Q1. Who originally painted Bharat Mata?
a) Rabindranath Tagore
b) Jamini Roy
c) Nandnal Bose
d) Abanindranath Tagore
Correct Answer: d) Abanindranath Tagore
Q2. Which Indian historian won Israel’s prestigious Dan David Prize?
a) Sanjay Subrahmanyam
b) Mridula Mukharjee
c) Irfan Habib
d) Sumit Sarkar
Correct Answer: a) Sanjay Subrahmanyam
Q3. Under which Article of the Constitution of India can the Bharat Ratna Award NOT be used as a prefix or suffix?
a) Article 17(2)
b) Article 16(2)
c) Article 18(1)
d) Article 19(1)
Correct Answer: c) Article 18(1)
Q4. The SI unit of length is:
a) meter
b) centimeter
c) millimeter
d) kilometer
Correct Answer: a) meter
Q5. Who composed the national anthem of Bangladesh 'Amar Sonar Bangla'?
a) Rabindranath Tagore
b) Dwijendranath Tagore
c) Devendranath Tagore
d) Abanindranath Tagore
Correct Answer: a) Rabindranath Tagore
Q6. Which of the following is considered working capital in farming?
a) Threshing machine
b) Money
c) Tractor
d) Land
Correct Answer: b) Money
Q7. Which Indian cricketer has scored two Test triple centuries?
a) Karun Nair
b) Virender Sehwag
c) Virat Kohli
d) Sunil Gavaskar
Correct Answer: b) Virender Sehwag
Q8. Mughal Sarai Railway Station has been renamed after:
a) Gopal Krishna Gokhale
b) Madan Mohan Malviya
c) Deen Dayal Upadhyaya
d) Ram Manohar Lohia
Correct Answer: c) Deen Dayal Upadhyaya
Q9. Who discovered triads of elements that led to the development of the Periodic Table?
a) Dmitri Mendeleev
b) Hans Christian Oersted
c) JW Dobereiner
d) Michael Faraday
Correct Answer: c) JW Dobereiner
Q10. Which Article gives minorities the right to establish and administer educational institutions?
a) Article 17
b) Article 32
c) Article 28
d) Article 30
Correct Answer: d) Article 30
Q11. In which novel did the National Song of India feature?
a) Sevasadan
b) Devi Chaudharani
c) Anandamath
d) Durgeshnandini
Correct Answer: c) Anandamath
Q12. Which acid creates the thick yellowish clouds in Venus' atmosphere?
a) Sulphuric acid
b) Nitric acid
c) Acetic acid
d) Hydrochloric acid
Correct Answer: a) Sulphuric acid
Q13. Banihal Pass is located in which Himalayan range?
a) Great Himalayas
b) Pir Panjal
c) Ladakh
d) Zaskar
Correct Answer: b) Pir Panjal
Q14. The Third Round Table Conference was held in:
a) 1932
b) 1931
c) 1930
d) 1933
Correct Answer: a) 1932
Q15. The study of dinosaurs is a part of which branch of geology?
a) Paleontology
b) Histology
c) Petrology
d) Sophrology
Correct Answer: a) Paleontology
Q16. Which is NOT part of the Meghalaya Plateau?
a) Jaintia Hills
b) Khasi Hills
c) Garo Hills
d) Palamu Hills
Correct Answer: d) Palamu Hills
Q17. In which year was the Dadasaheb Phalke Award instituted?
a) 1969
b) 1968
c) 1967
d) 1970
Correct Answer: a) 1969
Q18. The Kaveri river rises from:
a) The Brahmagiri hills
b) The Trimabh hills
c) The Amarkantak plateau
d) Mahabaleshwar
Correct Answer: a) The Brahmagiri hills
Q19. A peninsula is surrounded by water on:
a) Three sides
b) One side
c) Two sides
d) Four sides
Correct Answer: a) Three sides
Q20. What is a Coppersmith Barbet?
a) A small herbivore
b) A carnivorous plant
c) A small reptile
d) A bird
Correct Answer: d) A bird
Q21. Who authored the book 'Arctic Home of the Vedas'?
