1. Disinvestment in Public Sector is called
(A) Liberalisation
(B) Globalisation
(C) Industrialisation
(D) Privatisation
2. The author of the famous biographical writing, ‘The Diary of a Young Girl’, Anne Frank belonged to which nationality?
(A) Polish
(B) Dutch
(C) Australian
(D) German
3. Which river enters India from Numcha Barwa?
(A) Ganga
(B) Yamuna
(C) Brahmaputra
(D) Jalangi
4. Who is the current Number One player in Men’s Lawn Tennis?
(A) Rodger Federer
(B) Novak Djokovic
(C) Rafael Nadal
(D) Alexander Zverev
5. Which musical instrument of Central Asia esembles Indian instrument Sarod?
(A) Sitor
(B) Rubab
(C) Ghijak
(D) Changh
6. From which part of Myanmar do the Rohingyas originally belong to?
(A) Rakhine
(B) Kachin
(C) Chin
(D) Arakan
7. Solar energy is due to
(A) Chemical reaction
(B) Combustion reaction
(C) Nuclear fission reaction
(D) Nuclear fusion reaction
8. In stainless steel, iron is mixed with
(A) Ni and Cr
(B) Cu and Cr
(C) Ni and Cu
(D) Cu and Zn
9. ‘Toba Tek Singh’ is a story about which historic reality?
(A) Partition
(B) Revolt of 1857
(C) Non-cooperation movement
(D) Revolutionary movement
10. Which state is set to conduct a dedicated state-level Adalat for LGBT community?
(A) Telengana
(B) Kerala
(C) Gujarat
(D) Maharashtra
11. Electrical wires are coated with an insulating material. Generally, the material used is
(A) Sulfur
(B) Graphite
(C) PVC
(D) All of the above
12. Gotipua dance is from which province of India?
(A) Odisha
(B) Maharashtra
(C) Kerala
(D) Andhra Pradesh
13. Which novel of Amithabh Ghosh is written about Burma?
(A) Shadow Lines
(B) Glass Palace
(C) Hungry Tides
(D) Countdown
14. Which one of the following is the ultimate evil character in ‘Harry Potter’ series?
(A) Dudley Dursley
(B) Lord Voldemort
(C) Severus Snape
(D) None of them
15. Which one of the following pairs of water bodies are connected by the Suez Canal?
(A) Indian Ocean- Pacific Ocean
(B) Mediterranean sea- Black Sea
(C) Mediterranean Sea-Red Sea
(D) Atlantic Ocean- Pacific Ocea
16. The Moplah rebellion of 1921 broke out in
(A) Assam
(B) Kerala
(C) Punjab
(D) Bengal
17. Who among these intelligence agents was popularly known as “The Black Tiger” ?
(A) Saraswathi Rajamani
(B) Kashmir Singh
(C) Mohanlal Bhaskar
(D) Ravindra Kaushik
18. Dasht-e-Margo, also known as ‘Desert of Death’ is related to which country?
(A) Saudi Arabia
(B) Kazakhstan
(C) Iraq
(D) Afghanistan
19. Which following artist had taken the responsibility of designing the lay out of the first Indian Constitution?
(A) Jamini Roy
(B) Nandalal Bose
(C) Amrita Shergil
(D) Ganesh Pyne
20. Number of spinal nerves in human are
(A) 11 pairs
(B) 27 pairs
(C) 32 pairs
(D) 31 pairs