1. Khangchendzonga National Park (KNP) has been named a world heritage site by the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO). In which of the following Indian States is this situated?
1) Arunachal Pradesh
2) Meghalaya
3) Sikkim
4) Himachal Pradesh
2. Who is the youngest Chief Minister in India?
1) Sarbananda Sonowal (Assam)
2) Pema Khandu (Arunachal Pradesh)
3) Arvind Kejriwal (Delhi)
4) Akhilesh Yadav (Uttar Pradesh)
3. Who has been appointed as the first Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI)?
1) Anurag Thakur
2) Ajay Shirke
3) Rahul Johri
4) Saurav Ganguly
4. Formation of fruit without fertilization is called?
1) Polyembryony
2) Polygamy
3) Pomology
4) Parthenocarpy
5. Htin Kyaw is the present President of which of the following countries?
1) Vietnam
2) Myanmar
3) Laos
4) Cambodia
6. Who among the following Indians received the Nobel Peace Prize?
1) Rabindranath Tagore
2) Haragovind Khorana
3) Amartya Sen
4) Kailash Satyarthi
7. London is situated on the banks of which of the following rivers?
1) Danube
2) Seine
3) Thames
4) Tiber
8. Who was the first Muslim woman ruler of India?
1) Chand Bibi
2) Razia Sultana
3) Nur Jahan
4) Begum Hazrat Mahal
9. Identify the odd sportsman?
1) H.S. Prannoy
2) Kidambi Srikanth
3) B. Sai Praneeth
4) P.R. Sreejesh
10. Which of the following are sites of protein synthesis in a cell?
1) Lysosomes
2) Chloroplasts
3) Ribosomes
4) Centrioles
11. Which of the following is mostly used in making pencils?
1) Black ash
2) Graphite
3) Fullerene
4) Charcoal
12. Who discovered the chemical element Radium?
1) Marie Curie
2) Joseph Priestly
3) Benjamin Franklin
4) Neils Bohr
13. National Science Day is celebrated every year on which of the following days?
1) November 11
2) February 28
3) April 30
4) March 30
14. Which of the following is the highest award in India in the field of literature?
1) Sahitya Academy Award
2) Saraswati Samman
3) Vyas Samman
4) Jnanpith Award
15. With which of the following are Golden Globe Awards associated?
1) Literature
2) Journalism
3) Social work
4) Films
16. Who acts as the channel of communication between the President and the Council of Ministers?
1) Vice President
2) Prime Minister
3) Lok Sabha Speaker
4) Attorney General
17. Who is the founder of “Din-IIlahi”?
1) Shah Jahan
2) Babur
3) Akbar
4) Kabir
18. Who is the winner of the 2015 Man Booker Prize?
1) Eleanor Catton
2) Marlon James
3) James Flanagan
4) Hilary Mantel
19. Where is the headquarters of the South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation (SAARC)?
1) Dhaka
2) New Delhi
3) Kathmandu
4) Colombo
20. Who among the following is currently working as the Senior Vice President and Chief Economist
of the World Bank?
1) Subir Gokarn
2) Rakesh Mohan
3) Jagdeesh Bhagwati
4) Kaushik Basu
21. In which of the following seeds are not enclosed in fruits?
1) Monocotyledons
2) Dicotyledons
3) Gymnosperms
4) Angiosperms
22. Beriberi is caused by the deficiency of which of the following vitamins?
1) Vitamin B1
2) Vitamin B2
3) Vitamin B3
4) Vitamin B5
23. Sun Risers Hyderabad defeated which of the following teams in the final match of the Indian Premier League-9 on May 29, 2016?
1) Delhi Daredevils
2) Kolkata Knight Riders
3) Royal Challengers Bangalore
4) Rising Pune Supergiants
24. Jallianwala Bagh massacre took place in which of the following years?
1) 1916
2) 1917
3) 1918
4) 1919
25. Which of the following planets has almost the same size and mass as the Earth?
1) Mercury
2) Venus
3) Mars
4) Uranus
26. Who wrote the book “The Harmonies of the World”?
1) Isaac Newton
2) Albert Einstein
3) Johannes Kepler
4) Tycho Brahe
27. Who established Sunga dynasty after the fall of the Maurya Empire?
1) Pushyamitra
2) Agnimitra
3) Devabhuti
4) Vasudeva
28. Which one of the following books is not written by Kalidasa?
1) Meghduta
2) Raghuvamsha
3) Kumara Sambhava
4) Mudrarakshasa
29. Swami Dayanand Saraswati founded the Arya Samaj in which of the following years?
1) 1896
2) 1863
3) 1875
4) 1880
30. Where was the headquarters of Ghadar party?
1) Moscow
2) Berlin
3) Tokyo
4) San Francisc
31. What is the maximum strength of Rajya Sabha?
1) 238
2) 240
3) 250
4) 245
32. Nicolo Conti and Abdur Razzak visited which of the following empires?
1) Hoyasala empire
2) Rashtrakuta empire
3) Chalukya empire
4) Vijayanagara empire
33. Pampas grasslands are in which of the following countries?
1) Venezuela
2) Colombia
3) Argentina
4) Australia
34. From which of the following countries was the procedure to make amendment to the Constitution borrowed?
1) Germany
2) USA
3) Canada
4) South Africa
35. Which of the following economic terms refers to the total satisfaction received from consuming
a good or service?
1) Utility
2) Demand
3) Supply
4) Elasticity
36. Which of the following articles deals with the National Emergency?
1) Article 352
2) Article 348
3) Article 368
4) Article 356
37. Which of the following human organs stores bile?
1) Liver
2) Gallbladder
3) Spleen
4) Pancreas
38. Constitution Day is celebrated on which of the following days?
1) January 26
2) January 24
3) November 26
4) November 24
39. Becquerel is the SI derived unit of?
1) Energy
2) Luminosity
3) Power
4) Radioactivity
40. Which of the following automakers appointed legendary football player Lionel Messi as the global brand ambassador?
1) General Motors
2) Ford Motors
3) Toyota
4) Tata Motors
Answers
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11) 2 12) 1 13) 2 14) 4 15) 4 16) 2 17) 3 18) 2 19) 3 20) 4
21) 3 22) 1 23) 3 24) 4 25) 2 26) 3 27) 1 28) 4 29) 3 30) 4
31) 3 32) 4 33) 3 34) 4 35) 1 36) 1 37) 2 38) 3 39) 4 40) 4