1. The Chotonagpur plateau is primarily composed of
(A) sandstone, limestone and shale.
(B) granite, limestone and dolomite.
(C) archaeon rocks of granite and gneiss etc.
(D) gondwana coal, sandstone and limestone.
2. Who announced the Communal Award?
(A) Viceroy Lord Mountbatten
(B) British Prime Minister Ramsay Mcdonald
(C) Lord Lytton
(D) A. B. Alexander
3. What was the primary objective of construction of the Farakka Barrage ?
(A) Flood control in the lower Bengal
(B) Augmentation of water supply in the Hooghly river
(C) Generation of electricity for West Bengal
(C) Inland water transport in Bihar
4. The walls of a music hall should
(A) Transmit sound
(B) Absorb sound
(C) Reflect sound
(D) Amplify sound
5. The two famous brands of passenger car acquired by Tata motors are
(A) Ferari and Land Rover
(B) Jaguar and Land Rover
(C) Jaguar and Ferari
(D) Ferari and Safari
6. The electromagnetic radiation that is emitted during the radioactive disintegration is
(A) X-rays
(B) -rays
(C) Ultraviolet rays
(D) Infra-red rays
7. Who is the founder of Amul butter?
(a) Tribhuvandas Patel
(b) Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel
(c) Pestonji Edulji Dalal
(d) Naval Tata
8. The substance coated on plastic tape-recorder tapes is?
(a) Zinc oxide
(b) Magnesium oxide
(c) Iron sulphate
(d) Iron oxide
9. The most ideal region for the cultivation of cotton in India is
(A) The Brahmaputra Valley
(B) Indo-Gangetic Plain
(C) Deccan Plateau
(D) Rann of Kutch
10. How much per cent of human body is water by weight?
(A) 70
(B) 50
(C) 40
(D) 30
11. Iodine is administered to patients suffering from
(A) Goitre
(B) Night blindness
(C) Ricket
(D) Rheumatism
12. Which of the following raw materials for the manufacturing of paper is used in large quantity in India ?
(A) Salai wood
(B) Sabai grass
(C) Cotton rags
(D) Bamboo
13. Name one revolutionary who attacked the ‘Writers Buildings’?
(A) Badal Gupta
(B) Mrigen Datta
(C) Khudiram
(D) Prafulla Chaki
14. The word ‘Aryan’ denotes
(A) An ethnic group
(B) A nomadic people
(C) A speech group
(D) A superior race
15. Edible portion of coconut is the
(A) Fruit wall
(B) Endosperm
(C) Cotyledon
(D) Embryo
16. Who passed ‘Vernacular Press Act’?
(A) Lord Lytton
(B) Lord Dalhousie
(C) Lord Wellesley
(D) Lord Curzon
17. From which part of Cinchona plant quinine is obtained ?
(A) Seed
(B) Leaf
(C) Flower
(D) Bark
18. In which year ‘Vernacular Press Act’ was passed ?
(A) 1870
(B) 1875
(C) 1878
(D) 1880
19. Who was the founder of the Nanda dynasty ?
(A) Bimbisara
(B) Mahapadma nanda
(C) Ajatasatru
(D) Dhananda
20. Who in ancient India assumed the title ‘amitraghata’ ?
(A) Ajatasatru
(B) Chandragupta Maurya
(C) Bindusara
(D) Asoka