(a) Nelson Mandela
(b) Louis Fischer
(c) Aung Sang Su Kyi
(d) Mao Tse Tung
(e) Mahatma Gandhi
Q2. Who invented the electric bulb?
(a) Thomas More
(b) Thomas Alva Edison
(c) James Watt
(d) William David Coolidge
(e) None of these
Q3. Which of the following mountain ranges in India are the oldest?
(a) Himalayas
(b) Vindhyas
(c) Aravalli
(d) Sahyadri
(e) None of these
Q4. Who launched National Peoples Party on 5th January, 2013?
(a) Somnath Chatterjee
(b) Shivraj Patil
(c) K S Hegde
(d) P A Sangma
(e) J.B. Kripalani
Q5. ‘Indica’ was written by
(a) Justin
(b) Megasthenese
(c) Pliny
(d) Strabo
(e) Ashoka
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. Who is the Deputy Chairman of the Rajya Sabha?
(a) P.J. Kurien
(b) Hamid Ansari
(c) K. Rahman khan
(d) Karia Munda
(e) Najma Heptullah
Q12. Which of the following is called the storehouse of world-art collections?
(a) National Archives of India
(b) National Museum
(c) National Modern Art Gallery
(d) Salarjung Museum
(e) None of these
Q13. The World Ozone Day is celebrated on
(a) September 18th
(b) March 12th
(c) September 16th
(d) March 10th
(e) July 19th
Q14. The latest addition to the list of UNESCO’s world heritage sites in India is
(a) Qutab Minar
(b) Humayun’s Tomb
(c) Khajuraho Temple
(d) Red Fort
(e) Khangchendzonga National Park
Q15. “Pushkar Fair” maily realted to which of the following thing?
(a) Science
(b) Books
(c) Art
(d) Camels
(e) None of these