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1. Which lamp has the highest energy efficiency ?

a. Incandescent Lamp
b. LED
c. CFL
d. Arc Lamp




2. Yellow light is a combination of  _________ primary colors ?

a. Blue, Green
b. Red, Blue
c. Red, Green
d. Red, Blue and Green




3. Diverging lens produces __________ type of images ?

a. Small virtual image
b. Big real image
c. Small real image
d. Big virtual image




4. The process used to produce Ammonia is ?

a. Contact process
b. Haber process
c. Chlor-alkali process
d. Creighton process




5. The non-metal which exist in liquid state at room temperature is ?

a. Mercury
b. Sodium
c. Potassium
d. Bromine




6. 2007 Nobel prize for Chemistry was awarded to ?

a. Gerhard Ertl
b. Dan Shechtman
c. Richard Fred Heck
d. Venkatraman Ramakrishnan




7.The fifth state of matter is ?

a. Plasma
b. Magma
c. Bose-Einstein condensate
d. Fermionic condensate




8. Speed of blue color light in vacuum is ?

a. > 3x10⁸ m/s
b. = 3x10⁸ m/s
c. < 3x10⁸ m/s
d. > 300 m/s




9. Which fuel has the highest Calorific Value ?

a. Bio-gas
b. Methane
c. Petrol
d. Hydrogen




10. In which direction does rainbow appear in the morning ?

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




11. The Chief Minister of Uttatakhand is __________ ?

a. Manohar parrikar
b. Vijay Bahugunna
c. Khanduri
d. Arjun Munda




12. Who is the President of France ?

a. Nicolas Sarkozy
b. Jacques chirac
c. Francois Hollande
d. Joachim Gauck




13. The Booker prize winner of 2012 is  ______ ?

a. Jeet Thayil
b. Hilary Mantel
c. Julian Barnes
d. Mo Yan




14. ICC T20 World cup Winner of 2012 is ____________ ?

a. Sri Lanka
b. Australia
c. India
d. West Indies




15. Who won the women's 100 meter Gold in 2012 London Olympics ?

a. Shelly-Ann Fraser Pryce
b. Carmelita Jeter
c. Ohuruogo
d. Felix Sanchez




16. The 59th National Film Award for Best Director was won by ?

a. Guruvinder Singh
b. Salim Ahamed
c. Suveeran
d. Vetrimaaran




17. God's particle is the pseudonym of  __________ ?

a. Large Hardon Collider
b. Quarks
c. Leptons
d. Higgs Boson




18. Which rocket was launched by ISRO during its 100 th Mission ?

a. ASLV-C21
b. GSLV-C21
c. PSLV-C21
d. INSAT-C21




19. The 2012 Nobel Peace Prize was awarded to  ________ ?

a. Liu Xiaobo
b. European Union
c. Barack Obama
d. Inter governmental Panel on climate change




20. The Minister for Cooperation in Kerala is  ?

a. C.N Balakrishnan
b. K. Babu
c. Adoor Prakash
d. Ebrahim Kunju




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