) for similar cones , ratio of radii = ratio of their bases.

(2) The HCF and LCM of two nos. are equal when they are equal .

(3) Volume of a pyramid = 1/3 * base area * height

(4) In an isosceles triangle , the perpendicular from the vertex to the base or the angular bisector from vertex to base bisects the base.

(5) In any triangle the angular bisector of an angle bisects the base in the ratio of theother two sides.

(6) the quadrilateral formed by joining the angular bisectors of another quadrilateral isalways a rectangle.

(7) Roots of x^2+x+1=0 are 1,w,w^2 where 1+w+w^2=0 and w^3=1

( |a|+|b| = |a+b| if a*b>=0else |a|+|b| >= |a+b|

(9) 2<= (1+1/n)^n <=3

(10) WINE and WATER formula:

If Q be the volume of a vesselq qty of a mixture of water and wine be removed each time from a mixturen be the number of times this operation be doneand A be the final qty of wine in the mixture

then ,A/Q = (1-q/Q)^n

(11) Area of a hexagon = root(3) * 3 * (side)^2

(12) (1+x)^n ~ (1+nx) if x<<<1

(13) Some pythagorean triplets:

3,4,5 (3^2=4+5)5,12,13 (5^2=12+13)7,24,25 (7^2=24+25)8,15,17 (8^2 / 2 = 15+17 )9,40,41 (9^2=40+41)11,60,61 (11^2=60+61)12,35,37 (12^2 / 2 = 35+37)16,63,65 (16^2 /2 = 63+65)20,21,29(EXCEPTION)

(14) Appolonius theorem could be applied to the 4 triangles formed in a parallelogram.

(15) Area of a trapezium = 1/2 * (sum of parallel sids) * height = median * heightwhere median is the line joining the midpoints of the oblique sides.

(16) when a three digit number is reversed and the difference of these two numbers is taken , the middle number is always 9 and the sum of the other two numbers is always 9 .

(17) ANy function of the type y=f(x)=(ax-b)/(bx-a) is always of the form x=f(y) .

(1 Let W be any point inside a rectangle ABCD .ThenWD^2 + WB^2 = WC^2 + WA^2

(19) Let a be the side of an equilateral triangle . then if three circles be drawn insidethis triangle touching each other then each’s radius = a/(2*(root(3)+1))

(20) Let ‘x’ be certain base in which the representation of a number is ‘abcd’ , then the decimal value of this number is a*x^3 + b*x^2 + c*x + d

5) For a cyclic quadrilateral , area = root( s* (s-a) * (s-b) * (s-c) * (s-d) ) , where s=(a+b+c+d)/2

Here are some neat shortcuts on Simple/Compound Interest.

Shortcut #1:————-We all know the traditional formula to compute interest…CI = P*(1+R/100)^N – P

The calculation get very tedious when N>2 (more than 2 years). The method suggested below is elegant way to get CI/Amount after ‘N’ years.

You need to recall the good ol’ Pascal’s Triange in following way:Code:

Number of Years (N)——————-1 12 1 2 13 1 3 3 14 1 4 6 4 1. 1 …. …. … … 1

Example: P = 1000, R=10 %, and N=3 years. What is CI & Amount?

Step 1: 10% of 1000 = 100, Again 10% of 100 = 10 and 10% of 10 = 1We did this three times b’cos N=3.

Step 2:Now Amount after 3 years = 1 * 1000 + 3 * 100 + 3 * 10 + 1 * 1 = Rs.1331/-The coefficents – 1,3,3,1 are lifted from the pascal’s triangle above.

Step 3:CI after 3 years = 3*100 + 3*10 + 3*1 = Rs.331/- (leaving out first term in step 2)

If N =2, we would have had, Amt = 1 * 1000 + 2 * 100 + 1 * 10 = Rs. 1210/-CI = 2 * 100 + 1* 10 = Rs. 210/-

This method is extendable for any ‘N’ and it avoids calculations involving higher powers on ‘N’ altogether!

A variant to this short cut can be applied to find depreciating value of some property. (Example, A property worth 100,000 depreciates by 10% every year, find its value after ‘N’ years).

Shortcut #2:————-(i) When interest is calculated as CI, the number of years for the Amount to double (two times the principal) can be found with this following formula:

P * N ~ 72 (approximately equal to).Exampe, if R=6% p.a. then it takes roughly 12 years for the Principal to double itself.

Note: This is just a approximate formula (when R takes large values, the error % in formula increases).

(ii) When interest is calculated as SI, number of years for amt to double can be found as:N * R = 100 . BTW this formula is exact!

Adding to what ‘Peebs’ said, this shortcut does work for any P/N/R.

Basically if you look closely at this method, what I had posted is actually derived from the Binomial expansion of the polynomial — (1+r/100)^n but in a more “edible” format digestable by us!

BTW herez one shortcut on recurring decimals to fractions …Its more easier to explain with an example..

Eg: 2.384384384 ….

Step 1: since the 3 digits ‘384′ is recurring part, multiply 2.384 by 1000 = so we get 2384.

Next ‘2′ is the non recurring part in the recurring decimal so subtract 2 from 2384 = 2382.

If it had been 2.3848484.., we would have had 2384 – 23 = 2361. Had it been 2.384444.. NR would be 2384 – 238 = 2146 and so on.

We now find denominator part …….

Step 3: In step 1 we multiplied 2.384384… by 1000 to get 2384, so put that first.

Step 4: next since all digits of the decimal part of recurring decimal is recurring, subtract 1 from step 3. Had the recurring decimal been 2.3848484, we need to subtract 10. If it had been 2.3844444, we needed to have subtracted 100 ..and so on…

Hence here, DR = 1000 – 1 = 999

Hence fraction of the Recurring decimal is 2382/999!!

Some more examples ….

