1. India ranks number ____ in the list of the most populated countries in the world.
(a) 2
(b) 4
(c) 3
(d) 1
2. How many Indian states shares its border with Bangladesh?
(a) Six
(b) Five
(c) Four
(d) Three
3. Name the first ever female prime minister in the world.
(a) Golda Meir
(b) Indira Gandhi
(c) Sirimavo Bandaranaike
(d) Elisabeth Domitien
4. Which is the longest railway tunnel in India?
(a) Natuwadi Tunnel
(b) Pir Panjal Tunnel
(c) Karbude Tunnel
(d) Berdewadi Tunnel
5. The colours of stars depend on their _______.
(a) Temperature
(b) Distance
(c) Radius
(d) Atmospheric pressure
6. Who is the author of the book ‘Making India Awesome’ ?
(a) Arundhati Roy
(b) Kailash Satyarthi
(c) Sachin Garg
(d) Chetan Bhagat
7. The alkoloid naturally found in coffee, cocoa and kola nut is –
(a) Cocaine
(b) Morphine
(c) Tannin
(d) Caffeine
8. Which State is the largest producer of pulses in India?
(a) Bihar
(b) Rajasthan
(c) Madhya Pradesh
(d) Maharashtra
9. ‘Barr body’ is found in :
(a) Sperm
(b) Sertoli cells
(c) Female somatic cells
(d) Male somatic cells
10. When is National Mathematics Day celebrated every year in India?
(a) 22 December
(b) 22 November
(c) 21 March
(d) 21 January
11. What is the old name of Singapore?
(a) Temasek
(b) Myanmar
(c) Ceylon
(d) Bohemia
12. The acid present in the red ants is :
(a) Ascetic acid
(b) Butyric acid
(c) Caproic acid
(d) Formic acid
13. What is the basic concept of Montessori education?
(a) Discovery by travel
(b) Dreaming
(c) Communication
(d) Self-discovery through experiment
14. The name of our planet earth originated from which language?
(a) Greek
(b) Roman
(c) English
(d) Sanskrit
15. Which state in India has the highest coal reserves?
(a) Chhattisgarh
(b) Orissa
(c) West Bengal
(d) Jharkhand
16. A compact disc (CD) is a data storage system of the type –
(a) Magnetic
(b) Optical
(c) Electrical
(d) Electromechanical
17. Which one of the following is known as Srinagar’s Jewel?
(a) Dal Lake
(b) Pulicat Lake
(c) Wular Lake
(d) Chilka lake
18. Who is the first tribal President of India?
(a) Pratibha Patil
(b) A.P.J. Abdul Kalam
(c) Droupadi Murmu
(d) Ram Nath Kovind
19. Who among the following is famously called ‘the Iron Lady of India’?
(a) Mary Kom
(b) Deepika Padukone
(c) Lata Mangeshkar
(d) Indira Gandhi
20. The biggest island in Indian Ocean is :
(a) Madagascar
(b) Maldives
(c) Sumatra
(d) Lakshadweep