1. An important port in the time of Satavahanas was
(a) Sopara
(b) Tamralipta
(c) Calicut
(d) Cochin
2. ‘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
3. Somasila Dam is located in which Indian State?
(a) Madhya Pradesh
(b) Karnataka
(c) Andhra Pradesh
(d) Maharashtra
4. Who was the author of “Pather Dabi” ?
(a) Rabindranath Tagore
(b) Sarat Chandra Chattopadhyay
(c) Satinath Bhaduri
(d) Tarasankar Bandopadhyay
5. Haldia is a centre for :
(a) Petro-Chemical Industries
(b) Deep sea fishing
(c) Iron & Steel Industries
(d) Engineering industries
6. The President of World Bank is:
(a) Jim You King
(b) Ajay Banga
(c) Prema Cariappa
(d) Vijay L. Kelkar
7. Vulcanisation is the process of heating rubber with 3 – 5 % of
(a) Sulphur
(b) Lime
(c) Potassium permanganate
(d) Naphthalene
8. 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
9. The gastric glands in the stomach produce an enzyme
(a) Insulin
(b) Ptyalin
(c) Pepsin
(d) Trypsin
10. In India when population of an urban settlement crosses 100,000 it is called
(a) Town
(b) City
(c) Metropolis
(d) Megalopolis
11. Which of the following Indian States that Akbar could not annex ?
(a) Kashmir
(b) Bengal
(c) Bihar
(d) Assam
12. Among West Bengal’s districts, the lowest human development index is recorded for
(a) Malda
(b) Purulia
(c) Murshidabad
(d) Birbhum
13. Who discovered radium?
(a) Abdus Salam
(b) Alexander Fleming
(c) Ronald Ross
(d) Marie Curie & Pierre
14. The dockyard was found in which of the following sites of Indus valley civilization?
(a) Chanhudaro
(b) Lothal
(c) Kalibangan
(d) Banawali
15. The first state to be created on Linguistic basis was
(a) Kashmir
(b) Tamilnadu
(c) Karnataka
(d) Andhra
16. Which of the following is NOT a water borne disease?
(a) Mumps
(b) Typhoid
(c) Cholera
(d) Hepatitis
17. Who is the CEO of Instagram?
(a) neil mohan
(b) Elon Musk
(c) Mark Zuckerberg
(d) Adam Mosseri
18. What is a neuron?
(a) Basic unit of energy
(b) Particle released during radioactivity
(c) The anti-particle of neutron
(d) Basic unit of nervous system
19. Ribosomes are sites for –
(a) Protein synthesis
(b) Photosynthesis
(c) Fat synthesis
(d) Respiration
20. The Indian High Commissioner to Syria?
(a) Sanjeev Jain
(b) Deepak Miglani
(c) Dr. Irshad Ahmad
(d) Neeta Bhushan