1. The award given to universities in India for best all round performance in sports is named after:
(a) Sardar Patel
(b) Netaji Subhas Bose
(c) Maulana Abul Kalam Azad
(d) Jawaharlal Nehru
Ans: c
2. Charles I of England was executed in:
(a) 1649 (b) 1663 (c) 1673 (d) 1683
Ans: a
3. Ivan the Terrible was the first Tsar of:
(a) Germany (b) Austria (c) Russia (d) Spain
Ans: c
4. Who was married by Adolf Hitler the day before he committed suicide?
(a) Claretta (b) Eva Braun (c) Ann Frank (d) Emile Shenkel
Ans: b
5. The trade name 'hp' is related to:
(a) Tyres (b) Bicycles (c) Computer (d) Cement
Ans: c
6. What is the background of War and Peace' by Napoleon?
(a) Russian invasion of Napoleon (b) First World War
(a) Second World War (d) Waterloo
Ans: a
7. The character Gora was created by:
(a) Tagore (b) R.K. Narayan
(c) Raja Rao (d) N.C. Chaudhary
Ans: a
8. Who is regarded as the father of Indian Nuclear Science?
(a) Vikram Sarabhai (b) Raja Ramanna
(c) H.J Bhabha (d) MN Saha
Ans: c
9. Sound does not pass through:
(a) Solid (b) Liquid (c) Vacuum
Ans: c
10. 'Google' is a:
