1. Who among the following attacked the Somnath temple?
(A) Itutmish
(B) Qutubuddin Aibak
(C) Mahmud of Ghani
(D) Muhammad Ghori
2. Sankha Ghosh, who died recently is associated with which field?
(A) Cricket
(B) Poetry
(C) Dance
(D) Business
3. Portuguese navigator who succeeded in crossing the Cape of Storms and renamed it as “Cape of Good Hope” was
(A) Vasco da Gama
(B) Francisco de Almeida
(C) Afonso de Albuquerque
(D) Bartholomew Diaz
4. Who founded the Servants of India Society?
(A) Gopal Krishna Gokhale
(B) Surendranath Banerjee
(C) Bal Gangadhar Tilak
(D) V. O Chidambaram Pillai
5. The Nalanda University was founded by
(A) Samudra Gupta
(B) Chandra Gupta
(C) Harsha Vardhana
(D) Kumara Gupta
6. Novelist, Mr Salman Rushdie was awarded “Kinghthood” by
(A) Mr Gordon Brown
(B) Mrs. Margaret Thatcher
(C) Queen Elizabeth II
(D) Prince Charles
7. Who served as India’s first ambassador to the Soviet Union?
(A) Vijaya Lakshmi Pandit
(B) Prof Mahalanobis
(C) KM Panikkar
(D) V K Kirshana Menon
8. Which of the following statements is not correct about Sunder Lal Bahuguna?
(A) He started the ‘Chipko Andolan’ to create awarness about deforestation
(B) He was elected to the Lok Sabha from Uttarkashi in Uttarakhand
(C) He is an eminent enviornmentalist
(D) He started Padma Bhushan in 2009
9. Which of the following days is observed as “World Ozone Day” ?
(A) 16 September
(B) 16 October
(C) 10 August
(D) 19 January
10. The first animal carried in a space-ship is:
(A) Laika (Dog)
(B) Able (Monkey)
(C) Jimmy (Rabbit)
(D) Bony (Squirrel)
11. Which Amendment Act introduced changes in the Preamble to the Indian Constitution?
(A) The 3rd Amendment Act, 1975
(B) The 40th Amendment Act, 1976
(C) The 42nd Amendment Act, 1976
(D) The 4th Amendment Act, 1979
12. Which of the following books not written by Nirad C. Chaudhury?
(A) A Passage to India
(B) A Passage to England
(C) Scholar Extraordinary
(D) The Continent of Circe
13. Farenheit 9/11 was directed by
(A) Tony Gatill
(B) David Leeson
(C) Michael Moore
(D) Peter Jackson
14. What is the National game of Bhutan?
(A) Archery
(B) Mountaineering
(C) Skiing
(D) Football
15. In which Amendment, the words ‘Socialist’, Secular’ and ‘Unity and Integrity of the Nation wereadded to the Premable of constitution of India?
(A) 42nd
(B) 44th
(C) 52nd
(D) None of them
16. At the time of enactment of the Constitution, which one of the following ideals was not included in the preamble?
(A) Liberty
(B) Equality
(C) Socialist
(D) Justice
17. Ashoka invasion of Kalinga resulted in:-
(A) Victory to the policy of wars and territorial conquests
(B) Development of peace and non-violence as state policy
(C) Wealth and prosperity of Maurya Empire
(D) Peaceful relations with Kalinga
18. Which of the following rulers belonged to the slave dynasty?
(A) Akbar
(B) Ahmad Shah Abdali
(C) Iltutmish
(D) Humayun
19. The title of ‘Viceroy’ was added to the office for the first time in:-
(A) 1858
(B) 1856
(C) 1892
(D) 1828
20. The local ruler whom Vasco Da Gama met on his arrival at Calicut in May 1498 is:-
(A) Siraj
(B) Zamorin
(C) Rajendran Nayar
(D) Bhagwanlal