1. How many Indian states share their boundaries with Nepal?
(a) 3
(b) 4
(c) 8
(d) 5
2. Hawa Mahal is situated in which city?
(a) Jaipur
(b) Jodhpur
(c) Udaipur
(d) Alwar
3. Pheromones are generally produced by?
(a) Snakes
(b) Birds
(c) Bats
(d) Insects
4. Who is the CEO of Google?
(a) Larry Page
(b) Sergey Brin
(c) Sundar Pichai
(d) Satya Nadella
5. Which gas is used for filling electric bulbs?
(a) Neon
(b) Chlorine
(c) Halogen
(d) Argon
6. The average length of a solar cycle is :
(a) 5 years
(b) 7 years
(c) 11 years
(d) 9 years
7. The colour of light is determined by its –
(a) Amplitude
(b) Wavelength
(c) Intensity
(d) Velocity
8. Which of the following is not a vestigial organ of human?
(a) Heart
(b) Wisdom teeth
(c) Nictitating membrane of eye
(d) Vermiform appendix
9. Who wrote ‘Bantul the Great’ comic series?
(a) Narayan Debnath
(b) Shibram Chakraborty
(c) Samaresh Majumdar
(d) Sunil Gangopadhyay
10. Which one of the following insects spreads kala-azar?
(a) Tsetse fly
(b) Fruit fly
(c) Sand fly
(d) Mosquito
11. Dolly was an example of cloned ____.
(a) Dog
(b) Cow
(c) Sheep
(d) Hen
12. Demonetisation of Rs. 500 and Rs. 1000 currency notes was announced on –
(a) 8th November, 2016
(b) 1st January, 2017
(c) 15th August, 2016
(d) 31st March, 2017
13. Which of the following is capital of Cambodia?
(a) Nicosia
(b) Hanoi
(c) Phnom Penh
(d) Dili
14. Operation ‘Smiling Buddha’ is associated with :
(a) India’s first nuclear test
(b) India’s first cloned baby
(c) India’s first HYV seed
(d) India’s first GM crop
15. Who built the famous Adina Mosque in Bengal?
(a) Iliyas Shah
(b) Sikandar Shah
(c) Azam Shah
(d) Hamza Shah
16. Who is known as the Rocket Man of India?
(a) Vikram Sarabhai
(b) A P J Abdul Kalam
(c) K Sivan
(d) Rakesh Sharma
17. ‘Razmnama’ was a Persian translation of __________.
(a) Upanishad
(b) Ramayana
(c) Geeta
(d) Mahabharata
18. The famous ‘Rock Garden’ is located in which city?
(a) Jaipur
(b) Chandigarh
(c) Simla
(d) Lucknow
19. Which is the longest National Highway of India?
(a) National highway 4
(b) National highway 2
(c) National highway 6
(d) National highway 44
20. Where is the headquarters of the World Bank?
(a) Washington
(b) London
(c) New York
(d) Paris