(a) Robert F. Furchgott
(b) Horst L. Stormer
(c) Jack Kilby
(d) John a. Pole
(e) Kirment Sebatian
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. Seismography is the science of
(a) Rivers
(b) Earthquakes
(c) Volcanoes
(d) Mountains
(e) Land slides
Q6. Where is Panjshir valley situated?
(a) Lebanon
(b) Pakistan
(c) Jammu and Kashmir, India
(d) Syria
(e) Afghanistan
Q7. Who is author of the book ‘Apprenticeship of a Mahatma’ on which the film called ‘The Making of the Mahatma’ is based?
(a) Arundhati Roy
(b) Shyam Benegal
(c) Shobha de
(d) Fatima Meer
(e) Khushwant Singh
Q8. Kisan Diwas (Farmer’s Day) is observed on the
(a) 1st July
(b) 4th December
(c) 18th December
(d) 23rd December
(e) 22nd January
Q9. Which one of the following river flows through a rift valley?
(a) Godavari
(b) Narmada
(c) Krishna
(d) Mahanadi
(e) Ganga
Q10. Which is the first state in India to enact the Food Security Act?
(a) Chhattisgarh
(b) Gujarat
(c) Tamil Nadu
(d) Bihar
(e) Haryana
Q11. Minorities Rights Day is observed in India on
(a) 23rd December
(b) 5th September
(c) 1st December
(d) 18th December
(e) 15th September
Q12. The UN flag was adopted by the General Assembly on
(a) October 20, 1947
(b) January 1, 1952
(c) June 24, 1973
(d) August 15, 1982
(e) September 22, 1967
Q13. Where is the oldest continuously functioning World Bank country office?
(a) Tokyo
(b) Bonn
(c) Paris
(d) New Delhi
(e) London
Q14. Ama Jangal Yojna (my forest scheme) a bid to enhance forest cover in the State was launched in
(a) Odisha
(b) Chhattisgarh
(c) Jharkhand
(d) Assam
(e) Rajasthan
Q15. Which Indian city has been chosen by the World Bank for setting up its back office operations?
(a) New Delhi
(b) Kolkata
(c) Chennai
(d) Bangalore
(e) Hydrabad