1. What is the minimum age requirement for Rajya Sabha membership?
(a) 25 years
(b) 30 years
(c) 35 years
(d) 40 years
2. Which state of India has the largest number of scheduled caste people?
(a) Assam
(b) West Bengal
(c) Uttar Pradesh
(d) Bihar
3. Who appoints the governor?
(a) Chief Minister
(b) President
(c) Vice President
(d) Prime Minister
4. What is the name of the largest satellite of Saturn?
(a) Timos
(b) Titan
(c) Phoebus
(d) None of these
5. What is the maximum gap between two parliamentary sessions?
(a) four months
(b) three months
(c) six months
(d) six weeks
6. The study of blood is called—
(a) Hematology
(b) Neurology
(c) Urology
(d) None of these
7. In which language, kabir wrote his famous ‘Doha’?
(a) Sanskrit
(b) Hindi
(c) Urdu
(d) None of the above
8. What is the use of the frog’s parotid gland?
(a) To defend
(b) To jump
(c) To collect food
(d) To move
9. The Battle of Chausa was fought between _____.
(a) Humayun and Sher Shah Suri
(b) Babur and Rana Sunga
(c) Akbar and Hemu
(d) Mohammad Ghori and Prithviraj Chauhan
10. The members of the State Public Service Commission are appointed by the
(A) Chief Minister
(B) Chief Justice
(C) Governor
(D) Vice-President
11. Where is the headquarters of Oil and Natural Gas Commission?
(A) Dehradun
(B) Vadodara
(C) Digboi
(D) Mumbai
12. In Shivaji’s Council of Ministers, the Prime Minister was called ________.
(A) Peshwa
(B) Sachiv
(C) Mantri
(D) Sumanta
13. Which one of the following wives of Shivaji became Sati ?
(A) Soyrabai
(B) Sakawarbai
(C) Puttabai
(D) None of these
14. Who has been appointed as India’s next Ambassador to Russia?
(A) Narendra Singh
(B) Rahul Sharma
(C) Vinay Kumar
(D) Sanjeev Gupta
15. Jawahar Rozgar Yojana (JRY) was started with effect from_______.
(A) April, 1, 1977
(B) April, 1, 1998
(C) April, 1, 2012
(D) April, 1, 1989
16. At present, how many countries are the members of the International Monetary Fund [IMF]?
(A) 188
(B) 189
(C) 187
(D) 190
17. Which city is known as ‘Electronic City of India’?
(A) Mumbai
(B) Hyderabad
(C) Guragon
(D) Bangalore
18. Ustad Mansur was a famous painter under which Mugal king?
(A) Shajahan
(B) Jahangir
(C) Humayun
(D) Akbar
19. Bhopal Gas Tragedy was caused due to the leakage of :
(A) Methyl Isocynate
(B) Nitrogen dioxide
(C) Sulphur dioxide
(D) Carbon monoxide
20. The members of Parliament can express themselves in the House in
(A) English only
(B) Hindi only
(C) English or Hindi
(D) English, Hindi or mother tongue