1.56787878 … = (15678 – 156) / (10000 – 100) = 15522/9900

23.67898989… = (236789 – 2367) / (10000 – 100) = 234422/9900

124.454545… = (12445 – 124) / (100 – 1) = 12321/99

List of famous Books and   Authors

Posted by Admin on January 4, 2010

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Books Authors

A Bend in the river V.S. Naipaul

A Brush with Life Satish Gujral

A Conceptual Encyclopaedia of Guru Granth Sahib S.S. Kohli

A Foreign Policy for India I.K. Gujral

A Fortune Teller Told Me Tiziano Terzani

A Gender Lens on Social Psychology Judith A Howard and Jocelyn A.Hollander

A General and His Army Georgy Vladimov

A Himalayan Love Story Namita Gokhale

A Last Leap South Vladimir Zhirinovsky

A Nation Flawed-Lesson from Indian History P.N. Chopra

A Peep into the Past Vasant Navrekar

A Possible India Partha Chatterjee

A Psychoanalysis of the Prophets Abdulla Kamal

A Reveolutionary Life Laxmi Sehgal

A Secular Agenda Arun Shourie

A Simple Path Lucinda Vardey

A Suitable Boy Vikram Seth

A Tale of Two Gardens Octavio Paz

A Tribute to People’s Princess: Diana Peter Donelli

A Tryst With Destiny Stanley Wolfer

Abbot Walter Scott

Absalom, Absalom William Faulkner

Absalom and Achitophel John Dryden

Acoession to Extinction D.R. Mankekar

Across Borders, Fifty-years of India’s Foreign Policy J.N. Dixit

Adam Bede George Eliot

Adhe Adhure Mohan Rakesh

Adonis P.B. Shelley

Adrain Mole-The Wilderness Years Sue Townsend

Adventures of Huckleberry Finn Mark Twain

Adventures of Robinson Crusoe Daniel Defoe

Adventures of Sally P.G. Wodehouse

Adventures of Sherlock Holmes Sir Arthur Conan Doyle

Adventures of Tom Sawyer Mark Twain

Adversary in the House lrving Stone

Advice and Consent Allen Drury

Aeneid Virgil

Affairs C.P.Snow

Affluent Society J.K.Galbraith

Afghanistan: Mullah, Marx and Mujahid R.H. Magnus & Eden Naby

Africa’s Challenge to America Chester Bowles

After All These Years Susan Issacs

After the Dark Night S.M. Ali

Against the Grain Boris Yeltsin

Age of Reason Jean Paul Sartre

Agni Pariksha Acharya Tulsi

Agni Veena Kazi Nazrul Islam

Agony and the Ecstasy Irving Stone

Ain-i-Akbari Abul Fazal

Airport Arthur Hailey

Ajatshatru Jai Shankar Prasad

Akbarnama Abul Fazal

Alaska Unbound James Michener

Alchemist Ben Johnson

Alexander Quartet Lawrence Durrel

Alexander the Great John Gunther

Alice in Wonderland Lewis Carroll

Alien Nation Peter Brimelow

All for Love John Dryden

All is Well that Ends Well William Shakespeare

All Quiet on the Western Front Erich Maria Remarque

All the King’s Men Robert Penn Warren

All the President’s Men Carl Bernstein and Bob Woodward

All things Bright and Beautiful James Herroit

All Under Heaven Pearl S.Buck

Along the Road Aldous Huxley

Altered States Anita Brookner

Amar Kosh Amar Singh

Ambassador’s Journal J.K. Galbraith

Ambassador’s Report Chester Bowles

Amelia Henry Fielding

American Capitalism J.K. Galbraith

An American Dilemma Gunnar Myrdal

An American Tragedy Theodore Dreiser

An Apology for Idlers Robert Louis Stevenson

An Autobiography Jawaharlal Nehru

An Eye to China David Selbourne

An idealist View of Life Dr.S. Radhakrishnan

Anandmath Bankim Chandra Chatterjee

Anatomy of a Flawed inheritance J.N. Dixit

Ancient Evenings Norman Mailer

Ancient Mariner Samuel Taylor Coleridge

And Quiet Flows the Don Mikhali Sholokhov

And Through the Looking Glass Lewis Carroll

Androcles and the Lion George Bernard Shaw

Angry Letters Willem Doevenduin

Anguish of Deprived Lakshmidhar Mishra

Animal Farm George Orwell

Anna Karenina Count Leo Tolstoy

Another Life Derek Walcott

Answer to History Mohammad Reza Pahlavi

Antic Hay Aldous Huxley

Antony and Cleopatra William Shakespeare

Ape and Essence Aldous Huxley

Apple Cart George Bernad Shaw

Arabian Nights Sir Richard Burton

Area of Darkness V.S. Naipaul

Arion and the Dolphin Vikram Seth

Arms and the Man George Bernard Shaw

Around the World in Eighty Days Jules verne

Arrangement Elia Kazan

Arrival and Departure Arthur Koestler

Arrow in the Blue Arthur Koestler

Arrow of Good Joseph Conrad

Arrowsmith Sinclair Lewis

Arthashastra Kautilya

As I Lay Dying William Faulkner

As You Like It William Shakespeare

Ascent of the Everest Sir John Hunt

Ashtadhyayi Panini

Asia and Western Dominance K.M. Panikkar

Asian Drama Gunnar Myrdal

Aspects of the Novel E.M. Forster

Assassination of a Prime Minister S.Anandram

Assignment Colombo J.N. Dixit

Assignment India Christopher Thomas

Athenian Constitution Aristotle

Atoms of Hope Mohan Sundara Rajan

August 1914 Alexander Solzhenitsyn

August Coup Mikhali S. Gorbachev

Author’s Farce Henry Fielding

Autobiography of an Unknown Indian Nirad C. Chaudhuri

Autumn Leaves O.Pulla Reddi

Avanti Sundari Dandin

Babbit Sinclair Lewis

Baburnama Babur

Baby and Child Penelope Leach

Back to Methuselah G.B. Shaw

Backward Place Ruth Prawer Jhabwala

Bandicoot Run Manohar Malgonkar

Bang-i-Dara Mohammad lqbal

Bangla Desh-The Unifinished Revolution Lawrence Lifschultz

Banyan Tree Hugh Tinker

Beach Boy Ardesher Vakil

Beast and Man Murry Midgley

Beating the Street Peter Lynch

Beginning of the Beginning Acharya Rajneesh

