1. Which country is considered to the Birthplace of Cricket?
(A) Australia
(B) South Africa
(C) India
(D) England
2. ‘Anushilan Samiti’ was founded by:
(A) V D Savarkar
(B) Satish Chandra Basu
(C) Varindra Ghosh
(D) Ras Behari Bose
3. The only session of Indian National Congress presided by Mahatma Gandhi, was held at
(A) Faizpur
(B) Belgaum
(C) Allahabad
(D) Karachi
4. In which year, Capital of India was shifted to Delhi from Calcutta:
(A) 1910
(B) 1912
(C) 1915
(D) 1917
5. The building of Calcutta High Court was architected by?
(A) Walter Granville
(B) Ahok Kumar Mathur
(C) Edwin Lutynes
(D) Hugh Keeling
6. ‘Matki Dance’ is folk dance of which Indian state?
(A) Uttarpradesh
(B) Bihar
(C) Madhya Pradesh
(D) Gujarat
7. When did the Akali Movement Started?
(A) 1901
(B) 1911
(C) 1920
(D) 1931
8. Cathode rays are a beam of:
(A) Protons
(B) Positrons
(C) Electrons
(D) Neutrons
9. Who discovered Cholera germs?
(A) Robert Koch
(B) Rene Laennec
(C) Dreser
(D) Hansen
10. Which of the following is also called ‘green algae’?
(A)Porphyridium
(B) Chlorophyceae
(C) Rhodophyceae
(D) Phaeophyceae
11. Name one leader of the ‘Home Rule Movement’?
(A) Annie Besant
(B) Surendra Nath Bannerjee
(C) Aurobindo Ghosh
(D) Bipin Chandra Pal
12. Quinine is obtained from:
(A) Eucalyptus
(B) Cinchona
(C) Neem
(D) Mango
13. The Partition of Bengal was annulled in the year.
(A) 1907
(B) 1909
(C) 1911
(D) 1914
14. The Morley-Minto Reform was declared in the year:
(A) 1907
(B) 1909
(C) 1911
(D) 1919
15. In which year was the Indian National Congress established?
(A) 1883
(B) 1885
(C) 1891
(D) 1905
16. ‘Particulate theory of inheritance’ was proposed by:
(A) Charles Darwin.
(B) Gregor Johann Mendel
(C) Herman Muller.
(D) T.H. Morgan.
17. Which state of India experiences the maximum annual variation of rainfall?
(A) Meghalaya
(B) Kerala
(C) Rajasthan
(D) West Bengal
18. ‘mho’ is the unit of ______ of a substance.
(A) Conductance
(B) Resistivity
(C) Conductivity
(D) Resistance
19. Which of the following elements is most abundant of the earth crust?
(A) Oxygen
(B) Sulphur
(C) Silicon
(D) Carbon
20. King Shashanka’s capital was Karnasubarna. It is now known as:
(A) Pandua
(B) Bardhaman
(C) Murshidabad
(D) Dacca