(a) Jharkhand
(b) Andhra Pradesh
(c) Uttar Pradesh
(d) Maharashtra
(e) Tamil Nadu
Q2. Ustad Amjad Ali Khan belongs to
(a) Sarod
(b) Shehnai
(c) Sarangi
(d) Guitar
(e) Sitar
Q3. On which river has “Naranarayan Setu” been built?
(a) Ganga
(b) Brahmaputra
(c) Mahanadi
(d) Godavari
(e) Yamuna
Q4. The main function of the World Trade Organisation (WTO) is:
(a) enforcing of Uruguay Round Agreements
(b) facilitating multi-lateral trade relations of member countries and reviewing trade policies
(c) administering trade dispute settlement procedures
(d) Organising trade fairs across different countries
(e) Both (b) and (c)
Q5. ‘Uttara Ramcharit’ has been written by –
(a) Harsha
(b) Tulsidas
(c) Bhavbhuti
(d) Shudrak
(e) Magha
Q6. The Sastra Ramanujan prize is related to
(a) Young Physicians
(b) Young Mathematician
(c) Poets
(d) Scientists
(e) None of the above
Q7. Which country successfully launched a satellite first?
(a) US
(b) UK
(c) USSR
(d) France
(e) China
Q8. What is Obra?
(a) A new refinery
(b) A new aluminium plant
(c) A bird sanctuary
(d) A thermal power station
(e) A Coal mine
Q9. Name the author of the book A Passage to England:
(a) E. M. Forster
(b) Khushwant Singh
(c) Vikram Seth
(d) Eric Segal
(e) Nirad C. Choudhary
Q10. Which company manufactures the A-380 aircraft?
(a) Air Bus Industries
(b) Lockheed Martin
(c) Raytheon
(d) Macdonald Douglas
(e) Irkutsk Aviation Factory
Q11. In a tribute to Mahatma Gandhi’s philosophy of brotherhood and peace, the UN General Assembly declared his birth anniversary, October 2, as the
(a) International Day of Non-Violence
(b) International Day of Cooperation
(c) International Day of Peace and Cooperation
(d) International Day of Peace and Non-Violence
(e) International Day of Peace
Q12. Who produced the first gasoline automobile?
(a) Gottleib Daimler
(b) Henry Ford
(c) Rudolf Diesel
(d) Karl Benz
(e) Charles Edgar Duryea
Q13. Saraswati Samman is given to which field?
(a) History
(b) Science
(c) Literature
(d) Social Harmony
(e) Economics
Q14. Who was associated with the creation of Pentium Chip?
(a) Arun Netravalli
(b) Sabeer Bhatia
(c) C. Kumar Patel
(d) Vinod Dham
(e) None of the above
Q15. World Health Day is observed on
(a) June 5
(b) April 7
(c) June 7
(d) July 11
(e) July 7