1. Which Indian state celebrates Makar Sankranti as ‘Poush Sankranti’?
(a) Maharashtra
(b) West Bengal
(c) Himachal Pradesh
(d) Rajasthan
2. Garba dance is a form of dance which originated in :
(a) Gujarat
(b) Uttar Pradesh
(c) Punjab
(d) Karnataka
3. The metro railway was first started in-
(a) Mumbai
(b) Kolkata
(c) Chennai
(d) New Delhi
4. Name the capital of Pakistan.
(a) Rawalpindi
(b) Islamabad
(c) Karachi
(d) Lahore
5. Sundarban is declared as ‘World Heritage Site’ for-
(a) Tiger reserve
(b) Sundari tree
(c) Mangrove forest
(d) Biodiversity
6. Which of the following states is the eastern-most state of India?
(a) Arunachal Pradesh
(b) Nagaland
(c) Manipur
(d) Mizoram
7. Which of the followings Indian state share its longest boundary with Myanmar?
(a) Manipur
(b) Nagaland
(c) Mizoram
(d) Arunachal Pradesh
8. Saffron is produced in a large scale in-
(a) Himachal Pradesh
(b) Gujarat
(c) Jammu and Kashmir
(d) Kerala
9. Hindu widow remarriage act was passed in the year _______.
(a) 1848
(b) 1860
(c) 1852
(d) 1856
10. When was the first economic census conducted in India?
(a) 1971
(b) 1972
(c) 1977
(d) 1981
11. The regulator of Micro Finance in India is ________.
(a) Finance Ministry
(b) Reserve Bank of India
(c) State Bank of India
(d) None of the above
12. ___________ is known as India’s ‘Spice Garden’.
(a) Maharashtra
(b) Rajasthan
(c) Karanataka
(d) Kerala
13. Silver Revolution is related to _________.
(a) Egg Production
(b) Milk Production
(c) Meat Production
(d) Fruits Production
14. Earth is also known as _________.
(a) Orange planet
(b) Green planet
(c) Blue planet
(d) Yellow planet
15. Malaria can be cured by administering –
(a) Streptomycin
(b) Quinine
(c) Paracetamol
(d) Penicillin
16. Who among the following was associated with widow remarriage?
(a) Ishwar Chandra Vidyasagar
(b) Jyotirao Phule
(c) E. V. Ramaswamy Naicker
(d) Shri Narayana Guru
17. Article 24 of the Indian Constitution deals with the ______.
(a) Right to Education
(b) protection of life and personal liberty
(c) prohibition of employment of children in factories
(d) prohibition of traffic in human beings and forced labour
18. Who wrote the book ‘War and Peace’?
(a) Viadimir Lenin
(b) Leo Tolstoy
(c) Karl Marx
(d) Anton Chekhov
19. Judicial review has been borrowed from the Constitution of ________.
(a) USA
(b) Ireland
(c) Switzerland
(d) Canada
20. Which is the largest populated state in India?
(a) Maharashtra
(b) Uttar Pradesh
(c) Madhya Pradesh
(d) Rajasthan