1. Which sport is Sushil Kumar related to? Wrestling
2. Which sport is Vijay Kumar related to? Shooting
3. Venezuela’s President who passed away recently? Hugo Chavez
4. Carlos Slim is from which country? Mexico
5.Name the first man to land on the moon. Neil Armstrong
6. When is the International Women’s Day celebrated? 8th March
7. Which year was declared to be the International Biodiversity Year? 2010
8. Miss World – 2012? Yu Wenxia (China)
9. Last British Emperor to rule India? George VI
10. ‘Bluetooth’ was named after? Harald Bluetooth – Scandinavian King of Denmark
11. What does P stand for in P. Chidambaram? Palaniappan
12. In which area of Hyderabad did the bomb blasts take place recently? Dilsukhnagar
13. Chandrayaan 1 was launched on which vehicle? PSLV C11
14.Where are the next Summer Olympics and FIFA World Cup being organized? Brazil
15. Where was the Non Alignment Movement meeting held? Tehran
16. Oscar Pistorius allegedly murdered his girlfriend. What’s her name? Reeva Steenkamp
17. Chairman of the Fundamental Rights Sub Committee? J B Kriplani
18. New pope is from which country? Argentina
19. What is current deficit rate of India? 5%
20. What is the formula of potential energy? U=mgh
21. Vishwanathan Anand defeated Borus Gelfand . Which country is he from? Israel
22. Which year was Padma Shri first given? 1954
23. Where were the relics of Buddha transferred to? Sri Lanka
24. What five year plan covered 2007-12? 11th
25. Environment Act was passed in which year? 1986
26. When is World Literacy Day? 8th September
27. Which American State was previously known as “New Amsterdam”? New York
28. Who wrote “Paradise Lost”? John Milton
29. Who was the founder of the Red Cross Society? Henry Dunant
30. Light Year is a measure of? Distance
31. Where are the Administrative Headquarters of the EU? Brussels, Belgium
32. How many High Courts does India have? 24
33. The Boundries of which states do not touch? Meghalaya and Manipur
34. How many medals did India win at the Olympics? Six
35. In which year was India’s capital shifted to Delhi? 1911
36. When di Kumbh Mela start this year? 14th January
37.Which river is the Baghlihar Dam on? Chenab
38. Which is the wealthiest Temple in India? Padmanabswamy Temple
39. Kuchipudi is the native dance form of which state? Andhra Pradesh
40. Which state is the POSCO steel plant in? Odisha
41. Which actor was caught in controversy with his movie Vishwaroopam? Kamal Hassan
42. What does the 117th Amendment to the Constitution deal with? Reservation in promotions for SC/STs
43. In which country did Norman Borlaung develop his ideas to improve food production ? Mexico
44. Paleolithic Age is commonly known as? Old stone age
45. Name the first Shaka ruler of India. Maues
46. Recently, Supreme Court ordered the ambassador of which country not to leave India? Italy
47. The Leaning Tower of Pisa doesn’t fall because? Because its center of gravity is not outside the center of support.
48. Under which ruler, were the English granted the Diwani rights in Bengal and Bihar? Shah Alam II
49. Which Indian State has the lowest sex ratio? Haryana
50. Who founded the Navjivan Trust for peaceful struggle for Swaraj? Mahatma Gandhi
It’s not “What five year plan it is”. It is “What five year plan covered 2007-12? “
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Q. Which American State was formally known as ‘New Amsterdam’? – New york
Q. Who wrote the book’ A Paradise Lost’ ?
john milton
When is World Literacy Day celebrated? – 8th September.
henri dunant?
Red cross founder.
hq of EU?
which day is celebrated as literacy day?
how many high courts are there in india?
boundaries of which 2 states do not touch? cg up, j&k haryana, manippur mizoram, rajasthan punjab (not so sure abt options)
also there was 1 ques. on posco steel plant
Hey!
in my paper it was paradise lost was printed as paradise reporached!
same here!
Mine had paradise regained..
Same here!, :-\
Set D, right?
nope B
yea, same for me Set A….paradise regained….I was like, shit, Milton wrote a sequel?? I didnt know!!
Same fish happend to me……..!! :/
Mine was set D too! and it said paridise regained!
Do you think that they will give us compensation?
can CG (or can we) write to the CLAT Convenor?
Nah. If the question was wrong, you’ll all get a mark for it. This is not the first time CLAT has had a wrong question.
Actually Milton did write a poem titled Paradise Regained. I’m not sure if it is a sequel to his epic poem Paradise Regained, but apparently it shares a similar theme. However I don’t think there is a book by the name paradise reproached.
It indeed isn’t a sequel, but merely shares the same theme. Milton wrote Paradise Regained after he lost his eyesight.
