1) India’s National Song was derived from a famous book entitled
A – Agni Vina
B – Bharat Bharti
C – Geet Govindam
D – Anand Math
2) The City of Seven Hills is
A – Chicago
B – Berlin
C – Rome
D – Vienna
3) “Moorlands” are
A – Marine vegetation near Sundarbans
B – The area of Marshy lands
C – The regions where evergreen trees flourish
D – Areas where twisted shrubs and grasses grow
4) The difference between Fundamental Rights and Directive Principles is
A – Fundamental Rights are justifiable while Directive Principles are not
B – Fundamental Rights are positive while directive Principles are negative.
C – Fundamental Rights and Directive Principles are justifiable
D – Directive Principles are given precedence over Fundamental Rights
5) The structure of the Indian Constitution is
A – Unitary
B – Rigid
C – Flexible
D – Federal in form and Unitary in spirit
6) Freon Gas is used in
A – Air-conditioners
B – Refrigerators
C – Television
D – Nuclear reactors
7) Which of the following pairs is not correct?
A – Gulliver’s Travels - Jonathan Swift
B – Kubla Khan - Samuel Taylor Coleridge
C – Asian Drama - Leo Tolstoy
D – Lady Chatterley’s Lover - D.H. Lawrence
8) Can the Rajya Sabha be dissolved by the President?
A – Yes
B – No
C – Sometimes
D – Not always
9) How many schedules are there in the Indian Constitution?
A – Six
B – Eight
C – Nine
D – Twelve
10) Arjuna Award to the sportsman of the year was instituted in the year
A –1959
B – 1960
C – 1961
D – 1962
11) In India, the present trend of rapid urbanization is due to
A – Influence of cinema and electronic media
B – Lack of employment opportunities in rural areas.
C – Break up of joint family system.
D – Abolition of Zamindari system.
12) Which of the following States accounts for the largest share of Industrial production and capital investment?
A – Maharashtra
B – Gujarat
C – Tamil Nadu
D – West Bengal
13) Which of the following Rights was described by Dr. Ambedkar as the “heart and soul of the Constitution”?
A – Right to Equality
B – Right to Constitutional Remedies
C – Right to Religion
D – Right to Freedom
14) The preparation of soap involves the process called
A – Neutralization
B – Esterification
C – Hydrolysis
D – None of these
15) The constituent of blood associated with resistance to disease is
A – Hemoglobin
B – RBC
C – WBC
D – Jaundice
16) The first Spacecraft that landed man on the moon was
A – Appolo-I
B – Appolo-II
C – Lunik-III
D – Vega-1
17) Which of the following is known as the Rice Bowl of South India?
A – Konkan Coastal region
B – Kaveri Delta
C – Kerala
D – Krishna-Godavari Delta
18) Sickle Cell Anemia is a
A – Genetic disorder
B – Virus disease
C – Bacterial disease
D – Disease due to vitamin deficiency
19) The first European to visit China was
A – Robert Peary
B – Vasco-Da-Gama
C – Amundsen
D – Marco Polo
20) What was the title of Oliver Cromwell when he ruled England?
A – King
B – Commander-in-Chief
C – Lord Protector
D – Chancellor
21) The temperate grasslands of South America are called
A – Pampas
B – Priaries
C – Downs
D – Steppes
22) The UN body concerned with the welfare of children is
A – UNESCO
B – UNICEF
C – UNIDO
D – UNCTAD
23) The Aid India Club was formed at the suggestion of
A – World Bank
B – UK
C – USA
D – India
24) Bal Gangadhar Tilak and Bipin Chandra Pal during India’s Struggle for Independence advocated
A – Co-operation
B – Conciliation
C – Extremism
D – Moderation
25) The President of India can be removed from his office by
A – The Prime Minister
B – The Home Minister
C – The Electorate
D – Impeachment
Answers
1) D – Anand Math (Anandamath is a Bengali novel written by Bankim Chandra Chatterji in 1882).
2) C – Rome
3) B – The area of Marshy lands
4) A – Fundamental Rights are justifiable while Directive Principles are not
5) D – Federal in form and Unitary in spirit
6) B – Refrigerators
7) C – Asian Drama - Leo Tolstoy (Karl Gunnar Myrdal wrote the book Asian Drama: An Inquiry into the Poverty of Nations, which was published in 1968)
8) B – No
9) D – Twelve
10) C – 1961
11) B – Lack of employment opportunities in rural areas.
12) A – Maharashtra
13) B – Right to Constitutional Remedies
14) D – None of these (correct answer – Saponification)
15) C – WBC
16) B – Appolo-II
17) D – Krishna - Godavari Delta
18) A – Genetic disorder
19) D – Marco Polo
20) C – Lord Protector
21) A – Pampas
22) B – UNICEF (United Nations International Children's Emergency Fund was founded in 11th December 1946 by the United Nations General Assembly to provide emergency food and healthcare to children children in countries that had been suffering from World War II.)
Full forms of other United Nations Organizations
UNESCO – United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization
UNIDO – United Nations Industrial Development Organization
UNCTAD – United Nations Conference on Trade and Development
23) A – World Bank
24) C – Extremism
25) D – Impeachment
