1. Which of the following is the largest component of revenue expenditure in India’s budget?
(A) Interest payments
(B) Defence expenditure
(C) Subsidies
(D) Expenditure on health
2. Malaria parasite can best be obtained from blood of its patient
(A) One hour before rise of temperature
(B) Five hours after temperature becomes normal
(C) When temperature rise with rigor
(D) Any time
3. Who was Titu Mir ?
(A) Leader of Wahabi Movement
(B) Leader of Faraji Movement
(C) Leader of the Sepoy Mutiny
(D) Leader of the Indigo Revolt
4. Name the excretory organ of prawn
(A) Salivary gland
(B) Green gland
(C) Ink gland
(D) Malpighian tubule
5. Who wrote Buddhacharita ?
(A) Nagarjuna
(B) Asvaghosa
(C) Basumitra
(D) Vishakhadatta
6. The artificial harbour along the West Coast of India is
(A) Cochin
(B) Kandla
(C) Marmagao
(D) New Manglore
7. Ruminant Stomach is possessed by
(A) Cow
(B) Dog
(C) Pigeon
(D) Cameleon
8. From Antheraea assamensis the type of silk obtained is
(A) Tasar
(B) Munga
(C) Eri
(D) Mulberry silk
9. Where was the capital of Sasanka ?
(A) Samatata
(B) Tamralipta
(C) Karnasuvarna
(D) Lakhnawati
10. The Tropic of Cancer passes through
(A) Andhra Pradesh
(B) Uttar Pradesh
(C) Maharastra
(D) Madhya Pradesh
11. When did Ikhtiyaruddin Bakhtiyar Khalji invade Bengal
(A) 1194 A.D.
(B) 1199 A.D.
(C) 1202 A.D.
(D) 1206 A.D.
12. When did the Dandi March take place ?
(A) 12th April, 1925
(B) 7th August, 1994
(C) 12th March, 1930
(D) 14th May, 1935
13. Who introduced the Iqta system ?
(A) Muhammad Ghuri
(B) Qutubuddin Aibak
(C) Iltutmish
(D) Ghiyasuddin Balban
14. Who was known as the Frontier Gandhi?
(A) Abdul Gaffar Khan
(B) Mahatma Gandhi
(C) Shaukat Ali
(D) Mohammad Ali Jinnah
15. Who was the founder of Hindu Mela ?
(A) Nabagopal Mitra
(B) Bal Gandhar Tilak
(C) Akshay Kumr Datta
(D) Surendranath Banerjee
16. Name the Bengali poet who was conferred with the title ‘Gunaraj Khan’ in the Sultanate period
(A) Jnanadas
(B) Govindadas
(C) Maladhar Basu
(D) Chandidas
17. The first President of post-monarchy democratic Nepal is –
(A) Ram Baran Yadav
(B) Girija Prasad Koirala
(C) Jhalanath Khanal
(D) Ram Raja Prasad Singh
18. The slogan “Garibi Hathao” was included in which Five Year Plan ?
(A) Third Plan
(B) Fourth Plan
(C) Fifth Plan
(D) Sixth Plan
19. Which of the following river does not drain into the Arabian Sea ?
(A) Mahanadi
(B) Narmada
(C) Tapti
(D) Sharavati
20. Who was the editor of Kesari ?
(A) Lala Lajpat Rai
(B) Bal Gangadhar Tilak
(C) Gopal Krishna Gokhale
(D) Dadabhai Naoroji