Hey. Answer to Q24 is 11th plan
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Five-Year_plans_of_India
I’m not absolutely sure, but the state boundaries question did not have J&K and Haryana as options (it was J&K and H&P), and the answer may have been Meghalaya and Manipur. The Plan which goes from 2007 to 2012 was the 11th Fiver Year Plan, not the 12th. Harald Blatand (after whom Bluetooth was named) was in fact, Danish (which was an option).
Thanks for compiling the answers.
It tells me how much I sucked. 😛
yes, it had j&k and himanchal pradesh as a option
117th Amendment of the Constitution deals with – Reservation in promotions for SC and ST candidates
Whoops, just checked. Bluetooth actually did rule over Norway for a bit, so I guess it would be more appropriate to label him a Scandinavian king (though I don’t believe that was an option, I may be wrong). There was also a question about the first king of the Shaka dynasty, which as Moga or something. The poem asked was ‘Paradise Regained’, which was written by Milton as well. The Chavez question actually asked the country to which he belonged.
And in my previous response, I should’ve written HP instead of H&P. >_>
Who the first Shaka king was.
which year was india’s capital shifted from kolkata to delhi.
1911
Uh what Delhi event? The timer. :O
It cracked. :-/
how many medals did india win in London olympcs? 6..
I’m screwed…
when was the capital of india shifted frm kolkata to delhi?the current pope is frm which country?when did the mahAkumbh mela started this year?on which river baghlihar dam is dere?
Capital of India was shifted from Kolkata to Delhi in 1911 .the current pope Is from Argentina . The mahakumbh mela started on the 14th of jan and the baghilar dam is built on the river Chenab
which is the richest temple in india..??
the maths section was horrible! I cud attempt only 7! 🙁 and two of the questions were wrong in maths!! wrong in the sense that the correct answer was not an there in any of the four options! :-/
i think 2 math questions were wrong too… one percentage question and i forget the other.. correct me if im wrong.. did anyone else think a maths question was wrong?
its was the smallest angle one!
Yeah .. Succesive discounts of 15% and 5% , and the quadi with angles in ratio 3:4:5:8 .. smallest angle here … so what should be the answer’s ??
I marked 20% ( which should have been 19.25 ) And 18degree’s ( which should have been 54degree’s !! )
wonder what they’ll do… since none of the options were correct :/
Yea really… I didn’t mark any answer because I thought I’d lose marks in those questions. Hope CLAT realizes that and deletes the question instead of awarding marks to thos who blindly attempted those questions…
same here bro
i think ‘cost of constructing road’ was also wrong………
and the population one was also wrong.o fuck..all these questions wasted my time A LOT:(
hey! the options for Kumbh Mela question were:
1) 1-1-2013
2) 4-1-2013
3) 14-1-2013
4) 28-1-2013
answer is 14-1-2013
Hey! for que nmbr.34 the correct answer is 14th january..
27th january is WRONG !!!
You’re right. Fixed it.
Q. Kucchipudi is an art form native to which state of India?
A. Andhra Pradesh
heh guyzz kumbh mela ws strtd frm 14feb to 10 mrch
SC/ST Promotion bill related question.
Q. POSCO steel project is in which state?
A. Odisha
Q. Which actor/director sparked a controversy with his film Viswaroopam?
A. Kamal Hassan
the Vishwaroppam question was ‘who directed this movie;?
Q. In which country did Norman Borlaung develop his ideas to improve food production (or some variant of that)?
A. Mexico
Supreme Court tells authorities to enforce stay put order on Italian ambassador…
What?
the question was “The supreme court ordered which country’s ambassador not to leave India?”..
Who was the first shaka king?
Maues
India has 21 high courts right? the other three don’t have buildings yet?
http://www.thehindu.com/news/national/3-new-high-courts-for-ne/article4345372.ece
The North Eastern Regions (re-organisation) and other Amendment bill 2012 got passed in Parliament and now Meghalya, Manipur and Tripura have HCs 😀
I knew this and still put 21 -.-
same. feel like an idiot :\
Gagan narang question wasn’t there.
117th amendment
last ruler of India
fundamental right committee on human rights (constitution)
paleolithic age common name-old stone age
ya even in my set c gagan narang was not there
and i doubt about vijay kumar also!!
Even in my section(i.e., D).. Gagan Narang was nt der!
Kumbh mela answer was 14th jan. Just google it
First ruler of the Shaka dynasty?
Which country’s ambassador was asked not to leave by SC?
Oh also, why does the leaning tower of pisa not fall over?
