1. Who introduced Vernacular Press Act?
(A) Lord Dalhousie
(B) Lord Lytton
(C) Lord Wellesley
(D) Lord Curzon
2. What is the maximum length of a day on the poles?
(A) 12 hours
(B) 24 hours
(C) 3 months
(D) 6 months
3. In which state Nal Sarovar Bird Sanctuary is located?
(A) Maharashtra
(B) Gujarat
(C) Madhya Pradesh
(D) None of These
4. In which state is the Mouling National Park located?
(A) Arunachal Pradesh
(B) Maharashtra
(C) Nagaland
(D) Telangana
5. Which of the following subjects was transferred by the 42nd amendment of 1976 from the state list to the concurrent list?
(A) Health
(B) Education
(C) Irrigation
(D) All the above
6. Who among the following was India’s defence minister during the 1971 war between India and Pakistan?
(A) Yashwantrao Chavan
(B) Jagjivan Ram
(C) Indira Gandhi
(D) Swaran Singh
7. Sati’ of Hindu women was prohibited during the reign of which Mughal Emperor?
(A) Jahangir
(B) Shah Jahan
(C) Akbar
(D) Aurangzeb
8. Which among the following viceroy was associated with the Ilbert Bill controversy?
(A) Lord Curzon
(B) Lord Lytton
(C) Lord Ripon
(D) Lord Hardinge
9. CAG (Comptroller and Auditor General) of India acts as?
(A) The guardian of public finance
(B) The guardian of people’s liberties
(C) The chief legal advisor of the Government
(D) All of the above
10. The Radcliffe Line is boundary between:
(A) India and Pakistan
(B) India and China
(C) India and Myanmar
(D) India and Afganistan
11. Who has been appointed as the new Executive Director of the Reserve Bank of India?
(A) Neeraj Nigam
(B) Ajay Maken
(C) Ashok Sinha
(D) Amit Anand
12. Who of the following founded the East India Association?
(A) CR Das
(B) Dadabhai Naoroji
(C) Debendranath Tagore
(D) VD Savarkar
13. Rajrappa falls are located in which of the following state?
(A) Bihar
(B) Jharkhand
(C) Punjab
(D) Meghalaya
14. James Augustus Hickey is also known as?
(A) Father of Indian Media
(B) Father of Indian Press
(C) Father of Indian Television
(D) Pioneer of Photography in India
15. Permanent hardness of water can be removed by adding:
(A) Chlorine
(B) Washing Soda
(C) Potassium Permanganate
(D) Bleaching Powder
16. A very popular book, ‘The Naked Face’ is written by:
(A) Dominique Lapierre
(B) Larry Collins
(C) Sidney Sheldon
(D) Juan Banet
17. ‘Torr’ is a unit of:
(A) force
(B) energy
(C) power
(D) pressure
18. Who wrote the book ‘Train to Pakistan’?
(A) Mulk Raj Anand
(B) Sobha Singh
(C) Ruskin Bond
(D) Khuswant Singh
19. Black Forests are found in?
(A) Rumania
(B) Germany
(C) France
(D) Spain
20. Which is the most ancient language in India?
(A) Hindi
(B) Pali
(C) Sanskrit
(D) Urdu