1. Which of the following is the study of vibrations within Earth?
(a) Seismology
(b) Graphology
(c) Ichthyology
(d) Selenology
2. Where is the Namib Desert located?
(a) Brazil
(b) United states
(c) Southern Africa
(d) Afghanistan
3. In which of the following Indian states the first passenger train was started?
(a) Maharashtra
(b) Tamil Nadu
(c) Uttar Pradesh
(d) West Bengal
4. ‘A Nation in Making’ a book written by _____.
(a) Vallabhbhai Patel
(b) Surendranath Banerjee
(c) M.G. Ranade
(d) G.K. Gokhale
5. Who had published first newspaper in India?
(a) Raja Ram Mohan Roy
(b) Lokmanya Tilak
(c) James Silk Buckingham
(d) James Hicky
6. Who among the following did not participate in the 1857 Revolt against the British?
(a) Tantia Tope
(b) Tipu Sultan
(c) Rani Lakshmibai
(d) Nana Saheb
7. Gadadhar Chattopadhyaya was the name of _______.
(a) Sri Aurobindo
(b) Swami Prabhupada
(c) Swami Vivekananda
(d) Ram Krishna Paramhansa
8. ______was the summer capital of British.
(a) Dalhousie
(b) Ooty
(c) Shimla
(d) Darjeeling
9. Who introduced the system of Civil Service?
(a) Lord Hardinge
(b) William Bentinck
(c) Warren Hastings
(d) Lord Dalhousie
10. What is the national motto of India?
(a) Satyamev Jayte
(b) Vande Matarm
(c) Jai Jawan Jai Kisan
(d) Jai Hind
11. Where is the Cape of Good Hope?
(a) Russia
(b) South Africa
(c) Arzentina
(d) Germani
12. Nobel Peace Prize owner Narges Mohammadiin is from which state?
(a) Iraq
(b) USA
(c) Iran
(d) Ukrain
13. Priyanka Nutakki is related to which of the following sports events?
(a) Chess
(b) Hockey
(c) Wrestling
(d) Badminton
14. Who first presented the union budget in 1947?
(a) Indira Gandhi
(b) Morarji Desai
(c) R. K. Shanmukham Chetty
(d) John Mathai
15. In which of the following oceans Republic of Seychelles is situated?
(a) Indian ocean
(b) Atlantic ocean
(c) Arctic ocean
(d) Pacific ocean
16. Which of the following factors does NOT directly affect the climate of India?
(a) Altitude
(b) Pressure and winds
(c) Snowfall in European countries
(d) Latitude
17. Which of the following states has the highest road density?
(a) Madhya Pradesh
(b) Uttar Pradesh
(c) Kerala
(d) Karnataka
18. Tomb of Sher Shah Suri is situated in ––––––.
(a) Fatehpur Sikri
(b) Delhi
(c) Sasaram
(d) Agra
19. Who designed India Gate of New Delhi?
(a) Elisabeth Lutyens
(b) Edwin Lutyens
(c) Frederick Gilbert
(d) Herbert Baker
20. Which is the capital of Vietnam ?
(a) Hanoi
(b) Bali
(c) Bangkok
(d) Port Vila