1. 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
2. Which among the following is most helpful in energy savings?
(a) Incandescent bulb
(b) Fluorescent tube light
(c) Compact fluorescent lamp
(d) LED bulb
3. What is needed to manufacture I.C chips for computer?
(a) Silicon
(b) Zinc
(c) Chromium
(d) Gold
4. The driest place in India is____.
(a) Leh
(b) Barmer
(c) Jaisalmer
(d) Bikaner
5. Alcoholic fermentation is brought by __________.
(a) Mushrooms
(b) Amoeba
(c) Fungus
(d) Yeast
6. Mistral is a ______
(a) Dry local wind
(b) Warm dry local wind
(c) Hot dry local wind
(d) warm moist local wind
7. Which of the following gases is known as laughing gas?
(a) Nitrogen
(b) Nitrogen monoxide
(c) Nitrous oxide
(d) Nitrogen dioxide
8. Nitin Thimmaiah is related to which sport?
(a) Table Tennis
(b) Boxing
(c) Cricket
(d) Hockey
9. Name the king whose achievements were described in Nanaghat inscription.
(a) Satakarni I
(b) Gautamiputra Satakarni
(c) Vashishta Putra Pulamayi
(d) Yajnasri Satakarni
10. Two bones are connected to each other by a connective tissue called _______.
(a) Tendon
(b) Ligament
(c) Neuron
(d) Adipose
11. The Great Barrier Reef is located in the_______.
(a) Pacific Ocean
(b) Indian Ocean
(c) Mediterranean Sea
(d) Atlantic Ocean
12. Which of the following cloth will readily catch fire?
(a) Pure silk cloth
(b) Polyester cloth
(c) Acrylic cloth
(d) Nylon cloth
13. Sambhar Lake is situated in _______.
(a) MP
(b) Bihar
(c) Gujarat
(d) Rajasthan
14. Who among the following historians has written the book entitled ‘The wonder that was India’?
(a) A. L. Basham
(b) Alison Bashford
(c) R. C. Majumder
(d) Satish Chandra
15. Which one among the following is the main ingredient in cement?
(a) Gypsum
(b) Limestone
(c) Clay
(d) Ash
16. Which is the largest non-polar desert in the World?
(a)Kalahari
(b) Gobi
(c) Sahara
(d) Great Australian
17. Where has the world’s largest ‘Igloo cafe’ opened recently?
(a) Ladakh
(b) Jammu and Kashmir
(c) None of these
(d) Himachal Pradesh
18. Kimono is a dress style of which Asian Country?
(a) Korea
(b) Laos
(c) China
(d) Japan
19. In a magnifying glass ______ lens is used.
(a) Convex
(b) Concave
(c) Plano concave
(d) Plano convex
20. In West Bengal rail wagons are manufactured at –
(a) Liluah, Kanchrapara and Dum Dum
(b) Hindmotor, Kanchrapara and Durgapur
(c) Chittaranjan, Hindmotor and Durgapur
(d) Kharagpur, Chittaranjan and Dum Dum