11. Gorkhaland Council is a body set up for administration of

Darjeeling District

Maida District

Birbhum District

Purulia District

12. The Swedish Poet who won the 2011 Nobel Prize in Literature is

Daniel Shechtman

Tomas Transtromer

Thomas J. Sargent

ChristopherA. Sines

13. Mamata Banerjee, the Chief Minister of West Bengal, won in the Assembly by­election from:

Basirhat Uttar

Dubrajpur

Bhabanipur .

Kiishnanagar Dakshin

14. Which one of the following is not a fruit?

Coconut

Mango

Chilgoza

Wheat grain

15. The colour of cow's milk is slightly yellowish due to the presence of:

Xanthophyll

Ribulose

Carotin

Riboflavin

16. Which one of the following is a micro element?

Chlorine

Hydrogen

Nitrogen

Oxygen

17. The life span of human red corpuscles is

Uncertain

120 days

180 days

As long as the individual survives

18. Pollination by insects is called:

Anemophily

Entomophily

Hydrophily

Ornithophily

19. Thenumber ofchromosomesinanormal human body cell is

43

44

45

46

20. The deficiency of vitamin causes:

Hair fall

Dysentery

Night blindness

Weakness Contd.

21. Paleontology is the study of

Birds

Bones

Fossils

Primates ·


22. The smallest living cell is that of

Bacterium

Bread mold

Mycoplasma

Virus

23. In which part of India does saffron grow?

Darjeeling District

Jammu and Kashmir

Madhya Pradesh Hills

Nilgiri Hills

24. In the countries where polished rice is the main cereal in their diet, people suffer from:

Pellagra

Scurvy

Beri-Beri

Osteomalacia

25. A medicinally useful compound obtained from the oil of peppermint is

Thymol

Morphine

Piperine

MenthOl

26. The commonly used alcohol in the manufacture of detergents is

Ethanol

Lauryl Alcohol

MethylAlcohol

Decanol

27. Harappan seals were made of:

Terraccitta

Copper

Iron

Lead

28. Buddhist literature was written in

Prakrit

Sanskrit

Tamil

Pali

29. In the third battle of Panipat, the Marathas were defeated by the:

Mughals

Afghans

English

Dutch

30. A token copper currency was introduced by:

Alauddin

SherShah

Muhammad-bin-Tughlaq

Firoz Shah Tughlaq

31. When the East India Company was set up, India's ruler was

Aurangzeb

Akbar

Jehangir

Humayun

32. The Italian traveler who left a very praise worthy account of the Vijayangar empire was:

Barbosa

Marco Polo

Nicolo Conti

Tome Pires

33. Ramanujacharya is associated with:

Advaita Philosophy

Dvaita Philosophy

Vashiata-Advaita Philosophy

Bhakti Cult

34. The partition of Bengal was revoked by the British Government in the year:

1911

1914

1917

1919

35. Hunter Commission was appointed by the British to probe into the:

Bardoli Satyagraha

KhilafatAgitation

Jallianwala Bag Tragedy

Chauri Chaura Incident

36. ThefirstMuslimPresidentoftheINCwas:

Ajmal Khan

M.A. Jinnah

Abul KalamAzad

Rohimulla Sayani

37. Who gave Vallabh Bhai Patel the title of "Sardar"

C. Rajagopalachari

M.A. Jinnah

J. L. Nehru

M. K. Gandhi

38. Mahadev Govind Ranade was a member of the:

Arya Samaj

Prarthana Samaj

Indian League

Theosophical Society

39. What is the unit of measurement of the distances of stars from the earth?

Light Year

Fathom

Nautical Mile

Kilometre

40. The place which will experience sunlight for the longest period in summer is

Mumbai

Srinagar

Chennai

Kolkata