1. The main sources about the Indus Valley civilization are —

Inscriptions

Coins

Manuscripts on leaves of palm and birch

Archaeological excavations

2. The propounder of Yoga School of Philosophy was —

Patanjali

Gautam

Jaimini

Shankaracharya

3. The term 'Double Fault' is related to the game of —

Badminton

Golf

Tennis

Cricket

4. Which of the following pairs of names are related

Golf- Polo

Soccer- Football

Billiards- Snookers

Volleyball- Football

5. Which of the following pairs is the highest peak of India

Kanchanjungha

Nanda Devi

Mount Everest

Kamet

6. After how many years elections are held to elect the members of Rajya Sabha

6 years

2 years

3 years

4 years

7. Which of the following is the longest river in India

Ganga

Brahmaputra

Yamuna

Godavari

8. Which of the following vitamins is obtained from sunlight

Vitamin A

Vitamin C

Vitamin D

Vitamin B

9. How many bones are there in the human body

206

202

204

203

10. Which of the following is the longest river in the world

Amazon

Nile

Mississippi

Danube

11. Silk is mostly obtained from —

Ujjain

Koshambi

Taxila

Varanasi

12. Who among the following is associated with the Sarnath Inscription

Ashoka

Harshavardhana

Chandra Gupta Maurya

Samundra Gupta

13. Which of the following names of play ground is correct

Ring Skating

Diamond Cricket

Field Cycling

Bull Tennis

14. Who among the following is competent to amend the provisions of citizenship

Parliament

President

Prime Minister

Chief Justice of the Supreme Court

15. Who among the following administers the oath of office to the President

Chief Justice of the Supreme Court

Prime Minister

Vice President

Speaker of the Lok Sabha

16. Who among the following administers the oath of office to the Chief Justice of a High Court

Governor

President

Chief Justice of the Supreme Court

Council of Ministers

17. Railway in included in which of the following lists

Union list

State list

Concurrent list

None of these

18. Who among the following was the first and last woman ruler of Delhi

Razia Beghum

Chand Bibi

Mumtaz

Karnavati

19. Who among the following was the first to land on moon

Neil Armstrong

Tenzing Norgay

Rakesh Sharma

Edwin Aldrin

20. Who among the following was the first Indian woman to scale the Mount Everest

Bachendri Pal

Santosh Yadav

Dicky Dolma

None of these

21. Zero hour is the period—

just after question hour in both Houses of Parliament

at the starting of the sitting

at the end of sitting

None of these

22. The maximum interval between the two sessions of the Houses is —

Six months

3 months

2 months

one year

23. The period of proclamation of emergency is —

one month

two months

six months

one year

24. The Chief Minister who remained in the office for the longest period —

Jyoti Basu

Lalu Prasad

Mayawati

M. Karunanidhi

25. The Salarjung Museum is located in —

Hyderabad

Bhopal

Patna

Ranchi

26. Which of the following gases is filled in a balloon

Helium

Hydrogen

Bromine

Oxygen

27. Which of the following is called Banker's Bank

Reserve Bank of India

State Bank of India

Punjab National Bank

None of these

28. Who was the President of the Constituent Assembly

Dr. Rajendra Prasad

Bhimrao Ambedkar

Jawaharlal Nehru

Sachchidanand Sinha

29. Which of the following is the longest platform in the world

Kharagpur

Kolkata

Leningrad

Tokyo

30. Who among the following built the Grand Trunk road

Shershah

Akbar

Humayun

Shahjehan

31. Focus on the age eye is adjusted through —

Retina

Iris

Comea

Lens

32. Who among the following was the ruler of Kalinga

Kharvela

Ashoka

Samudragupta

None of these

33. Maximum oil can be extracted from —

Sunflower

Groundnut

Mustard

Cardamom

34. The most suitable conductor is —

Saline water

Fresh water

Pure water

None of these

35. The mausoleum of which saint is located in Ajmer

Moinuddin Chisti

Badruddin Zacharia

Khwaja Walliullah

Abdul Shatari

36. Gobar gas mainly contains —

Methane

Ethane

Propane

Butane

37. Who among the following invented the decimal system

Aryabhatt

Copernicus

Magellan

Charak

38. Nose starts bleeding when one climbs up mountain due to —

low pressure

high pressure

height

None of these

39. In which of the following sectors maximum number of women are employed

Tea

Agriculture

Jute

Textile

40. Railway earns maximum revenue from —

freight charges

passenger fares

advertisement

None of these

41. Which of the following is called the laughing gas

Nitrogen Oxide

Hydrogen Oxide

Nitrous Oxide

Sulphur Oxide

42. Who was the first Indian to qualify for Olympics

Shiny Abraham

PT Usha

Karmam Malleshwari

Jyotirmony Sikdar

43. During Shivaji's childhood, who among the following exercised the maximum influence on his character

Jija Bai, his mother
Dadaji Kondadev, his tutor
Shahji Bhonsle, his father

I Only

I and III

II and III

I and II

44. 'Black Hole Episode' was the main cause of —

Battle of Buxar

Battle of Plassey

Battle of Wandiwash

Battle of Haldighati

45. Who is known as the 'Grand Old Man of India'

Khan Abdul Ghaffar Kan

C. Rajgopalachari

Lala Lajpat Rai

Dadabhai Naoroji

46. The slogan 'Inquilab Zindabad' was first raised by —

Lokmanya Tilak

Veer Savarkar

Chandrashekhar Azad

Bhagat Singh

47. Which of the following is/ are true about Sarojini Naidu

She was the First Woman President of the Congress
She was the first Woman Governor in independent India
She was the first Health Minister in independent India
She wrote the famous 'Golden Bough'

b and d

a and c

a and b

Only b

48. Which planet looks reddish in the night sky

Mercury

Mars

Jupiter

Saturn

49. Geostationary orbit is at a height of —

6 km

1000 km

3600 km

36,000 km

50. The ozone layer in the upper part of the atmosphere protects us from —

Cosmic rays

Ultrasonic waves

Infra- red rays

Ultraviolet rays

51. Nights are cooler in the deserts than in the plains because —

sand radiates that more quickly than the earth

the sky remains clear most of the time

sand absorbs heat more quickly than the earth

None of these

52. Which of the following is the highest plateau in the world

Colorado Plateau

Pamir Plateau

Patagonia Plateau

Potwar Plateau

53. Pointing towards a woman Manju said that 'She is the sister of father of son of my mother'. How is that woman related to woman

Aunt

Sister

Niece

None of these

54. Tipu Sultan was the ruler of —

Hyderabad

Madurai

Mysore

Vijayanagar

55. Which of the following passes through India

Tropic of Cancer

Tropic of Capricorn

Prime Meridian

Equator

1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10.
11. 12. 13. 14. 15. 16. 17. 18. 19. 20.
21. 22. 23. 24. 25. 26. 27. 28. 29. 30.
31. 32. 33. 34. 35. 36. 37. 38. 39. 40.
41. 42. 43. 44. 45. 46. 47. 48. 49. 50.
51. 52. 53. 54. 55.