1. The Himalayas are _____
(A) Fold Mountain
(B) Block Mountain
(C) Residual Hills
(D) Tableland
2. The state having the largest area of forest cover in India is
(a) Madhya Pradesh
(b) Assam
(c) Arunachal Pradesh
(d) Haryana
3. Bailadila range in India is noted for the production of
(A) Aluminium
(B) Iron Ore
(C) Bauxite
(D) Mica
4. Partition of Bengal was withdrawn in
(A)1905
(B) 1906
(C) 1911
(D) 1909
5. Who offered leadership for the Khilafat Movement ?
(A) Sayyid Ahmed
(B) Iqbal
(C) Mohammad Ali and Saukat Ali
(D) Rahamat Ali
6. When did Chingiz Khan invade India?
(A) 1211 A.D.
(B) 1221 A.D.
(C) 1399 A.D.
(D) 1526 A.D.
7. Who was known as “Bagha-Jatin”?
(A) Jatin Das
(B) Jatindranath Mukherjee
(C) Jatindramohan Sengupta
(D) None of above
8. Forest Protection Committees consist of
(A) Forest Guards
(B) Panchayat Members
(C) Forest Villages, Forest Department and Panchayat
(D) Forest Departıment officials
9. Shivaji’s coronation took place in the year
(A) 1672 A.D.
(B) l673 A.D.
(C) 1674 A.D.
(D) 1675 A.D.
10. Which Governor General was assassinated during his term of office?
(A) Lord Mayo
(B) Lord Hardinge
(C) Lord Northbrook
(D) Lord Lytton
11. Iran recently celebrated ______ anniversary of its Islamic Revolution.
(A) 40th
(B) 44th
(C) 36th
(D) 50th
12. Who wrote the “School Book Society”?
(A) William Jones
(B) Hyde East
(C) Radhakanta Deb
(D) David Hare
13. River Ganga flows into the sea through
(A) An estuary
(B) A delta
(C) A bird’s foot estuary
(D) None of the above
14. Bangaladesh was liberated on
(a) 14th December, 1971
(b) 15th December, 1971
(c) 16th December, 1971
(d) 17th December, 1971
15. Who was known as the mother of Indian revolutionaries?
(A) Sister Nivedita
(B) Annie Besant
(C) Madame Cama
(D) Matangini Hazra
16. Which one among the following Indian states has the highest density of population?
(A) West Bengal
(B) Maharastra
(C) Uttar Pradesh
(D) Bihar
17. The Medical College in Kolkata was established in the year
(A) 1829 A.D.
(B) 1835 A.D.
(C) 1858 A.D.
(D) 1884 A.D.
18. ‘Andhis’ are storms of
(A) Punjab
(B) West Bengal
(C) Assam
(D) Uttar Pradesh
19. Shipra is a tributary of __________ river.
(a) Mahanadi
(b) Chambal
(c) Indus
(d) Ravi
20. Kalbelia folk dance is associated with which of the following states?
(a) Maharashtra
(b) Kerala
(c) Rajasthan
(d) Gujarat