1. Who wrote the book ‘The Blue Umbrella’?
(a) Ruskin Bond
(b) Jhumpa Lahiri
(c) Aravind Adiga
(d) R K Narayan
2. Which amendment act added the Fundamental duties in the constitution?
(a) 44th Constitutional Amendment Act
(b) 42nd Constitutional Amendment Act
(c) 51st Constitutional Amendment Act
(d) 38th Constitutional Amendment Act
3. Who was the author of ‘India of My Dreams’ ?
(a) J.B. Kripalani
(b) M.K. Gandhi
(c) Gopal Krishna Gokhale
(d) Jawaharlal Nehru
4. The East India Association was founded by _______ in 1866.
(a) Lord Lyveden
(b) Raja radhakanta dev
(c) Debendranath Tagore
(d) Dadabhai Naoroji
5. Nanda Devi Peak is located in:
(a) Himachal pradesh
(b) Uttarakhand
(c) Uttar pradesh
(d) Sikkim
6. Jallianwala Bagh massacre took place during the term of Viceroy ___________.
(a) Lord Irwin
(b) Lord Dalhousie
(c) Lord Chelmsford
(d) Lord Ripon
7. Where is the Sabarimala temple located?
(a) Kerala
(b) Andhra Pradesh
(c) Odisha
(d) Maharashtra
8. Which of the following disease is caused by virus?
(a) Polio
(b) Plague
(c) Cholera
(d) Typhoid
9. India’s first semi high speed train “Vande Bharat” runs between
(a) Varanasi to New Delhi
(b) New Delhi to Jammu
(c) New Delhi to Mumbai
(d) New Delhi to Lucknow
10. “An Extraordinary Life, An Indian Destiny” is a biography of ______________.
(a) Priyanka Gandhi
(b) Sonia Gandhi
(c) Narendra Modi
(d) APJ Abdul kalam
11. Who is the guardian of fundamental rights enumerated in Constitution?
(a) President
(b) Parliament
(c) Supreme Court
(d) Cabinet Ministers
12. How many Fundamental Duties are mentioned in Indian constitution?
(a) Five
(b) Seven
(c) Nine
(d) Eleven
13. Which philosopher is known for the concept of “The Social Contract”?
(a) John Locke
(b) Jean-Jacques Rousseau
(c) Thomas Hobbes
(d) Karl Marx
14. Which of the following articles provides protection to persons arrested or detained under preventive detention law?
(a) Article 17
(b) Article 21
(c) Article 22
(d) Article 25
15. The First woman Governor of a State in free India was :
(a) Mrs Sarojini Naidu
(b) Ms Sucheta Kripalani
(c) Mrs Indira Gandhi
(d) Mrs Vijay Lakshmi Pandit
16. The term ‘Back-stick’ is used in which of the following sports?
(a) Basketball
(b) Badminton
(c) Hockey
(d) Volleyball
17. The Suez Canal connects which two bodies of water?
(a) Atlantic Ocean and Mediterranean Sea
(b) Mediterranean Sea and Red Sea
(c) Red Sea and Arabian Sea
(d) Indian Ocean and Mediterranean Sea
18. Who defeated Humayun in the battle of Chausa?
(a) Muhammad Adil Shah
(b) Firoz Shah Suri
(c) Sikandar Shah Suri
(d) Sher Shah Suri
19. Thorny bushes are found in:
(a) Hot and humid tropical climate
(b) Hot and dry desert climate
(c) Cold Polar climate
(d) None of these
20. Who among the following ended the Kakatiya dynasty rule?
(a) Delhi Sultanate
(b) Guptas
(c) Chalukyas
(d) Cholas