Q1. Who amongst the following was awarded Nobel Prize for developing the technology used in integrated circuits used in PCs?
(a) Robert F. Furchgott
(b) Horst L. Stormer
(c) Jack Kilby
(d) John a. Pole
Q2. Who is the author of book “Is New York Burning”?
(a) John Gresham
(b) Lapiere and Collins
(c) Christopher Paolini Knaul
(d) Michael Moor
(e) None of these
Q3. Who invented the battery?
(a) Roentgen
(b) Volta
(c) Faraday
(d) Maxwell
(e) William Cruickshank
Q4. Earth Summit was held in
(a) USA
(b) UK
(c) Brazil
(d) Australia
(e) India
Q5. Seismograph is related to
(a) Rivers
(b) Earthquakes
(c) Volcanoes
(d) Mountains
(e) Land slides
Q6. The Government of which State has instituted the ‘Tansen Samman’?
(a) Uttar Pradesh
(b) Madhya Pradesh
(c) Gujarat
(d) Maharashtra
(e) Uttarakhand
Q7. Where are the Saltoro Ranges located?
(a) Ladakh
(b) Along the Vindhyas
(c) Part of the Karakorma Ranges
(d) Part of the Western Ghats
(e) Part of the Alborz
Q8. National Science Day in India is celebrated on
(a) 30th April
(b) 1st February
(c) 19th June
(d) 23rd March
(e) 28th February
Q9. Who has instituted the “Moortidevi Sahitya Puraskar”?
(a) Ministry of HRD, Central Government
(b) Sahitya Academy
(c) Bharatiya Jnanapeeth Trust
(d) Bharatiya Vidya Bhavan
(e) None of these
Q10. Who is the present Secretary General of the United Nations?
(a) Javier Perez de Cuellar
(b) Kofi Annan
(c) U. Thant
(d) Boutros Boutros-Ghali
(e) Antonio Guterres
Q11.What is the Currency of Macedonia?
(a) Maluti
(b) Denar
(c) Litas
(d) Nakfa
(e) Kina
Q12. Gulf Of Kutch National Park is situated in which of the following Indian state/UT?
(a) Madhya Pradesh
(b) Assam
(c) Gujarat
(d) West Bengal
(e) Kerala
Q13. Bhavai is the folk dance of which of the following state?
(a) Odisha
(b) Andhra Pradesh
(c) Chhattisgarh
(d) Gujarat
(e) West Bengal
Q14. Chandil Dam is in which of the following state?
(a) Karnataka
(b) Tamil Nadu
(c) Jharkhand
(d) Maharashtra
(e) Odisha
Q15. Who is the Chief Minister of Jharkhand?
(a) Raman Singh
(b) Vijaybhai R. Rupani
(c) Okram Ibobi Singh
(d) Laxmikant Parsekar
(e) Raghubar Das