1st shakka king of india??..
ans-Maues
Q. Under which ruler, were the English granted the Diwani rights in Bengal and Bihar?
A. Shah Alam II
Q33 the options didn’t have Jammu Kashmir and Haryana, it was a. Meghalaya and Manipur b. Jammu Kashmir and himachal c. Rajasthan Punjab d. UP and chhatisgarh
So answer is Meghalaya maniour
1 man to go to moon
gagang narang ques. was not asked
which indian state has the lowest sex ratio?
ans:HARYANA
in set c , there was no gagan narang
in set b it was vijay kumar
EXACTLY !! AND I THINK WE HAD VIJENDRA SINGH INSTEAD OF VIJAY SINGH
GK section was so simple! Any person who read a gud newsppr regularly cud score 40+!!
Anything around 28 must be considered a good score. If you’ve to Google for a lot many questions now it’s obvious that the GK was very tough.
Who’d have heard about the origin of blue tooth?
Who’d know about the sub committee on fundamental rights?
Who’d know about the deficit percentage?
Who’d have heard about this great Maues?
And apart from sb from J&K could sb really know about Bagalihar dam?
These and many more were simply undoables.
If sb has done well in other sections no need to feel despondent
Uh oh:( thought I did well!I’ll probably land up with 27ish:(
you’re not the only one. 😛
The man who first set foot on moon and who died recently
neil armstrong
The last question was: who founded the navjivan trust for peaceful struggle for Swaraj? Ans: mahatma Gandhi
Chairman of fundamental rights committe was J B Kriplani, not ambledkar. Google it.
I got 26 right how much did you all get?
I calculated my CLAT 2013 marks as 75 🙁 can I get HNLU Raipur..
and if not then can I again give CLAT while doing Engineering or law from some other college ..
You can if you are less than 20 years as on 1st of July 2014. Whether you want to give it while studying in college or take a year off exclusively to study for clat is purely your volition. It wouldn’t be discerning to speculate about the cut-offs now, but sorry to say that things don’t look bright for you this time, mate. It’s just my opinion I might be wrong.
Gosh. I’m getting lesser than what i expected. Getting 33
@Osho- Different papers had different options. I had Jharkand and HP as one of the options, which obviously brought the question down to a no-brainer
9/50 in gk 🙁
what are your scores?
25 🙁
Itni padhai ki jagran josh se…no faida at all! 🙁
Is anyone getting 30-35?
21 🙁
120ish .. Mp domicile .. any chances Asad sir ??
yar getting only 28.50 after …. what can be considered a decent score
asad sir pls reply soon
some questions were differently asked in my paper.in my set it was asked to which country hugo chavez belongs to ?.but overall dey r same questions.
Overall, from reactions and analysis, this appears to have been an old fashioned exam for a rounded personality who over her eighteen years read some Grisham and Perry Mason, may be watched few Legal serials and was encouraged enough to start reading Keshavanand Bharti and Golaknath and kept with a grinding grounding in the English language.And of course interest in trivia as well as some acquaintance with the Blind poet who wrote Paradise lost for a royalty of Ten pounds which even in 1660s was a small amount for a work like this.Which will of course take her to Marx and wonder whether this was a productive activity.
gosh!!!!!!!!!!!! jus scored 32 :/
well….i think thats a very good score..
is it necessary to touch all sections in clat??
Anything around 28 must be considered a good score. If you’ve to Google for a lot many questions now it’s obvious that the GK was very tough.
Who’d have heard about the origin of blue tooth?
Who’d know about the sub committee on fundamental rights?
Who’d know about the deficit percentage?
Who’d have heard about this great Maues?
And apart from sb from J&K could sb really know about Bagalihar dam?
These and many more were simply undoables.
If sb has done well in other sections
Actually, anyone who did even a bit of research after playing age of empires 2 would have got bluetooth.. it comes in the Normandy campaign, where Norman the Conqueror is assisted by Herald Bluetooth. Bluetooth was a great navigator and all, so get it? telecom, trade etc? And JB Kriplani was an obvious answer because you could eliminate all the others!
For that matter sb deeply interested in history might have stumbled onto Maues at some point of time and might have got it right. That’s not the point. I actually meant that someone depending on the regular reading of newspapers, NCERT books, clatgyan compendiums , other GK guides etc couldn’t do these questions.
But then, there are toppers. If you got them right, great!
Not many of us do a bit of research after playing video games in the hope of expanding our GK trivia or for whatever reason. For an overwhelming majority I think it was rather frustrating to see this question sitting there.
I used to play age of empires like some crazy ass chick. Bur, it din’t help me at all. This sucks.
I don’t remember if Vallabhbhai Patel was an option. If he was then Kriplani may not be the actual answer because he was the chairman of The fundamental rights sub-committee while Patel was the chairman of the advisory committee on fundamental rights, minorities and tribal and excluded areas (parliamentofIndia.nic.in)
Did the question say committee, sub-committee or advisory committee?
Sub committee
As far as I remember, in my set, one of the questions asked was the ‘International year of sustainable development’ and not Biodiversity :/
i’m calculating my score around 115 range.will i be able to get through to NUALS?
Sure Buddy .. You have Assam guaranteed with that score !!
