1. Which of the following festival is celebrated in Telangana only?
(A) Pongal
(B) Ugadi
(C) Bonalu
(D) Onam
2. What is the national flower of Bangladesh?
(A) Red Rose
(B) White Jasmine
(C) Shapla
(D) Shapla (Water Lily)
3. What is the real name of the famous writer Shankar?
(A) Kamal Bose
(B) Nikhil Sarkar
(C) Tarashankar Banerjee
(D) Mani Shankar Mukherjee
4. When is World Cancer Day celebrated?
(A) 4 February
(B) 5 March
(C) 12 May
(D) 23 August
5. The village, Phanigiri is famous for –
(A) Shiva Temple
(B) Sri Rama Temple
(C) Buddhist Monument
(D) Jain Temple
6. National Voters Day is celebrated on _________.
(A) 15th January
(B) 25th January
(C) 15th February
(D) 25th February
7. Pulitzer prize is given in the field of ______.
(A) Journalism
(B) Sports
(C) Medicine
(D) None of these
8. Which country is called “Land of Cakes”?
(A) New York
(B) England
(C) Vatican City
(D) Scotland
9. Which one of the following rivers is the second longest river of the world ?
(A) Nile
(B) Amazon
(C) Mississippi – Missouri
(D) Yangtze
10. Which of the following ports of India is an open sea port?
(A) Haldia
(B) Mumbai
(C) Chennai
(D) Visakhapatnam
11. What is the name of the excretory organ of tapeworm?
(A) Green gland
(B) Skeletal gland
(C) Nephridia
(D) Flame Cells
12. What ocean lies between North America and Europe?
(A) Quiet
(B) Atlantic
(C) Indian
(D) Arctic
13. Who has been appointed as India’s next ambassador to Myanmar?
(A) Rajesh Kumar
(B) Abhay Thakur
(C) Mann Singh
(D) Sanjay Patel
14. Who was the first recipient of Jnanpith Award?
(A) Amitav Ghosh
(B) Mahadevi Verma
(C) Krishna Sobti
(D) G. Sankara Kurup
15. Which vitamin is called P. P. (Pelegra Preventive) Factor?
(A) Riboflavin
(B) Pyridoxine
(C) Niacin
(D) Thiamine
16. The Great Victorian Desert is located at –
(A) Australia
(B) India
(C) Egypt
(D) North Africa
17. The red blood cells contain a red coloured pigment called –
(A) Haemoglobin
(B) Anthocyanin
(C) Chlorophyll
(D) Plasma
18. On which date was World Piano Day celebrated in 2024?
(A) March 20
(B) March 22
(C) March 25
(D) March 28
19. Which light colour promotes the greatest amount of photosynthesis?
(A) Yellow light
(B) White light
(C) Red light
(D) Green light
20. The members of a Vidhan Parishad are elected for a term of ________ years.
(A) 6
(B) 4
(C) 5
(D) 7