1. With which of the following sports is Ruia Gold Cup associated?
(a) Bridge
(b) Water polo
(c) Badminton
(d) Swimming
2. The plant known as the ‘Green Gold’ of the tribes is :
(a) Salar
(b) Dhokda
(c) Bamboo
(d) Gular
3. Shirui (Siroy) Lilly is the only terrestrial Lilly found in which of the following states of India ?
(a) Assam
(b) West Bengal
(c) Manipur
(d) Tripura
4. Which is the first country in modern history to lose all its glaciers?
(a) Denmark
(b) Venezuela
(c) Norway
(d) Greenland
5. Kakori Consipiracy Case took place in
(a) 1920
(b) 1925
(c) 1930
(d) 1935
6. Which of the following is a non-edible crop?
(a) Fiber crops
(b) Coffee
(c) Oil Seeds
(d) Sugar cane
7. Which Indian football legend has recently announced his retirement?
(a) Sunil Chhetri
(b) Vaichuing Bhutia
(c) Lalengmawia
(d) Gurpreet Singh Sandhu
8. A hard disk is an example of which type of data storage device?
(a) Primary Storage
(b) Offline Storage
(c) Tertiary Storage
(d) Secondary Storage
9. On average, how many taste buds are present in an human tongue?
(a) 2000 to 8000
(b) 50000 to 100000
(c) 1 million to 10 million
(d) More than 10 million
10. Which part of the muscular system attaches bone to bone?
(a) Tendon
(b) Cartilage
(c) Muscle
(d) Ligament
11. Who founded the Banaras Hindu University?
(a) Jawaharlal Nehru
(b) Mahatma Gandhi
(c) Madan Mohan Malviya
(d) None of these
12. Which of the following is responsible for dwarfism in humans?
(a) Thyroxine
(b) Pituitary
(c) Adrenaline
(d) Pancreas
13. Who among the following was the founder of Tata Steel Limited?
(a) Sir Dorabji Tata
(b) Sir Nowroji Tata
(c) Sir Naval Tata
(d) Sir Jamsetji Nusserwanji Tata
14. Which is the most abundant rare gases?
(a) Helium
(b) Argon
(c) Neon
(d) Nitron
15. The Western cyclonic disturbance originates over ________.
(a) Pacific Ocean
(b) Bay of Bengal
(c) Arabian Sea
(d) The Mediterranean
16. With which of the following communities is the word ‘Langar’ (community kitchen) mainly associated?
(a) Sikhism
(b) Hinduism
(c) Jainism
(d) Buddhism
17. Northern Plain is situated in the ________ of Himalayas?
(a) North
(b) South
(c) East
(d) West
18. Dumhal is a famous folk dance of which of the following states or Union Territory?
(a) Uttarakhand
(b) Chhattisgarh
(c) Madhya Pradesh
(d) Jammu and Kashmir
19. Which of the following song is mainly dedicated to the love of Radha and Krishna?
(a) Gumra
(b) Karma Naach
(c) Dhap
(d) Keisabadi
20. In classical Carnatic music, tempo is called as ________.
(a) padam
(b) gita
(c) laya
(d) achala