1. The Himalayas are an example of _________ mountains.
(a) block
(b) plateau
(c) volcanic
(d) fold
2. Who was the founder of the Indian Association?
(a) Dadabhai Naoroji
(b) Surendranath Banerjee
(c) Bal Gangadhar Tilak
(d) Moti Lal Nehru
3. Name one book written by Swami Vivekananda.
(a) Kathamrita
(b) Kathamala
(c) Bartaman Bharat
(d) A Nation in Making
4. Vitamin ‘C’ is?
(a) Lactic acid
(b) Citric acid
(c) Nitric acid
(d) Ascorbic acid
5. Who founded the Forward Block?
(a) Subhas chandra Bose
(b) Rasbehari Bose
(c) Jadugopal Mukhopadhyay
(d) Hemchandra Ghosh
6. The percentage of total water content in the body is :
(a) 60%
(b) 70%
(c) 80%
(d) 90%
7. Plantation is a type of _____ farming.
(a) Extensive farming
(b) Commercial farming
(c) Intensive farming
(d) Mixed farming
8. In which area are laterite soil found in West Bengal ?
(a) Bankura
(b) Darjeeling
(c) Jalpaiguri
(d) South 24 Paragans
9. What is the currency of Australia?
(a) Ruble
(b) Euro
(c) Franc
(d) Dollar
10. What is the currency of Egypt?
(a) Euro
(b) Pound
(c) Dollar
(d) Dinar
11. The biggest epic in the world is:
(a) Bible
(b) Mahabharata
(c) Janda Avesta
(d) Quran
12. Where is Titicaca, the highest lake in the world, located?
(a) Russia and Central Asian countries
(b) US and Canada border
(c) South Africa
(d) Peru and Bolivia Pole
13. Which English General did defeat Napoleon in the battle of Waterloo?
(a) Nelson
(b) Wellington
(c) Arthur Wellesley
(d) Frederick William
14. The Hanging Gardens of Babylon is associated to which of the following ancient cultures?
(a) Harappan
(b) Mesopotamia
(c) Egyptian
(d) Chinese
15. The first woman to go in space was
(a) Tamara Press
(b) Naidia Comenci
(c) Valentina Tereshkova
(d) Sally Ride
16. ‘United Nations Day’ is celebrated on _______.
(a) 24th October
(b) 20th October
(c) 15th October
(d) 17th October
17. World Literacy Day falls on
(a) 8th March
(b) 11th July
(c) 8th September
(d) 10th December
18. Darling range is situated along which of the following coasts of Australia?
(a) North-Eastern Coast
(b) Southern Coast
(c) Eastern Coast
(d) South-Western Coast
19. The book ‘A Suitable Boy’ has been written by_________.
(a) Amish Tripathi
(b) Shashi Tharoor
(c) Chetan Bhagat
(d) Vikram Seth
20. Who has written the play ‘Merchant of Venice’?
(a) William Shakespeare
(b) William Wordsworth
(c) Robert Frost
(d) Robert De Niro