1. Which of the following is a ferrous metal?
(a) Duralumin
(b) Brass
(c) Steel
(d) Lead
2. Which town of the Indus Valley Civilisation literally means ‘mound of the dead’?
(a) Mesopotamia
(b) Mohenjo-daro
(c) Balakot
(d) Harappa
3. Goa is situated on the banks of which river?
(a) Hooghly
(b) Gomti
(c) Ganadak
(d) Mandovi
4. The word “Tal” means –
(a) Longitudinal valley
(b) Transverse valley
(c) Lake
(d) Peak
5. In West Bengal the region North of the Ganga is known as
(a) Rahr
(b) Barind
(c) Tanr
(d) Bhabar
6. The first revived Olympic Games were held in
(a) London
(b) Paris
(c) Athens
(d) Berlin
7. Which of the following is also called ‘Molassis Basin’?
(a) Manipur
(b) Tripura
(c) Mizoram
(d) Nagaland
8. Who designed the new symbol for our Indian rupee?
(a) Varun Kumar
(b) Udaya Kumar Dharmalingam
(c) Anand Kumar Dharmesh
(d) Ravi Kumar Dada
9. The new Comptroller and Auditor General of India is:
(a) V.N. Kaul
(b) V.K. Joshi
(c) D.K.Sikri
(d) Girish Chandra Murmu
10. Who is considered as the father of Artificial Intelligence?
(a) Charles Babbage
(b) Dennis Ritchie
(c) John McCarthy
(d) Tim Patterson
11. Radioactivity was discovered by –
(a) Henri Becquerel
(b) Madam Curie
(c) Rutherford
(d) Chadwick
12. Who is the founder of the Indian National Army?
(a) Gurbaksh Singh Dhillon
(b) Mohan Singh
(c) Shah Nawaz Khan
(d) Prem Sahgal
13. Kalkut is pen-name of-
(a) Raj Shekhar Basu
(b) Buddhadev Basu
(c) Samaresh Basu
(d) Jaydev Basu
14. The largest oil refinery in India is located at:
(a) Haldia
(b) Jamnagar
(c) Mathura
(d) Mumbai
15. What percent of the population resides in rural areas of India?
(a) 68.8%
(b) 64.5%
(c) 50.9%
(d) 70.5%
16. Nautanki is a folk dance of which among the following states?
(a) Uttar Pradesh
(b) Kerala
(c) Karnataka
(d) Andhra Pradesh
17. Birminghamin U.K. is famous for_______.
(a) Iron and steel industry
(b) Sugar industry
(c) Paper industry
(d) Aluminium industry
18. X-rays were discovered by:
(a) Marie curie
(b) Edward Jenner
(c) Robert Koch
(d) Wilhelm Conrad Roentgen
19. In which year was UNICEF founded?
(a) 1948
(b) 1946
(c) 1945
(d) 1949
20. A clinical thermometer reads the temperature from ______.
(a) 25°C to 32°C
(b) 38°C to 48°C
(c) 32°C to 38°C
(d) 35°C to 42°C