a) Bipin Chandra Pal
b) Max Muller
c) Bal Gangadhar Tilak
d) Aurobindo Ghosh
Correct Answer: c) Bal Gangadhar Tilak
Q22. Which organization publishes the Human Development Report?
a) WTO
b) ILO
c) World Bank
d) UNDP
Correct Answer: d) UNDP
Q23. The Law of Independent Migration of Ions is associated with:
a) Kohlrausch
b) Feynman
c) Schrödinger
d) Faraday
Correct Answer: a) Kohlrausch
Q24. Gandhiji’s Non-Cooperation Movement started with which movement among Indian Muslims?
a) Swadeshi Movement
b) Khilafat Movement
c) Sepoy Mutiny
d) Civil Disobedience Movement
Correct Answer: b) Khilafat Movement
Q25. What energy is contained in the water stored in the dam?
a) potential energy
b) electrical energy
c) kinetic energy
d) gravitational energy
Correct Answer: a) potential energy
Q26. The phenomenon of deviation of light rays from their original path, when they pass from one medium to another, is called:
a) diffraction
b) obstruction
c) refraction
d) reflection
Correct Answer: c) refraction
Q27. Waves include visible light waves, X-rays, gamma rays, radio waves, microwaves, ultraviolet and infrared waves.
a) Electromagnetic
b) Mechanical
c) Electric
d) Magnetic
Correct Answer: a) Electromagnetic
Q28. A naturally occurring phenomenon that is responsible for the heating of the Earth's surface and atmosphere:
a) Greenhouse effect
b) Global heating
c) Global warming
d) Radiation
Correct Answer: a) Greenhouse effect
Q29. An unexpected rise in sales of a product leads to:
a) planned decumulation of inventory
b) unplanned decumulation of inventory
c) planned accumulation of inventory
d) unplanned accumulation of inventory
Correct Answer: b) unplanned decumulation of inventory
Q30. Organisms such as bacteria, viruses, fungi, protozoans, helminths, etc., that cause diseases in humans are called:
a) predators
b) pathogens
c) fruits
d) frugivores
Correct Answer: b) pathogens
Q35. The forest in Sundarban is called:
a) Scrub Jungle
b) Mangrove
c) Deciduous Forest
d) Tundra
Correct Answer: b) Mangrove
Q36. Which of the following Indonesian regions was a victim of massive earthquake in 2004?
a) Irian Jaya
b) Sumatra
c) Kalimangan
d) Java
Correct Answer: b) Sumatra
Q37. The first non-stop air-conditioned 'DURANTO' train was flagged off between:
a) Sealdah - New Delhi
b) Mumbai - Howrah
c) Bangalore - Howrah
d) Chennai - New Delhi
Correct Answer: a) Sealdah - New Delhi
Q31. Seismic Sea waves which approach the coasts at greater force are known as:
a) Tides
b) Tsunami
c) Current
d) Cyclone
Correct Answer: b) Tsunami
Q32. The land of maximum biodiversity is:
a) Tropical
b) Temperate
c) Monsoonal
d) Equatorial
Correct Answer: a) Tropical
Q33. Indian Standard Time relates to:
a) 75.5°E longitude
b) 82.5°E longitude
c) 90.5°E longitude
d) 0° longitude
Correct Answer: b) 82.5°E longitude
Q34. Which is the second nearest star to the Earth after the Sun?
a) Vega
b) Sirius
c) Proxima Centauri
d) Alpha Centauri
Correct Answer: c) Proxima Centauri
Q38. Which one of the following states does not form part of Narmada River basin?
a) Madhya Pradesh
b) Rajasthan
c) Gujarat
d) Maharashtra
Correct Answer: b) Rajasthan
Q39. Soil erosion on hill slopes can be checked by:
a) Afforestation
b) Strip cropping
c) Terrace cultivation
d) Contour ploughing
Correct Answer: b) Strip cropping
Q40. Who coined the word 'Geography'?
a) Ptolemy
b) Hecataeus
c) Eratosthenes
d) Herodatus
Correct Answer: b) Hecataeus
Q41. Which of the following is called the 'ecological hot spot of India'?
