1. The dominant component of magma is_______.
(a) Sulphate
(b) Stream
(c) Water vapour
(d) Silicon
2. Which of the following is not a magnetic substance?
(a) Brass
(b) Iron
(c) Cobalt
(d) Nickel
3. Who is the author of the book “The History of the Bengali Language”?
(a) Rabindranath Tagore
(b) Bijay Chandra Mazumdar
(c) Ishwar Chandra Vidyasagar
(d) Haraprasad Shastri
4. Which Indian scientist is credited with the development of the first indigenous vaccine for cholera?
(a) S. S. Bhatnagar
(b) Waldemar Haffkine
(c) Hima Chowdhury
(d) G. S. Mutalik
5. Jallianwala Bagh massacre took place during the term of Viceroy ___________.
(a) Lord Irwin
(b) Lord Dalhousie
(c) Lord Chelmsford
(d) Lord Ripon
6. Who among the following is a famous Santoor instrumentalist?
(a) Shiv Kumar Sharma
(b) Sajjad Hussain
(c) Nikhil Banerjee
(d) Ustad Binda Khan
7. The ancient Indian text “Garga Samhita” is related to:
(a) Astronomy
(b) Medicine
(c) Music
(d) Dance
8. Who is the youngest President of India?
(a) Droupadi Murmu
(b) Pranab Mukherjee
(c) Rajendra Prasad
(d) Neelam Sanjiva Reddy
9. Who was the founder of the Prarthana Samaj?
(a) Swami Dayanand Saraswati
(b) Raja Ram Mohan Roy
(c) Atmaram Pandurang
(d) Swami Vivekananda
10. Pattachitra style of painting is one of the oldest and most popular art forms of _________.
(a) Karnataka
(b) Odisha
(c) Kerala
(d) Tamil Nadu
11. Which of the following is the longest river of Nepal?
(a) Trishuli
(b) Arun
(c) Tamor
(d) Karnali
12. The first Indian to become the President of the International Court of Justice was:
(a) Dr. B.R. Ambedkar
(b) Dr. Rajendra Prasad
(c) Nagendra Singh
(d) M.C. Chagla
13. The largest dinosaur fossil found in India was:
(a) Rajasaurus
(b) Bruhathkayosaurus
(c) Titanosaurus
(d) Jainosaurus
14. ______ is the process of turning on a computer and powering up the system.
(a) Execution
(b) Booting
(c) Saving
(d) Loading
15. Suryadhar lake is located in which of the following states?
(a) Arunachal Pradesh
(b) Himachal Pradesh
(c) Uttarakhand
(d) Meghalaya
16. Which of the following diseases is caused by Helicobacter pyroli?
(a) Chikungunya
(b) Rubella
(c) Ringworm
(d) Gastritis
17. Which of the following hormone is secreted by brain that helps to regulate sleep-wake cycles?
(a) Oxytoxin
(b) Insulin
(c) Aldosterone
(d) Melatonin
18. Which was the first empire in ancient India to use elephants in its war on a large scale?
(a) Kushans
(b) Chola
(c) Magadha
(d) Shunga
19. ‘Purusha Sukta’ is a hymn from which Veda?
(a) Atharvaveda
(b) Rigveda
(c) Samaveda
(d) Yajurveda
20. Who discovered blood circulation?
(a) Rosalind Franklin
(b) Charles Darwin
(c) David Baltimore
(d) William Harvey