(a) Word processor (b) Search engine
(c) Operating system (d) Presentation Software
Ans: b
11. Alnico is an alloy of Aluminum, Nickel and ______.
(a) Iron (b) Copper (c) Tin (d) Cobalt
Ans: d
12. Which among the following is a metalloid?
(a) Carbon (b) Silicon (c) Germanium
Ans: d
13. Colour of lodoform:
(a) Red (b) Blue (c) Green (d) Yellow
Ans: d
14. The botanical name of Pepper:
(a) Piper nigrum (b) Solanum officinarum
(c) Adathoda vasica (d) Cocos nucifera
Ans: a
15. The first to use the word 'Green Revolution'?
(a) William Gaud (b) Norman E Borlaug
(c) MS Swaminathan (d) C Subramanyam
Ans: a
16. The snake that builds nest:
(a) Viper (b) Rat Snake (c) Anaconda (d) King Cobra
Ans: d
17 The double walled covering of heart:
(a) Peritoneum (b) Pericardium (c) Meninjus
Ans: b
18. Hardest part of the human body:
(a) Enamel of tooth (b) Nail (c) Hair (d) Femur
Ans: a
19. Which disease is known as Break bone fever?
(a) Rickets (b) Marasmus (c) Dengue fever (d) Scurvy
Ans: c
20. Which comes in the middle during solar eclipse?
(a) Sun (b) Moon (c) Earth
Ans: b
21. Summer Solstice in northern hemisphere:
(a) June 21 (b) December 22
(c) March 21 (d) September 23
Ans: a
22. Ringit is the currency of:
(a) Malaysia (b) Thailand (c) Brunei (d) Laos
Ans: a
23. The correct order of mountain ranges in Himalayas from north to south:
(a) Himachal, Himadri, Shiwalik (b) Himachal, Shiwalik ,Himadri
(c) Himadri, Himachal, Shiwalik (d) Shiwalik, Himachal, Himadri
Ans: c
24. Oldest Dravidian language:
(a) Telugu (b) Kannada (c) Malayalam (d) Tamil
Ans: d
25. The second metro railway in India:
(a) Goa (b) Kolkata (c) New Delhi (d) Mumbai
Ans: c
26. In which year 14 banks were nationalised during the prime minister ship of Indira Gandhi?
(a) 1959 (b) 1949 (c) 1969 (d) 1979
Ans: c
27. Yakshagana is a folk dance drama of:
(a) Kerala (b) Tamil Nadu
(c) Andhra Pradesh (d) Karnataka
Ans: d
28. Where is Chennakesava temple?
(a) Belur (b) Halebid (c) Madurai (d) Hampi
Ans: a
29. Tiger state of India:
(a) Gujarat (b) Rajasthan (c) Madhya Pradesh (d) Assam
Ans: c
30. Who repaired Sudarshan lake?
(a) Rudradaman (b) Kanishka
(c) Pushyamitra (d) Devabhuti
Ans: a
31. Satavahanas were also known as:
(a) Memaluks (b) Ikshakus
(c) Andhra Bhrityas (d) Rajputs
Ans: c
32. Who revived Nalanda University?
(a) Harsha (b) Sasanka (c) Pulikesin I (d) Baktiyar Khalji
Ans: a
33. Muhammad bin Tughlaq shifted the capital of the Sultanate from Delhi to:
(a) Agra (b) Tughlaqabad (c) Daulatabad (d) Siri
Ans: c
34. Tomb of Aurangazeb's wife Rabia Durrani is known as ‘Poor man's Taj Mahal’, It is situated in:
(a) Agra (b) Sikandra (c) Aurangabad (d) Delhi
Ans: c
35. Vasco da Gama reached India for the second time in:
(a) 1502 (b)1503 (c) 1504 (d) 1505
Ans: a
36. Who organised a raid on Chittagong government armoury in 1930 April?
(a) Bhagat Singh (b) Uddham Singh
(c) Chandrasekhar Azad (d) Surya Sen
Ans: d
37. Who was the Viceroy when the first Census was held in 1872?
(a) Mayo (b) Curzon (c) Hardinge II (d) Minto I
Ans: a
38. Who wrote India Wins Freedom'?
(a) C Rajagopalachari (b) Maulana Azad
(c) Dr Rajendraprasad (d) Jawaharlal Nehru
Ans: b
39. The first Muslim to become the President of Indian National Congress:
(a) Dadabhai Navroji (b) Pheroz Shah Mehta
(c) Maulana Azad (d) Badruddin Thyabji
Ans: d
40. During which agitation Gandhiji gave the slogan' Do or die'?
(a) Salt satyagraha (b) Champaran Satyagraha
(c) Quit India movement (d) Kheda satyagraha
Ans: c
41. The famous speech delivered by Jawaharlal Nehru during the moments of transfer of power in 1947, is known as:
(a) I have a dream (b) Tryst with destiny (c) History will absolve me
Ans: b
42. Project Arrow is related to:
(a) Postal system (b) Telecommunication
(c) Railway (d) Newspaper
Ans: a
43. The four languages added to the Eighth Schedule recently:
(a) Manipuri, Konkani, Nepali, Santhali
(b) Dogri, Mathili, Konkani, Bodo
(c) Dogri, Maithili, Sindhi, Bodo
(d) Dogri, Maithili, Sindhi, Nepali
Ans: c
44. The total number of nominated members in Parliament:
(a) 14 (b) 24 (c) 12 (d) 17
Ans: a
45. The Twelfth Schedule was added to the Constitution was added by ______ Amendment
(a) 74th (b) 75th (c) 73rd (d) 62nd
Ans: a
46. The most powerful upper house of the Legislature in the world:
(a) American Senate (b) House of Lords in Britain
(c) Rajya Sabha in India (c) Duma in Russia
Ans: a
47. The birth day of Rajiv Gandhi is observed at:
(a) National youth day (b) Anti terrorism day (c) Sadbhavana divas
Ans: c
48: The idea of the formation of SAARC was first mooted by:
(a) HM Ershad (b) Yahya Khan (c) Indira Gandhi (d) Premadasa
Ans: a
49. "Man is born free and everywhere he is in chains' this statement is related to:
(a) Rousseau (b) Plato (c) Dr. Johnson (d) Karl Marx
Ans: a
50. Who among the following got Nobel Prize and Oscar?
(a), Walt Disney (b) Winston Churchill
(c) George Bernard Shaw (d)Bertrand Russel
Ans: c
51. The smallest river in Kerala:
(a) Mancheswaram (b) Chithari (c) Kavvayi (d) Neyyar
Ans: a
52. The largest hydro-electric project in Kerala:
(a) Peppara (b) Idukky (c) Kuttyadi (d) Pallivasal
Ans: b
53. The Zamorin king who was the exponent of Krishanattom?
(a) Manavikraman (b) Manavedan (c) Sakthan
Ans: b
54. In which district the famous Malayalam poet Ulloor S.Parameswarayyar was born:
(a) Thiruvananthapuram (b) Kottayam
(c) Thrissur (d) Kollam
Ans: b
55. The first computerised Taluk office in India:
(a) Thiruvananthapuram (b) Ottappalam
(c) Palakkad (d) Nedumangad
Ans: b
56. In which subject Malala got Nobel Prize in 2014?
(a) Peace (b) Literature (c) Economics (d) Chemistry
Ans: a
57. Before becoming the Prime Minster of India Narendra Mod was the Chief Minister of:
(a) Delhi (b) Gujarat (c) U.P (d) Rajasthan
Ans: b
58. The Deputy Speaker of Lok Sabha :
(a) Sumitra Mahajan (b) Meirakumar
(c) Nitin Gadkari (d) Thempi Dural
Ans: d
59. The president of was the chief guest of the Republic Day celebrations of 2016?
(a) Kazakhstan (b) Thailand (c) France (d) Vietnam
Ans: c
60. Which company launched the vehicle 'Duster'?
(a) Nissan (b) Ford (c) Suzuki (d) Renault
Ans: d