1. Who was the first person to receive “Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna” Award?
(a) K. Malleshwari
(b) Baichung Bhutia
(c) Vishwanathan Anand
(d) Sachin Tendulkar
2. Which Indian has recently been chosen as the winner of the Time 100 poll?
(A) Virat Kohli
(B) Ranveer Singh
(C) Mahendra Singh Dhoni
(D) Shahrukh Khan
3. Which Independence Day has been celebrated in India on August 15, 2023?
(A) 73rd
(B) 77th
(C) 79th
(D) 81st
4. Besides nutrients, our body needs _____ and water.
(a) Carbohydrates
(b) Fats
(c) Proteins
(d) Dietary fibres
5. Which port is situated at the Gulf of Kutch?
(a) Jawaharlal Nehru Port
(b) Dwarka Port
(c) Okhla Port
(d) Kandla Port
6. Opium wars were fought between the British and ________.
(a) China
(b) Myanmar (Burma)
(c) Bhutan
(d) Afghanistan
7. Swami Vivekananda established Ramakrishna Mission in the year ______.
(a) 1897
(b) 1899
(c) 1882
(d) 1876
8. ‘Thullal’ is a solo satiric dance form belonging to the state of ______.
(a) Haryana
(b) Arunachal Pradesh
(c) Kerala
(d) Goa
9. Who is the author of the book ‘Hit Refresh’?
(a) Aishwarya Rai
(b) Kazi Nazrul Islam
(c) Jagmohan Bhanver
(d) Satya Nadella
10. Who wrote the book “Area of Darkness”?
(a) Vikram Seth
(b) Abul Fazal
(c) VS Naipaul
(d) SS kohli
11. Which one of the following is not a ferrous mineral?
(a) Iron ore
(b) Manganese
(c) Chromites
(d) Tungsten
12. Which one of the following sector provides highest employment in Indian economy?
(a) Industry sector
(b) Services sector
(c) Agriculture and allied activates
(d) Foreign sector
13. Which of the following chemicals is used as rodenticide?
(a) Copper sulphate
(b) Zinc sulphide
(c) Iron sulphte
(d) Zinc phosphide
14. Lucifer is another name for the planet ________.
(a) Saturn
(b) Venus
(c) Mars
(d) Jupiter
15. Who is the author of the novel ‘Tamas’?
(a) Balraj Sahni
(b) Bhishma Sahni
(c) Premchand
(d) Amrita Pritam
16. Which acid is present in eyewash?
(a) Boric Acid
(b) Malic Acid
(c) Oxalic Acid
(d) Carbonic Acid
17. In which of the following Indian states will you find the Buxa Fort?
(a) Tamil Nadu
(b) Odisha
(c) West Bengal
(d) Karnataka
18. The Lena river passes through which country?
(a) China
(b) USA
(c) Russia
(d) Brazil
19. Traditional buffalo race ‘Kambala’ is related to which state?
(a) Andhra Pradesh
(b) Tamil Nadu
(c) Karnataka
(d) Kerala
20. Which player won the title of ‘Paris Masters’ in lawn tennis?
(A) Grigor Dmitriev
(B) Carlos Alcaraz
(C) Novak Djokovic
(D) Andy Murray