1. ‘Pidurutalagala’ is the highest mountain peak in ______.
(a) Bhutan
(b) Sri Lanka
(c) Myanmar
(d) Nepal
2. The first Bengali translator of ‘Mahabharata’ was –
(a) Kabikankan Mukundaram
(b) Chandidas
(c) Kabindra Parameswar
(d) Krishnadas Kabiraj
3. The main district of Silk industry in West Bengal is –
(a) Purulia
(b) Cooch Behar
(c) Murshidabad
(d) Hooghly
4. Who has become the first Arab woman to go into space?
(a) Zoya Khan
(b) Rayyanah Barnawi
(c) Ayesha Begum
(d) Nimisha Eram
5. The causative organism of malignant malaria in human being is
(a) Plasmodium vivax
(b) Plasmodium falciparum
(c) Plasmodium malarie
(d) Plasmodium ovale
6. Full form of I.S.P. is _________.
(a) Internet Service Promoter
(b) Internet Service Provider
(c) Intranet Service Provider
(d) None of these
7. Srinagar, the capital city of Jammu and Kashmir is located on the banks of which river?
(a) River Jhelum
(b) River Ravi
(c) River Beas
(d) River Sutlej
8. Study of Earth is also known as________.
(a) Ecology
(b) Biology
(c) Ethics
(d) Geology
9. The electromagnetic radiation that is emitted during the radioactive disintegration is –
(a) X-rays
(b) -rays
(c) Ultraviolet rays
(d) Infra-red rays
10. Mukteshvara Temple is dedicated to Which among the following Gods?
(a) Shiva
(b) Vishnu
(c) Brahma
(d) Indra
11. Who was the first person to achieve the Nobel Prize in chemistry?
(a) Albert Einstein
(b) Van’t Hoff
(c) Madam Curie
(d) Both (b) and (c)
12. Who has become the second longest serving CM in India?
(a) Nitish Kumar
(b) Yogi Adityanath
(c) Mamta Banerjee
(d) Naveen Patnaik
13. Who is the first Indian to hit a Triple century in Test Cricket?
(a) Virender Sehwag
(b) V.V.S. Laxman
(c) Sachin Tendulkar
(d) Sunil Gavaskar
14. In which dance do the performers wear a cylindrical skirt named Potloi?
(a) Kathak
(b) Bharatanatyam
(c) Kuchipudi
(d) Manipuri
15. The chemical responsible for plant growth is ________
(a) Citric acid
(b) Chlorophyll
(c) Indole Acetic Acid
(d) Phenyl Acetic Acid
16. Which city had India’s first helicopter-taxi service?
(a) Chennai
(b) Mumbai
(c) Delhi
(d) Bengaluru
17. Who first discovered nucleic acid ?
(a) Friedrich Miescher
(b) Edward Jenner
(c) Charles Darwin
(d) Alexander Fleming
18. The number of cranial nerves is (human being)
(a) 12 nerves
(b) 12 pairs of nerves
(c) 31 nerves
(d) 31 pairs of nerves
19. ‘Green Park’ where test cricket is played, is located in
(a) Chennai
(b) Ahmedabad
(c) Kanpur
(d) Johannesburg
20. Which Governor General was assassinated during his term of office?
(a) Lord Mayo
(b) Lord Hardinge
(c) Lord Northbrook
(d) Lord Lytton