a) Western Ghats
b) Eastern Ghats
c) Western Himalayas
d) Eastern Himalayas
Correct Answer: a) Western Ghats
Q42. The age of the Earth can be determined by:
a) Geological Time Scale
b) Radio-Metric Dating
c) Gravity method
d) Fossilization method
Correct Answer: a) Geological Time Scale
Q43. How much of the Earth's land surface is desert?
a) 1/10th
b) 1/3rd
c) 1/7th
d) 1/6th
Correct Answer: b) 1/3rd
Q44. River Indus originates from:
a) Hindukush range
b) Himalayan range
c) Karakoram range
d) Kailash range
Correct Answer: d) Kailash range
Q45. The lowest layer of the atmosphere is:
a) Stratosphere
b) Thermosphere
c) Troposphere
d) Mesosphere
Correct Answer: c) Troposphere
Q46. The Konkan Railway connects:
a) Goa - Mangalore
b) Goa - Mumbai
c) Kanyakumari - Mangalore
d) Kanyakumari - Mumbai
Correct Answer: a) Goa - Mangalore
Q47. Bark of this tree is used as a condiment:
a) Cinnamon
b) Neem
c) Almond
d) Palm
Correct Answer: a) Cinnamon
Q48. The atmospheric air is held to the Earth by:
a) gravity
b) winds
c) clouds
d) rotation of the Earth
Correct Answer: a) gravity
Q49. The common tree species in Nilgiri Hills is:
a) Sal
b) Pine
c) Eucalyptus
d) Teak
Correct Answer: c) Eucalyptus
Q50. Which is the largest living bird on Earth?
a) Emu
b) Ostrich
c) Albatross
d) Siberian Crane
Correct Answer: b) Ostrich
Q51. Rihand Dam Project provides irrigation to:
a) Gujarat and Maharashtra
b) Rajasthan and West Bengal
c) Uttar Pradesh and Bihar
d) Kerala and Karnataka
Correct Answer: c) Uttar Pradesh and Bihar
Q52. Which is the longest irrigation canal in India?
a) Bhakra Canal
b) Yamuna Canal
c) Indira Gandhi Canal
d) East Kosi Canal
Correct Answer: c) Indira Gandhi Canal
Q53. 'Loktak' is a:
a) Valley
b) Lake
c) River
d) Mountain Range
Correct Answer: b) Lake
Q54. Which city receives the highest cosmic radiation amongst the following?
a) Chennai
b) Mumbai
c) Kolkata
d) Delhi
Correct Answer: a) Chennai
Q55. The HYV programme in India is also called as:
a) Traditional Agriculture
b) New Agricultural Strategy
c) White Revolution
d) Blue Revolution
Correct Answer: b) New Agricultural Strategy
Q56. Railway coaches are manufactured at:
a) Jamshedpur
b) Chittaranjan
c) Perambur
d) Varanasi
Correct Answer: c) Perambur
Q57. A series of lines connecting places having a quake at the same time are:
a) Homoseismal lines
b) Seismolines
c) Coseismal lines
d) Isoseismal lines
Correct Answer: a) Homoseismal lines
Q58. What would be the impact of global warming on mangrove forests?
a) They will grow more luxurious
b) Large areas of mangroves will be submerged
c) Their role as carbon sinks will become more important
d) Both (a) and (b)
Correct Answer: b) Large areas of mangroves will be submerged
Q59. The brightest planet is:
a) Venus
b) Mercury
c) Jupiter
d) Mars
Correct Answer: a) Venus
Q60. Wheat, Barley, Lemon, Orange, rye and pearl millet belong to:
a) The same plant family
b) Two plant families
c) Three plant families
d) Four plant families
Correct Answer: b) Two plant families
Q61. A plant known only in cultivation having arisen under domestication is referred to as:
a) Scion
b) Cultigen
c) Cultivar
d) Clone
Correct Answer: b) Cultigen
Q62. The iron and steel plant in Bihar is at:
a) Visakhapatnam
b) Bokaro
c) Burnpur
d) Vijay Nagar
Correct Answer: b) Bokaro
Q63. The state which has registered the highest population growth rate according to 2001 census is:
a) Kerala
b) Uttar Pradesh
c) Nagaland
d) Sikkim
Correct Answer: c) Nagaland
Q64. Earth is a very big magnet. In which direction does its magnetic field extend?
