1. Which of the following books was written by Jawaharlal Nehru?
(a) Waiting For A Visa: Autobiographical Notes
(b) A Bunch of Old Letters
(c) Riddles in Hinduism
(d) Ranade, Gandhi and Jinnah
2. In which year “POCSO” Act was passed in India?
(a) 2005
(b) 2012
(c) 2010
(d) 2009
3. When was the latest census conducted in India?
(a) 2021
(b) 2005
(c) 2001
(d) 2011
4. Which Five Year Plan had the primary goal to establish India as a self-reliant and self-generating economy?
(a) First five year plan
(b) Second five year plan
(c) Third five year plan
(d) Fourth five year plan
5. The compound that cannot be kept in glass vessel because it reacts with glass is _____.
(a) HNO3
(b) HCI
(c) HF
(d) HBr
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. In which continent is the Andes Mountain range situated?
(a) Europe
(b) Australia
(c) South America
(d) Africa
8. ‘Marfati’ songs are traditional folk songs of ________.
(a) Nepal
(b) Bangladesh
(c) Afghanistan
(d) Pakistan
9. National Green Tribunal (NGT) was established by the Government of India in –
(a) 2007
(b) 2008
(c) 2009
(d) 2010
10. PARAM supercomputer belongs to which generation of computers?
(a) Second
(b) First
(c) Fifth
(d) Third
11. Hyperion is the name of one of the moons of ______.
(a) Venus
(b) Jupiter
(c) Saturn
(d) Uranus
12. ______ diseases last for only shorter periods of time.
(a) Hereditary
(b) Chronic
(c) Acute
(d) Genetic
13. Fa Xian began his journey back home from which of the following Indian state?
(a) Bihar
(b) Maharashtra
(c) Bengal
(d) Odisha
14. Amount of O2 normally carried by 100 ml of pure human blood, is –
(a) 40 ml
(b) 10 ml
(c) 20 ml
(d) 30 ml
15. Who first discovered nucleic acid ?
(a) Friedrich Miescher
(b) Edward Jenner
(c) Charles Darwin
(d) Alexander Fleming
16. The acid used in storage batteries –
(a) Hydro chloric acid
(b) Nitric acid
(c) formic acid
(d) sulphuric acid
17. Who was the first king of the Rashtrakuta dynasty?
(a) Dantidurga
(b) Krishna I
(c) Govinda I
(d) Dhruva Dharavarsha
18. Oxygen liberated during photosynthesis comes from?
(A) water
(B) carbon dioxide
(C) glucose
(D) Both carbon dioxide and glucose
19. Inflation would have most adverse effects on which of the following?
(a) Creditors
(b) Debtors
(c) Real-estate holders
(d) Business people
20. Where is the Hemis National Park located?
(a) Bihar
(b) Assam
(c) Andhra Pradesh
(d) Ladakh