1. Which of the following is the first large-scale iron and steel plants in India?
(a) Bhilai Steel Plant
(b) Bokaro Steel Plant
(c) Rourkela Steel Plant
(d) TISCO
2. The first airport powered by solar energy was
(a) Bangalore
(b) Cochin
(c) London
(d) Frankfurt
3. Which one of these is the parent company of Google?
(a) Calico
(b) GV
(c) Alphabet Inc.
(d) Nest Labs
4. What is meant by Epigraphy?
(a) Study of inscriptions
(b) Study of skeletons
(c) Study of maps
(d) Study of coins
5. Which is the largest island in the Mediterranean Sea?
(a) Sicily
(b) Malta
(c) Crete
(d) Valetta
6. Who was the first woman President of the Indian National Congress?
(a) Annie Besant
(b) Vijaya laxmi Pandit
(c) Sarojini Naidu
(d) Aruna Asaf Ali
7. Who is the writer of the book ‘India Divided’?
(a) Mulkraj Anand
(b) Chaudhry Khaleequzaman
(c) Khushwant singh
(d) Rajendra Prasad
8. When was the ‘Calcutta Cricket and Football Club’ (CC & FC) established?
(a) 1678 AD
(b) 1834 AD
(c) 1800 AD
(d) 1792 AD
9. How many islands are there in Lakshadweep?
(a) 47
(b) 17
(c) 27
(d) 36
10. Who was the first General Secretary of the United Nations?
(a) Kurt Waldheim
(b) Dag Hammarskjold
(c) U Thant
(d) Trygve Lie
11. How many official languages of the United Nations are there?
(a) 5
(b) 6
(c) 7
(d) 4
12. Which of the following is an example of non-volatile memory ?
(a) Large Scale Integration (LSI)
(b) Random Access Memory (RAM)
(c) Very Large Scale Integration (VLSI)
(d) Read Only Memory (ROM)
13. What is the process of seeping of water into the ground called?
(a) Infiltration
(b) Filtration
(c) Percolation
(d) Sedimentation
14. The Mid-Day Meal scheme comes under the purview of which ministry?
(a) Ministry of Education
(b) Ministry of Women and Child Development
(c) Ministry of Social Justice and Empowerment
(d) Ministry of Health and Family Welfare
15. The Blue Revolution in India is related to ________
(a) Jute production
(b) Indigo production
(c) Agriculture
(d) Fish production
16. Who laid the foundation of Amritsar City?
(a) Guru Arjan Dev
(b) Guru Ram Das
(c) Guru Nanak
(d) Guru Gobind Singh
17. Where is the Central AGMARK Laboratory situated?
(a) Pune
(b) Bengaluru
(c) Nagpur
(d) Lucknow
18. Which Sikh Guru compiled the ‘Adi Granth’ the holy scripture of Sikhism?
(a) Guru Ram Das
(b) Guru Arjan Dev
(c) Guru Amar Das
(d) Guru Hargobind
19. Which freedom fighter died during the protests against the Simon Commission?
(a) Lala Hardayal
(b) Madan Lal Dhingra
(c) Lala Lajpat Rai
(d) Shivaram Rajguru
20. Which years’ budget was called a Black Budget in India?
(a) 1970-71
(b) 1973-74
(c) 2004-05
(d) 2013-14