1. Siachen glacier is located near to which of the following valley?
(a) Nubra Valley
(b) Doon Valley
(c) Silent Valley
(d) Neelam Valley
2. Where is urine stored in human body?
(a) Kidneys
(b) Urinary bladder
(c) Liver
(d) Nephron
3. Potato is an example of ______.
(a) Tuber
(b) Bulb
(c) Corms
(d) Rhizome
4. Which is the second largest gland of Human body?
(a) liver
(b) pancreas
(c) large intestine
(d) Thorax
5. Who founded the ‘All India Harijan Sangh’ in 1932?
(A) Bhagat Singh
(B) Netaji Subhash Chandra Bose
(C) Jawaharlal Nehru
(D) Mahatma Gandhi
6. Which Indian revolutionary wrote the famous essay ‘Why I am an Atheist’ in 1930 in Lahore Central Jail?
(A) Jatin Das
(B) Mahatma Gandhi
(C) Bhagat Singh
(D) Lala Lajpat Rai
7. The Mullaperiyar Dam is a cause of discontent between-
(a) Maharashtra and Gujarat
(b) Tamil Nadu and Kerala
(c) Odisha and Andhra Pradesh
(d) Gujarat and Rajasthan
8. Which city is also known as ‘The Beauty capital of the World’?
(a) Venice
(b) Dubai
(c) Manchester
(d) Washington DC
9. Where is the headquarters of the World Bank?
(a) Washington
(b) London
(c) New York
(d) Paris
10. The well-known antibiotic penicillin is obtained from this plant group:
(a) Algae
(b) Fungi
(c) Lichen
(d) Angiosperm
11. Vasundhara Summit was held in:
(a) USA
(b) UK
(c) Brazil
(d) Australia
12. Which Indian state’s important river is the Baitarani River?
(a) Maharashtra
(b) Odisha
(c) West Bengal
(d) Karnataka
13. 1 nm is equivalent to –
(a) 10 Å
(b) 100 Å
(c) 10 μm
(d) .01 mm
14. _______ was the centre of the Aligarh movement.
(a) The Deoband School
(b) The Anglo-Oriental College
(c) Pir-Fakir Majlis
(d) The Khilafat Committee
15. The Morley-Minto Reform was declared in the year _____.
(a) 1907
(b) 1909
(c) 1911
(d) 1919
16. The Indian Independence Act was passed in which year?
(a) July, 1947
(b) June, 1946
(c) August, 1947
(d) August, 1946
17. Which Mission/Commission visited India in 1946?
(a) Cripps’ Mission
(b) Cabinet Mission
(c) Simon Commission
(d) Hunter Commission
18. Harappa was discovered by:
(a) R D Bannerjee
(b) Dayaram Sahni
(c) A O Hume
(d) A V Alexander
19. Which of the following statements is NOT true about vitamins?
(a) They were named by Funk.
(b) They are vital for life
(c) Their deficiency causes disease
(d) They help in digestion
20. Charvaka School foundation is laid by?
(a) Gautama
(b) Kapil Muni
(c) Kanada
(d) Brihaspati