1. The famous physician during Buddha’s time was-
(a) Kautilya
(b) nachiketa
(c) Charaka
(d) Jivaka
2. How many times a state of emergency has been declared in India since independence?
(a) Thrice
(b) Once
(c) Twice
(d) Four Times
3. Who among the following contributed the book entitled “Savitri : A Legend and a Symbol”?
(a) Mahatma Gandhi
(b) Savitribai Phule
(c) Sri Aurobindo
(d) Swami Vivekananda
4. Which of the following glands secretes the hormone that regulates physical growth in humans?
(a) Thymus
(b) Pituitary
(c) Parathyroid
(d) Adrenal
5. What is a bacteriophage?
(a) A virus
(b) A bacterium growing in artificial nutrient medium
(c) A fungus causing disease
(d) A phagocytic protozoa
6. By which Act, Burma had been separated from India?
(a) 1909 Act
(b) 1919 Act
(c) 1935 Act
(d) 1947 Act
7. Which of the following is the capital city of Egypt?
(a) Cairo
(b) San Salvador
(c) Berlin
(d) Havana
8. If ice floating on water in a vessel melts, the water level in the vessel ___.
(a) Increases
(b) does not change
(c) first increases before decreasing
(d) decreases
9. Who wrote ‘Bantul the Great’ comic series?
(a) Narayan Debnath
(b) Shibram Chakraborty
(c) Samaresh Majumdar
(d) Sunil Gangopadhyay
10. The author of world famous Harry Potter series is
(a) Arundhati Roy
(b) J K Rowling
(c) Taslima Nasrin
(d) Salman Rushdie
11. Which of the following is used for the preparation of dynamite?
(a) Methyl alcohol
(b) Iron oxide
(c) Nitroglycerol
(d) Copper sulphate
12. Which among the following types of trees is also called as sun-loving plants?
(a) Xerophytes
(b) Heliophytes
(c) Saprophytes
(d) Halophytes
13. Who amongst the following invented ‘chronometer’?
(a) John Harrison
(b) William Harvey
(c) Friese Greene
(d) Robert Koch
14. What is the maximum period for which the Vice President can act as the President in case of a vacancy in the president’s office?
(a) 3 months
(b) 6 months
(c) 1 year
(d) 2 years
15. ‘Caliber’ is related to which sport?
(a) Shooting
(b) Cycling
(c) Baseball
(d) Golf
16. In coastal areas, during the night, wind blows from land to sea because:
(a) low pressure is created on land
(b) land cools slower than water
(c) water cools slower than land
(d) high pressure is created at sea
17. Who has authored the book ‘The People’s Maharaja’ based on the life of Amarinder Singh?
(a) Venkaiah Naidu
(b) Khushwant Singh
(c) Ram Kamal Mukherjee
(d) Shri Vijay Kumar
18. A parachute works on the basis of
(a) Up thrust of air
(b) Vertical Movement of air
(c) Horizontal movement of air
(d) Widen surface area
19. Which of the following is a distributary of the Ganga?
(a) Yamuna
(b) Sone
(c) Chambal
(d) Hugli
20. What is the unit of work done?
(a) Watt
(b) Decibel
(c) Ampere
(d) Joule