Beloved Toni Morrison

Ben Hur Lewis Wallace

Bend in the Ganges Manohar Malgonkar

Bermuda Triangle Charles Berlitz

Berry Patches Yevgeny Yevtushenko

Best and the Brightest David Halberstan

Betrayal of Pearl Harbour James Rusbridger and Eric Nave

Between Hope and History Bill Clinton

Between Hope and History Bill Clinton

Between the Lines Kuldip Nayar

Bewildered India-Identity, Pluralism, Discord Rasheedud-din Khan

Beyond Boundaries: A Memoire Swaraj Paul

Beyond the Horizon Eugene O’Neill

Beyond Modernisation, Beyond Self Sisir Kumar Ghose

Beyond Peace Richard Nixon

Bhagwat Gita Veda Vyas

Bharal Aur Europe Nirmal Verma

Bharat Bharati Maithili Sharan Gupta

Bharaitya Parampara Ke Mool Swar Govind Chandra Pande

Big Fisherman Lloyd C. Douglas

Big Money P.G. Wodehouse

Bill the Conqueror P.G. Wodehouse

Billy Albert French

Biographia Literaria Samuel Taylor coleridge

Birds and Beasts Mark Twain

Birth and Death of The Sun George Gamow

Birth and Evolution of the soul Annie Besant

Birth of Europe Robert, S. Lopez

Bisarjan R.N. Tagore

Bitter Sweet Noel Coward

Black Arrow Robert Louis Stevenson

Black Diaspora Ronald Segal

Black Holes and Baby Universes Stephen Hawking

Black Sheep Honore de Balzac

Black Tulip Alexander Dumas

Bleak House Charles Dickens

Blind Ambitions John Dean

Blind Beauty Boris Pasternak

Blind Men of Hindoostan-indo-Pak Nuclear War Gen. Krishnaswamy Sundarji

Bliss was it in that Dawn Minoo Masani

Bloodline Sidney Sheldon

Blood Sport James Stewart

Blue Bird Maurice Macterlink

Bofors: The Ambassador’s Evidence B.M. Oza

Bone People Keri Hulme

Book of the Sword Sir Richard Burton

Borders & Boundaries: Women in India’s Partition Ritu Menon & Kamla Bhasin

Born Free Joy Adamson

Bostaan Sheikh Saadi

Bread, Beauty and Revolution Khwaja Ahmed Abbas

Breaking the Silence Anees Jung

Breakthrough Gen.Moshe Dayan

Bride for the Sahib and Other Stories Khushwant Singh

Bridge’s Book of Beauty Mulk Raj Anand

Bridges of Madison Country R.J. Waller

Brif History of Time Stephen Hawking

Brishbikkha Bankim Chandra Chatterji

Britain’s True History Prem Bhatia

Broken Wings Sarojini Naidu

Brothers Karamazhov Fyodor Dostoevski

Bubble Mulk Raj Anand

Buddha Charitam Ashvaghosha

Bunch of Old Letters Jawaharlal Nehru

Bureaucrazy M.K. Kaw

Butterfield 8 John O’Hara

By God’s Decree Kapil Dev

By Love Possessed James Gould Cozzens

Byzantium W.B. Yeats

Caesar and Cleopatra G.B. Shaw

Call the Briefing Martin Fitzwater

Cancer Ward Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn

Canterbury Tales G.Chaucer

Canvass of Life Sheila Gujral

Caravans James A. Michener

Cardinal Henry M. Robinson

Castle Franz Kafka

Catch-22 Joseph Heller

Catcher in the Rye J.D. Salinger

Centennial James Michener

Chance Joseph Conrad

Chandalika Rabindranath Tagore

Chemmeen Thakazhi Sivasankara Pillai

Cherry Orchard Anton Chekhov

Chidambara Sumitranandan Pant

Chikaveera Rajendra Masti Venkatesh lyengar

Child Who Never Grew Pearl S. Buck

Childe Harold’s Pilgrimage George Byron

Childhood Maxim Gorky

Children of Gabelawi Naquib Mahfouz

Children of the Sun Maxim Gorky

China Passage J.K. Galbraith

China-Past and Present Pearl S. Buck

China’s Watergate Leo Goodstadt

Chinese Betrayal B.N. Mullick

Chitra Rabindranath Tagore

Choma’s Drum K. Shivaram Karanath

Christabel Samuel Taylor Coleridge

Christmas Tales Charles Dickens

Chronicle of a Death Foretold Gabriel Garcia Marquez

Chithirappaavai P.V. Akilandam

City of Joy Dominique Lapierre

City of Saints Sir Richard Burton

Class Erich Segal

Climate of Treason Andrew Boyle

Clockwork Orange Anthony Burgess

Clown Heinrich Boll

Cocktail Party T.S. Eliot

Colonel Sun Kingsley Amis

Comedy of Errors William Shakespeare

Common Sense Thomas Paine

Communist Manifesto Karl Marx

Confessions J.J.Rousseau

Confessions of a Lover Mulk Raj Anand

Comus John Milton

Confessions of an Inquiring Spirit S.T. Coleridge

Confessions of an English Opium Eater, Thomas De Quincy

Confidential Clerk T.S. Eliot

Confrontation with Pakistan Gen. B.M. Kaul

Conquest of Happiness Bertrand Russell

Conquest of Self Mahatma Gandhi

Conservationist Nadine Gordimer

Continent of Circle Nirad C.Chaudhuri

Coolie Mulk Raj Anand

Count of Monte Cristo Alexander Dumas

Coup John Updike

Court Dancer Rabindranath Tagore

Coverly Papers Joseph Addison

Cranford Mrs. Gaskell

Creation Gore Vidal

Crescent Moon Rabindranath Tagore

Crescent Over Kashmir Anil Maheshwari

Cricket on the Hearth Charles Dickens

Crime and Punishment Fyodor Dostoevsky

Crisis in India Ronald Segal

Crisis into Chaos E.M.S. Namboodiripad

Critical Mass William E. Burrows

Critique of Pure Reason Immanuel Kant

Crossing in River Caryl Phillips

Crossing the Sacred Line-Women’sSearch for Political Power

Abhilasha & Sabina Kidwai

Crossing the Threshold of Hope Pope John Paul II

Crown and the Loincloth Chaman Nahal

Crown of Wild Olive John Ruskin

Cry, My Beloved Country Alan Patan

Cuckold Kiran Nagar Kar

Culture and Anarchy Matthew Arnold

Culture in the Vanity Bag Nirad C. Chaudhuri

Curtain Raisers K. Natwar Singh

Damsel in Distress P.G. Wodehouse

Dancing with the Devil Rod Barker

