Q.1 Which crop is sown on the largest area in India?
(A) Rice
(B) Wheat
(C) Sugarcane
(D) Maize
Answer: (A)
Q.2 Eritrea, which became the 182nd member of the United Nations
in 1993, is on the continent of
(A) Asia
(B) Africa
(C) Europe
(D) Australia
Answer: (B)
Q.3 Which of the following personalities gave ‘The Laws of
Heredity’?
(A) Robert
Hook
(B) G.J.
Mendel
(C) Charles
Darwin
(D) William
Harvey
Answer: (B)
Q.4 Garampani sanctuary is located at
(A) Junagarh,
Gujarat
(B) Diphu,
Assam
(C) Kohima,
Nagaland
(D) Gangtok,
Sikkim
Answer: (B)
Q.5 Who is known as “The Saint of Gutters”?
(A) Baba Amte
(B) Mother
Teresa
(C) Anna
Hazare
(D) None of
these
Answer: (B)
Q.6 For which of the following disciplines is the Nobel Prize
awarded?
(A) Physics
and Chemistry
(B)
Physiology or Medicine
(C)
Literature, Peace, and Economics
(D) All of
the above
Answer: (D)
Q.7 Grand Central Terminal, Park Avenue, New York is the world’s
(A) largest
railway station
(B) highest
railway station
(C) longest
railway station
(D) None of
the above
Answer: (A)
Q.8 Name the person who was also known as Deshbandhu.
(A) S.
Radhakrishnan
(B) G.K.
Gokhale
(C)
Chittaranjan Das
(D) Madan
Mohan Malviya
Answer: (C)
Q.9 FFC stands for
(A) Foreign
Finance Corporation
(B) Film
Finance Corporation
(C)
Federation of Football Council
(D) None of
the above
Answer: (B)
Q.10 Which of the following national parks is not listed in a
UNESCO World Heritage site?
(A) Kaziranga
(B) Keoladeo
(C) Sundarbans
(D) Kanha
Answer: (D)
Q.11 The capital of Uttarakhand is….
(A) Masoorie
(B) Dehra Dun
(C) Nainital
(D) None of
these
Answer: (B)
Q.12 Fastest shorthand writer was
(A) Dr. G.
(D) Bist
(B) J.R.(D)
Tata
(C) J.M.
Tagore
(D) Khudada
Khan
Answer: (A)
Q.13 In which state has the largest area?
(A)
Maharashtra
(B) Madhya
Pradesh
(C) Uttar
Pradesh
(D) Rajasthan
Answer: (D)
Q.14 Geet Govind is a famous creation of ……
(A) Bana Bhatt
(B) Kalidas
(C) Jayadev
(D) Bharat
Muni
Answer: (C)
Q.15 Galileo was an Italian astronomer who
(A) developed
the telescope
(B)
discovered four satellites of Jupiter
(C)
discovered that the movement of pendulum produces a regular time measurement
(D) All of
the above
Answer: (D)
Q.16 The Maratha and The Kesri were the two main newspapers
which were started by the following people?
(A) Lala
Lajpat Rai
(B) Gopal
Krishna Gokhale
(C) Bal
Gangadhar Tilak
(D) Madan
Mohan Malviya
Answer: (C)
Q.17 When did the World Trade Organization come into existence?
(A) 1992
(B) 1993
(C) 1994
(D) 1995
Answer: (D)
Q.18 Exposure to sunlight helps a person to improve his health
because
(A) the
infrared light kills bacteria in the body
(B)
resistance power increases
(C) the
pigment cells in the skin get stimulated and produce a healthy tan
(D) the
ultraviolet rays convert skin oil into Vitamin D
Answer: (D)
Q.19 The Lucknow session of Indian National Congress that took
place in 1916 was presided by__?
(A)
Rashbihari Ghosh
(B) Ambika
Charan Majumdar
(C) Bhupendra
Nath Bose
(D) None of
the above
Answer: (B)
Q.20 In which year did the Cabinet Mission arrived in India?
