1. What was the original name of Tansen?
(a) Makaranda Pande
(b) Ramtanu Pandey
(c) Lal Kalwant
(d) Baz Bahadur
2. Which river of India is called Vridha Ganga?
(a) Krishna
(b) Godavari
(c) Kaveri
(d) Narmada
3. The crop having the largest area under irrigation in India is _______.
(a) Wheat
(b) Pulses
(c) Rice
(d) Oil seeds
4. The reason for the sweet taste of fruits is –
(a) Maltose
(b) Ribose
(c) Lactose
(d) Fructose
5. In which city is Indian Railway-Rail Coach Factory located?
(a) Bengaluru
(b) Kapurthala
(c) Chennai
(d) Chittaranjan
6. Blood pressure in human body is controlled by
(a) Adrenal gland
(b) Thyroid gland
(c) Thymus gland
(d) Corpus luteum
7. The element that helps in controlling heart rate is-
(a) Sodium
(b) Sulphur
(c) Potassium
(d) Iron
8. Who is the founder of Amul butter?
(a) Tribhuvandas Patel
(b) Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel
(c) Pestonji Edulji Dalal
(d) Naval Tata
9. Which strip of water separates India and Sri Lanka?
(a) Durand line
(b) Strait of Lombok
(c) Strait of Malacca
(d) Palk Strait
10. Who was known as the Frontier Gandhi?
(a) Abdul Gaffar Khan
(b) Mahatma Gandhi
(c) Shaukat Ali
(d) Mohammad Ali Jinnah
11. The walls of a music hall should _______.
(a) Transmit sound
(b) Absorb sound
(c) Reflect sound
(d) Amplify sound
12. The largest man-made canal in the world is
(a) Rhine Canal
(b) Panama Canal
(c) Suez Canal
(d) Grand Canal
13. Whose autobiography is titled ‘The Substance and the Shadow’?
(a) Raj Kapoor
(b) Kishore Kumar
(c) Rajesh Khanna
(d) Dilip Kumar
14. Who was the first Indian Pilot?
(a) Ardeshir Godrej
(b) JRD Tata
(c) Ghanshyam Das Birla
(d) Dada Bhai Naoroji
15. Who is the creator of the famous Bengali cartoon series ‘Nonte-Fonte’?
(a) Narayan Gangopadhyay
(b) Narayan Debnath
(c) Narayan Sanyal
(d) Narayan Shikdar
16. Petrology is the study of _____
(a) Earth
(b) Minerals
(c) Rocks
(d) Soils
17. The single acid which dissolves gold is –
(a) Nitric acid
(b) Hydrochloric acid
(c) Selenic acid
(d) Aqua Regia
18. Name a metal that is used in making airplanes?
(a) Copper
(b) Zinc
(c) Iron
(d) Aluminium
19. Which is called the “Lake District of India”?
(a) Nainital
(b) Shimla
(c) Sikkim
(d) Matheran
20. Ascariasis spread through _______
(a) Vectors
(b) Air and physical contact
(c) Contaminated food and water
(d) Droplets seen in air