1. ‘Aaluyattu’ is a folk-dance form from the state of ______.
(a) Goa
(b) Nagaland
(c) Kerala
(d) Haryana
2. Which planet is called the “Twin sister of Earth” ?
(a) Mercury
(b) Venus
(c) Mars
(d) Jupiter
3. The “Chitrakote waterfall” is located in-
(a) Odisha
(b) Karnataka
(c) Chhattisgarh
(d) Madhya Pradesh
4. Who was the first speaker of the Lok Sabha?
(a) K. S. Hegde
(b) Hukam Singh
(c) M. A. Ayyangar
(d) Ganesh Mavlankar
5. Planning Commission was established on –
(a) 15 March, 1950
(b) 15 March, 1952
(c) 15 Nov. 1950
(d) 15 Oct, 1952
6. The planet which has maximum number of satellites is:
(a) Saturn
(b) Venus
(c) Jupiter
(d) Mars
7. Who was the disciple of Greek philosopher Socrates?
(a) Aristotle
(b) Plato
(c) Pythagoras
(d) Thales
8. Cirrus and cumulus are types of _____.
(a) mountains
(b) clouds
(c) waves
(d) soil
9. What does BIOS stand for?
(a) Basic Internal Output System
(b) Basic Intra Operating System
(c) Basic Internal Organ System
(d) Basic Input Output System
10. Who is the author of the book ‘My Master’?
(a) Swami Vivekananda
(b) Raja Ram Mohan Roy
(c) Sri Aurobindo
(d) Rabindranath Tagore
11. Which player has become the fastest bowler in India?
(a) Jaspreet Bumrah
(b) Umran Malik
(c) Mohammed Shami
(d) Navdeep Saini
12. Who discovered sea route to India via the ‘Cape of Good Hope’?
(a) Vasco da Gama
(b) Amundsen
(c) Christopher Columbus
(d) John Cabot
13. Tsunamis are mainly produced by-
(a) Subaerial earthquakes
(b) Submarine earthquakes
(c) Cyclones
(d) Tides
14. ‘Caliber’ is related to which sport?
(a) Shooting
(b) Cycling
(c) Baseball
(d) Golf
15. The first satellite of India sent into space was
(a) Bhaskar I
(b) Rohini
(c) Aryabhatta
(d) Apple
16. Bikaner Canal is taken off from the river __
(a) Banas
(b) Chambal
(c) River Satluj
(d) Yamuna
17. Which of the following is/are fuctions of Ethylene?
(a) Fruit ripening
(b) Iso-diametric growth of stems and roots
(c) Cell division
(d) Both 1 and 2
18. Tata Power Solar started, India’s largest Floating Solar Power Project in which state?
(a) Assam
(b) Bihar
(c) Kerala
(d) Odisha
19. Which of the following is NOT an allotrope of carbon?
(a) Methane
(b) C-60 Buckminster fullerene
(c) Graphite
(d) Diamond
20. ______ is a hill pass lying in the middle of India and China.
______ ভারত ও চীনের মাঝখানে অবস্থিত একটি পাহাড়ি গিরিপথ।
(a) Bolan Pass
(b) Zoji La Pass
(c) Khyber Pass
(d) Karakoram Pass