a) West to east
b) North to south
c) South to north
d) East to west
Correct Answer: b) North to south
Q65. The most densely populated state in India is:
a) Kerala
b) Uttar Pradesh
c) West Bengal
d) Tamil Nadu
Correct Answer: c) West Bengal
Q66. The biggest planet in the solar system is:
a) Venus
b) Jupiter
c) Saturn
d) Uranus
Correct Answer: b) Jupiter
Q67. Peninsular India has the following zonal soil types:
a) Red and yellow soil
b) Forest soil
c) Saline soil
d) Alluvial soil
Correct Answer: a) Red and yellow soil
Q68. The land between two rivers is called:
a) Natural Levees
b) Alluvial Cones
c) Braided Stream
d) Doab
Correct Answer: d) Doab
Q69. Which year is called as the 'Demographic divide'?
a) 1941
b) 1921
c) 1931
d) 1930
Correct Answer: b) 1921
Q70. Which country has a high density of population?
a) India
b) Canada
c) Sweden
d) Greenland
Correct Answer: a) India
Q71. The iron and steel plant in Chhattisgarh is at:
a) Burnpur
b) Bhillai
c) Bokaro
d) Jamshedpur
Correct Answer: c) Bokaro
Q72. The leading sesame producing country in the world is:
a) Mexico
b) USA
c) China
d) India
Correct Answer: c) China
Q73. Which one of the following is not correctly matched?
a) Darjeeling - West Bengal
b) Mount Abu - Rajasthan
c) Kodaikanal - Tamil Nadu
d) Simla - Uttar Pradesh
Correct Answer: d) Simla - Uttar Pradesh
Q74. The earth is at its maximum distance from the sun on:
a) January 30th
b) December 22nd
c) September 22nd
d) July 4th
Correct Answer: d) July 4th
Q75. Consider the following pairs: Tributary - Main River
- Chambal : Yamuna
- Sone : Narmada
- Mahanadi : Brahmaputra
Which one of the pairs given above is/are correctly matched?
a) 1, 2 and 3
b) 1 and 2
c) 2 and 3
d) 3 only
Correct Answer: a) 1, 2 and 3
Q76. The total population divided by available arable land area is referred to as:
a) Population density
b) Nutritional density
c) Agricultural density
d) Industrial density
Correct Answer: c) Agricultural density
Q77. The eastward continuation of the Brazil current is called:
a) North Atlantic drift
b) South Atlantic drift
c) Counter Equatorial drift
d) West Atlantic drift
Correct Answer: b) South Atlantic drift
Q78. Ice glacier's melting is a common phenomenon linked to the rise in sea water level. The glaciers are predominantly present in:
a) Greenland
b) Antarctica
c) Himalayas
d) Arctic
Correct Answer: b) Antarctica
Q79. Which hill station is called as the 'Queen of the Satpuras'?
a) Pachmarhi
b) Nilgiri
c) Mahendragiri
d) Cardamom
Correct Answer: a) Pachmarhi
Q80. Which national highway connects Delhi and Kolkata via Mathura and Varanasi?
a) NH 22
b) NH 2
c) NH 30
d) NH 324
Correct Answer: NH 2
Q81. The country where drip irrigation is more efficiently used is:
a) India
b) Israel
c) Sri Lanka
d) England
Correct Answer: b) Israel
Q82. Which River in India flows in a rift valley?
