1)The nearest atmospheric layer to the earth is ….
Stratosphere
Troposphere
Mesosphere
Ionosphere
2)Which of the following is the highest mountain peak of North America?
Mt Elbrus
McKinley
Aconcagua
Vinson Massif
3)What percentage of the water available on earth is fresh in nature?
3%
5%
7%
9%
4)Which of the following planets is named after the Roman God of ruler of all men and gods ?
Saturn
Jupiter
Mercury
Mars
5)Malaria is a disease caused by ….
virus
protozoa
bacteria
fungi
6)Who heads the National Development Council ?
President
Deputy chairman of the Planning Commission
Speaker of the Lok Sabha
Prime Minister
7)This famous freedom fighter of India is known as the prophet of cultural Renaissance in Western India. Identify him from the given options.
Gopal Krishna Gokhale
Bal Gangadhar Tilak
Mahadev Gobind Ranade
Jyotiba Phule
8)Bengal Gazette was the first newspaper published in India. The credit for its publication goes to….
William Bolts
James Augustus
Hickey William Jones
Charles Wilkins
9)She was the world’s first female prime minister. Can you name her from the given options?
India Gandhi
Margaret Thatcher
Golda Meir
Sirimavo Bandaranaike
10)Dalkhai is a folk dance that belongs to the state of ….
Chhattisgarh
Jharkhand
Orissa
Madhya Pradesh
11)Who was the governor general of India during the 1857 revolt?
Sir John Shore
Lord Canning
Lord Cornwallis
Warren Hastings
12)Which of the following Indian states you would associate with the ‘Kuka Movement’?
Gujarat
Rajasthan
Punjab
Orissa
13)Who was not one of the members of the high powered Cabinet Mission plan that was sent to India in 1946?
Stafford Cripps
AV Alexander
Pethick Lawrence
George Barlow
14)This article envisages the provision of the constitution of the Finance Commission of India. Identify the article from the given options.
Article 261
Article 274
Article 280
Article 322
15)Agranulocytosis and Thrombocytopenia are the names of the diseases that you would associate with
Brain
Heart
Nervous System
Blood
16)Why is sodium kept in Kerosene?
It remains free from dust
It starts burning in air
It starts melting in air
None of these
17)Which of the following is NOT one of the basic SI units?
Candela
Mole
Kelvin
Gram
18)Identify the one, which is NOT one of the Three Gems of Jainism.
Right Thought
Right Faith
Right Knowledge
Right Conduct
19)This personality is considered the great law-giver of ancient India. Can you identify him from the given options?
Panini
Patanjali
Manu
Bhavabhuti
20)The duration of the tenure of the Rajya Sabha members is …
four years
five years
six years
Not fixed
21) World Tourism Day is celebrated throughout the world on … every year.
August 21
September 16
September 27
October 3
22)Which of the following represents the number of members that can be nominated by the President to the Lok Sabha?
12
8
6
2
23)According to the latest census, which of the following Indian states has the highest birth rate?
Bihar
Uttar Pradesh
Rajasthan
Madhya Pradesh
24)Which of the following represents the degrees of longitude rotated by the earth per hour?
10
15
20
25
25)In which layer is Ozone found?
Troposphere
Stratosphere
Ionosphere
Exosphere
26)Which of the following canals links the North Sea with the Baltic Sea ?
Panama Canal
Kiel Canal
Suez Canal
Welland
27)Bogota is the capital of …
Chile
Equador
Colombia
Bolivia
28)This country is also known by the sobriquet ‘Dairy of Northern Europe’. Identify the name of the country from the given options.
Belgium
Denmark
Canada
Poland
29)Who wrote Paradise Lost?
James Jeans
John Milton
Pearl S Buck
Jane Austen
30)Fa-hien visited India during the reign of...
Ashoka
Harsha
Chandragupta Vikramaditya
Samudragupta
Answers:
1.b 2.b 3.a 4.b 5.d 6.d 7.c 8.b 9.d 10.c 11.b 12.c 13.d 14.c 15.d 16.b 17.d 18.b 19.c 20.c 21.c 22.d 23.b 24.b 25.b 26.b 27.c 28.b 29.b 30.c