Dangerous Plaqce Daniel Patrick Moynihan

Dangerous Summer Emest Hemingway

Dangling Man Saul Bellow

Daniel Deronda Geroge Eliot

Dark Room R.K. Narayan

Dark Debts Karen Hall

Dark Home Coming Eric Lustbader

Dark Side of Camelot Seymour Hersh

Darkness at Noon Arthur Koestler

Das Kapital Karl Marx

Dashkumar Charitam Dandi

Daughter of the East Benazir Bhutto

David Copperfield Charles Dickens

Day in Shadow Nayantara Sehgal

Day of the Jackal Frederick Forsyth

Days of Grace Arthur Ashe & Arnold Rampersad

Days of his Grace Eyvind Johnson

Days of My Yers H.P. Nanda

De Profundis Oscar Wilde

Dean’s December Saul Bellow

Death and After Annie Besant

Death Be Not Proud John Gunther

Death in the Castle Pearl S. Buck

Death in Venice Thomas Mann

Death of a City Amrita Pritam

Death of a Patriot R.E. Harrington

Death on the Nile Agatha Christie

Death of a President William Manchester

Death of a Salesman Arthur Miller

Death-The Supreme Friend Kakasaheb Kalelkar

Death Under sail C.P. Snow

Debacle Emile Zola

Decameron Giovannie Boccaccio

Decline and Fall of Indira Gandhi D.R. Mankekar and Kamala Mankekar

Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire Edward Gibbon

Decline of the West O’ Spengler

Democracy Means Bread and Freedom Piloo Mody

Democracy Redeemed V.K. Narsimhan

Descent of Man Charles Darwin

Deserted Village Oliver Goldsmith

Desperate Remedies Thomas Hardy

Detective Arthur Hailey

Devadas Sarat Chandra Chatterjee

Dharmashastra Manu

Dialogue with Death Arthur Koestler

Diana-Her Time Story in Her Own Words Andrew Martin

Diana-Princess of Wales : A Tribute Tim Graham

Diana-The Story So Far Julia Donelli

Diana-The True Story Andrew Morton

Diana Versus Charles James Whitaker

Die Blendung Elias Canetti

Dilemma of Our Time Harold Joseph Laski

Diplomacy Henry Kissinger

Diplomacy and Disillustion George Urbans

Diplomacy in Peace and War J.N. Kaul

Disappearing Acts Terry McMillan

Discovery of India Jawaharlal Nehru

Distant Drums Manohar Malgonkar

Distant Neighbours Kuldip Nayar

Divine Comedy A.Dante

Divine Life Swami Sivananda

Doctor Faustus Christopher Marlowe

Doctor’s Dilemma G.B.Shaw

Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde Robert Louis Stevensan

Dr. Zhivago Boris Pasternak

Doll’s House lbsen

Dolly-The Birth of a Clone Jina Kolata

Don Juan George Byron

Don Quixote Cervantes

Don’t Laugh-We are Police Bishan Lal Vohra

Double Betrayal Paula R. Newburg

Double Helix J.D. Watson

Double Tongue William Golding

Double Teeth U.B. Sinclair

Drogon’s Seed Pearl S. Buck

Dream in Hawaii Bhabani Bhattacharya

Dram of Fair to Middling Women Samuel Beckett

Dreams, Roses and Fire Eyvind Johnson

Drunkard Emile Zola

Durgesh Nandini Bankim Chandra Chatterjee

Dynamics of Social Change Chandra Shekhar

Earth Emile Zola

Earth in the Balance: Forging a NewCommon Purpose

Al Gore

Earth Mother Pupul Jayakar

East of Eden B.N. Mullick

East West Salman Rushdie

East Wind Pearl S. Buck

Economic Planning of India Ashok Mehta

Economics of Peace and Laughter John K. Galbraith

Economics of the Third World S.K. Ray

Education of Public Man Hubert Humphrey

Edwina and Nehru Catherine Clement

Egmont J.W. Von Goethe

Eight Lives Rajmohan Gandhi

Elegy Written in a Country Churchyard Thomas Gray

Emile J.J. Rousseau

Eminent Churchillians Andrew Roberts

Emma Jane Austen

Empire of the Soul: Some Journeys in India Paul William Roberts

Ends and Means Aldous Huxley

End of a Beautiful Era Joseph Brodsky

End of an Era C.S. Pandit

End of History and the Last Man Francis Fukuyama

End of the Chapter John Forsyte

Enemies Maxim Gorky

English August Upamanyu Chatterjee

Envoy to Nehru Escott Reid

Erewhon Samuel Butler

Escape John Forsyte

Eassay on Life Samuel Butler

Essays for Poor to the Rich John Kenneth Galbraith

Essays in Criticism Matthew Arnold

Essays On Gita Aurobindo Ghosh

Essays of Elia Charles Lamb

Estate Issac Bashevis Singer

Eternal Himalayas Major H.P.S.Ahluwalia

Eternal India Indira Gandhi

Eternity Anwar Shaikh

Ethics Aristotle

Europa Time Parks

Eugenie Grandet Honore de Balzac

Everlasting Man G.K. Chesterton

Executioner’s Song Norman Mailer

Exile and the Kingdom Albert Camus

Expanding Universe Arthur Stanley Eddington

Eye of the Storm Patrick White

Eyeless in Gaza Aldous Huxley

Faces to Everest Maj. H.P.S. Ahluwalia

Facts are Facts Khan Abdul Wali Khan

Fairie Queene Edmund Spencer

Faith & Fire: A Way Within Madhu Tandon

Fall of a Sparrow Salim Ali

Family Moskat Issac Bashevis Singer

Family Reunion T.S.Eliot

Famished Road Ben Okri

Far From the Madding Crowd Thomas Hardy

Far Pavilions M.M.Kaye

Faraway Music Svetlana Allilueva

Farewell to the Trumpets James Morris

Farewell to a Ghost Manoj Das

Farewell to Arms Ernest Hemingway

Farm House George Orwell

Fasana-i-Azad Ratan Nath Sarkar

Fathers and Sons lvan Turgenev

Faust J.W. Von Goethe

Faustus Chirstopher Marlow

Fidelio L.Beethoven

Fiesta Ernest Hemingway

Fifth Column Ernest Hemingway

Fifth Horseman Larry Collins and Dominique Lapierre

Final Days Bob Woodward and Carl Bernstein

Final Passage Caryl Phillips