(A) 1942
(B) 1943
(C) 1945
(D) 1946
Answer: (D)
Q.21 Golf player Vijay Singh belongs to which country?
(A) USA
(B) Fiji
(C) India
(D) UK
Answer: (B)
Q.22 The popular Kumaoni folk singer “Pappu Karki” has passed
away. He was releted to which state?
(A) Jammu
& Kashmir
(B) Himachal
Pradesh
(C)
Uttarakhand
(D) Assam
Answer: (D)
Q.23 Panchayati Raj belongs to…
(A) Residual
list
(B)
Concurrent list
(C) State list
(D) Union list
Answer: (C)
Q.24 When did the first Afghan war happen?
(A) 1839
(B) 1843
(C) 1833
(D) 1848
Answer: (A)
Q.25 Which state has the largest population?
(A) Uttar
Pradesh
(B) Maharastra
(C) Bihar
(D) Andra
Pradesh
Answer:(A)
Q.26 Whose creations are Harshcharita and KadamBari?
(A) Kalhan
(B) Panini
(C) Bana
Bhatta
(D) Patanjali
Answer: (C)
Q.27 Gulf cooperation council was originally formed by
(A) Bahrain,
Kuwait, Oman, Qatar, Saudi Arabia and United Arab Emirates
(B) Second
World Nations
(C) Third
World Nations
(D) Fourth
World Nations
Answer: (A)
Q.28 When the India launched Targeted Public Distribution System?
(A) 1995
(B) 1996
(C) 1997
(D) 1998
Answer: (C)
Q.29 When was the war of american independence?
(A) 1770
(B) 1772
(C) 1774
(D) 1776
Answer: (D)
Q.30 For Olympic and World tournaments, the basketball court has
dimensions
(A) 26 m x 14
m
(B) 28 m x 15
m
(C) 27 m x 16
m
(D) 28 m x 16
m
Answer: (B)
Q.31 In which city the India’s first-ever national police museum
will be established?
(A) Chennai
(B) Delhi
(C) Nagpur
(D) Kolkata
Answer: (B)
Q.32 Panini was……
(A) a Greek
philosopher
(B) an Indian
astronomer and famous mathematician
(C) a
Sanskrit grammarian of Vedic times
(D) great
poet of ancient times.
Answer: (C)
Q.33 The winners of which game are honored: Federation Cup,
World Cup, Alvin International Trophy and Challenge Cup?
(A) Tennis
(B) Volleyball
(C) Basketball
(D) Cricket
Answer: (B)
Q.34 Under which of the following trees, Buddha got enlightment?
(A) Ficus
benghalensis
(B) Ficus
religiosa
(C) Ficus
microcarpa
(D) Ficus
elastica
Answer: (B)
Q.35 Which of the following is the world’s largest and deepest
ocean?
(A) Arctic
(B) Atlantic
(C) Pacific
(D) Indian
Answer: (C)
Q.36 World Red Cross and Red Crescent Day are celebrated every
year
(A) May 8
(B) May 18
(C) June 8
(D) June 18
Answer: (A)
Q.37 National emergency arising out of the war, armed rebellion or
external aggression belongs to which of the following articles??
(A) Article
280
(B) Article
352
(C) Article
356
(D) Article
370
Answer: (B)
Q.38 The literacy rate of India is…
(A) 57.86%
(B) 61.34%
(C) 63.98%
(D) 65.38%
Answer: (D)
Q.39 Famous sculptures depicting the art of love built sometime
between 950 and 1050 AD.
(A) Khajuraho
temples
(B) Jama
Masjid
(C) Sun temple
(D)
Mahabalipuram temples
Answer: (A)
Q.40 In which state is Elephant Falls located?
(A) Mizoram
(B) Orissa
(C) Manipur
(D) Meghalaya
Answer: (D)
Q.41 Which Indian state has the least literacy rate?
