1. Anti-tank Missile ‘Helina’ was successfully tested in –
(a) Chandipur, Orissa
(b) Ladakh
(c) Hyderabad, Andhra Pradesh
(d) Wheeler island, Orissa
2. Who was called the ‘Iron Man of India’?
(a) J. L. Nehru
(b) Sardar Ballavbhai Patel
(c) Mahatma Gandhi
(d) Subhas Chandra Bose
3. Rolling Plan covered the period:
(a) 1978-83
(b) 1973-78
(c) 1970-75
(d) 1980-85
4. People of the Sundarbans derives livelihood basically from-
(a) Rain-fed monocropping
(b) Tourism
(c) Fishing
(d) Construction of barrages and embankments
5. Which among the following books were not written by Rabindranath Tagore?
(a) The Post Office
(b) Gardener
(c) Magic Seeds
(d) Gora
6. An important port in the time of Satavahanas was
(a) Sopara
(b) Tamralipta
(c) Calicut
(d) Cochin
7. ‘Saddle Peak’ the highest peak of Andaman and Nicobar Islands is located in ___.
(a) Great Nicobar
(b) Middle Andaman
(c) Little Andaman
(d) North Andaman
8. Somasila Dam is located in which Indian State?
(a) Madhya Pradesh
(b) Karnataka
(c) Andhra Pradesh
(d) Maharashtra
9. Who was the author of “Pather Dabi” ?
(a) Rabindranath Tagore
(b) Sarat Chandra Chattopadhyay
(c) Satinath Bhaduri
(d) Tarasankar Bandopadhyay
10. Haldia is a centre for
(a) Petro-Chemical Industries
(b) Deep sea fishing
(c) Iron & Steel Industries
(d) Engineering industries
11. The President of World Bank is:
(a) Jim You King
(b) Ajay Banga
(c) Prema Cariappa
(d) Vijay L. Kelkar
12. Vulcanisation is the process of heating rubber with 3 – 5 % of
(a) Sulphur
(b) Lime
(c) Potassium permanganate
(d) Naphthalene
13. Rainfall in West Bengal occurs due to summer monsoon by:
(a) Arabian sea current
(b) Bay of Bengal current
(c) Retreating monsoon
(d) Western Disturbances
14. The gastric glands in the stomach produce an enzyme
(a) Insulin
(b) Ptyalin
(c) Pepsin
(d) Trypsin
15. In India when population of an urban settlement crosses 100,000 it is called
(a) Town
(b) City
(c) Metropolis
(d) Megalopolis
16. Which of the following Indian States that Akbar could not annex ?
(a) Kashmir
(b) Bengal
(c) Bihar
(d) Assam
17. Who caused to build Qutb Minar in Delhi ?
(a) Qutbuddin Aibak
(b) Iltutmish
(c) Balban
(d) Alauddin Khilji
18. Among West Bengal’s districts, the lowest human development index is recorded for
(a) Malda
(b) Purulia
(c) Murshidabad
(d) Birbhum
19. Who discovered radium?
(a) Abdus Salam
(b) Alexander Fleming
(c) Ronald Ross
(d) Marie Curie & Pierre
20. The dockyard was found in which of the following sites of Indus valley civilization?
(a) Chanhudaro
(b) Lothal
(c) Kalibangan
(d) Banawali