1. The headquarters of International Atomic Energy Agency is located in _________.
(a) Vienna
(b) London
(c) Geneva
(d) Paris
2. Port of Spain is the capital of which country?
(a) Trinidad and Tobago
(b) Canada
(c) Spain
(d) Italy
3. World Down Syndrome Day is celebrated on
(a) 21 March
(b) 21 April
(c) 20 June
(d) 20 December
4. The headquarters of Metro Railway Zone is located in ________.
(a) New Delhi
(b) Mumbai
(c) Kolkata
(d) Chennai
5. Patna is situated on the bank of which river?
(a) Yamuna
(b) Ganges
(c) Narmada
(d) Sutlej
6. Who is called the Father of Indian Navy?
(a) Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj
(b) Tipu Sultan
(c) Bajirao Peshwa II
(d) Adil Shah
7. Which is the outermost layer of the Himalayan?
(a) Shivalik Hills
(b) Greater Himalayas
(c) Lesser Himalayas
(d) Trans Himalayas
8. How many UNESCO Natural World Heritage sites are there in India?
(a) Seven
(b) Four
(c) Six
(d) More than one of the above
9. Energy currency of the cell is:
(a) AMP
(b) ADP
(c) ATP
(d) NADPH
10. What is the chemical name of Vitamin K?
(a) Phylloquinone
(b) Ascorbic acid
(c) Cholecalciferol
(d) Tocopherols
11. Janaki Prasad is associated with which Gharana of Kathak?
(a) Lucknow gharana
(b) Banaras gharana
(c) Jaipur gharana
(d) Raigarh gharana
12. The Trimbakeshwar is the origin of which of the following rivers?
(a) Mahanadi
(b) Tapti
(c) Ravi
(d) Godavari
13. The five-day long Ganga Mahotsav is celebrated in which city of Uttar Pradesh?
(a) Varanasi
(b) Lucknow
(c) Noida
(d) Kanpur
14. Who was the first president of ‘British Indian Association’?
(a) Surendra Nath Banerjee
(b) Gopal Krishna Gokhale
(c) Radha Kant Dev
(d) Anand Mohan Bose
15. ‘Mina’ people are found in which state?
(a) Maharashtra
(b) Jharkhand
(c) Rajasthan
(d) Kerala
16. Who is the director of the movie ‘ Pratidwandi’ ?
(a) Tapan Singh
(b) Aparna Sen
(c) Satyajit Roy
(d) Rituparn
17. What is the velocity of sound in air?
(a) 332 m/sec
(b) 232 m/sec
(c) 110 m/sec
(d) 220 m/sec
18. ‘Nautanki’ is the folk dance of which state?
(a) Uttar Pradesh
(b) Maharashtra
(c) Tamil Nadu
(d) Gujarat
19. Who appoints central ministers?
(a) President
(b) Chief Justice of Supreme Court
(c) Speaker of Lok Sabha
(d) Prime Minister
20. Pneumatophore is an example of
(a) modified stem
(b) modified root
(c) modified leaf
(d) modified fruit