1. In which of the following sports is the shakehand grip used?
(a) Badminton
(b) Table tennis
(c) Squash
(d) Cricket
2. What is the literacy rate in Kolkata?
(a) 76%
(b) 86.3%
(c) 96%
(d) 66%
3. Which of the following group of cities are connected by Golden Quadrilateral National Highway System?
(a) Jalandhar, Ambala, Delhi, Jaipur
(b) Bangalore, Chennai, Kolkata, Agra
(c) Allahabad, Agra, Lucknow, Gorakhpur
(d) Vishakhapatanam, Vijaywada, Hydrabad, Belgaum
4. Which Asian country is also known as the Hermit Kingdom?
(a) Japan
(b) Korea
(c) Lhasa
(d) Thailand
5. Which of the following is called ‘Queen of the Adriatic’?
(a) Venice
(b) Rome
(c) Flanders
(d) Lisbon
6. Famous Hangseshwari temple is in –
(a) Howrah
(b) Birbhum
(c) Hooghly
(d) Bankura
7. Alipurduar district was carved out from Jalpaiguri in
(a) 1995
(b) 2000
(c) 2005
(d) 2014
8. Lead chromate is a common adulterant found in
(a) Water
(b) Soft drinks
(c) Turmeric
(d) Vegetable oils
9. Which was the first dynasty of the Delhi Sultanate?
(a) Mamluk dynasty
(b) Tughlaq dynasty
(c) Khilji dynasty
(d) Lodi dynasty
10. Which of the following permanent tissues cells are dead?
(a) Parenchyma
(b) Collenchyma
(c) Sclerenchyma
(d) Aerenchyma
11. In which year Howrah Bridge was renamed Rabindra Setu?
(a) 1967
(b) 1965
(c) 1969
(d) 1968
12. The term ‘Panthalassan’ is related to which of the following?
(a) Oceans
(b) Soil
(c) Mountains
(d) Atmosphere
13. Classical musician Shivkumar Sharma is associated with which musical instrument?
(a) Shehnai
(b) Tabla
(c) Violin
(d) Santoor
14. Palaeontology deals with the study of ________
(a) Bones
(b) Fossils
(c) Rigid cells
(d) Wings
15. What is the status of Indian Railways among the world largest railways?
(a) 7
(b) 5
(c) 3
(d) 4
16. Which one of the following ports is not located on the Eastern Coast of India?
(a) Tuticorin
(b) Kandla
(c) Paradeep
(d) Haldia
17. How much salt is present in our body?
(a) 1%
(b) 2%
(c) 0.4%
(d) 0.6%
18. Which of the following states does not share its border with Bangladesh?
(a) Meghalaya
(b) West Bengal
(c) Tripura
(d) Jharkhand
19. The height at which a geostationary satellite is placed from the surface of the earth:
(a) 30,000 km
(b) 36,000 km
(c) 42,000 km
(d) 48,000 km
20. _______ is the most intelligent mammal on Earth.
(a) Dolphin
(b) Elephant
(c) Deer
(d) Hippos