1. The Ukai dam is located across which river?
(a) Narmada
(b) Tapi
(c) Mahi
(d) Karjan
2. Sonai Rupai Wildlife Sanctuary is a protected area located in the state of-
(a) Himachal Pradesh
(b) Haryana
(c) J & K
(d) Assam
3. Who invented Dynamite?
(a) John Dalton
(b) Sir Chan drasekhara Venkata Raman
(c) Alfred Nobel
(d) Otto Blathy
4. What does ‘Barchans’ (Barkhans) refer to?
(a) Type of hut in deserts
(b) Shrub in desert
(c) Hot winds in desert
(d) Sand dune
5. Which gas is utilised during the preparation of bleaching powder?
(a) Hydrogen
(b) Carbon dioxide
(c) Chlorine
(d) Oxygen
6. Who is considered as the father of geography?
(a) Ptolemy
(b) Aristotle
(c) Thales
(d) Eratosthenes
7. On which river is Goa situated?
(a) Narmada River
(b) Mandovi River
(c) Tapi River
(d) Penna river
8. Electromagnetic induction was discovered by:
(a) Michael Faraday
(b) Alessandro Volta
(c) Isaac Newton
(d) Albert Einstein
9. When was the Reserve Bank of India established?
(a) lst Aprl 1945
(b) 21st April 1930
(c) lst April 1925
(d) lst April 1935
10. Who was the first editor of the Amrita Bazar Patrika?
(a) Sambhuchandra Mukhopadhyay
(b) Sisir Kumar Ghosh
(c) Girish Chandra Ghosh
(d) REobert Knight
11. Kandla Port is located in which State?
(a) Maharashtra
(b) West Bengal
(c) Andhra Pradesh
(d) Gujarat
12. In which year was UNICEF founded?
(a) 1949
(b) 1948
(c) 1945
(d) 1946
13. In which State is the Guru Shikhar Peak located?
(a) Tamil Nadu
(b) Rajasthan
(c) Himachal Pradesh
(d) Andhra Pradesh
14. In which city is Buland Darwaza located?
(a) Hyderabad
(b) Fatehpur Sikri
(c) Chittorgarh
(d) Delhi
15. The painting “Damayanthi” was painted by ______.
(a) Raja Ravi Varma
(b) Kalidas
(c) Johann Zoffany
(d) Abanindranath Tagore
16. The weight of the adult human brain?
(a) 1350 gm
(b) 1230 gm
(c) 1100 gm
(d) 1450 gm
17. Bhavai is a traditional dance form of which state?
(a) Bihar
(b) Gujarat
(c) Maharashtra
(d) Punjab
18. Planets do not twinkle because –
(a) they scatter less light
(b) they act as extended source of light
(c) they act as a potnt source of light
(d) they scatter more light
19. ________ amends the Constitution.
(a) Ministry of Defence
(b) Prime Minister’s Office
(c) Parliament
(d) Securities and Exchange Board of India
20. Baisakhi festival is celebrated in the month of in India.
(a) March
(b) April
(c) January
(d) February