1. Which of the following is liquid at ordinary temperature?
(a) Gallium
(b) Silver
(c) Gold
(d) Germanium
2. Where was Shivaji’s coronation held?
(a) Pune
(b) Sinhagarh
(c) Raigarh
(d) Surat
3. Who is the author of the book ‘Hajar Churashir Maa’?
(a) Sugathakumari
(b) Rita Kothari
(c) Mahasweta Devi
(d) Krishna Sobti
4. To whom does the President address his resignation letter?
(a) Vice – President
(b) Prime Minister
(c) Speaker, Lok Sabha
(d) Chief Justice of Supreme Court
5. The Greater Himalayas is otherwise called as –
(a) Himadri
(b) Sahayadri
(c) Assam Himalayas
(d) Siwaliks
6. Who was the President of the Constituent Assembly?
(a) B. R. Ambedkar
(b) C. Rajagopalachari
(c) Rajendra Prasad
(d) Jawaharlal Nehru
7. For which of the following games is the “Indira Gandhi Gold Cup” awarded?
(a) Women’s hockey
(b) Women’s badminton
(c) Women’s football
(d) Women’s cricket
8. Who wrote the famous song “Sare Jahan se Achcha Hindustan Hamara”?
(a) Rabindranath Tagore
(b) Mohammed Iqbal
(c) Bankim Chandra Chatterjee
(d) Quazi Nazrul Islam
9. In which state of India is the ‘Bihu festival’ celebrated?
(a) Arunachal Pradesh
(b) Nagaland
(c) Assam
(d) Meghalaya
10. Which river originates from Amarkantak of Madhya Pradesh ?
(a) Tapti
(b) Mahi
(c) Narmada
(d) Tungabhadra
11. ‘VandeMataram’ was first sung at which session of the Indian National Congress:
(a) 1886
(b) 1892
(c) 1896
(d) 1904
12. Yehudi Menuhin became world famous by playing which instrument?
(a) Violin
(b) Guitar
(c) Piano
(d) None of these
13. Who wrote ‘Paradise Lost’?
(a) Shakespeare
(b) Milton
(c) Shelley
(d) None of these
14. Nepanagar is related to which of the following industries?
(a) Fertilizer
(b) Newsprint paper
(c) Sugar
(d) Woolen textile
15. Who gets foot and mouth disease?
(a) Children
(b) Women or men
(c) Cows only
(d) Sheep, cows and pigs
16. Shivasamudram waterfall is on which river?
(a) Kaveri
(b) Krishna
(c) Pennar
(d) Narmada
17. Which country gets the first rank in Global peace index 2025?
(a) France
(b) India
(c) Iceland
(d) Japan
18. Who wrote ‘Crime and Punishment’?
(a) Tolstoy
(b) Dostoevsky
(c) Boris Pasteur’s nose
(d) Thomas Hardy
19. Which state in India has the lowest literacy rate?
(a) Kerala
(b) West Bengal
(c) Bihar
(d) Tamil Nadu
20. National Science Day is celebrated in India on 28 February each year
(a) to mark the discovery of the Raman effect
(b) on birth day of sir C V Raman
(c) on birth day of Dr. A.P.J. Abdul Kalam
(d) to mark the receipt of Nobel Prize by Sir C.V. Raman