1. Tista river originates from ______
(a) Chotanagpur Plateau
(b) Amarkantak Plateau
(c) Darjeeling hills
(d) Cholamu lake
2. Jalpaiguri town is located in the bank of
(a) Tista and Karala river
(b) Tista and Jaldhaka river
(c) Jaldhaka and Raidhak river
(d) Tista and Raidhak river
3. The Battle of Haldighati was fought between ____.
(a) Maharana Pratap and Akbar
(b) Akbar and Hemu
(c) Babur and Ibrahim Lodhi
(d) Babur and Rana Sanga
4. On which date is ‘National Unity Day’ celebrated every year?
(A) 15th October
(B) 30th October
(C) 28th October
(D) 31st October
5. On which of the following river banks is Jammu situated?
(a) Mahanadi
(b) Tungabhadra
(c) Rapti
(d) Tawi
6. What is the capital of Turkey?
(a) Jerusalem
(b) Canberra
(c) Wellington
(d) Ankara
7. India became a member of the United Nations in year _________.
(a) 1945
(b) 1960
(c) 1947
(d) 1959
8. Which of the following dance Guru Kunchu Kurup is related to?
(a) Bharatnatyam
(b) Kuchipudi
(c) Kathakali
(d) Odissi
9. Where is Thattekad Bird Sanctuary located?
(a) Kerala
(b) Arunachal Pradesh
(c) Punjab
(d) Gujarat
10. Baglihar Dam is situated in which of these states/ UTs?
(a) Himachal Pradesh
(b) Uttar Pradesh
(c) Madhya Pradesh
(d) Jammu and Kashmir
11. Which of the following is Begam Akhtar associated?
(A) Vocal Music
(B) Dance
(C) Painting
(D) Writing
12. Uday Sankar is a famous______.
(A) Dancer
(B) Writer
(C) Painter
(D) Producer
13. The film ‘Three Idiots’ is based on a novel by
(A) Salman Rushdi
(B) Jhumpa Lahiri
(C) Chetan Bhagat
(D) Amitava Ghosh
14. River Banas is a tributary of the ______ river.
(a) Indus
(b) Chambal
(c) Brahmaputra
(d) Damodar
15. ‘Vishu’ is one of the famous festivals of which of the following states?
(a) Odisha
(b) Kerala
(c) Tamil Nadu
(d) Assam
16. From which of the following states did Sattriya dance form originate?
(a) Assam
(b) Kerala
(c) Manipur
(d) Odisha
17. Ustad Vilayat Khan is associated with____.
(A) Painting
(B) Dancing
(C) Light Music
(D) Instrumental Music
18. Who is called the Father of English Poetry?
(A) Milton
(B) Keats
(C) Browning
(D) Chaucer
19. Who wrote ‘ Arthashastra’?
(A) Bindusara
(B) Pushyamitra
(C) Kautilya
(D) Chandragupta Maurya
20. Elements in group ‘0’ of the periodic table are called
(A) alkali metals
(B) halogens
(C) chalcogens
(D) noble gases