1. What is a ‘bawri’?
(a) An underground tank to store water
(b) A narrow bore tube-well
(c) A traditional way of collecting water
(d) A canal providing water to agricultural land
2. India is _______ most populated country in the world.
(a) Third
(b) Second
(c) Fourth
(d) First
3. Which of the following is stored in the body as glycogen?
(a) Carbohydrate
(b) Protin
(c) Lipid
(d) Vitamine
5. Which of the following seas is near the ‘Gaza Strip’ ?
(a) Mediterranean Sea
(b) Red Sea
(c) Black Sea
(d) Caspian Sea
6. Which State of India has the maximum number of tiger reserves?
(a) Assam
(b) West Bengal
(c) Maharashtra
(d) Madhya Pradesh
7. The Singpho Rebellion of 1830, took place in _______.
(a) Assam
(b) Manipur
(c) Bihar
(d) Odisha
8. Which state of India is known as ‘Land of Rolling Hills’?
(a) Tripura
(b) Arunachal Pradesh
(c) Mizoram
(d) Himachal Pradesh
9. Full form of FDI –
(a) Foreign Direct Investment
(b) Federal Deposit Investment
(c) Federal Domestic Investment
(d) Foreign Domestic Index
10. When was Valmiki Ambedkar Awas Yojana launched?
(a) December 2000
(b) December 2003
(c) December 2002
(d) December 2001
11. The melting point of tungsten is ______.
(a) 3,830°C
(b) 3,308°C
(c) 3,083°C
(d) 3380°C
12. Which ailment is not related to heart?
(a) Aneurysm
(b) Cardiomyopathy
(c) Diphtheria
(d) Myocardial rupture
13. _____ is also called the ‘Year of Great Demographic Divide’ in India.
(a) 1921
(b) 1931
(c) 1941
(d) 1951
14. Who was the first winner of the Jnanpith Award?
(a) Uma Shankar Joshi
(b) Amrita Pritam
(c) G. Sankara Kurup
(d) Ashapurna Devi
15. In India, the decade known as the ‘period of population explosion’ is
(a) 1921-1931
(b) 1941-1951
(c) 1951-1961
(d) 1981-1991
16. In which Olympic games did Milkha Singh finish fourth in the 400 m running final?
(a) Tokyo Olympic games
(b) Rome Olympic games
(c) London Olympic games
(d) Melbourne Olympic games
17. In which district of Gujarat has the age-old textile craft ‘Ajrakh Print’ got the GI tag?
(a) Jamnagar
(b) Mahasana
(c) Kutch
(d) standing
18. The Sangeet Natak Akademi was set up in the year _____.
(a) 1952
(b) 1950
(c) 1953
(d) 1951
19. Name the celebrity who has authored ‘Mrs. Funnybones’?
(a) Bipasha Basu
(b) Twinkle Khanna
(c) Shraddha Kapoor
(d) Sonakshi Sinha
20. Who among the following is the youngest Nobel Laureate?
(a) Lawrence Bragg
(b) Nadia Murad
(c) Malala Yousafzai
(d)
Tsung Dao Lee