189. Which British Governor General introduced Postage Stamp in India ?  

(1) Lord Dalhousie  

(2) Lord Auckland  

(3) Lord Canning  

(4) Lord William Bentinck 

190. Who was the first Indian to be elected to the British Parliament?  

(1) Dadabhai Naoroji 

 (2) Gopala Krishna Gokhale  

(3) Bipin Chandra Pal  

(4) Lala Lajpat Rai 

191. Who introduced the perma-nent settlement in Bengal ? 

(1) Lord Cornwallis 

(2) Lord Dalhousie  

(3) William Bentinck  

(4) Lord Curzon 

192 .Which one of the following Chief Justices of India had the opportunity to act as President of India ?  

(1) Justice Mehar Chand Mahajan  

(2) Justice P.B. Gajendra-gadkar  

(3) Justice M. Hidayatulla  

(4) Justice P. N. Bhagawati 

193. Who was the first woman Chief Justice of a High Court of a state in India ?  

(1) Sunanda Bhandare  

(2) Fathima Beevi  

(3) Leila Seth  

(4) Anna Chandy 

194. ‘Equality before law’ in India is derived from  

(1) Case Law  

(2) Political Conventions  

(3) Constitution  

(4) Gandhian Philosophy 

195. Who interprets the Constitution?  

(1) Legislature  

(2) Executive 

(3) Judiciary  

(4) President 

196. A law made by the Judiciary is known as 

 (1) Ordinary law  

(2) Case law 

 (3) Rule of law 

 (4) Administrative law 

197. The Judges of Supreme Court hold office till they reach the age of  

(1) 58 years  

(2) 62 years  

(3) 65 years  

(4) 60 years 

198. Which of the following is called the “ecological hot spot of India”?  

(1) Western Ghats  

(2) Eastern Ghats  

(3) Western Himalayas  

(4) Eastern Himalayas 

199. Manas Sanctuary in Assam is known for  

(1) elephants  

(2) bears  

(3) tigers  

(4) wild ass 

200. Which one of the following is the first National Park of India ? (1) Corbett National Park  

(2) Bandipur National Park  

(3) Kanha National Park  

(4) Sariska 

201. The common tree species in Nilgiri hills is  

(1) Sal  

(2) Pine  

(3) Eucalyptus 

(4) Teak 

202. What is approximately the percentage of forest cover in India? (1) 10%  

(2) 8.5%  

(3) 25%  

(4) 21.54% 

203. The wild ass is found in  

(1) Kachchh  

(2) Assam  

(3) Jammu and Kashmir  

(4) Tamil Nadu 

204. The first biosphere reserve that was set up in India in 1986 is  

(1)  Nanda Devi  

(2) Nilgiris  

(3) Nokrek 

(4) Manas 

Ans:-  2

205. The concept of mixed economy means  

(1) to have balanced development in the agricultural and industrial sector  

(2) simultaneous development of the rural and urban sector  

(3) to have equal distribution of wealth among the rural and the urban poor  

(4) simultaneous existence of the private and public sector 

206. India’s First Five Year Plan gave priority to 

 (1) Industry  

(2) Trade  

(3) Transportation  

(4) Agriculture 

207. When a detergent is added to pure water, its surface tension  

(1) increases  

(2) decreases  

(3) remains constant  

(4) becomes infinite 

208. A transformer works with  

(1) alternating current only  

(2) direct current only  

(3) both AC and DC  

(4) any signal 

209. The head mirror used by ENT doctors is  

(1) Concave  

(2) Convex  

(3) Plane  

(4) Plano-convex 

210. The Newton’s First Law is also called as  

(1) Law of moments  

(2) Law of inertia  

(3) Law of energy  

(4) Law of momentum 

211. Hydraulic machines work under the Principle of :  

(1) Newton’s Law  

(2) Joules Law  

(3) Pascal’s Law  

(4) Floatation Law 

212. What is “milk of magnesia” chemically ?  

(1) Magnesium carbonate  

(2) Sodium bicarbonate  

(3) Calcium hydroxide  

(4) Magnesium hydroxide