1. Who prescribed the separate electorates for India on the basis of the Communal Award in August 1932?
(1) Lord Irwin
(2) Ramsay MacDonald
(3) Lord Linlithgow
(4) Winston Churchill
2. ‘Float Festival’ is one of the main festivals celebrated in
(1) Kanyakumari
(2) Madurai
(3) Kannur
(4) Puducherry
3. Halogens have _____ electrons in their outermost shells.
(1) eight
(2) seven
(3) five
(4) six
4. FORTRAN is called
(1) Formula Translator
(2) Format Translator
(3) File Translator
(4) Floppy Translator
5. Who among the following was the advisor to the Drafting Committee of Constituent Assembly?
(1) B Shiva Rao
(2) B.R Ambedkar
(3) Sachchidananda Sinha
(4) BN Rao
6. Hindi film Ayena was screened at which country’s International Mountain Film Festival?
(1) Bhutan
(2) Cuba
(3) Nepal
(4) Denmark
7. ‘A Shot At History: My Obsessive Journey to Olympic Gold’ is the autobiography of which Indian shooter?
(a) Rajyavardhan Singh Rathore
(b) Jitu Rai
(c) Abhinav Bindra
(d) Gagan Narang
8. Booker Prize is given in the field of
(1) Medicine
(2) Adventure
(3) Fiction writing
(4) Science known
9. Acute lead poisoning is also as
(1) Itai-itai
(2) Plumbism
(3) Neuralgia
(4) Byssinosis
10. The Mahabharata translated from Sanskrit to Persian in the Mughal period is known as ______.
(1) Tutinama
(2) Shahnama
(3) Razm nama
(4) Badshahnama
11. With which one of the following is the “Tennis court oath” associated?
(1) English Revolution
(2) American Revolution
(3) French Revolution
(4) Russian Revolution
12. Mopa International Airport in which state is named after Manohar Parrikar?
(1) Mizoram
(2) Goa
(3) Karnataka
(4) Jharkhand
13. Who had given the Doctrine of Lapse?
(1) Lord Cornwallis
(2) Lord Bentinck
(3) Lord Dalhousie
(4) Lord Canning
14. Who among the following is the author of the book ‘Sea of Poppies’?
(1) Amitav Ghosh
(2) Salman Rushdie
(3) Rohinton Mistry
(4) Vikram Chandra
15. Acceptable “Noise Pollution Level” In India range between:
(1) 16 -35 dec
(2) 40- 45 dec
(3) 70- 100 dec
(4) 10- 15 dec
16. Multi-purpose river valley projects are the “New temples of modern India”. The above statement is made by:
(1) Motilal Nehru
(2) Mahatma Gandhi
(3) Rajív Gandhi
(4) Jawaharlal Nehru
17. Identify the author of the book ‘The English Teacher’.
(1) Khushwant Singh
(2) Vikram Seth
(3) RK Narayan
(4) Salman Rushdie
18. Manu Bhaker, who won a gold medal recently, belongs to which game?
(1) Boxing
(2) Shooting
(3) Wrestling
(4) Archery
19. Who was not a politician?
(1) I.K. Gujral
(2) S.L. Bahuguna
(3) J. Jayalalitha
(4) H.N. Bahuguna
20. Who gave the title of “Mahamana” to Madan Mohan Malviya?
(1) Dada Bhai Naurozi
(2) Gopal Krishna Gokhale
(3) Mahatma Gandhi
(4) Bal Gangadhar Tilak