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Q.1 What is the name of the biography of actor and politician Shatrughan Sinha?

1. Anything but Khamosh
2. The Substance and The Shadow
3. Khullam Khulla
4. And Then One Day: A Memoir

Correct Answer is: 1

Q.2 Which of the following comes in the category of plantation crop?

1. Potato
2. Cucumber
3. Coffee
4. Millet

Correct Answer is: --

Q.3 In which year was the State Bank of India created following the passage of the Imperial Bank of India into state ownership?

1. 1947
2. 1965
3. 1955
4. 1950

Correct Answer is: 3

Q.4 Gautamiputra Satakarni was the greatest ruler of the ______ Empire in the 2nd century CE.

1. Chera
2. Rashtrakuta
3. Chola
4. Satavahana

Correct Answer is: --

Q.5 Which state in India houses The National Institute of Water Sports?

1. Maharashtra
2. Goa
3. Karnataka
4. Assam

Correct Answer is: --

Q.6 The English physicist James Prescott Joule outlined the basis of the ______.

1. principle of conservation
2. phenomenon of gravitation
3. theory of vibrating receptacle
4. concept of diffusion of gases

Correct Answer is: --

Q.7 Which of the following banks signed a $200 million financing deal with the Reliance Bangladesh LNG and Power Plant to build and operate a 718 megawatt combinedcycle gas-fired power plant in Bangladesh?

1. HDFC Bank
2. Reserve Bank of India
3. ICICI Bank
4. Asian Development Bank

Correct Answer is: 4

Q.8 Which of the following processes of soil conservation is called 'mulching'?

1. Stones, grass and soil are used to build barriers along contours.
2. The bare ground between plants is covered with a layer of organic matter like straw.
3. Different crops are grown in alternate rows to protect the soil from rain wash.
4. Rocks are piled up to slow down the flow of water.

Correct Answer is: --

Q.9 Which of the following is a popular festival of Odisha?

1. Gudi Padwa
2. Hola Mohalla
3. Dhanu Yatra
4. Thiruvonam

Correct Answer is: 3

Q.10 Which Indian author was awarded the John Llewellyn Rhys Prize for ‘The Room on the Roof’ in 1957, a book which he wrote at the age of 17?

1. Salman Rushdie
2. Ruskin Bond
3. Khushwant Singh
4. Amitav Ghosh

Correct Answer is: --

Q.11 Bombay state was split along linguistic lines, forming Maharashtra and ______, in the year 1960.

1. Gujarat
2. Karnataka
3. Rajasthan
4. Goa

Correct Answer is: 1

Q.12 'Sagol Kangjei' of Manipur has been adapted worldwide by the enthusiasts of this sport as ______.

1. Polo
2. Fencing
3. Rugby
4. Judo

Correct Answer is: --

Q.13 Who among the following made the first compound microscope?

1. William Gilbert
2. Zacharias Janssen
3. John Harington
4. Galileo Galilei

Correct Answer is: --

Q.14 'Banabhatta', well known for his literary works, flourished during the reign of ______.

1. Ashoka
2. Bindusara
3. Chandragupta II
4. Harshavardhana

Correct Answer is: --

Q.15 People who wear bifocal lenses have ______.

1. hypermetropia
2. myopia
3. presbyopia
4. cataract

Correct Answer is: 3

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Q.16 'Chethiyagiri Vihara' is a ______ festival celebrated in Sanchi.

1. Jain
2. Sikh
3. Hindu
4. Buddhist

Correct Answer is: 4

Q.17 What was the name of the operation that led to the annexation of the Hyderabad State into India?

1. Operation Sunrise
2. Operation Unity
3. Operation Polo
4. Operation Gateway

Correct Answer is: 3

Q.18 Whose autobiography is titled 'Sunny Days'?

1. Sourav Ganguly
2. Sachin Tendulkar
3. Sunil Gavaskar
4. Anil Kumble

Correct Answer is: 1

Q.19 The five-year plans of India were centralised economic and social growth programmes modelled after those prevalent in ______.

1. the USSR
2. the US
3. Germany
4. Norway

Correct Answer is: 1

Q.20 What is the term 'circadian rhythm' associated with?

1. Movement of a merry-go-round
2. Heart beat
3. Body clock
4. Movement of a pendulum

Correct Answer is: 2

Q.21 Which state of India was ruled by the Ningthouja dynasty?

1. Manipur
2. Haryana
3. Gujarat
4. Assam

Correct Answer is: --

Q.22 The ______ is the term used for the reactions of photosynthesis that use the energy stored by the light-dependent reactions to form glucose and other carbohydrate molecules.

1. bloom cycle
2. rock cycle
3. macroscopic cycle
4. Calvin cycle

Correct Answer is: 4

Q.23 Which state in India celebrates the 'Sundareswara Festival'?

1. Madhya Pradesh
2. Himachal Pradesh
3. Kerala
4. Goa

Correct Answer is: 3

Q.24 In which year did the Indian Constituent Assembly adopt Article 370 of the Constitution of India, ensuring special status and internal autonomy for Jammu and Kashmir?

1. 1952
2. 1949
3. 1961
4. 1950

Correct Answer is: 4

Q.25 In which Indian state is the Tsomgo Lake located?

1. Nagaland
2. Arunachal Pradesh
3. Sikkim
4. Mizoram

Correct Answer is: 3