1. ‘Bhuban Shome’ is composed by
(A) Nillohit
(B) Banaful
(C) Manik Bandyopadhyaya
(D) Ranjan
2. Yehudi Menuhin became a world famous musician by playing –
(A) Piano
(B) Violin
(C) Guitar
(D) Flute
3. For measuring flow of current, the device is used
(A) Voltmeter
(B) Galvanometer
(C) Ammeter
(D) Potentiometer
4. The author of ‘padatik’ is –
(A) Sukanta Bhattacharyay
(B) Kazi Nazrul Islam
(C) Arun Mitra
(D) Subhash Mukhopadhyay
5. The film ‘The adventures of Tintin’ is directed by –
(A) Steve Jones
(B) Steven Speilberg
(C) Collin Hanks
(D) Charlie Chaplin
6. ‘Brajeswar’ and ‘Prafulla’ are the characters from
(A) Durgeshnandini
(B) Sitaram
(C) Indira
(D) Devi Chowdhurani
7. Ascariasis spread through –
(A) Vectors
(B) Air and physical contact
(C) Contaminated food and water
(D) Droplets seen in air
8. Which Constitutional Amendment Act granted the Right to Education for all Indian citizens?
(A) 73rd
(B) 74th
(C) 86th
(D) 91st
9. Mahatma Gandhi had first started his non-violent non-cooperation movement in
(A) UK
(B) South Africa
(C) India
(D) Zimbabwe
10. Gangubai Hangal belonged to _______ gharana.
(A) Agra
(B) Gwalior
(C) Mewati
(D) Kirana
12. India’s third research station in Antarctica will be named
(A) Gangotri
(B) Maitri
(C) Bharti
(D) Alka
13. The author of “In Other Rooms, other Wonders” is
(A) Mohsin Hamid
(B) Nadeem Aslam
(C) Daniyal Mueenuddin
(D) Mohammad Hanif
14. Who founded the Indian Association in Calcutta ?
(A) W.C. Banerjee
(B) Surendranath Banerjee
(C) Subhas Chandra Bose
(D) Chittaranjan Das
15. Largest delta in the world is
(A) Ganga Delta
(B) Mississipi Delta
(C) Irrawaddy Delta
(D) Godavari Delta
16. The weight of an object :
(A) is the quantity of the matter it contains
(B) refers to its inertia
(C) is same as its mass but is expressed in different units
(D) is the force with which it is attracted towards the earth
17. World Trade Organisation was established in the year
(A) 1986
(B) 1995
(C) 2000
(D) 2005
18. What was the name of the capital of Vijaynagar kingdom?
(A) Mysore
(B) Aihole
(C) Hampi
(D) Kanchipuram
19. The Hezbollah militant group is mostly based in
(A) Palestine
(B) Syria
(C) Jordan
(D) Lebanon
20. Who was called ‘Grand Old Man’ of India ?
(A) Dadabhai Naoroji
(B) Jamshedji Tata
(C) Surendranath Banerjee
(D) C. Rajagopalachair