Q1. Vijaya Bank is a medium-sized Public Sector Bank with presence across India. It is one of the nationalised banks in India. Where are the headquarters of Vijaya Bank?
(a) Mumbai
(b) New Delhi
(c) Bengaluru
(d) Kolkata
(e) Pune
Q2. Rajnath Singh was elected as Member of Parliament to the 16th Lok Sabha from the constituency of?
(a) Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh
(b) Ghajiabad, Uttar Pradesh
(c) Patna Sahib, Bihar
(d) Darbhanga, Bihar
(e) Hamirpur, Himachal Pradesh
Q3. “Green Signals: Ecology, Growth and Democracy in India” has been written by?
(a) Pranab Mukherjee
(b) Narendra Modi
(c) P Chidambaram
(d) Jairam Ramesh
(e) None of the above
Q4. Punjab, a state bordering Pakistan, is the heart of India’s Sikh community. Where is the capital of Punjab?
(a) Amritsar
(b) Chandigarh
(c) Ludhiana
(d) Jalandhar
(e) None of the above
Q5. Who is Anjali Bhagwat?
(a) Film actress
(b) Author
(c) Artitecture
(d) Politician
(e) Shooter
Q6. Odisha (formerly Orissa), an eastern Indian state on the Bay of Bengal is well known for its tribal cultures and many ancient Hindu temples. Who is present governor of Odisha?
(a) Padmanabha Acharya
(b) Ram Nath Kovind
(c) S C Jamir
(d) Keshari Nath Tripathi
(e) Konijeti Rosaiah
Q7. National Youth Day is celebrated in India on which of the following day on the birthday of Swami Vivekananda?
(a) January 26
(b) January 12
(c) February 26
(d) January 20
(e) None of the above
Q8. Indian Overseas Bank(IOB) is a major public sector bank based in Chennai. Where is the headquarter of IOB?
(a) Mumbai
(b) Kolkata
(c) New Delhi
(d) Bangalore
(e) Chennai
Q9. Peru is a country in South America that is home to a section of Amazon rainforest and Machu Picchu, an ancient Incan city set high in the Andes mountains. Where is the capital of Peru?
(a) Lima
(b) Baghdad
(c) Amman
(d) Pretoria
(e) Ottawa
Q10. Hemis National Park is a high altitude national park in which of the following states?
(a) Uttar Pradesh
(b) Jammu and Kashmir
(c) Himachal Pradesh
(d) Uttarakhand
(e) None of the above
Q11. The UNSECO’s ‘Prix Jules Verne’ prize has been given to which of the following serials of Doordarshan?
(a) Turning Point
(b) The World This Week
(c) Surabhi
(d) Eye Witness
(e) Paryavaran
Q12. Who wrote the play “Uttararamacharita”?
(a) Harsha
(b) Tulsidas
(c) Bhavabhuti
(d) Sudraka
(e) Ved Vyas
Q13. X-rays were discovered by
(a) Becquerel
(b) Roentgen
(c) Marie Curie
(d) Van Lue
(e) Isac Newton
Q14. The causative virus of AIDS was isolated in the year of
(a) 1980
(b) 1981
(c) 1983
(d) 1986
(e) 1985
Q15. Waksman got the Nobel Prize for the discovery of:
(a) Streptomycin
(b) Chloromycetin
(c) Neomycin
(d) Penicillin
(e) None of these