1. Author of the novel “Madame Bovary” is:
(a) Emil Zoal
(b) Flaubert
(c) Kafka
(d) Victor Hugo
2. When did Santiniketan grow into a University?
(a) In 1922
(b) In 1921
(c) In 1862
(d) In 1863
3. Which among the following is the largest producer of nickel in India?
(a) Karnataka
(b) Chhattisgarh
(c) Odisha
(d) Uttar Pradesh
4. Which of the following High Courts has the largest number of seats?
(a) Mumbai High Court
(b) Kolkata High Court
(c) Allahabad High Court
(d) Guwahati High Court
5. ‘Crime and Punishment’ was written by
(a) Tolstoy
(b) Dostoevsky
(c) Boris Pasternak
(d) Tomas Hardy
6. Which country will host the 2026 FIFA World Cup?
(a) Qatar
(b) Canada, USA, and Mexico
(c) France
(d) Germany
7. National Integration Day is celebrated on
(a) 30th October
(b) 19th November
(c) 25th September
(d) 29th September
8. Who was the last ruler of the Delhi Sultanate?
(a) Alauddin Alam Shah
(b) Ibrahim Lodi
(c) Bahlul Lodi
(d) Sikander Lodi
9. Where was the first World Classical Tamil Conference held ?
(a) Chennai
(b) Trichinapalli
(c) Malaysia
(d) Mammallapuram (Mahaballipuram)
10. Indian Railways plan to become Net Zero Carbon Emitter by ______.
(a) 2030
(b) 2027
(c) 2032
(d) 2025
11. Where is Baffin Island?
(a) Canada
(b) USA
(c) Australia
(d) UK
12. When did the British make English the medium of instruction in India?
(a) 1835
(b) 1834
(c) 1836
(d) 1833
13. Which country has launched its first space agency and plans to make a Mars landing by 2045?
(a) Japan
(b) South Korea
(c) India
(d) China
14. Minjar Mela is a popular fair of which of the following states?
(a) Uttrakhand
(b) Jammu & Kashmir
(c) Himachal Pradesh
(d) Punjab
15. Which state in India has the highest number of Districts?
(a) Uttar Pradesh
(b) West Bengal
(c) Maharastra
(d) Madhya Pradesh
16. Which Indian bank was fined by RBI for violating the Foreign Exchange Management Act regulations?
(a) HSBC
(b) ICICI Bank
(c) Axis Bank
(d) HDFC Bank
17. Which state’s High Court became the first to grant menstrual leave to female employees?
(a) Kerala
(b) Tamil Nadu
(c) Sikkim
(d) Karnataka
18. The Easter basket is related to which of the following religious?
(a) Islam
(b) Christianity
(c) Hinduism
(d) Sikhism
19. Court language during the Mughal Period was :
(a) Sanskrit
(b) Arabic
(c) Urdu
(d) Persian
20. Which country has started the world’s longest metro line?
(a) Australia
(b) Japan
(c) America
(d) China