1. Who is the author of the book “My Country My Life”?
(a) Atal Bihari Vajapeyee
(b) L.K. Advani
(c) Dr. Manmohan Singh
(d) Kuldeep Nayar
2. In which year Nandalal Bose, a famous painter, had become the Principal of Kala Bhawan (Shantiniketan)?
(a) 1942
(b) 1932
(c) 1922
(d) 1912
3. Who is the author of the book ‘The Why-Why Girl’?
(a) Mahasweta Devi
(b) Ruskin Bond
(c) Enid Blyton
(d) Olivia Fraser
4. What is the official language of Andhra Pradesh?
(a) Telugu
(b) Hindi
(c) Urdu
(d) Tamil
5. Who was the first Education Minister of India ?
(a) Dr Sarvapali Radhakrishnan
(b) Swaran Singh
(c) Homi Bhaba
(d) Maulana Azad
6. Who was the author of Mudrarakshasa?
(a) Hemchandra
(b) Ballal
(c) Vishakhadutta
(d) Padmagupta
7. Who was the author of Tarikh I Daudi?
(a) Niamatullah
(b) Abdullah
(c) Ahmad Yadgar
(d) Abul Fazl
8. Which of the following ports is known as ‘Diamond Harbour’?
(a) Port Blair
(b) Kochi
(c) Kolkata
(d) Mangalore
9. What is the pseudonym of Narayan Gangopadhyay?
(a) Sunanda
(b) Sirbal
(c) Kalkut
(d) Panchanan
10. Which one is not a pollutant normally?
(a) Hydrocarbons
(b) Carbon dioxide
(c) Carbon monoxide
(d) Sulphur dioxide
11. Which one of the following solid waste disposal methods is ecologically most acceptable?
(a) Sanitary landfill
(b) Incineration
(c) Composting
(d) Pyrolysis
12. Oil of winter green is:
(a) an ester
(b) a carboxylic acid
(c) an alcohol
(d) a ketone
13. Which is the national aquatic animal of India?
(a) Gangetic shark
(b) River dolphin
(c) Blue whale
(d) Sea – horse
14. Where is the Forest Research Institute located?
(a) Delhi
(b) Bhopal
(c) Dehradun
(d) Lucknow
15. Which one of the following areas in India, is a hotspot of biodiversity?
(a) Sunderbans
(b) Western Ghats
(c) Eastern Ghats
(d) Gangetic Plains
16. ‘RADAR’ stands for
(a) Radio Detection and Ranging
(b) Ready Advanced Appliance for Ranging
(c) Range Detection Appliance for Airplane Ranging
(d) Ready Advanced Airplane Ranging
17. The Mohan Veena, a modified Hawaiian Guitar also known as Hindustani Slide Guitar was created and popularized by __________.
(a) Vishwa Mohan Bhatt
(b) Asad Ali Khan
(c) Anoushka Shankar
(d) Ram Narayan
18. What is ‘Little Boy’?
(a) The fission bomb dropped at Hiroshima
(b) The fusion bomb dropped at Nagasaki
(c) The first nuclear bomb tested by America
(d) The first nuclear bomb tested by North Korea
19. The most common indicator organism that represents polluted water is –
(a) Escherichia coli
(b) Pseudomonas
(c) Chlorella
(d) Entamoeba
20. In which one of the following States is the Pakhui Wildlife Sanctuary located?
(a) Arunachal Pradesh
(b) Manipur
(c) Meghalaya
(d) Nagaland