1. Which of the following is the lowest place of Earth?
(a) Death Valley
(b) Caspian Sea
(c) Dead Sea
(d) Sundarban Delta
2. Where is the ‘Black Pagoda’ located?
(A) Konark
(B) Delhi
(C) Jaipur
(D) Fatehpur Sikri
3. How much time does it take for Mars to rotate on its own axis?
(a) 23.9 hours
(b) 24.6 hours
(c) 9.9 hours
(d) 10 hours
4. Who called Mahatma Gandhi ‘Indian Fakir’?
(a) Winston Churchill
(b) Clement Attlee
(c) Lord Irwin
(d) Simon
5. Who was the Mughal emperor during the Battle of Palashi?
(a) Alamgir II
(b) Siraj- ud- Daula
(c) Mirkashim
(d) Shah Alam II
6. Who founded the ‘Somapuri’ University?
(a) Kumaragupta
(b) Dharmapala
(c) Rampal
(d) Gopal
7. What is the current name of the river ‘Parushmi’ mentioned in the Rigveda?
(a) Jhelum
(b) Indas
(c) Ravi
(d) Ghaghar
8. Which of the following metals are present in Nichrome?
(a) Nickel, chromium, iron
(b) Nickel, chromium, lead
(c) Magnesium, nickel, iron
(d) Magnesium, chromium, Aluminium
9. Who discovered the ‘long radio wave’?
(a) Henri Biquiral
(b) Herschel
(c) Roentgen
(d) Marconi
10. Panchayati Raj is included in which amendment of the constitution?
(a) 52nd
(b) 73rd
(c) 93rd
(d) 94th
11. Where is Corbett National Park located?
(a) Nainital
(b) Dehradun
(c) Varanasi
(d) Lakhimpur
13. West Bengal state belongs to which postal zone?
(a) 5
(b) 6
(c) 7
(d) 8
14. Who is the creator of the character of ‘Jayant-Manik’?
(a) Shivaram Chakraborty
(b) Hemendrakumar Roy
(c) Buddhadev Guha
(d) Samaresh Majumder
15. What are the people of Belgium called?
(a) Fleming
(b) Flick
(c) Johnbull
(d) Poole
16. Karl Marx’s grave in which country?
(a) Germany
(b) England
(c) Russia
(d) France
17. Who was the political guru of Subhash Chandra Bose?
(a) M. G. Ranade
(b) Mahatma Gandhi
(c) Gopala Krishna Gokhale
(d) Chittaranjan Das
18 ‘Yellow Book’ is the official book of which country?
(a) China
(b) Portugal
(c) France
(d) Germany
19. Who was the first Indian governor general of Independent India?
(a) C. Rajagopalchari
(b) Warren Hastings
(c) Rajendra Prasad
(d) Lord William Bentinck
20. “Win Chester Cup” is associated with which sport?
(a) Hockey
(b) Rowing
(c) Polo
(d) Basketball