1. The present Secretary General of the Common wealth is:
(a) Don Mckimnon
(b) Patricia Scotland
(c) Avinash Chander
(d) Vijay Kelkar
2. What was the official language during the Sultanate period?
(a) Persi
(b) Urdu
(c) Arabic
(d) Hindi
3. What is the pH value of acid rain?
(a) Less than 5.6
(b) More than 5.6
(c) Equal to 7.0
(d) More than 7.0
4. Who was the first turk to invade India?
(a) Mohammad Ghori
(b) Qutubuddin Aibak
(c) Mohammad Bin Qasim
(d) Muhammed Ghazni
5. What is the number of chromosomes in bacteria?
(a) 1
(b) 2
(c) 4
(d) 5
6. Fatehpur Sikri was founded as the capital of the Mughal Empire by ______.
(a) Babur
(b) Humayun
(c) Jahangir
(d) Akbar
7. How animal cell is different from plant cell?
(a) Cell nucleus
(b) Cell wall
(c) Mitochondria
(d) Vacuoles
8. According to the rules of the constitution, who is entitled to the post of chancellor of the state universities?
(a) Chief Minister
(b) Prime Minister
(c) Governor
(d) Chief Justice of High Court
9. In what year did the Meerut conspiracy case begin?
(a) 1928
(b) 1929
(c) 1942
(d) 1943
10. The Lok Shaba is called in session for at least how many times in a year
(a) Twice
(b) Once
(c) Thrice
(d) Four times
11. The Battle of Chausa was fought between _______.
(a) Humayun and Sher Shah Suri
(b) Babur and Rana Sunga
(c) Akbar and Hemu
(d) Mohammad Ghori and Prithviraj Chauhan
12. The joint sitting of the Parliament is presided over by the?
(a) Prime Minister of India
(b) President of India
(c) Chairman of the Rajya Sabha
(d) Speaker of the Lok Sabha
13. What is correct about the zero hour?
(a) Formal permission is required
(b) Formal permission is not required
(c) Sometimes formal permission is required
(d) None of these
14. Chemical name of washing soda is:
(a) Sodium chloride
(b) Sodium hydrogen carbonate
(c) Sodium carbonate
(d) Sodium hydroxide
15. Which state of India has the lowest population density?
(a) Jammu and Kashmir
(b) Rajasthan
(c) Nagaland
(d) Arunachal Pradesh
16. For the first time, postage stamps were released in which of the following reign?
(a) Lord Ripon
(b) Lord Lytton
(c) Lord Dalhousie
(d) Lord Canning
17. Which one of the following sea ports has natural harbor?
(a) Chennai
(b) Vishakhapatnam
(c) Haldia
(d) New Tuticorin
18. Where is the Head Quarters of North Eastern Railway located?
(a) Kolkata
(b) Gorakhpur
(c) New Jalpaiguri
(d) Guwahati
19. Which river flows through Satpura and Vindhya mountains?
(a) Godavari
(b) Gandak
(c) Tapti
(d) Narmada
20. Which is the smallest state in India?
(a) Nagaland
(b) Tripura
(c) Goa
(d) Meghalaya