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1. Which Indian state has got the distinction to have achieved 100% Literacy?

A) West Bengal     B) Tamil Nadu     C) Kerala     D) Punjab

Ans: C

2. Poondi Lake was estabilished by ?

A) Sathyamurthi   B) Annadurai     C) Kamaraj   D) Rajaji

ANS:  A

3. In India, the first test tube baby Harsh was born on ?

 A) July6, 1986    B) August6, 1986   C) September6, 1986  D) October6, 1986

 ANS:  B

4. Shah Jahan's Kohinoor diamond now adorns the Crown Jewel of Monarch

A) Japanese B) Jordanian C) British  D) Saudi Arabia

ANS: C

5. In which city the headquarters of the U.N.Located ?

A) New York  B) Paris   C) London  D) Canberra

ANS: A

6. With which game is Reliance Cup is associated ?

A) Tennis  B) Football  C) Hockey   D) Cricket

ANS: D

7. That the earth is almost spherical, was the first stated by

A) Ptolemy  B) Aryabhatta  C) Pythagoras  D)  Copemicus

ANS: C

8. Who among the following is called the "Father of German unity"?

A) Helmut Kohi  B) Mikhail Gorbachev  C) George Bush  D) Karl Otto

ANS: A

9. ---------------- is the new currency of the European union nations ?

 A) Franc  B) Euro  C) Marc  D) Yen

ANS: B

10. Which colour is the symbol of peace ?

A) blue  B) white  C) green  D) red

ANS: B

11. --------------- is called as little Japan of Tamil Nadu 

A) Dindigul   B) Rajapalayam  C) Sivakasi  D) Sattur

ANS: C

12. The year 1999 is designated by UNO as the International year of 

A) youth  B) older persons  C) ocean  D) peace

13. Which one is not correctly matched ?

A) Ponmudi  - Transport

B) Anbazhagan - Education

C) Aladi Aruna - Law 

D) Suresh Rajan - Public works

ANS: D

14. Whose statue was erected at Kumari point by the Chief Minister Karunanidhi ?

A) Thiruvalluvar   B) Kumari Amman   C) Ambedhkar   D) None of these

ANS: A

15. East Timur attained independence from 

A) Thailand B) Indonesia C) Russia D) Vietnam

ANS: B

16. Who among the following took asylum in India from Tibet recently ?

A) Karmapa Lama   B) Dalai Lama   C) Nawaz Sharif  D) None of these

ANS: B

17. When did India conduct its first nuclear explosion at Pokhran ?

A) 1996  B) 1973  C) 1974   D) 1960

ANS: C

18. The famous festival of Karnataka is

A) Deepavali   B) Pongal   C) Onam  D) Dassara

ANS: D

19. In 26th January, 2000 India celebrated the 

A) 50th Republic Day   B) 49th Republic Day C) 52nd Republic Day  D) None of these

20. Rajghat is the place of cremation of 

 A) Jawaharlal Nehru  B) Mahatma Gandhi  C) M.G.Ramachandran  D) Annadurai

ANS: B

21. what is the name of the film of great controversy to be taken by Deepa Mehta ?

A) fire  B) water  C) volcano  D) none of these

22. The Bhatnagar award for Medical Sciences (1998) was given to

A) Rangaswamy  B) K. Vijay Raghavan  C) G. Balakrishna Nair  D) P.N. Chopra

ANS: C

23. The first Indian woman to swim across the English channel was

A) Miss. Arati saha  B) Kiran Bedi  C) Bachchendri pal  D) Chandramuki Bose

ANS: C

24. Kuchipudi a form of dance in India, originated in the state of

A) Orissa  B) Gujarat  C) Andhrapradesh  D) Karnataka

ANS: C

25. "Samathwapuram" scheme was introduced in Tamil Nadu by the Chief Minister

A) Selvi.Jayalalitha  B) Thiru.M.G. Ramachandran  C) Thiru.K.Kamaraj  D) Thiru.M. Karunanidhi

ANS: D

26. One of the following countries is not the member of SAARC ?

A) India  B) Pakistan  C) Srilanka  D) Japan

27. which part of Jammu and Kashmir was intruded by Pakistani terrorists?

A) Kargil  B) Tiras  C) Batalik   D) All of these

ANS:C

28. Sahitya academy award for Tamil in 1998 was given to

A) Balakumaran  B) Na. Parthasarathy  C) Sa. Kandaswamy  D) Jayakanthan

ANS: C

29. who discovered America ?

A) Vasco da Gama  B) Columbus  C) Marco Polo  D) James Cook

ANS: B

30. who was the prime minister of india a long period of time ?

A) Deva Gowda B) V.P. Singh  C) I.K. Gujral   D) Jawaharlal Nehru

ANS: D