1. In which of the following Indian states the first passenger train was started?
(a) Maharashtra
(b) Tamil Nadu
(c) Uttar Pradesh
(d) West Bengal
2. ‘A Nation in Making’ a book written by _____.
(a) Vallabhbhai Patel
(b) Surendranath Banerjee
(c) M.G. Ranade
(d) G.K. Gokhale
3. Who had published first newspaper in India?
(a) Raja Ram Mohan Roy
(b) Lokmanya Tilak
(c) James Silk Buckingham
(d) James Hicky
4. Who among the following did not participate in the 1857 Revolt against the British?
(a) Tantia Tope
(b) Tipu Sultan
(c) Rani Lakshmibai
(d) Nana Saheb
5. Gadadhar Chattopadhyaya was the name of _______.
(a) Sri Aurobindo
(b) Swami Prabhupada
(c) Swami Vivekananda
(d) Ram Krishna Paramhansa
6. ______was the summer capital of British.
(a) Dalhousie
(b) Ooty
(c) Shimla
(d) Darjeeling
7. Who introduced the system of Civil Service?
(a) Lord Hardinge
(b) William Bentinck
(c) Warren Hastings
(d) Lord Dalhousie
8. What is the national motto of India?
(a) Satyamev Jayte
(b) Vande Matarm
(c) Jai Jawan Jai Kisan
(d) Jai Hind
9. Where is the Cape of Good Hope?
(a) Russia
(b) South Africa
(c) Arzentina
(d) Germani
10. Nobel Peace Prize owner Narges Mohammadiin is from which state?
(a) Iraq
(b) USA
(c) Iran
(d) Ukrain
11. Priyanka Nutakki is related to which of the following sports events?
(a) Chess
(b) Hockey
(c) Wrestling
(d) Badminton
12. The full form of NASA is
(a) National Aeronautics and Space Administration
(b) National Agronomy and Space Administration
(c) National Agriculture and Soil Administration
(d) National Aeronautics and Space Association
13. Who first presented the union budget in 1947?
(a) Indira Gandhi
(b) Morarji Desai
(c) R. K. Shanmukham Chetty
(d) John Mathai
14. In which of the following oceans Republic of Seychelles is situated?
(a) Indian ocean
(b) Atlantic ocean
(c) Arctic ocean
(d) Pacific ocean
15. Which of the following factors does NOT directly affect the climate of India?
(a) Altitude
(b) Pressure and winds
(c) Snowfall in European countries
(d) Latitude
16. Tomb of Sher Shah Suri is situated in ––––––.
(a) Fatehpur Sikri
(b) Delhi
(c) Sasaram
(d) Agra
17. Who designed India Gate of New Delhi?
(a) Elisabeth Lutyens
(b) Edwin Lutyens
(c) Frederick Gilbert
(d) Herbert Baker
18. Which is the capital of Vietnam ?
(a) Hanoi
(b) Bali
(c) Bangkok
(d) Port Vila
19. Who is the highest law officer of a state?
(a) Attorney General
(b) Advocate General
(c) Solicitor General
(d) Secretary General Law Department
20. The first site discovered at the Indus Valley Civilisation is:
(a) Lothal
(b) Mohenjo-Daro
(c) Kalibangan
(d) Harappa