1) Where would you find Farakka Project in India?
Punjab
Karnataka
West Bengal
Orissa
2) Lines that are drawn parallel to the equator are called …
Tropics
Longitudes
Latitudes
Meridians
3) Which of the following represents the difference between the IST and GMT?
3.5hrs
4.5hrs
5.5hrs
6.5hrs
4) This country is the largest rubber-producing country of the world. Can you identify it from the given options?
Indonesia
Malaysia
Thailand
India
5) The year in which United Nations came into existence is …
1919
1926
1938
1945
6) Shora is the parliament of …
Iran
Iraq
Saudi Arabia
Afghanistan
7) The Analects is the sacred text of …
Taoism
Confucianism
Zoroastrianism
Judaism
8) Which of the following plays holds the world record for the longest running show?
Mousetrap
Chorusline
Adarak Ke Panjey
None of these
9) Which of the following is NOT matched properly?
Personality Contribution in the field
Harisen Poetry
Kalidasa Drama & Poetry
Varahmihira Astrology
Sanku Medicine
10) Savitri is the name of the famous work of …
Ishwar Chandra Vidyasagar
Aurobindo Ghosh
Bankimchandra Chatterjee
Sharat Chandra Chattopadhyay
11) The year in which Nobel prizes were started was…
1901
1902
1903
1904
12) Which of the following is the national tree of India?
Neem
Banyan
Pipal
Mango
13) The rule of few people for their own benefit belonging to aristocratic background is termed as …
autocracy
diarchy
oligarchy
monarchy
14) The only Prime Minister of India who has never faced parliament is …
Gulzari Lal Nanda
Morarji Desai
Charan Singh
VP Singh
15) Orology is basically the science of…
rocks
mountains
population
earthquakes
16) Which of the following is NOT the recipient of the Magsaysay award?
Kiran Bedi
Mother Teresa
Satyajit Ray
Indira Gandhi
17) Which of the following personalities discovered Aspirin?
Alexander Fleming
Felix Hoffmann
Robert Koch
Ian Donald
18) Which of the following is NOT properly matched?
Date Observed as
Dec 1 World AIDS Day
Dec 10 World Human Rights Day
Mar 15 World Tourism Day
Oct 16 World Food Day
19) Kanishka was a famous ruler of …
Gupta dynasty
Maurya dynasty
Kushan dynasty
Chandela dynasty
20) Who among of the following personalities compiled Guru Granth Sahib?
Guru Ram das
Guru Arjan Dev
Guru Gobind Singh
Guru Nanak
21) Which of the following religious texts contains Gayatri Mantra?
Atharva Veda
Bhagawat Gita
Rig Veda
Matsya Purana
22) Ghadar party that was formed during the freedom struggle of India, was founded by…
Lala Lajpat Rai
Lala Hardayal
Veer Savarkar
Sir Sayed Ahmed Khan
23) Which of the following is considered as the first metal to be used by man ?
iron
copper
silver
gold
24) Durgesh Nandini is the name of a famous novel by …
Rabindranath Tagore
Bankim Chandra Chatterjee
Sharat Chandra Chatterjee
None of these
25) Buddhist literature was originally written in ... language.
Sanskrit
Pali
Prakrit
None of these
26) Which of the following represents the year of the famous battle of Buxar?
1682
1724
1756
1764
27) This personality is credited with the introduction of the famous Persian festival in India. Name him from the given options.
Bakht Khan
Balban
Zafar Khan
Babar
28) Aryabhatta, the very well known astronomer and mathematician of medieval India, lived during the reign of…
Ashoka
Harsha
Chadragupta -II
Kanishka
29) This famous traveller was the author of Tehqiq-i-Hind. Name the person in question from the given options.
Abdur Razzaq
Alberuni
Balban
None of these
30) Find the odd one out.
La Paz
Ulan Bator
Sydney
Kula Lumpur
Answers:
1. C 2. B 3.C 4.B 5.D 6.D 7.B 8.C 9.D 10.B 11.A 12.B 13.C 14.C 15.B 16.D 17.B 18.C 19.C 20.B 21.C 22.B 23.B 24.B 25.B 26.D 27.B 28.C 29.B 30.C