Finding a Voice-Asian Women in Britain Amrit Wilson

Fine Balance Rohinton Mistry

Fire Next Time James Baldwin

Fire Under the Snow: Testimony of a Tibetan Prisoner Palden Gyatso

First Circle Alexander Solzhenitsyn

Flags in the Dust William Faulkner

Flames from the Ashes P.D. Tandon

Flounder Gunder Grass

Follywood Flashback Bunny Reuben

Food, Nutrition and Poverty in India V.K.R.V. Rao

For the President’s Eyes Only Christopher Andrew

For Whom the Bell Tolls Emest Hemingway

Forbidden Sea Tara Ali Baig

Forsyte Saga John Galsworthy

Fortynine Days Amrita Pritam

Franklin’s Tale Geoffrey Chaucer

Fraternity John Forsyte

Free Man’s Worship Bertrand Russell

Freedom at Midnight Larry Collins and Dominique Lapierre

French Revolution Thomas Carlyle

Freedom Behind Bars Sheikh Mohd. Abdullah

Freedom from Fear Aung San Suu Kyi

French Leave P.G. Wodehouse

Friend Samuel Tayelor Coleridge

Friends and Foes Sheikh Mujibur Rehman

Friends, Not Masters Ayub Khan

From Hero to Eternity James Jones

From india to America S.Chandrashekhar

From Raj to Rajiv Mark Tully and Zaheer Masani

From Rajpath to Lokpath Vijaya Raja Scindia

Frozen Assets P.G. Wodehouse

Full Moon P.G.Wodehouse

Future of NPT Savita Pande

Gambler Fyodor Dostoevsky

Ganadevata Tara Shankar Bandopadhyaya

Gandhi and Stalin Louis Fisher

Gardener Rabindra Nath Tagore

Garrick Year Margaret Drabble

Gathering Storm Winston Churchill

Geeta Govind Jaya Dev

Ghasiram Kotwal Vijay Tendulkar

Ghosts in the Machine Arthur Koestler

Girl in Blue P.G. Wodehouse

Girl On the Boat P.G. Wodehouse

Gita Rahasya Bal Gangadhar Tilak

Gitanjali Rabindra Nath Tagore

Gladiators Arthur Koestler

Glimpses of Indian Ocean Z.A. Quasim

Glimpses of World History Jawaharlal Nehru

Go Down Moses William Faulkner

Goa Asif Currimbhoy

God and the Bible Mattew Arnold

Godan Munshi Prem Chand

Godfather Mario Puzo

Godrej: A Hundred Years B.K. Karanjia

Gold Bat P.G. Wodehouse

Golden Borough James Frazer

Golden Gate Vikram Seth

Golden Threshold Sarojini Naidu

Gone Away Dom Moraes

Gone with the Wind Margaret Mitchell

Good Earth Pearl S.Buck

Goodbye, Mr Chips James Hilton

Gora Rabindra Nath Tagore

Grace Notes Bernard Mac Lavarto

Grammar of Politics Harold Joseph Laski

Grapes of Wrath John Steinbeck

Grapes and the Wind Pablo Neruda

Great Challenge Louis Fischer

Great Depression of 1990 Ravi Batra

Great Gatsby F. Scott Fitzgerald

Great lllusion Norman Angell

Great Tragedy Z.A. Bhutto

Grey Eminence Aldous Huxley

Grub Street Henry Fielding

Guide R.K. Narayan

Guide for the Perplexed E.F. Schumacher

Gul-e-Naghma Raghupati Sahai ‘Firaq’ Gorakhpuri

Gulag Archipelago Alexander Solzhenitsyn

Gulistan Boston Sheikh Saadi

Gulliver’s Travels Jonathan Swift

Gulzari Lal Nanda: A Peepin the Service of the People

Promilla Kalhan

Gurusagaram O.V. Vijayan

Gypsy(poem) Pushkin

Hamlet William Shakespeare

Hard Times Charles Dickens

Harsha Charita Bana Bhatt

Hamsters C.P. Snow

Handful of Dust Evelyn Waugh

Happy Death Albert Camus

Harlot High and Low Honore de Balzac

Harvest Majula Padmanabhan

Heart of Darkness Joseph Conrad

Heavem Has No Favourites Eric Maria Remarque

Heat and Dust Ruth Prawer Jhabwala

Heavy Weather P.G. Wodehouse

Henderson the Rain King Saul Bellow

Heritage Anthony West

Hero of Our Times Richard Hough

Heroes and Hero worship Thomas Carlyle

Henry Esmond Thackeray

Heir Apparent Dr. Karan Singh

Higher than Hope Fatima Meer

Himalayan Blunder Brig J.P. Dalvi

Hindu View of Life Dr. S.Radhakrishnan

History of Hindu Chemistry Sir.P.C. Ray

Hitopadesh R.K.Narayan

Hindi Sahitya Aur Samvedna Ka Vikas R.S. Chaturvedi

Hind Swaraj M.K.Gandhi

Hindu Civilisation J.M. Barrie

Hinduism Nirad C.Choudhury

His Excellency Emile Zola

History of the English Speaking Peoples Sir Winston Churchil

Home Comings C.P. Snow

Honest Thief and Other Stories Fyodor Dostoevsky

Hornet’s Nest Patricia Cornwell

Hot Water P.G. Wodehouse

Hound of the Baskervillese Sir Arthur Conan Doyle

House for Mr. Biswas V.S. Naipaul

House of the Dead Fyodor Dostoevsky

House of Spirits Isabel Allende

House Divided Pearl S. Buck

How Late It Was, How Late James Kelman

Human Factor Graham Greene

Human Knowledge Bertrand Russell

Humboldt’s Gift Saul Bellow

Humour Ben Johnson

Hunchback of Notre Dame Victor Hugo

Hungry Stones Rabindra Nath Tagore

I am not an Island K.A Abbas

I Dare Parmesh Dangwal

I follow the Mahatma K.M. Munshi

Idylls of the King Tennyson

I Muse; Therefore I am V.N.Narayanan

Idiot Fyodor Dostoevsky

Idols Sunil Gavaskar

If I am Assassinated Z.A. Bhutto

Imperial Woman Pearl S. Buck

Importance of Being Earnest Oscar Wilde

In Afghanistan’s Shadow Salig S. Harrison

In Confidence Anatolyu Dobrynin

In Evil Hour Gabriel Garcia Marquez

In Light of India Octavio Paz

In Retrospect-The Tragedyand Lessons of Vietnam

Robert S. McNamara

In Search of Gandhi Richard Attenborough

In Search of Identity Anwar el-Sadat

In the Afternoon of Time Dr.Rupert Snell

In the Bluest Eye Toni Morrison

In the Light of the Black Sun Rohit Manchanda

In the Shadow of Pines Mandeep Rai

India 2020: A Vision for the New Millennium Dr. A.P.J. Abdul Kalam & Dr. Y.S. Rajan

