1. What is not a mixture?
(a) Water
(b) Air
(c) Soil
(d) Chalk
2. Trinitrotoluene is used as?
(a) a preservative
(b) a fertiliser
(c) a fuel
(d) an explosive
3. DRDL stands for_______.
(a) Defence Research and Development Laboratary
(b) Differential Research and Documentation Laboratary
(c) Department of Research and Development Laboratory
(d) None of the above
4. The gate way of Sunderban is:
(a) Gosaba
(b) Canning
(c) Hiron Point
(d) Basirhat
5. Where is the Arakan Yoma (a range of the Himalaya) located?
(a) Baluchistan
(b) Myanmar
(c) Nepal
(d) Thailand
6. Red blood cells are formed in the _________.
(a) Bone marrow
(b) Heart
(c) Kidney
(d) None of the above
7. The highest peak in India, K2 is also known as
(a) Karakoram
(b) Kashmir
(c) Godwin Austin
(d) Kenneth
8. Which of the following ruler was known as “Amitraghata”?
নিচের কোন শাসক “Amitraghata “নামে পরিচিত ছিলেন?
(a) Chandragupta Maurya
(b) Kanishka
(c) Bindusara
(d) Samudragupta
9. Which one of the following is the only riverine major port in India?
(a) Mormugao
(b) Deendayal
(c) Kolkata
(d) Paradip
10. In which year did Emperor Akbar build the Buland Darwaja?
(a) 1502
(b) 1526
(c) 1534
(d) 1575
11. Who introduced the Duh-Aspah Sih-Aspah system?
(a) Shah Jahan
(b) Akbar
(c) Jahangir
(d) Aurangzeb
12. Which is capital of Shatavahanas?
(a) Pratishthana
(b) Manyakheda
(c) Pataliputra
(d) Rajagriha
13. Who introduced the permanent settlement in India?
(a) Warren Hastings
(b) Lord Wellesley
(c) Lord Cornwallis
(d) Robert Clive
14. ___________ metal was not known to the Indus Valley people.
(a) Tin
(b) Iron
(c) Copper
(d) Silver
15. Who among the following rulers had embraced Jainism?
(A) Chandragupta Maurya
(B) Bindusara
(C) Ajatashatru
(D) Pulakesin
16. Which is known as book of Melody?
(a) Rigveda
(b) Samveda
(c) Atharvaveda
(d) Yajurveda
17. Krishnadevaraya maintained friendly relations with the
(a) French
(b) British
(c) Protuguese
(d) Dutch
18. Chandan ranges is located in which state?
(a) Madhya Pradesh
(b) Rajasthan
(c) Haryana
(d) Punjab
19. Ribosomes are sites for:
(a) Protein synthesis
(b) Photosynthesis
(c) Fat synthesis
(d) Respiration
20. India covers _______ of earth’s land area. (Approximate)
(a) 2.8%
(b) 2.4%
(c) 2.0%
(d) 3.2%