1. Who among the following is the author of the book ‘Tabaqat-i-Nasiri’?
(a) Ziauddin Barani
(b) Minhaj-us-Siraj
(c) Amir Khusrau
(d) Al-Biruni
2. Who was the first preceptor to give ‘Bhakti’ the status of philosophy?
(a) Ramanuj
(b) Ballavacharya
(c) Sankaracharya
(d) All of them
3. The concept of ‘carbon credit’ originated from
(a) Earth Summit; Rio-de-Janeiro
(b) Kyoto Protocol
(c) Montreal protocol
(d) G-8 summit, Heiligendam
4. A disease caused by eating fish contaminated by industrial waste, containing mercury compounds, is called as
(a) osteosclerosis
(b) Hashimoto’s disease
(c) Bright’s disease
(d) Minamata disease.
5. What is the other name of Smritis?
(a) Dharma Shastra
(b) Upanishads
(c) Vedangs
(d) Vedantas
6. Which is the most hazardous metal pollutant of automobile exhaust?
(a) Iron
(b) Cadmium
(c) Lead
(d) Mercury
7. The New York Times won the Pulitzer Prize, 2021, for which work in the prestigious Public Service category?
(a) The coverage of Environmental issues
(b) The coverage of the death of George Floyd
(c) The coverage of the coronavirus pandemic
(d) The working of the government
8. Who was the author of the book My Experiment with Truth?
(a) Mahatma Gandhi
(b) Tara Ali Beg
(c) Maulana Abul Kalam azad
(d) Govind Vallabh Pant
9. The author of ‘Kadambari’ was
(a) Kshemendra
(b) Kalhana
(c) Bhababhuti
(d) Banabhatta
10. In which year the ‘Gangetic River Dolphin’ was declared as the National Aquatic Animal of India?
(a) In 1990
(b) In 2000
(c) In 2003
(d) In 2009
11. Who was the first president of China?
(a) Sun Yat-sen
(b) Mao zedong
(c) Yuan Shikai
(d) Tan Yankai
12. A mammal that lays eggs:
(a) Talpa
(b) Echidna
(c) Pteropus
(d)Lemur
13. Rana Pratap belonged to the Rajput dynasty of-
(a) Kachwa
(b) Sisodiya
(c) Solanki
(d)Paramara
14. Who said ‘Swaraj is my birthright’?
(a) Bhagat Singh
(b) Dadabhai Naroji
(c) Bal Gangadhar Tilak
(d) Netaji Subhash Chandra Bose
15. With which revolt names of Sidhu and Kanhu are associated?
(a) Santhal
(b) Chakma
(c) Khasi
(d)Indigo
16. The first citizen of the Republic of India is-
(a) the Chief Justice of the Supreme Court.
(b) the President of India.
(c) the Prime Minister of India.
(d)the Speaker of the Lok Sabha.
17. ‘Law and Order’ is included in the-
(a) Concurrent List
(b) State List
(c) Union List
(d)None of the above
18. AGMARK is related to-
(a) Industry
(b) the Indian Railways
(c) agriculture goods
(d)agricultural finance
19. The custom of ‘Sati’ was banned through legislation in the year-
(a) 1795
(b) 1800
(c) 1829
(d)1858
20. World Development Report is issued by-
(a) IMF
(b) World Bank
(c) WHO
(d)UNDP