a) Narmada
b) Krishna
c) Cauvery
d) Tapti
Correct Answer: a) Narmada
Q83. A narrow strip of land that connects two larger land masses is called:
a) Cape
b) Isthmus
c) Strait
d) Peninsula
Correct Answer: b) Isthmus
Q84. Maps on large scale, representing both natural and man-made features are called:
a) Thematic maps
b) Atlas maps
c) Wall maps
d) Topographic maps
Correct Answer: d) Topographic maps
Q85. The angle between the magnetic meridian and the geographical meridian at a place is:
a) Declination
b) Latitude
c) Azimuth
d) Dip
Correct Answer: a) Declination
Q86. An irrigation project is categorised as a major project if it covers a cultivable command area of:
a) More than 2,000 hectares
b) 2,000 to 10,000 hectares
c) Above 10,000 hectares
d) All the above
Correct Answer: c) Above 10,000 hectares
Q87. The programme of 'Operation Flood' was concentrated on:
a) Increasing irrigation facilities
b) Flood control
c) Increasing the milk production
d) Increase the flood grains production
Correct Answer: c) Increasing the milk production
Q88. According to Ferrel's law (Coriolis Force) winds change their direction:
a) Towards left in Northern hemisphere and towards right in Southern hemisphere
b) Towards right in Northern hemisphere and towards left in Southern hemisphere
c) Towards right in both the hemisphere
d) Towards left in both the hemisphere
Correct Answer: b) Towards right in Northern hemisphere and towards left in Southern hemisphere
Q89. Which one of the following atmospheric layers absorb ultraviolet rays of the sun?
a) Troposphere
b) Stratosphere
c) Ionosphere
d) Ozonosphere
Correct Answer: b) Stratosphere
Q90. The drainage pattern developed on folded sedimentary rock is termed as:
a) Trellis
b) Dendritic
c) Radial
d) Centric
Correct Answer: b) Dendritic
Q91. Which one of the following is not a line of demarcation between two countries?
a) Durand Line
b) Mac Mahon Line
c) Plimsoll Line
d) Maginot Line
Correct Answer: c) Plimsoll Line
Q92. Water potential remains lowest in:
a) Water plants
b) Woody plants
c) Succulents
d) Halophytes
Correct Answer: c) Succulents
Q93. The free living bacterium in the soil which increases the yield of rice is:
a) Rhizobium
b) Azotobacter
c) Acetobacter
d) Anabaena
Correct Answer: b) Azotobacter
Q94. Frontal cyclones occur characteristically in:
a) Equatorial region
b) Tropical region
c) Mid-latitudinal region
d) Polar region
Correct Answer: c) Mid-latitudinal region
Q95. "Yosemite" is a:
a) River
b) Peak
c) Waterfall
d) Dam
Correct Answer: c) Waterfall
Q96. Where is the shore based steel plant located?
a) Tuticorin
b) Salem
c) Vishakhapatnam
d) Mangalore
Correct Answer: c) Vishakhapatnam
Q97. Which two of the following are connected by the North South corridor?
a) Srinagar and Kanyakumari
b) Mumbai and Chennai
c) Amritsar and Kolkata
d) Hyderabad and Bhopal
Correct Answer: a) Srinagar and Kanyakumari
Q98. Which of the following statements is correct?
a) Mahadeo hills are in the west of Maikala hills
b) Mahadeo hills are the part of Karnataka Plateau
c) Mahadeo hills are in the east of Chhota Nagpur Plateau
d) Mahadeo hills are the part of Aravalli ranges
Correct Answer: a) Mahadeo hills are in the west of Maikala hills
Q99. Which one of the following resources is renewable one?
a) Uranium
b) Coal
c) Timber
d) Natural Gas
Correct Answer: c) Timber
Q100. Soil erosion can be prevented by:
a) Increasing bird population
b) Afforestation
c) Removal of vegetation
d) Overgrazing
Correct Answer: b) Afforestation
Q102. Natural sources of air pollution are:
a) Forest fires
b) Volcanic eruptions
c) Dust storm
d) Smoke from burning dry leaves
Correct Answer: c) Dust storm
Q103. The 'graded profile' of a river course is:
a) Smooth curve in the upper course
b) Smooth curve in the middle course
c) Smooth curve in the lower course
d) Smooth curve from source to mouth
Correct Answer: d) Smooth curve from source to mouth
Q104. Sink hole is a phenomenon of topography:
a) Desert
b) Tundra
c) Karst
d) Plain
Correct Answer: c) Karst
Q105. Kerala is famous for the cultivation of:
a) Coconut
b) Black pepper
c) Rubber
d) Rice
Correct Answer: a) Coconut
