Q1. Which lake seprates the Hyderabad, capital of Andhra Pradesh, from its twin city Secunderabad?
(a) Durgam Cheruvu
(b) Ramgarh Tal Lake
(c) Hussain Sagar
(d) Osman Sagar
(e) Kolleru Lake
Q2. What is the capital of Dadra and Nagar Haveli?
(a) Daman
(b) Shilling
(c) Dispur
(d) Silvassa
(e) None of the above
Q3. What is the common name of Indian national tree `Ficus Bengalensis’ ?
(a) Banyan
(b) Peepal
(c) Neem
(d) Aam
(e) None of the above
Q4. ‘Bhogi’, ‘Surya’, ‘Mattu’ and ‘Kanum’ are the parts of which four day long harvest festival of Tamilnadu?
(a) Bihu
(b) Lohri
(c) Pongal
(d) Baisakhi
(e) Onam
Q5. Wheeler Island, the site of India’s missile testing facility Integrated Test Range (ITR), is situated in which state?
(a) Andhra Pradesh
(b) Odisha
(c) Tamilnadu
(d) Kerala
(e) Gujarat
Q6. On the banks of which river is the city of Jammu, the winter capital of Jammu & Kashmir, situated?
(a) Ravi
(b) Tawi
(c) Tapti
(d) Gomti
(e) Ganga
Q7. On 1st July 1997, where was India’s first Science City inaugurated?
(a) Mumbai
(b) Bengaluru
(c) Hyderabad
(d) Bhopal
(e) Kolkata
Q8. Who was popularly known as the ‘Lady with the Lamp’?
(a) Mother Teresa
(b) Sister Nivedita
(c) Florence Nightingale
(d) The Mother (Mirra Alfassa)
(e) None of the above
Q9. What is the minimum age limit to become the Governor of a state in India? (a) 18 years
(b) 25 years
(c) 30 years
(d) 35 years
(e) 25 years
Q10. In which year did Sir Edmund Hillary reach the summit of Mount Everest?
(a) 1952
(b) 1953
(c) 1954
(d) 1955
(e) 1956
Q11. Hirakud Dam at Sambalpur in Orissa, the longest dam in India, is built across which river?
(a) Narmada
(b) Mahanadi
(c) Godavari
(d) Kaveri
(e) Ganga
Q12. ‘Kathakali’, ‘Mohiniaattam’ and ‘Thullal’ dance forms are native of which state?
(A) Karnataka
(B) Andhra Pradesh
(C) Tamil Nadu
(D) Odisha
(e) Kerala
Q13. Thomas Cup is associated with….?
(a) billiards
(b) table tennis
(c) lawn tennis
(d) badminton
(e) None of the above
Q14. The 4,620MW Mundra Thermal Power Station is located in the Kutch district of which of the following state and is currently the second biggest operating thermal power plant in India?
(a) Gujarat
(b) Rajasthan
(c) Maharashtra
(d) Uttar Pradesh
(e) Tamil Nadu
Q15. Where is the permanent secretariat of the SAARC?
(a) Kathmandu
(b) Islamabad
(c) New Delhi
(d) Colombo
(e) None of the above