(A) Bihar
(B) Rajasthan
(C) Arunachal
Pradesh
(D) Orissa
Answer: (A)
Q.42 Are the Gravity Setting Chambers used in industries for
removal?
(A) SOx
(B) NOx
(C) suspended
particulate matter
(D) CO
Answer: (C)
Q.43 Which of the following instruments is used to measure Soil
Water Tension?
(A) Photometer
(B) Pyrometer
(C)
Psychrometer
(D)
Tensiometer
Answer: (D)
Q.44 When was SAARC formed?
(A) 1982
(B) 1984
(C) 1985
(D) 1986
Answer: (C)
Q.45 Is the judiciary of the Guwahati High Court?
(A) Nagaland
(B) Arunachal
Pradesh
(C) Assam
(D) All of
the above
Answer: (D)
Q.46 Which of the following personalities is considered to be
the originator of the Sankhya philosophy?
(A) Bharat
Muni
(B) Kapil Muni
(C) Adi
Shankaracharya
(D) Agastya
Rishi
Answer: (B)
Q.47 Which of the following is not a member of the European
Union?
(A) Greece
(B) Finland
(C) Norway
(D) United
Kingdom
Answer: (C)
Q.48 Friction can be reduced by changing from
(A) sliding
to rolling
(B) rolling
to sliding
(C) potential
energy to kinetic energy
(D) dynamic
to static
Answer: (A)
Q.49 India’s largest petrochemical complex is located at?
(A) Gujarat
(B) Maharastra
(C) Rajasthan
(D) Assam Hide
Answer: (A)
Q.50 Where is the headquarters of ASEAN located?
(A) Male
(B) Kathmandu
(C) Jakarta
(D) Kuala
Lumpur
Answer: (C)
Q.51 The fire temple is the place of worship of which of the
following religions?
(A) Taoism
(B) Judaism
(C)
Zoroastrianism (Parsi Religion)
(D) Shintoism
Answer: (C)
Q.52 Who among the following celebrities of India is the sole
winner of a special Oscar in the history of Indian cinema?
(A) Mrinal Sen
(B) Shyam
Bengal
(C) Satyajit
Ray
(D) Mira Nair
Answer: (C)
Q.53 This river is also called Ganga of South?
(A) the Godavari
(B) Krishna
(C) Cauvery
(D) None of
these
Answer: (C)
Q.54 Film and TV institute of India is located at
(A) Pune
(Maharashtra)
(B) Rajkot
(Gujarat)
(C) Pimpri
(Maharashtra)
(D) Perambur
(Tamilnadu)
Answer: (A)
Q.55 Who won the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1913?
(A)
Debendranath Tagore
(B)
Rabindranath Tagore
(C) Mohammad
Iqbal
(D) Mirza
Galib
Answer: (B)
Q.56 Where is ‘Dudhsagar Waterfall’ in India?
(A) At the
border of the Indian state of Goa and Karnataka
(B) in
Karnataka
(C) in Gujarat
(D) in
Rajasthan
Answer: (A)
Q.57 Did Georgia, Uzbekistan and Turkmenistan become members of
the United Nations?
(A) 1991
(B) 1992
(C) 1993
(D) 1994
Answer: (B)
Q.58 Which of the following newspapers was founded by Mahatma
Gandhi in South Africa in 1903??
(A) Indian
Opinion
(B) Harijan
(C) Indian
Speaker
(D) India News
Answer: (A)
Q.59 What is the height of Siachen Glacier in the eastern
Karakoram range in the Himalayan Mountains?
(A) 5400 Metre
(B) 6400 Metre
(C) 5600 Metre
(D) 8500 Metre
Answer: (A)
Q.60 Guru Gobind Singh was
(A) the 10th
Guru of the Sikhs
(B) founder
of Khalsa, the inner council of the Sikhs in 1699
(C) author of
Dasam Granth
(D) All the
above
Answer: (D)
Q.61 Which fundamental right in the Indian constitution prohibits
trafficking, forced labor, and working of children below 14 years?
