1. Muscle fatigue is due to accumulation of
(a) Carbon dioxide
(b) Creatinine
(c) Lactic acid
(d) Ethyl alcohol
2. Smartphone maker ‘Vivo’ appointed which cricketer as its brand ambassador?
(a) Virat Kohli
(b) M. S. Dhoni
(c) Ishant Sharma
(d) Shikhar Dhawan
3. The person not able to see nearby objects clearly is suffering from?
(a) Near sightedness
(c) Cataract
(d) Glaucoma
4. Femto means 10 raised to the power of _______.
(a) -9
(b) -12
(c) -15
(d) -18
5. The youngest country of the world is –
(a) South Sudan
(b) Belarus
(c) Azerbaijan
(d) Bahrain
6. Who is the first Indian to be awarded the Nobel prize in physics ?
(a) C.V. Raman
(b) Kailash Satyarthi
(c) VS Naipaul
(d) Mother Teresa
7. Name the westernmost point of India.
(a) Dahod
(b) Guhar Moti
(c) Bharuch
(d) Amreli
8. At which point of the Earth is there no gravity?
(a) At North and South Pole
(b) At equator
(c) On the ocean surface
(d) At centre of the Earth
9. What is the total area of India?
(a) 8,511,965 sq km
(b) 3,897,950 sq km
(c) 5,926,780 sq km
(d) 3,287,590 sq km
10. Who among the following is known as ‘Metro Man’ of India?
(a) Mr. Vinod Dham
(b) Mr. E. Sreedharan
(c) Mr. M. Visvesvaraya
(d) Mr. Man Mohan Sharma
11. For purifying drinking water alum is used –
(a) for coagulation of mud particles
(b) to kill bacteria
(c) to remove salts
(d) to remove gases
12. Who proposed the Preamble before the drafting committee of the Constitution of India ?
(a) Jawaharlal Nehru
(b) B.R. Ambedkar
(c) Mahatma Gandhi
(d) B.N. Rau
13. Influenza disease is caused by which of the following?
(a) Bacteria
(b) Virus
(c) Fungi
(d) Protozoan
14. Lakshadeep is a _______.
(a) Coral island
(b) Volcanic island
(c) Tectonic island
(d) Alluvial island
15. The Tropic of Cancer does NOT pass through ______.
(a) Assam
(b) Rajasthan
(c) Gujarat
(d) Tripura
16. Western part of Teesta river is known as –
(a) Diara
(b) Terai
(c) Dooars
(d) Tal
17. Which of the following is also known as golden fibre?
(a) Silk
(b) Cotton
(c) Jute
(d) Hemp
18. The author of the book ‘Wealth of Nations’ _______.
(a) Marx
(b) Malthus
(c) Adam Smith
(d) Lional Robbins
19. Who was the first person to reach South Pole?
(a) Roald Amundsen
(b) Robert Falcon Scott
(c) Frederick Cook
(d) Robert E. Peary
20. Which city of India is known as ‘The Athens of the East’?
(a) Madurai
(b) Allahabad
(c) Kochi
(d) Patna