@praful: hope we could meet there buddy
Are there not 21 high courts in india?
They added three in March ’13. Front page news! :-/
The question was where is Hugo Chavez from. The answer is Venezuela. They mentioned that he was elected as the President of his country for the fourth time and that he died recently. I remember that Cuba was amongst the options.
but they are under construction. Aren’t they?
expecting around 70-90 in the exam which college will i get?????
IN MY SET IT WAS..FROM WHERE NORMAN Borlaung BELONG..AND WHICH PLAN WILL COVER 2012-2017
Yeah! I distinctly remember, 2012-2017 it was, even in my set.
I used to get a good 30-40 in my mocks. I’m heartbroken :'(
How does a score of 110-120 look? Do I have any chances?
Expecting 140ish…can I make it to nalsar or Bangalore?
looks good.. atleast in the 2nd list..
I am expecting around 145ish…can I make it to NLSIU or NALSAR?
so with negative markings and everything, the cutoffs will go down..what is the expected cutoff for bangalore?
The order for shifting the capital came in 1911 but SHIFTING took place in 1912
36 in GK
Total expected 105-110ish
any chances anywhere?
The cut off in my opinion could be predicted only if you have data on the performance of a sizeable number of candidates. You couldn’t do it with a mathematical juggelery. No point in getting deluded by these predictions, really.
Absolutely. I see people already debating cutoffs everywhere. I mean, people’ll say what they want to say. There’s really no point guessing and making conjectures as to what’ll happen. No amount of rumination or retrospection will make anything right. What’ll happen will happen.
I didn’t get this… In my set (D), we didn’t get the Gagan Narang and Sushil Kumar questions… We got something else but I just don’t get how the CLAT guys could give different GK questions in the the different sets.
The Gagan and Sushil were super easy and most kids would’ve known them but I think we got questions which were quite different… Disappointing…
How is 36.5? Bad no? 😛
i think the set c had vijendra kumar instead of vijay!!
no it did’nt…
this question is from the math section.
the question regarding the area of a rhombus were the options given right?
YES!!!
what was the right answer?
0.75 sq. m or cm. I forgot what unit it was.
was it there in set B? I dunno. because i’m very confused now!
It was there in Set D. Dunno about B.
We had a question asking for which country did Norman develop the new variety of wheat. :/
Most of these questions are from current affairs …. right ?
Many sites have suggested that a decent score must be around 38 to 40.
If I had one more year to prepare exclusively for GK I would still fail to answer the following
1. The first shaka king
2. The deficit percentage
3. Pistorius’ girl friend
4. The country where Borlaug first experimented
5. Red cross founder
6. The year when the bharat ratna awArds began
7. The exact place of bombing in Hyderabad
8. New York’s old name
9. Blue tooth
10. Fundamental rights sub committee chairman
11. Last English ruler of India
12. P in P Chidambaram
13. The year when the environment act was passed.
These questions are not the normal GK questions that most of the candidates prepare for. They are rather just trivia, and if our careers were not at stake, we would term them greatly interesting. Even Chidambaram would be surprised if someone on were to tell him that he knew about the P in his name. You could go through 1000 questions constitution in Lexis-Nexis ultimate guide for clat and would still not come across the sub committee on fundamental rights. The two science questions Potential energy and Pisa I have not included because I’m a science student; otherwise they are tough enough.
It was a strange mix, to say the least. Very, very strange. One site says 40+ would be a cracking score. That leaves me speechless.
And two more could be added
14. Bagalihar dam- I was listening to a you tube commentary on the clat analysis – they could not even pronounce Bagalihar properly.
15. 2010, year of biodiversity. And 2009? We must be aware of 2013, May be 2012 as well. But 2010?
Two more gems
16 . Under which ruler the civil and diwani rights were granted to English (to be answered only by a pucca history student)
17. Navjeevan trust founder.
Asad sir, can u please tell me as to what role does a ‘preference list(the one we fill while completing the admission form)’ play….
My family is inclined towards Punjab…..so i ended up filling ‘RGNUL, Patiala’ at the 4th place…!!
Is there a remedy to it?
By the way when are the results expected to be out??
Asad sir, the day of reckoning is approaching. Pl tell us why it’d be okay if we fail to get the results we are expecting.
did anyone think the puzzle with the girl on a diet was incorrect?
No.
hey siddharth!!
i too got stuck on this prob…..but the last clue’s options had to be taken in reverse order…!!
Why wont they put up the results?? Any idea what time it may come? Anybody?? :O
Clat site not opening. Last year’s trauma again likely. 161310436
Can you’ll tell me which books should I refer to for clat
What the hell you are talking about?I am a class 10th student and I solved 46 without any preparation.
there are 21 high courts in india.
http://www.thehindu.com/news/national/3-new-high-courts-for-ne/article4345372.ece