1. Indian Constitution was prepared by
(A) Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi
(B) Jawahar Lai Nehru
(C) Dr. B. R. Ambedkar
(D) Sardar Ballav Bhai Patel
2. Plants receive nutrients from
(a) atmosphere
(b) chlorophyll
(c) soil
(d) light
3. Superconductors are substances which
(a) conduct electricity at lower temperature.
(b) offer high resistance to the flow of current.
(c) offer no resistance to the flow of current.
(d) conduct electricity at high temperature.
4. Speed of sound is maximum in-
(a) Vaccum
(b) Gases
(c) Liquids
(d) Solids
5. Who was the first editor of the Amrita Bazar Patrika?
(a) Sambhuchandra Mukhopadhyay
(b) Sisir Kumar Ghosh
(c) Girish Chandra Ghosh
(d) REobert Knight
6. When the Hindu College was founded?
(a) 1800 A.D.
(b) 1817 A.D.
(c) 1855 A.D.
(d) 1857 A.D.
7. Who led the Bardoli Movement?
(a) Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel
(b) Mahatma Gandhi
(c) Chamanlal
(d) Raja Gopalachari
8. Under which Governor General the Railways system was introduced in India?
(a) Lord Wellesley
(b) Lord Cornwallis
(c) Lord Canning
(d) Lord Dalhousie
9. According to Indian Constitution, the State Legislatures elect the
(a) Members of Lok sabha
(b) Members of Rajya Sabha
(c) Chief Justice of High Court of the state
(d) Attorney General of India
10. Which of the following is the first beach in Asia to get Blue-Flag certification?
(a) Arambol beach, goa
(b) Chandrabhaga beach, Odisha
(c) Chiwala beach, Maharashtra
(d) None of the above
11. Inflation in India is
(a) Double-digit > 0
(b) Single-digit>0
(c) Negative
(d) Zero
12. Radiocarbon dating technique is used to estimate the age of
(a) rocks
(b) monuments
(c) soil
(d) fossils
13. Through which Educational Report Calcutta University came into existence?
(a) Macaulay’s Minute
(b) Hunter Commission
(c) Charter Act
(d) Wood’s Despatch
14. In reference to Mughal period’s revenue collection system, ‘Zabti’ Means
(a) Estimated revenue
(b) Yield per unit area
(c) Based on yield of crops
(d) 1/3 rd of total yield
15. Who is the author of “Half Girlfriend”?
(a) Chetan Bhagat
(b) Amish Tripathi
(c) Ravinder Singh
(d) Salman Rushdie
16. The concept of single citizenship has been adopted from which country?
(a) USA
(b) France
(c) Italy
(d) UK
17. When the first Independence Day was celebrated in India?
(a) 26th January, 1930
(b) 2nd January, 1930
(c) 31st October, 1929
(d) 8th December, 1930
18. Which one is a fertilizer?
(A) N2
(B) O2
(C) P4
(D) NaNO3
19. Madhubani painting originated from which state?
(a) Chattisgarh
(b) Bihar
(c) Kerala
(d) Assam
20. How is the shape of Earth described?
(a) Circular
(b) Oval
(c) Oblate Spheroid
(d) Spherical