India-A Wounded Civilisation V.S. Naipaul

India discovered John Keay

India-Facing the Twenty-First Century Barbara Crossette

India-From Curzon to Nehru and After Durga Dass

India-From Midnight to the Millennium Shashi Tharoor

India-Independence Festival (1947-1997) Raghu Rai

India in Transition PRof.Jagdish Bhagwati

India is for Sale Chitra Subramaniam

India of Our Dreams M.V. Kamath

India Remembered Percival & Margaret Spear

India Today Rajni Palme Dutt

India We Left Hymphry Trevelyan

Indian Home Rule M.K. Gandhi

Indian Philosophy Dr.S.Radhakrishnan

India’s China War Neville Maxwell

India’s Culture the State the Arts & Beyond B.P. Singh

India’s Economic Crisis Dr. Bimal Jalan

India’s Economic Reforms and DevelopmentEssay’s for Manmohan Singh

I.J.Ahluwalia & I.M.D. Little

India’s Rise to Power in the TwentiethCentury & Beyond

Sandy Gordon

Indian Arms Bazaar Maj-Gen, Pratap Narain

Indian Mansions Sarah Tiloston

India Changes Taya Zinkin

India Divided Rajendra Prasad

India Wins Freedom Maulana Abul Kalam Azad

Indian Muslims Prof. Mohd.Mujeeb

India, the Critial Years Kuldip Nayar

Indo-Pakistan Conflict Russen Brines

Indica Megasthenes

Indira Gandhi’s Emergence and Style Nayantara Sehgal

Indira’s India S.Nihal Singh

Inferno Alighieri Dante

Inner Circle Jonathan First

Innocence of Father Brown G.K.Chesterton

Inside the CBI Joginder Singh

Inside the Third Reich Albert Spencer

Insider P.V. Narasimha Rao

In Memoriam Tennyson

Inside Asia John Gunther

Inside Europe John Gunther

Inside Africa John Gun ther

Insulted and the injured Fyodor Dostoevsky

Intelligence Services Dr. Bhashyam Kasturi

Interpreters Wole Soyinka

Intimacy Jean Paul Sartre

Intruder in the Dust William Faulkner

Invisible Man H.G. Wells

Iron in the Soul Jean Paul Sartre

Ironhand J.W. Von Goethe

Is Paris Burning Larry Collins and Dominique Lapierre

Isabella John Keats

Islamic Bomb Stev Weissman & Herbert Krousney

Island inthe Streams Ernest Hemingway

It is Always Possible Kiran Bedi

Ivanov Anton Chekhov

Ivanhoe Sir Walter Scott

Jack and Jackle-Portrait of an American Marriage Chirstopher Anderson

Jai Somnath K.M. Munshi

Jaguar Smile Salman Rushdie

Jajar, Churashir Maa Mahashweta Devi

Jane Eyre Charlotte Bronte

Jankijeevanam Prof. Rajendra Mishra

Jawaharlal Nehru-A Communicator& Democratic Leader

A.K. Damodran

Jawaharlal Nehru, Rebel and Statesman B.R. Nanda

Jazz Toni Morrison

Jean Christopher Romain Rolland

Jesus Rediscovered Malcolm Muggeridge

Jewel Danielle Steel

Jhoota Sach Yashpal

Jobs for Millions V.V. Giri

Joke Milan Kundra

Judge’s Miscellany M. Hidayatullah

Julius Caesar William Shakespeare

Jurassic Park Michael Crichton

Jungle Book Rudyard Kipling

Junglee Girl Ginu Kamani

Kadambari Bana Bhatt

Kamadhenu Kubernath Ray

Kamasutra Vatsyayan

Kagaz Te Kanwas Amrita Pritam

Kamayani Jai Shankar Pandit

Kaleidoscope of India Tomoji Muto

Kali Aandhi Kamleshwar

Kanthapura Raja Rao

Kanyadaan Vijay Tendulkar

Kapal Kundala Bankim Chandra Chatterjee

Kashmir-A Tale of Shame Hari Jaisingh

Kashmir-Behind the Vale M.J.Akbar

Kashmir Diary: Psychology of Militancy Gen.Arjun Ray

Kashmir-The Wounded Valley Ajit Bhattacharjee

Kashmir in the Crossfire Victoria Shaffield

Kashmir A Tragedy of Errors Tavleen Singh

Katghare Main Ram Sharan Joshi

Kayakalp Munshi Prem Chand

Kayar Thakazhi Sivasankara Pillai

Keepers of the Keys Milan Kundera

Kenilworth Sir Walter Scott

Killer Angels Michael Shaara

Kissinger Years T.N. Kaul

Kidnapped R.L. Stevenson

King of Dark Chamber Rabindra Nath Tagore

Kiratarjuniya Bharavi

Kim Rudyard Kipling

King Lear Shakespeare

Kipps H.G.Wells

Kitni Navon Main Kitni Bar S.H.Vatsyayan

Koraner Nari Taslima Nasreen

Kore Kagaz Amrita Pritam

Kubla Khan S.T. Coleridge

Kulliyat Ghalib

Kumar Sambhava Kalidas

La Divine Comedia A. Dante

La Peste Albert Camus

Lady of the Lake Sir Walter Scott

Lady with the Lapdog Anton Chekhov

Lady Chatterly’s Lover D.H.Lawrence

Lajja Taslima Nasreen

Lal Bahadur Shastri C.P. Srivastava

Last Analysis Saul Bellow

Last Burden Upamanyu, Chatterjee

Last Maharaja Jean Louis Nou & Jacques Pouchepadass

Last Orders Graham Swift

Last Days of Pompeii Edward George Lytton

Last Phase Pyare Lal

Last Things C.P. Snow

Law, Lawyers & Judges H.R. Bhardwaj

Laws Versus Justice V.R. Krishna lyer

Leaders Richard Nixon

Leaves of Grass Walt Whitman

Lead Kindly Light Cardinal Newman

Le Contract Social (The Social Contract) J.J. Rousseau

Les Miserables Victor Hugo

Legacy of a Divided Nation Prof. Mushirul Hasan

Latter from Peking Peral S. Buck

Letters From the Field Margaret Mead

Leviathan Thomas Hobbes

Liberty or Death Patrick French

Life and Death of Mr. Badman John Bunyan

Light That Failed Rudyard Kipling

Like Water for Chocolate Laura Esquivel

Life Divine Aurobindo Ghosh

Life is Elsewhere Milan Kundera

Life of Samuel Johnson James Boswell

Lines of Fate Mark Kharitonov

Lipika Rabindranath Tagore

Living Room Graham Greene

Long Shadow inside Stalin’s Family Svetlana Allilyuyeva

Long Walk to Freedom Nelson Mandela

Look Back in Anger John Osborne

Lord Jim Joseph Conrad

Lord of the Files William Golding

Lost Child Mulk Raj Anand

Lost Honour John Dean

Lost lllusion Honore de Balzac

Lotus Eaters A.Tennyson

Love and Longing in Bombay Vikram Chandra

Love in A Blue Time Hanif Khureshi

Lolita V.Nabokov

Loneliness of the Long Distance Runner Allan Sillitoe

Long Day’s Journey into Night Eugene O’Neill

Love, Truth and A Little Malice Khushwant Singh

Lycidas John Milton

Macbeth William Shakespeare

Magic Mountain Thomas Mann

Mahabharata Vyasa

Malati Madhav Bhavabhuti

Magic Fishbone Charles Dickens

Magnificent Maharaja K.Natwar Singh

Mahatma Gandhi Girija Kumar Mathur

Major Barbara George Bernard Shaw

Making of a Midsummer Night’s Dream David Selbourne

Malavikagnimitra Kalidas

Main Street Sinclair Lewis

Man, The Unknown Lewis Carroll

Man and Superman G.B. Shaw

Man for Moscow G.Lynne

Man of Property John Galsworthy

Man, Beast and Virtue Luigi Pirandello

Man eaters of Kumaon Jim Corbett

Marriage and Morals Bertrand Russell

Managing of the Future Peter, F. Drucker

Mama Terry McMillan

Man for All Seasons Robert Bolt

Man of Destiny George Bernard Shaw

Mandarin Simon de Beauvoir

Mankind and Mother Earth Arnold Toynbee

Mansfield Park Jane Austen

Manviya Sanskriti Ke Rachnatmak Aayam Prof. Raghuvansh

Many Worlds K.P.S. Menon

Masters C.P. Snow

Mati Matal Gopinath Mohanty

Maurice E.M. Forster

Mayor of Casterbridge Thomas Hardy

Meghdoot Kalidas

Mein Kampf Adolf Hitler

Memoris of the Second World War Churchill

Memoris of a Bystander: Life in Diplomacy lqbal Akhund

Momories of Hope Charles de Gaulle

Men Who Kepl the Secrets Thomas Powers

Men Who Killed Gandhi Manohar Malgonkar

Meri Rehen Meri Manzil Krishna Puri

Middle March George Eliot

Middle Ground Margaret Drabble

