1. Which of the following festival is celebrated in Telangana only?
(A) Pongal
(B) Ugadi
(C) Bonalu
(D) Onam
2. What is the national flower of Bangladesh?
(A) Red Rose
(B) White Jasmine
(C) Shapla
(D) Shapla (Water Lily)
3. What is the real name of the famous writer Shankar?
(A) Kamal Bose
(B) Nikhil Sarkar
(C) Tarashankar Banerjee
(D) Mani Shankar Mukherjee
4. The village, Phanigiri is famous for –
(A) Shiva Temple
(B) Sri Rama Temple
(C) Buddhist Monument
(D) Jain Temple
5. National Voters Day is celebrated on _________.
(A) 15th January
(B) 25th January
(C) 15th February
(D) 25th February
6. Pulitzer prize is given in the field of ______.
(A) Journalism
(B) Sports
(C) Medicine
(D) None of these
7. Which country is called “Land of Cakes”?
(A) New York
(B) England
(C) Vatican City
(D) Scotland
8. Which one of the following rivers is the second longest river of the world ?
(A) Nile
(B) Amazon
(C) Mississippi – Missouri
(D) Yangtze
9. Which of the following ports of India is an open sea port?
(A) Haldia
(B) Mumbai
(C) Chennai
(D) Visakhapatnam
10. What is the name of the excretory organ of tapeworm?
(A) Green gland
(B) Skeletal gland
(C) Nephridia
(D) Flame Cells
11. What ocean lies between North America and Europe?
(A) Quiet
(B) Atlantic
(C) Indian
(D) Arctic
12. Who was the first recipient of Jnanpith Award?
(A) Amitav Ghosh
(B) Mahadevi Verma
(C) Krishna Sobti
(D) G. Sankara Kurup
13. Which vitamin is called P. P. (Pelegra Preventive) Factor?
(A) Riboflavin
(B) Pyridoxine
(C) Niacin
(D) Thiamine
14. The Great Victorian Desert is located at –
(A) Australia
(B) India
(C) Egypt
(D) North Africa
15. The red blood cells contain a red coloured pigment called –
(A) Haemoglobin
(B) Anthocyanin
(C) Chlorophyll
(D) Plasma
16. Which light colour promotes the greatest amount of photosynthesis?
(A) Yellow light
(B) White light
(C) Red light
(D) Green light
17. Pituitary gland is located under which organ?
(A) Brain
(B) Pancreas
(C) Liver
(D) Kidney
18. In which state was the world’s first Om-shaped temple inaugurated?
(A) Uttar Pradesh
(B) Maharashtra
(C) Karnataka
(D) Rajasthan
19. What chemical element is used to cool and freeze food?
(A) Sodium
(B) Hydrogen
(C) Oxygen
(D) Nitrogen
20. Name the bacteria responsible for dysentery.
(A) Shigella
(B) Vibrio cholerae
(C) Streptococcus pyogenes bacteria
(D) Mycobacterium tuberculosis