1. Who is popularly known as the Harbinger of Modern India?
(a) Baba Amte
(b) Gopalakrishna Gokhale
(c) Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi
(d) Raja Ram Mohan Roy
2. Which of the following help prevent water loss through skin?
(a) Keratin
(b) Melanin
(c) Collagen
(d) Corotene
3. In cactus, the spines are the modified ________.
(a) stem
(b) sripules
(c) leaves
(d) buds
4. The largest amount of freshwater is found in ________
(a) Underground water body
(b) Polar ice and glaciers
(c) Lakes and streams
(d) Rivers
5. Who was the author of Mudrarakshasa?
(a) Hemchandra
(b) Ballal
(c) Vishakhadutta
(d) Padmagupta
6. ______ is a non-communicable disease.
(a) Cough
(b) Heart stroke
(c) Measles
(d) Mumps
7. Gangubai hangal is the name associated with –
(a) Literature
(b) Music
(c) Journalism
(d) Environment
8. Which of the following is a non metal that remains liquid at room temperature?
(a) Phosphorous
(b) Bromine
(c) Chlorine
(d) Helium
9. Pulses are a good source of ______
(a) Carbohydrates
(b) Fats
(c) Proteins
(d) Vitamins
10. Philology is the ______
(a) Study of bones
(b) Study of muscles
(c) Study of architecture
(d) Science of languages
11. The significance of the lotus symbol is
(a) Culture and civilisation
(b) Peace
(c) Justice
(d) Sign of mourning, in protest
12. Which of the following organism breathes from skin?
(a) Snake
(b) Earthworm
(c) Monkey
(d) Humans
13. Plants growing in sandy soil are called ____________.
(a) Halophytes
(b) Lithophytes
(c) Hydrophytes
(d) Psammophytes
14. The appendix is attached to the which of the following?
(a) Duodenum
(b) Jejunum
(c) Cecum
(d) Ileum
15. The primary pacemaker in the mammalian heart is:
(a) Sinoatrial node
(b) Bundle of his
(c) Purkinje fibres
(d) AV node
16. Kiran Bedi is –
(a) First woman IAS officer
(b) First woman IPS officer
(c) First woman advocate
(d) First woman judge
17. Detergents used for cleaning clothes and utensils contain?
(a) Bicarbonates
(b) Bismuthates
(c) Sulphonates
(d) Nitrates
18. Who is the inventor of WWW (World Wide Web)?
(a) Edward Kasner
(b) Bill Gates
(c) Tim-Berners-Lee
(d) Vinod Dham
19. What is the middle unit in the three-tier Panchayati Raj System?
(a) Gram Panchayat
(b) Zilla Parishad
(c) Panchayat Samiti
(d) Union Board
20. Golden Temple, Amritsar is India’s __________
(a) Largest Gurdwara
(b) Oldest Gurudwara
(c) Both option A and B are correct
(d) None of the above