Friday, January 21, 2011

Practice paper for SAIL Jobs india

Practice paper for SAIL Jobs India
1. Lumbini is the place where the Buddha
(A) attained nirvana
(B) attained enlightenment
(C) was born
(D) was married

2. Galvanometer is an instrument to measure?
(A) relative density of liquids
(B) electric currents
(C) pressure of gases
(D) distances

3. Who wrdte ‘Mudra Rakshasa’?
(A) Vishakhadatta
(B) Bana Bhatta
(C) Kalidasa
(D) Jaya Dev

4. The venue of Asian Games in1970 was?
(A) Beijing
(C) Bangkok
(B) Jakarta
(D) New Delhi

5. 1929 is known for?
(A) visit of Simon Commission to India
(B) congress resolution for complete independence of India
(C) coming of Indian National Congress under the leadership of
Mahatma Gandhi
(D) burma was made a part of India

6. INS Airavat is India’s
(A) amphibious ship
(B) submarine
(C) destroyer
(D) frigate

7. Astra-Missile is
(A) surface to surface missile
(B) surface to air missile
(C) air to surface missile
(D) air to air missile

8. Nehru Institute of Mountaineering is situated at?
(A) Nainital
(B) Darjeeling
(C) Shimla
(D) Uttarkashi

9. Which of the following was not the base of L.T.T.E. before being captured by Srilankan Forces?
(A) Elephant Pass
(B) Kilinochchi
(C) Mullaithivu
(D) Muridke

10. Who is the foreign minister of European Union?
(A) Baroness Ashlon
(B) Massimo D Alema
(C) David Miiband
(D) Carl Bildt

11. Who is the author of ‘Godan’?
(A) Bhishma Sahani
(B) Premchand
(C) Manohar Shyam Joshi
(D) Sharad Chandra Chattopadhyay

12. Which political party does Raj Babbar belong to?
(A) Samajwadi
(B) Bharatiya Janata Party
(C) Congress
(D) Bahujan Samaj Party

13. Alberto Fujimori is the former president of?
(A) Japan
(B) Peru
(C) South Korea
(D) Vietnam

14. Which of the following is the national river of India?
(A) Brahmaputra
(B) Nannada
(C) Ganga
(D) Kaveri

15. The highest number of telephone users are in?
(A)China
(B) U.S.A.
(C)Canada
(D) India

16. The president of Maldives is
(A) Maumoom Abdul Gayoom
(B) Mohammad Ashraf
(C) Mahmood Alam
(D) Mohammed Nasheed

17. Arabinda Rajkhowa is a member of?
(A) B.J,P.
(B) Assam Gana Parishad
(C) Maoist Centre
(D) ULFA

18. The breakthrough in the ideas of Darwin on the evolution of species came after his visit to a cluster of islands and where he saw that each island supported its own form of finch. Name the island/s
(A) Iceland
(B) Greenland
(C) Galapagos
(D) Christian Islands

19. Mahatma Gandhi never became a Nobel Laureate, but he was nominated five times. In which of the following years he was not nominated?
(A) 1937
(B) 1939
(C) 1948
(D) 1940

20. When was the University of Bombay (now is Mumbai) established?
(A) 1861
(B) 1857
(C) 1909
(D) 1890

21. Harare is the capital of?

(A) Zambia
(B) Zaire Republic
(C) Zimbabwe
(D) Yemen

22. Which is the largest island in the world (if Australia is not considered an island)?
(A) Iceland
(B) Borneo
(C) Sumatra
(D) Greenland

23. Indo-Pak Summit between Parvez Musharraf and Atal Bihari Bajpayee was held in 2001 at?
(A) Delhi
(B) Shimla
(C) Agra
(D) Mumbai

24. Which of the following is not a union territory?
(A) Tripura
(B) Daman and Diu
(C) Lakshadweep
(D) Puducherry

25. Who was the founder editor of ‘Kesari’?
(A) Lala Lajpat Rai
(B) Bal Gangadhar Tilak
(C) Gopal Krishna Gokhle
(D) Dadabhai Naoroji

26. With whose permission did the English set up their first factory at Surat?
(A) Akbar
(B) Shahjahan
(C) Jahangir
(D) Aurangzeb

27. The group of nations known as G-8 started as G-7. Which among the following was not one of them?
(A) Canada
(B) Italy
(C) Russia
(D) Japan

28. Emperor Akbar the Great, died in the year?
(A)1505
(B)1605
(C)1606
(D)1590

29. What was the name of Emperor Shahjahan before he became Emperor?
(A) Kusrau
(B) Khurram
(C) Parvez
(D) Shaheryar

30. Which of the following trees has medicinal value?
(A)Pine
(B) Teak
(C) Oak
(D) Neem

31. Identify the main principle on which the Parliamentary system operates?
(A) Responsibility of executive to legislature
(B) Supremacy of democracy
(C) Rule of law
(D) Supremacy of the Constitution

32. Great tennis player Bjorn Borg belongs to which country?
(A) Italy
(B) Latvia
(C) U.S.A.
(D) Sweden

33. Which of the following is the national anthem of India?
(A) Vande Mataram...
(B) Jana gana mana adhinayak...
(C) Ye mera chaman, ye mera chaman
(D) Sarejahan se achchha

34. Which country was known as sick man of Europe?
(A) Greece
(B) Latvia
(C) Turkey
(D) Austria

35. In Malaysia, the word ‘bhumi putra’ refers to?
(A) Malayas
(B) Chinese
(C) Indians
(D) Buddhists

36. What was the real name of Munshi Premchand?
(A) Nabab Rai
(B) Dhanpat Rai
(C) Ram Chandra Srivastava
(D) Hari Shankar

37. Who is the author of ‘Old Man and the Sea’?
(A) John Ruskin
(B) Raja Rao
(C) Gunter Grass
(D) Ernest Hemingway

38. Prophet Mohammed was born in?
(A) 570 AD.
(B) 720 AD.
(C) 620 AD.
(D) 510 AD.

39. When was the First World War declared?
(A)1914
(B)1915
(C)1918
(D)1913

40. Deodhar trophy is given for the game of?
(A)Cricket
(B) Football
(C) Hockey
(D) Golf

41. Pariyar Wild Life sanctuary is situated in the state of?
(A) Tamil Nadu
(B) Karnataka
(C) Kerala ,
(D) Andhra Pradesh

42. Nepanagar in Madhya Pradesh is known for?
(A) steel mill
(B) sugar mills
(C) potteries
(D) news print factory

43. Who destroyed the Somnath temple in Gujarat?
(A) Mohammed Ghouri
(B) Mahmood Gaznavi
(C) Changhez Khan
(D) Taimur Lang

44. In Cape Traflagar, the famous battle of Trafalgar was fought in
1805. Where is Cape Trafalgar situated?
(A)Italy
(B) Greece
(C)Spain
(D) Portugal
Answers
1 C
2 B
3 A
4 C
5 B
6 A
7 D
8 D
9 D
10 A
11 B
12 A
13 B
14 C
15 A
16 D
17 D
18 C
19 C
20 B
21 C
22 D
23 C
24 A
25 B
26 C
27 C
28 B
29 B
30 D
31 C
32 D
33 B
34 C
35 A
36 B
37 D
38 A
39 A
40 A
41 C
42 D
43 B
44 C

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