Midnight’s Children Salman Rushdie

Midsummer Night’s Dream William Shakespeare

Mill on the Floss George Eliot

Million Mutinies Now V.S. Naipaul

Mirror of the Sea Joseph Conrad

Miser Moliere

Missed Oppertunites: Indo-Pak War 1965 Maj-Gen, Lakshman Singh

Mistaken identity Nayantara Sehgal

Moby Dick Herman Melville

Modern Painters John Ruskin

Mother India Katherine Mayo

Mod Classics Joseph Conrad

Modern South Asia: History, Culture,Political Economy

Sugata Bose & Ayesha Jalal

Modernity Morality And The Mahatma Madhuri Santhanam Sondhi

Mondays on Dark Night of Moon Kirin Narayan

Mookhajjiva Kanasugalu K. Shivram Karanth

Moon and Six Pence W. Somerset Maugham

Moonlight Sonata L.Beethoven

Moonwalk Michael Jackson

Moor’s Last Sigh Salman Rushdie

Mother Maxim Gorky

Mountbatten and Independent India Larry Collins and Dominique Lapierre

Mountbatten and the Partition of India Larry Collins and Dominique Lapierre

Mrinalini Bankim Chandra Charrerjee

Mritunjaya Shivaji Sawant

Mrs. De Winter Susah Hill

Mrs. Gandhi’s Second Reign Arun Shourie

Much Ado About Nothing Shakespeare

Mudra rakshasa Vishakhadatta

Murder in the Cathedral T.S. Eliot

Mughal Maharajas And The Mahatma K.R.N. Swami

Murder on the Orient Express Agatha Christie

Murky Business Honore de Balzac

Murder of Aziz Khan Zulfikar Ghose

Muslim Law and the Constitution A.M. Bhattacharjea

My Days R.K. Narayan

My Early Life M.K. Gandhi

My Experiment With Truth M.K. Gandhi

My Life and Times V.V.Giri

My Own Boswell M.Hidayatullah

My Father, Deng Xiaoping Xiao Rong

My India S. Nihal Singh

My Music, My Love Ravi Shankar

My Presidential Years Ramaswamy Venkataraman

My Truth Indira Gandhi

Mysterious Universe James Jeans

My Several Worlds Pearl S. Buck

My Son’s Father Dom Moraes

My South Block Years J.N. Dixit

My Struggles E.K. Nayanar

Myths of sisyphus Albert Camus

My Prison Diary J.P Narayan

Naari Humayun Azad

Nana Emile Zola

Naganandan Harsha Vardhana

Naku Thanthi D.R. Bendre

Nai Duniya Ko Salam & Pathor Ki Dewar Ali Sardar Jafri

Naivedyam (The Offering) N. Balamani Amma

Naked Came the Stranger Penelope Ashe

Nacked Face Sydney Sheldon

Naked Triangle Balwant Gargi

Napoleon of Notting Hill G.K. Chesterton

Nature and the Language Politics of India Robert D.King

Nehru Family and Sikhs Harbans Singh

Nelson Mandela: A Biography Martin Meredith

Netaji-Dead or Alive Samar Guha

Never At Home Dom Moraes

New Dimensions of Peace Chester Bowles

New Dimensions of India’s Foreign Policy Atal Behari Vajpayee

Nice Guys Finish Second B.K. Nehru

Nicholas Nickelby Charles Dickens

Night Manager John le Carre

Nile Basin Sir Richard Burton

Nine Days Wonder John Mansfield

Nisheeth Uma Shankar Joshi

Niti-Sataka Bhartrihari

Nineteen Eighty-Four George Orwell

1999-Victory Without War Richard Nixon

Nirbashita Narir Kabita Taslima Nasreen

Non-Violence in Peace and War M.K. Gandhi

North Seamus Heanev

Northanger Abbey Jane Austen

Nothing Like The Sun Anthony Burgess

No Full stops in India Mark Tully

Nuclear India G.G. Mirchandani and P.K.S. Namboodari

Nurturing Development Ismail Serageldin

Nursery Alice Lewis Carroll

O’Jerusalem Larry Collins and Dominique Lepierre

Occasion for Loving Nadine Gordimer

Odessa File Frederick Forsyth

Odakkuzal G.Shankara Kurup

Odyssey Homer

Of Human Bondage W.Somerset Maugham

Oh, Le Beaux Jours Samuel Beckett

Old Curiosity Shop Charles Dickens

Old Goriot Honore de Balzac

Old Man and the Sea Ernest Hemingway

Old Path: white Clouds Thich Nht Hanh

Oliver’s Story Erich Segal

Oliver Twist Erich Segal

Oliver Twist Charles Dickens

Omeros Derek Walcott

On History Eric Hobswan

One Day in the Life of lvan Denisovich Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn

One-eyed Uncle Laxmikant Mahapatra

One World to Share Sridath Ramphal

One the Threshold of Hope Pope john Paul

One Hundred Years of Solitude Gabriel Garcia Marquez

One Upmanship Stephen Potter

One World and India Arnold Toynbee

One World Wendell Wilkie

Only One Year Svetlana

Operation Bluestar-the True Story Lt-Gen.K.S. Brar

Operation Shylock Philip Roth

Origin of Species Charles Darwin

Oru Desathinte Katha S.K. Pottekatt

Other Side of Midnight Sydney Sheldon

Othello Shakespeare

Our Films, Their Films Satyajit Ray

Our India Minoo Masani

Out of Dust F.D. Karaka

Paddy Clarke Ha, Ha, Ha Reddy Doyle

Padmavati Malik Mohammed Jayasi

Painted Veil W. Somerset Maugham

Painter of Signs R.K. Narayan

Pair of Blue Eyes Thomas Hardy

Pakistan in the 20th CenturyPolitical History

Lawrence Ziring

Pakistan Crisis David Loshak

Pakistan Papers Mani Shankar Aiyer

Pakistan-The Gathering Storm Benazir Bhutto

Panchagram Tarashankar Bandopadhyaya

Panchtantra Vishnu Sharma

Paradise Lost John Milton

Pakistan Cut to Size D.R. Mankekar

Paradiso Alighieri Dante

Paradise Regained John Milton

Passage to England Nirad C. Chaudhuri

Passage to India E.M. Forster

Past and Present Thomas Carlyle

Past Forward G.R. Narayanan

Pather Panchali Bibhuti Bhushan Bandyopadhyaya

Path to Power Margaret Thatcher

Patriot Pearl S. Buck

Pavilion of Women Pearl S. Buck

Peculiar Music Emily Bronte

Peter Pan J.M. Barrie

Personal of Democracy P.C. Alexander

Personal Adventure Theodore H. White

Persuasion Jane Austen

Pickwick Papers Charles Dickens

Pilgrim’s Progress John Bunyan

Pillow Problems and the Tangled Tale Lewis Carroll

Pinjar Amrita Pritam

Plague Albert Camus

Plans for Departure Nayantara Sehgal

Pleading Guilty Scott Turow

Poison Belt Sir Arthur Conan Doyle

Politics Aristotle

Portrait of India Ved Mehta

Possessed Albert Camus

Post Office Rabindranath Tagore

Power and Glory Graham Greene

Power of Movement in Plants Charles Darwin

Power That Be David Halberstan

Prathama Pratishruti Ashapurna Devi

Prem Pachisi Prem Chand

Prelude William Wordsworth

Premonitions P.N. Haksar

Preparing for the Twentieth Century Paul Kennedy

Price of Partition Rafiq Zakaria

Price of Power-Kissinger in the Nixon White House Seymour M. Hersh

Princess in Love Ann Pasternak

Prison and Chocolate Cake Nayantara Sehgal

Prison Diary Jayaprakash Narayan

Prisoner of Zenda Anthony Hope

Prisoner’s Scrapbook L.K. Advani

Primary Colors Anonymous

Prince Machiavelli

Prithviraj Raso Chand Bardai

Pride and Prejudice Jane Austen

Principia Isaac Newton

Professor Charlotte Bronte

Profiles & Letters K. Natwar Singh

Promises to Keep Chester Bowles

Punjab, The Knights of Falsehood K.P.S. Gill

Purgatory Alighieri Dante

Pyramids of Sacrifice Peter L.Berger

Pygmation G.B. Shaw

Quarantene Jim Crass

Quest for Conscience Madhu Dandavate

R Documents Irving Wallace

Rabbit, Run John Updike

Radharani Bankim Chandra Chatterjee

Rage of Angels Sydney Sheldon

Ragtime E.L. Doctorow

Raghuvamsa Kalidas

Rajtarangini Kalhana

Ram Charit Manas Tulsidas

Ramayana Maharishi Valmiki (in Sanskrit)

