1. Which one of the following is not a ferrous mineral?
(a) Iron ore
(b) Manganese
(c) Chromites
(d) Tungsten
2. Who among the following built the first Mahabodhi Temple at Bodh Gaya in Bihar?
(a) Chandragupta Maurya
(b) Ashoka
(c) Kanishka
(d) Harshavardhana
3. Who was the lyricist of the famous patriotic song “Muktir Mandiro Sopan Taley”?
(a) Gouriprasanna Majumdar
(b) Sailen Roy
(c) Mohini Chowdhury
(d) Kazi Nazrul Islam
4. Which of the following is measured by the Respirometer?
(a) Recipes taste and quality
(b) Rate of breathing
(c) Evaporation process
(d) None of the above
5. How many calories are there in a Joule?
(a) 0.24 gram
(b) 0.48 gram
(c) 0.72 gram
(d) 0.96 gram
6. Which one of the following is used as rat poison?
(a) Zinc sulphide
(b) Lead sulphide
(c) Calcium Phosphate
(d) Zinc Phosphide
7. Which among the following is most helpful in energy savings?
(a) Incandescent bulb
(b) Fluorescent tube light
(c) Compact fluorescent lamp
(d) LED bulb
8. What was the objective of the Antyodaya program?
(a) Rural Poverty Elimination
(b) Urban Poverty Elimination
(c) Help to poorest among the poor
(d) Minority Welfare
9. Where is the largest Petroleum Refinery of India situated?
(a) Visakhapatnam
(b) Mumbai
(c) Jamnagar
(d) Digboi
10. With which Movement Mahatma Gandhi entered into Indian Politics?
(a) Surat Session
(b) Champaran Movement
(c) Dandi March
(d) Civil Disobidence
11. Ahom tribe lives in which of the following states of India?
(a) Assam
(b) Andhra Pradesh
(c) Madhya Pradesh
(d) Jharkhand
12. Which of the following is India’s highest (tallest) dam?
(a) Sardar Sarovar Dam, Gujarat
(b) Hirakud Dam, Odisha
(c) Tehri Dam, Uttarakhand
(d) Bhakra Nangal Dam, Himachal Pradesh
13. What is the main constituent of the human bone?
(a) Phosphorus
(b) Calcium
(c) Zinc
(d) Iron
14. Tracoma disease is related to which of the following organs?
(a) Nose
(b) Ear
(c) Tooth
(d) Eye
15. Seeds can best be preserved in which condition?
(a) Cool and wet conditions
(b) Hot and dry conditions
(c) Cool and dry conditions
(d) Hot and wet conditions
16. Which part of coconut is edible?
(a) Endosperm
(b) Mesocarp
(c) Endocarp
(d) Exocarp
17. The Dr. Bhupen Hazarika Cricket Stadium is based in which Indian state?
(a) Andhra Pradesh
(b) Goa
(c) Assam
(d) Haryana
18. When an object is transferred from Earth to Moon ________.
(a) Its mass increases
(b) Its weight increases
(c) Its mass decreases
(d) Its mass remains unchanged
19. Which among the following is given to a player for instant energy?
(a) Carbohydrates
(b) Protein
(c) Vitamin
(d) No option is correct.
20. Who wrote Abhigyan Shakuntalam?
(a) Narayan Pandit
(b) Kalidasa
(c) Varahamihira
(d) Vishnu Sharma