Q1. Who wrote the best-selling book The Road Ahead?
(a) Bill Clinton
(b) I.K. Gujral
(c) Bill Gates
(d) T.N. Seshan
(e) Brack Obama
Q2. Who was the first Hindi writer to receive Jnanpith Award?
(a) Mahadevi Verma
(b) Sumitranandan Pant
(c) Dr. Ramdhari Singh Dinkar
(d) S.H. Vatsyayan
(e) Babudas Sharma
Q3. What is “Vishva Mohini”?
(a) Name of India’s Beauty Queen
(b) The tittle given to Lata Mangeshkar for her contribution to music
(c) An Indian ship
(d) A famous book on Indian dances
(e) Hindi name of “Miss World”
Q4. The pass located in Himachal Pradesh is
(a) Shipkila
(b) Zojila
(c) Nathula
(d) Jelepla
(e) None of these
Q5. The book titled ‘The Indian War of Independence’ was written by
(a) Krishna Verma
(b) Madame Cama
(c) B. G. Tilak
(d) V. D. Savarkar
(e) Jawaharlal Nehru
Q6. Nallamala hills are located in the state of
(a) Orissa
(b) Meghalaya
(c) Andhra Pradesh
(d) Gujarat
(e) Maharashtra
Q7. December 1 is celebrated as:
(a) Indian Navy Day
(b) UNICEF Day
(c) World AIDS Day
(d) Children’s Day
(e) Youth day
Q8. The ‘Global 500’ awards are given for outstanding achievement in which one of the following fields?
(a) Literature
(b) Medicine
(c) Music
(d) Promotion of International Peace
(e) Environmental Protection
Q9. Who painted the master piece “Hamsa Damayanti”?
(a) Anjolie Ela Menon
(b) Abanindranath Tagore
(c) Amrita Shergill
(d) Raja Ravi Varma
(e) Rabindra Nath Tagore
Q10. What is the full form of NATO?
(a) North African Treaty Organisation
(b) North Atlantic Treaty Organisation
(c) North Asian Treaty Organisation
(d) North American Treaty Organisation
(e) None of these
Q11. In which State is the folk painting ‘Madhubani popular?
(a) West Bengal
(b) Orissa
(c) Bihar
(d) Assam
(e) Maharashtra
Q12. The approximate length of the coastline of India is
(a) 5,500 km
(b) 6,000 km
(c) 6,500 km
(d) 7,000 km
(e) 7,500 km
Q13. In which of the following fields Nobel Prize is not given?
(a) Physics
(b) Mathematics
(c) Chemistry
(d) Medicine
(e) Peace
Q14. Which day is observed as World AIDS day?
(a) March 20th
(b) December 20th
(c) March 1st
(d) December 1st
(e) November 20th
Q15. What do the paintings of Ajanta depict?
(a) Ramayana
(b) Mahabharata
(c) Jatakas
(d) Panchatantra
(e) None of these