1. Where is the Maikal range situated ?
(a) Rajasthan
(b) Jammu and Kashmir
(c) Chhattisgarh
(d) Tamil Nadu
2. The river Sone is a tributary of which one of the following rivers ?
(a) Ganga
(b) Yamuna
(c) Narmada
(d) Mahanadi
3. Lunar eclipse occurs
(a) When moon lies between earth and sun
(b) When earth lies between sun and moon
(c) When sun lies between earth and moon (d) None of these
4. Sinkhole is a phenomenon of _______ topography.
(a) Desert
(b) Tundra
(c) Karst
(d) Plain
5. Which of the following river does not originate in Indian territory?
(a) Mahanadi
(b) Brahmaputra
(c) Satluj
(d) Ganga
6. Red soil is normally found in India in which regions?
(a) Eastern Region only
(b) Southern Region only
(c) Eastern & Southern part of the Deccan Plateau
(d) None of these
7. Strait of Gibraltar connects which of the following?
(a) Red Sea-Mediterranean Sea
(b) Red Sea-Arabian Sea
(c) Atlantic Ocean-Mediterranean Sea
(d) Mediterranean Sea-Black Sea
8. On which river is the Tehri dam built?
(a) Alakananda
(b) Bhagirathi
(c) Ganga
(d) Hooghly
9. Jog falls in Karnataka is located over which river?
(a) Kaveri
(b) Godavari
(c) Sharavati
(d) Krishna
10. 1st Chief Justice of the Supreme Court in Fort William, Calcutta that was setup in 1773 ?
(a) Sir Elijah Impey
(b) John Hyde
(c) Sir Robert Chambers
(d) None of these
11. To remove the defects of the Regulating Act, the British Prime Minister William Pitt passed which act?
(a) Charter Act of 1813
(b) Pitts India Act of 1784
(c) Company Act of 1793
(d) None of these
12. Who put an end to the Dual Government introduced in Bengal by Robert Clive?
(a) Lord Dalhousie
(b) Warren Hastings
(c) Lord William Bentinck
(d) None of these
13. Who created a permanent police force in India in 1791 and appointed a Commissioner of
Police in Calcutta?
(a) Warren Hastings
(b) Lord William Bentinck
(c) Lord Cornwallis
(d) None of these
14. The Third Anglo – Mysore War was fought between?
(a) British & Tipu Sultan
(b) French & Tipu Sultan
(c) British & Rana Sanga
(d) None of these
15. Treaty of Bassein in 1802 was signed between?
(a) British & Peshwa Baji Rao-ll
(b) British & Tipu Sultan
(c) British & Hyder Ali
(d) None of these
16. Who was the president of INC in its Lahore Session 1929?
(a) Motilal Nehru
(b) Jawaharlal Nehru
(c) C.R Das
(d) Gandhi
17. Civil Disobedience movement was started in which year?
(a) 1933
(b) 1934
(c) 1930
(d) None of these
18. 2nd round table conference was held in which year ?
(a) 1933
(b) 1934
(c) 1930
(d) 1931
19. With which pact Gandhi ji ended his hunger strike against Communal Award?
(a) Gandhi Irwin Pact
(b) Poona pact
(c) Lahore Pact
(d) None of these
20. Which Article of the Constitution abolishes untouchability?
(a) Article 42
(b) Article 15
(c) Article 14
(d) Article 17