1. Who is the inventor of WWW (World Wide Web)?
(a) Edward Kasner
(b) Bill Gates
(c) Tim-Berners-Lee
(d) Vinod Dham
2. Which language was used by Tulsidas for Ramcharitmanas?
(a) Sanskrit
(b) Pali
(c) Prakrit
(d) Awadhi
3. Who was the architect of Charminar?
(a) Mohammad Qutub Shah
(b) Jamsheed Qutubshah
(c) Mir Momeen Astarabadi
(d) Tane shah
4. Who is the author of the book named “Freedom in Exile”?
(a) Ayub Khan
(b) Rajesh Pilot
(c) 14th Dalai Lama
(d) S. S. Gill
5. How many countries are parts of the NATO Alliance?
(a) 15
(b) 20
(c) 25
(d) 31
6. Who was the court poet of Samudragupta?
(a) Banabhatta
(b) Harishen
(c) Chand Bardai
(d) Bhavabhuti
7. Where was All India Muslim League formed?
(a) Hyderabad
(b) Lahore
(c) Dhaka
(d) Kolkata
8. What is the approximate duration of moon’s rotation around the Earth?
(a) 26 Days
(b) 24 Days
(c) 28 Days
(d) 30 Days
9. During whose reign Fatehpur Sikri was built?
(a) Akbar
(b) Jahangir
(c) Shah Jahan
(d) Aurạngzeb
10. Night blindness is due to ____.
(a) less drinking of water
(b) excess secretion of pineal gland
(c) vitamin A deficiency
(d) inhertance by X-chromosome
11. The Tibetans mark as ‘uprising day’-
(a) 10th March
(b) 12th January
(c) 15th August
(d) 20th May
12. Which Gupta ruler ended the Saka rule in western India?
(a) Samudragupta
(b) Chandragupta II
(c) Kumargupta I
(d) Skandagupta
13. Which of the following elements has the heaviest stable isotope?
(a) Lead
(b) Uranium
(c) Calcium
(d) None of the above
14. Megesthenes the Greek Ambassador came to the court of-
(a) Bindusara
(b) Asoka
(c) Chandragupta Maurya
(d) Mahapadma
15. ‘A Writer’s People’ is authored by:
(a) Vikram Seth
(b) VS Naipaul
(c) Jhumpa Lahiri
(d) Arundhati Roy
16. Light-year is the unit of-
(a) Distance
(b) Light intensity
(c) Time
(d) Energy
17. Mechanical advantage is always less than one in a:
(a) First class lever
(b) Second class lever
(c) Third class lever
(d) Inclined plane
18. Source of tremendous energy in the sun is:
(a) Nuclear fusion
(b) Nuclear fission
(c) Presence of. lots of radioactive atoms
(d) None of the above
19. Who was the founder of the Sikh religion?
(a) Guru Nanak
(b) Guru Arjan
(c) Guru Tegh Bahadur
(d) Guru Govind Singh
20. The word “Tal” means-
(a) Longitudinal valley
(b) Transverse valley
(c) Lake
(d) Peak