Ramayana Dharshanam K.V. Puttappa

Rangbhoomi Prem Chand

Rains Came Louis Bromefield

Rain King Saul Bellow

Rainbow Pearl S. Buck

Raj : The Making & Unmaking of British India Lawrence James

Rang-e-Shairi Raghupati Sahai ‘Firaq’ Gorakhpuri

Rape of the Lock Alexander Pope

Rape of Nanking: An undeniableHistory of Photographs

Shi Young

Rape of Bangladesh Anthony Mascarenhas

Rare Glimpses of the Raj Pran Nevile

Ratnavali Harsha Vardhan

Ravi Paar (Across the Ravi) Gulzar

Razor’s Edge Somerset Maugham

Rebel Albert Camus

Rebirth Leonid Brezhnev

Red and Black Stendhal

Red Star Over China Edgar Snow

Red Wheel Alexander Solzhenitsyn

Rediscovering Gandhi Yogesh Chadha

Reflections on the Frence Revolution Edmund Burke

Red Badge of Courage Stephen Crane

Remembering Babylon David Malouf

Reminiscences Thomas Carlyle

Reminiscences Thomas Carlyle

Reminiscences of the Nehru Age M.O. Mathai

Rendezvous with Rama Arthur C. Clark

Reprieve Jean Paul Sartre

Republic Plato

Rescue Joseph Conrad

Resurrection Leo Tolstoy

Return of the Aryans Bhagwan S. Gidwani

Return of the Native Thomas Hardy

Returning to the Source Acharya Rajneesh

Revenue Stamp Amrita Pritam

Rich Like Us Nayantara Sehgal

Riding the Storm Harold MacMillan

Rights the Man Thomas Paina

Rise and Fall of the Great Powers Paul Kennedy

Ritu Ka Pehla Phool Vijendra

Ritu Samhara Kalidas

Rivals R.B. Sheridan

River Sutra Gita Mehta

Road to Folly Leslie Ford

Road to Freedom K.K. Khullar

Robe Lloyd C. Douglas

Robinson Crusoe Daniel Defoe

Romeo and Juliet William Shakespeare

Room at the Top John Braine Roots

Rubaiyat-i-Omar Khayyam Edward Fitzgerald

Rukh Te Rishi Harbhajan Singh

Sader-i-Riyasat Karan Singh

Sardar Patel and Indian Muslims Rafiq Zakaria

Sakharam Binder Vijay Tendulkar

Saket Maithili Sharan Gupta

Satyartha Prakash Swami Dayanand

Smaler’s Planet Saul Bellow

Sanctuary William Faulkner

Sands of Time Sidney Sheldon

Santa Evita Tomas Eloymartinez

Satanic Verses Salman Rushdie

Savitri Aurobindo Ghosh

Scarlet Letter Nathaniel Hawthorne

Scarlet Pimpernel Baroness Orczy

Scenes from a Writer’s Life Ruskin Bond

Sceptred Flute Sarojini Naidu

Schindlr’s List Thomas Keneally

Scholar Extraordinary Nirad C. Chaudhuri

School for Scandal R.B. Sheridan

Scope of Happiness Vijayalakshmi Pandit

Search for Home Sasthi Brata

Second World War Winston Churchill

Secret Agent Joseph Conrad

Sense of Time S.H. Vatsyayan

Sesame and Lilies John Ruskin

Seven Lamps of Architecture John Ruskin

Seven Summers Mulk Raj Anand

Tale of a Tub Jonathan Swift

Tale of Two Cities Charles Dickens

Tales from Shakespeare Charles Lamb

Tales of Sherlock Holmes Sir Arthur Conan Doyle

Talisman Sir Walter Scott

Tamas Bhisham Sahni

Tar Baby Toni Morrison

Tarkash Javed Akhtar

Tarzan of the Apes Edgar Rice Burroughs

Tehriq-e-Mujahideen Dr. Sadiq Hussain

Temple Tiger Jim Corbett

Tess of D’Urbervilles Thomas Hardy

Thank You, Jeeves P.G. Wodehouse

The Age of Extremes Eric Holsbawm

The Assassination K. Mohandas

The Agenda-Indide the Clinton White House Bob Woodward

The Agony and Ecstasy Irving Stone

The Best and the Brightest David Malberstam

The Beach Tree Pearl S. Buck

The Betrayal of East Pakistan Lt. Gen. A.A.K. Niazi

The Calcutta Chromosome Amitav Ghosh

The Career & Legend of Vasco de Gama Sanjay Subramanyam

The Commitments Roddy Doyle

The Cardinal Henry Morton Robinson

The Changing World of Executive Peter Drucker

The Chinese Betrayal B.N. Mullick

The Congress Splits R.P. Rao

The Dark Side of Camelot Seymore Hersh

The Defeat or Distant Drumbeats Bhaskar Roy

The Diplomatic Bag John Ure

Ugly Duckling H.C. Anderson

Ulysses James Joyce

Uncle Tom’s Cabin Mrs.Hariet Stowe

Unconsoled Kazuo Ishiguro

Under Western Eye Joseph Conrad

Unhappy India Lala Lajpat Rai

Universe Around Us James Jeans

Until Darkness Parvin Ghaffari

Utouchable Mulk Raj Anand

Upturned Soil Mikhail Sholokov

Urvashi Ramdhari Singh ‘Dinkar’

Uttar Ramcharita Bhava Bhuti

Utopia Thomas More

Unto This Last John Ruskin

Untold Story Gen.B.M.Kaul

Valley of Dolls Jacqueline Susanne

Vanity Fair Thackeray

Vendor of Sweets R.K.Narayan

Venisamhara Narayana Bhatt

Very Old Bones William Kennedy

Victim Saul Bellow

Victory Joseph Conrad

Video Nights in Kathmandu Pico Lyer

View from Delhi Chester Bowles

View from the UN U Thant

Vikram and the Vampire Sir Richard Burton

Village by the Sea Anita Desai

Village Mulk Raj Anand

Vinay Patrika Tulsidas

Virangana Maithili Sharan Gupta

Virginians William Thackeray

Vish Vriksha Bankim Chandra Chatterjee

Voice of Conscience V.V. Giri

Voice of Freedom Nayantara Sehgal

Voice of the Voiceless Rutsh Harring

Waiting for Godot Samuel Becket

Waiting for the Mahatma R.K. Narayan

Waiting to Exhale Terry McMillan

Wake up India Annie Besant

Walls of Glass K.A. Abbas

War and Peace Tolstoy

War and No Peace Over Kashmir Maroof Raza

War Minus the Shooting Mike Marquesee

War of Indian Independence Vir Savarkar

War of the Worlds H.G.Wells

Waste Land T.S. Eliot

Way of the World William Congreve

We, Indians Khushwant Singh

We, the People N.A. Palkhivala

Wealth of Nations Adam Smith

Week with Gandhi Louis Fischer

West Wind Pearl S. Buck

Westward Ho Charles Kingsley

Where the Grass is Greener David M. Smith

While England Sleeps David Leavitt

Whispers of the Desert Fatima Bhutto

White House Years Henry Kissinger

Widening Divide Rafiq Zakaria

Wild Ass’s Skin Honore de Balzac

Wings of fire, an Autobiography Dr. A.P.J. Abdul Kalam & A. Tiwari

Winston Churchill Clive Ponting

Witness to History Prem Bhatia

Without Fear or Favour Neelam Sanjiva Reddy

Witness to an Era Frank Moraes

Woman’s Life Guy de Maupassant

Women and Men in My Life Khushwant Singh

Wonder That Was India A.L. Basham

World According to Garp John Irving

World Within Words Stephen Spender

Worthy it is Odysseus Elytis

Worshipping False Gods Arun Shourie

Wreck Rabindra Nath Tagore

Wuthering Heights Emily Bronte

Yajnaseni Dr. Pratibha Roy

Yama Mahadevi Verma

Yashodhara Maithili Sharan Gupta

Yayati V.S. Khandekar

Year of the Upheaval Henry Kissinger

Year of the Vulture Amita Malik

Years of Pilgrimage Dr.Raja Ramanna

Yesterday and Today K.P.S. Menon

Zool: The Final Odyssey Arthur C. Clarke

Zhivago,Dr. Boris Pasternak

Zlata’s Diary-A Child’s Zlata Filipovic Life in Sarajero

Zulfi, My Friend Piloo Mody

Zulfikar Ali Bhutto & Pakistan Rafi Raza