1. Who first came to India for trading purposes?
(a) The French
(b) The Dutch
(c) The Portuguese
(d) The English
2. Kakrapar Atomic Centre is located near which city in India?
(A) Kota
(B) Kalpakkam
(C) Surat
(D) Munmbai
3. Kabuliyat and Patta as instruments of settlement were introduced by
(A) Sher Shah
(B) Ghiyasuddin Mahmud Shah
(C) Bahlul Khan Lodi
(D) Humayun
4. Hydrogen bomb is based on
(A) Nuclear Fission
(B) Nuclear Explosion
(C) Nuclear Fusion
(D) Chain Reaction
5. The first Indian to receive Nobel Prize in Economics is
(A) Professor Abhijit Vinayak Banerjee
(B) Professor Amartya Kumar Sen
(C) Professor V. K. R.V. Rao
(D) Professor T. N. Srinivasan
6. Port Blair is located on which island?
(A) The Little Andaman
(B) The Great Nicobar
(C) The South Andaman
(D) The North Andaman
7. The river on which Tilpara Barrage is located?
(a) Damodar
(b) Kangsabati
(c) Silabati
(d) Mayurakshi
8. Unemployment in India is concentrated in
(A) Organised Sector
(B) Unorganised Sector
(C) Both Organised and Unorganised Sectors
(D) Foreign Trade Sector
9. L.P.G. is a mixture of
(A) methane and butane
(B) propane and butane
(C) ethane and propane
(D) ethane and butane
10. The gas that filled the electric bulb is
(a) nitrogen
(b) hydrogen
(c) carbon dioxide
(d) oxygen
11. Excess fluoride in drinking water causes
(a) lung disease
(b) Intestinal infection
(c) Fluorosis
(d) Rickets
12. Ornithology is the study of
(a) Fish
(b) Coins
(c) Relics
(d) Birds
13. The word necrophilia means
(a) Love for insects
(b) Love for children
(c) Cultivation of knowledge
(d) Fascination with dead bodies
14. Who founded the ‘All India Harijan Samaj’ in 1932?
(a) C. R. Das
(b) Subhas Chandra Bose
(c) Jawahar Lal Nehru
(d) M. K. Gandhi
15. Who was the founder President of Ghadar Party?
(a) Sohan Singh Bhakna
(b) Kartar Singh Sarabha
(c) Lala Hardayal
(d) Baba Prithvi Singh Azad
16. Where was the Provisional Government of Independent India (Azad Hind) formed?
(a) Singapore
(b) Tokyo
(c) Berlin
(d) Rome
17. The famous INA trials took place at the Red Fort, Delhi in __________.
(a) 1945
(b) 1946
(c) 1947
(d) 1948
18. Where did the congress working committee first accept the idea of Quit India Movement?
(a) Wardha
(b) Benaras
(c) Calcutta
(d) Delhi
19. When was the Non-cooperation Movement called off?
(a) 11th December, 1922
(b) 11th January, 1922
(c) 11th February, 1922
(d) 11th March, 1922
20. Who presided over the first meeting of Indian National Congress?
(a) W.C. Bannerji
(b) A.O. Hume
(c) Dadabhai Naoroji
(d) None of these