1. The total number of articles that were present originally in the Indian Constitution during its implementation is:
(a) 395
(b) 396
(c) 397
(d) 398
2. ‘Natyashastra’ the famous treatise on dramatic art was written by _______.
(a) Bharata Muni
(b) Harsha Vardhan
(c) Vishnu Sharma
(d) Kalidasa
3. Who laid the foundation stone of the world famous Swarna Mandir (Golden Temple)?
(a) Muhammad Iqbal
(b) Hazrat Mian Mir Ji
(c) Ashraf Ali Thanvi
(d) Mahmud-ul-Hasan
4. Who invented the World Wide Web (WWW) in 1989?
(a) Robert E. Kahn
(b) Linus Torvalds
(c) Tim Berners-Lee
(d) Ted Nelson
5. Litmus solution is derived from ______
(a) Hydrangea
(b) Petunia
(c) Cabbage leaves
(d) Lichen
6. What is the code name of the first Nuclear test of India?
(a) Chagai 1-1
(b) Smiling Buddha
(c) Project 596
(d) Shakti 1 – 1
7. On which river bank Golden temple is located?
(a) Amrit Sarovar lake
(b) Golden Lake
(c) Harike Lake
(d) Sukhna Lake
8. Which place is famous for mining of Uranium?
(a) Jaduguda
(b) Patna
(c) Raniganj
(d) Kobra
9. British East India Company was also known by _____.
(a) William Company
(b) John Company
(c) Lord Company
(d) Lorence Company
10. Which place was called the “Nursery of the Bengal army”?
(a) Bengal
(b) Eastern Uttar Pradesh
(c) Punjab
(d) Awadh
11. Who was last Nizam (ruler) of Hyderabad?
(a) Afzal-ud-daula
(b) Mir Mahbub Ali Khan
(c) Mir Osman Ali Khan
(d) Nasir-Ud-Daula
12. Who has written the narrative history ‘India after Gandhi’?
(a) Malathi Rao
(b) Ramachandra Guha
(c) Rupa Bajwa
(d) Arundhati Roy
13. Arunima Sinha is related to which of the following fields?
(a) Athletics
(b) Writer
(c) Mountaineer
(d) Artist
14. “Godan” is the novel written by which of the following famous author?
(a) Makhanlal Chaturvedi
(b) Jaishankar Prasad
(c) Munshi Premchand
(d) Suryakant Tripathi
15. The cause of Siderosis is excessive deposition of ______ in the body tissue.
(a) iron
(b) zinc
(c) aluminium
(d) coal
16. The term “Cold War” was first used by:
(a) Winston Churchill
(b) Joseph Stalin
(c) Bernard Baruch
(d) Walter Lippmann
17. Lord Mahavira’s original name is _________.
(a) Ananda
(b) Siddhartha
(c) Sariputta
(d) Vardhamana
18. Which one of the following is the largest valley in Asia?
(a) Dang valley
(b) Alai valley
(c) Chuy valley
(d) Fergana valley
19. How many bits does an IP address consist of?
(a) 32
(b) 24
(c) 16
(d) 12
20. ‘Puanchei’ is the traditional dress of ______.
(a) Karnataka
(b) Sikkim
(c) Goa
(d) Mizoram