(A) Right to
Equality
(B) Right to
Freedom
(C) Right
against Exploitation
(D) Right to
Freedom of Religion
Answer: (C)
Q.62 Which space agency sends 104 satellites in a single mission
in 2017?
(A) ISRO
(B) NASA
(C) Russian
Agency
(D) China
space Agency
Answer: (A)
Q.63 When did Germany sign a ceasefire treaty when World War I
ended?
(A) January
19, 1918
(B) May 30,
1918
(C) November
11, 1918
(D) February
15, 1918
Answer: (C)
Q.64 Who among the following received the Bharat Ratna award
before becoming the President of India?
(A) R.
Venkataraman
(B) Dr.
Rajendra Prasad
(C) Dr. Zakir
Hussian
(D) W. Giri
Answer: (C)
Q.65 When cycling federation of India was established?
(A) 1946
(B) 1846
(C) 1947
(D) 1952
Answer: (A)
Q.66 During World War II, when did Germany attack France?
(A) 1940
(B) 1941
(C) 1942
(D) 1943
Answer: (A)
Q.67 According to Buddhist traditions, who was Charioteer of
Buddha?
(A) Channa
(B) Kanthaka
(C) Devdatta
(D) Chunda
Hide
Answer: (A)
Q.68 The first cricket club of India was established??
(A) 1792 In
Calcutta
(B) 1793 in
Delhi
(C) 1892 in
Calcutta
(D) 1992 in
Delhi
Answer: (A)
Q.69 Frederick Sanger is a two-time recipient of the Nobel Prize
for..
(A) Chemistry
in 1958 and 1980
(B) Physics
in 1956 and 1972
(C) Chemistry
in 1954 and Peace in 1962
(D) Physics
in 1903 and Chemistry in 1911
Answer: (A)
Q.70 Which of the following was the author of Economist?
(A) Kalhan
(B)
Visakhadatta
(C) Bana
Bhatta
(D) Chanakya
Answer: (D)
Q.71 When India national football team was established?
(A) 1937
(B) 1938
(C) 1940
(D) 1952
Answer: (A)
Q.72 Ozone layer prohibits
(A) Visible
light
(B) Infrared
radiation
(C) X-rays
and gamma rays
(D)
Ultraviolet radiation
Answer: (D)
Q.73 Which of the following ruler is known for Junagadh rock
inscription?
(A)
Rudradaman I
(B) Jivadaman
(C)
Damajadasri
(D) Jayadaman
Answer: (A)
Q.74 Which bank changed its name and IFSC code for many of its
branches?
(A) SBI
(B) Canara
Bank
(C) Axis Bank
(D) Punjab
National Bank
Answer: (A)
Q.75 Eugenics is the study of
(A) altering
human beings by changing their genetic components
(B) people of
European origin
(C) different
races of mankind
(D) genetic
of plants
Answer: (A)
Q.76 Chauri Chaura incident took place in 1922 and gained
prominence in India’s national movement. Can you identify the state in which
Chauri Chaura is located?
(A)
Maharashtra
(B) Uttar
Pradesh
(C) Rajasthan
(D) Gujarat
Answer: (B)
Q.77 What is the use of the ‘India Quake’ App launched by the Indian The government in 2017?
(A) For the
dissemination of earthquake parameters to the user community in a timely manner
for their safety
(B) For Flood
(C) For
Tsunami
(D) For Natural
disaster
Answer: (A)
Q.78 Euclid was…
(A) Greek
mathematician
(B)
Contributor to the use of deductive principles of logic as the basis of geometry
(C)
Propounded the geometrical theorems
(D) All of
the above
Answer: (D)
Q.79 Which of the following is a feature of the federal Government?
(A) Supremacy
of Parliament
(B) Supremacy
of judiciary
(C) Division
of powers between federal and state Government
(D) Single
citizenship
Answer: (C)
Q.80 Who was the first speaker of Lok Sabha?
(A) K.M.
Munshi
(B) (C)(D)
Deshmukh
(C) G.V.
