1. Who became the Nawab of Bengal after the death of Alivardi Khan in 1756?
(a) Murshid Quli Khan
(b) Siraj ud-Daulah
(c) Sujan Khan
(d) Mir Jafar
2. Which among the following committee recommended the inclusion of Fundamental duties in the Consitution?
(a) Swaran Singh Committee
(b) Shekatkar Committee
(c) B. Sesikeran Committee
(d) Sunil Mehta Committee
3. ________ is the study of ancient plants, like mosses, that grow in moist, humid environments.
(a) Ethnobotany
(b) Bryology
(c) Palynology
(d) Dendrology
4. Who among the following was popularly known as the ‘parrot of India’?
(a) Tansen
(b) lbn Battuta
(c) Amir Khusrow
(d) Ziauddin Barani
5. Whom did Lord Curzon entrust as architect for Victoria Memorial Hall?
(a) Robert Chisholm
(b) William Emerson
(c) Herbert Baker
(d) Henry Irwin
6. Which of the following writs provides a remedy for a person who has been unlawfully held in prison?
(a) Certiorari
(b) Habeas Corpus
(c) Prohibition
(d) Mandamus
7. Who among the following became the country’s Vice President twice?
(a) Mohammad Hidayatullah
(b) Bhairon Singh Shekhawat
(c) Sarvapalli RadhaKrishnan
(d) K R Narayanan
8. Who among the following is referred to as Dhing Express?
(a) P. V. Sindhu
(b) Hima Das
(c) P.T. Usha
(d) Dutee Chand
9. Mahatma Gandhi called a halt to the Non-Cooperation Movement after the Chauri Chaura incident. Where among the following places is Chauri Chaura located?
(a) Lucknow
(b) Mathura
(c) Meerut
(d) Gorakhpur
10. What is Parsi New year known as?
(a) Ugadi
(b) Navroz
(c) Pongal
(d) Puthandu
11. The term ‘time trial’ is associated with which of the following sport?
(a) Cycling
(b) Hockey
(c) Shooting
(d) Tennis
12. Under which article of Indian Constitution Hindi is declared as the official language?
(a) Article 273
(b) Article 343
(c) Article 360
(d) Article 370
13. Which of the following element found in water is responsible for cancer?
(a) Arsenic
(b) Iron
(c) Chlorine
(d) Fluorine
14. Who among the following has the power to promulgate ordinance?
(a) Chief Justice of Supreme Court
(b) Prime Minister
(c) President
(d) Defence Minister
15. Who among the following is the writer of the novel ‘The room on the roof’?
(a) Manohar Malgonkar
(b) R. K. Narayan
(c) Ruskin Bond
(d) Khushwant Singh
16. The Chinese Buddhist pilgrim Fa Hien visited India during the reign of which of the following Gupta emperors?
(a) Vishnugupta
(b) Chandragupta I
(c) Ghatotkacha
(d) Chandragupta II
17. Who is known as ‘Haryana Hurricane’?
(a) Kapil Dev
(b) Yuzvendra Chahal
(c) Virendra Sehwag
(d) Jogindar Rao
18. In which of the following years was the first population census conducted non synchronously in different parts of India?
(a) 1900
(b) 1885
(c) 1912
(d) 1872
19. The Vikramshila University was founded under the patronage of the king _____.
(a) Devpala
(b) Dharmpala
(c) Gopala
(d) Devraja
20. Which of the following festivals is also known as the ‘100 drums festival’?
(a) Cheiraoba
(b) Sanken
(c) Saga Dawa
(d) Wangala