1. In which State is the Guru Shikhar Peak located?
(a) Tamil Nadu
(b) Rajasthan
(c) Himachal Pradesh
(d) Andhra Pradesh
2. In which year was UNICEF founded?
(a) 1949
(b) 1948
(c) 1945
(d) 1946
3. Who invented Dynamite?
(a) John Dalton
(b) Sir Chan drasekhara Venkata Raman
(c) Alfred Nobel
(d) Otto Blathy
4. Sonai Rupai Wildlife Sanctuary is a protected area located in the state of-
(a) Himachal Pradesh
(b) Haryana
(c) J & K
(d) Assam
5. The scientific study of dreams is called ______.
(a) morphology
(b) oneirology
(c) kalology
(d) entomology
6. Who was called as Frontier Gandhi?
(a) Mahatma Gandhi
(b) Khan Abdul Ghaffar Khan
(c) C. Rajagopalachari
(d) Lala Lajpat Rai
7. In which Indian state will you find The Sumi Baptist Church?
(a) Goa
(b) Nagaland
(c) Manipur
(d) Kerala
8. In Ramanand Sagar’s TV series Ramayana who played role of Sita (1986-88)?
(a) Dipika Chikhalia
(b) Aparajita
(c) Padma Khanna
(d) Anjali Vyas
9. The most important component of glass is ______
(a) mica
(b) quartz
(c) silica
(d) sodium borate
10. The reaction of an acid and a metal gives :
(a) Hydrogen gas and salt
(b) Carbon dioxide, salt and water
(c) Salt and water
(d) Carbon dioxide, salt and hydrogen gas
11. When did Sakabda commence?
(a) 78 A.D.
(b) 78 B.C.E.
(c) 178 B.C.E.
(d) 178 A.D.
12. The leader of the Narmada Bachao Andolon is
(a) Anna Hajare
(b) Medha Patkar
(c) Ramdev
(d) Binayak Sen
13. The Sundarban is declared as ‘Ramsar site’ in
(a) 1987
(b) 1972
(c) 2018
(d) 2019
14. Which of the following is not a unit of distance?
(a) Light year
(b) Parsec
(c) Furlong
(d) Jiffy
15. ‘Dry ice’ means _____.
(a) Solid carbon dioxide
(b) Solid ammonium
(c) Solid sulphur dioxide
(d) Dry carbon dioxide Gas
16. The Central Rice Research Station is situated in ________.
(a) Chennai
(b) Cuttack
(c) Bangalore
(d) Quilon
17. What is the average lifespan of RBC (Red Blood Corpuscles)?
(a) 80 days
(b) 120 days
(c) 150 days
(d) 200 days
18. National income ignores which of the following?
(a) Sales of a Firm
(b) Salary of employees
(c) Exports of the IT sector
(d) Sale of land
19. The term Biology was coined by _________.
(a) Linnaeus
(b) Aristotle
(c) Theophrastus
(d) Lamarck
20. The Human Development Index was developed by _____ in 1990.
(a) Mahbub Khan
(b) Apara Sen
(c) Syed-ul-Haq
(d) Mahbub-ul-Haq and Amartya Sen