Mavalankar
(D) H.J. Kania
Answer: (C)
Q.81 Is related to ecology?
(A) Birds
(B) Cell
formation
(C) Relation
between organisms and their environment
(D) Tissues
Answer: (C)
Q.82 For the first time in the history of India, Mr. H. J. Kania
Which of the following positions did hold?
(A) Chief
Justice of the Supreme Court of India
(B)
Attorney-General of India
(C)
Solicitor-General of India
(D) None of
them
Answer: (A)
Q.83 Which of the following represents the number of nations of
the Non-Aligned Movement?
(A) 54
(B) 75
(C) 93
(D) 118
Answer: (D)
Q.84 What causes filariasis?
(A) Bacteria
(B) Mosquito
(C) Protozoa
(D) Virus
Answer: (B)
Q.85 which state is the main language Khasi?
(A) Mizoram
(B) Nagaland
(C) Meghalaya
(D) Tripura
Answer: (C)
Q.86 Which of the following personalities is known as the father
of economics??
(A) J.M.
Keynes
(B) Adam Smith
(C) Abraham
Maslow
(D) J.K.
Galbraith
Answer: (B)
Q.87 When was Goa Shipyard Limited (GSL) established?
(A) 1958
(B) 1957
(C) 1956
(D) 1955
Answer: (B)
Q.88 Which of the following is the capital of Ethiopia?
(A) Abuja
(B) Dar es
Salaam
(C) Addis
Ababa
(D) Harare
Answer: (C)
Q.89 Mount Etna is a famous volcano which is located?
(A) Argentina
(B) Italy
(C) Mexico
(D) Philipines
Answer: (B)
Q.90 DRDL stands for
(A) Defence Research and Development Laboratory
(B)
Department of Research and Development Laboratory
(C) Differential Research and Documentation Laboratory
(D) None of
the above
Answer: (A)
Q.91 Which is the largest coffee-producing state of India?
(A) Kerala
(B) Tamil Nadu
(C) Karnataka
(D) Arunachal
Pradesh
Answer: (C)
Q.92 Where is the Tungabhadra sanctuary located?
(A) Madhya
Pradesh
(B) Uttar
Pradesh
(C) Karnataka
(D) West
Bengal
Answer: (C)
Q.93 Who was the first Indian Army Chief of the Indian Army?
(A) Gen. K.M.
Cariappa
(B)
Vice-Admiral R.D Katari
(C) Gen.
Maharaja Rajendra Singhji
(D) None of
the above
Answer: (A)
Q.94 Who is the first non-Indian to receive the Bharat Ratna?
(A) Martin Luther
King
(B) Mother
Teresa
(C) Khan
Abdul Ghaffar Khan
(D) Aubin
Mehta
Answer: (C)
Q.95 The headquarters of the Reserve Bank of India is…
(A) Kolkata
(B) New Delhi
(C) Mumbai
(D) Chennai
Answer: (C)
Q.96 GATT (General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade) is
(A) international the agreement signed in 1947 between non-communist nations with the object of
encouraging international trade unobstructed by tariff barriers
(B) agreement
which seeks to achieve its aim by arranging and encouraging bargaining with
trade concessions between members
(C) Both (A)
and B
(D) None of
the above
Answer: (C)
Q.97 What is the state flower of Haryana?
(A) Lotus
(B)
Rhododendron
(C) Golden
Shower
(D) Not
declared
Answer: (A)
Q.98 Jana Gana Mana was accepted as the National Anthem of India
by the Constituent Assembly of India, in which of the following years?
(A) 1950
(B) 1949
(C) 1948
(D) 1947
Answer: (A)
Q.99 Coral reefs in India can be found in
(A) the coast
of Orissa
(B) Waltair
(C)
Rameshwaram
(D) Trivandrum
Answer: (C)
Q.100 When did Mother Teresa win the Nobel Peace Prize?
(A) 1975
(B) 1979
(C) 1981
(D) 1982
Answer: (B)
