Q1. The credit of developing the polio vaccine goes to…?
(a) Alb E. Sabin
(b) J.L. Baird
(c) J. Perkins
(d) Jones Salk
(e) None of the above
Q2. The main crop of Meghalaya is…?
(a) rice
(b) wheat
(c) barley
(d) sugarcane
(e) None of the above
Q3. The major minerals found in Uttar Pradesh are…?
(a) copper and graphite
(b) limestone and dolomite
(c) rock phosphate and dolomite
(d) both (a) and (c)
(e) None of the above
Q4. The Loktak lake facing environmental problems is situated in..?
(a) Orissa
(b) Kerala
(c) Assam
(d) Manipur
(e) None of the above
Q5. The total number of Judges of the International Court of Justice is…?
(a) 15
(b) 10
(c) 8
(d) 12
(e) 11
Q6. Tomb of Vasco-da-Gama is situated at…?
(a) Chittorgarh (Rajasthan)
(b) Coimbatore (Tamil Nadu)
(c) Kochi (Kerala)
(d) Durgapur (West Bengal)
(e) New Delhi
Q7. UNO Day is on…?
(a) 20th July
(b) 14th November
(c) 12th February
(d) 27th June
(e) 24th October
Q8. Vedanthangal Bird Sanctuary at Tamil Nadu has reserves of..?
(a) Wild ass, wolf, nilgai, chinkara
(b) Pantha, chital, sloth bear, wolf
(c) Important bird sanctuary
(d) Elephant, deer, wild boar, crocodile, crangetic dolphin
(e) None of the above
Q9. Which is India’s largest library with a collection of over 190 million volumes of reading and information material?
(a) National Book Trust
(b) National Reading and Education centre
(c) National Educational Resource Centre
(d) National Library
(e) None of the above
Q10. Zawar (Rajasthan) is famous for..?
(a) Iron
(b) Ship manufacturing
(c) Coal
(d) Salt
(e) Zinc mines
Q11. Where was the headquarters of European Union located?
(a) Brussels
(b) Paris
(c) London
(d) Rome
(e) None of the above
Q12. Which are the main crops of Arunachal Pradesh?
(a) Rice, maize, millet, wheat, mustard
(b) Rice, tobacco, oilseeds, jute, cotton
(c) Tea, jute, rice, cotton, silk
(d) All of the above
(e) None of the above
Q13. The first chairman of the Atomic Energy Commission was ?
(a) Dr.H.J.Bhabha
(b) Dr.C.V.Raman
(c) Dr.A.P.J.AbdulKalam
(d) Dr.Vickram Sarabhai
(e) Dr. Sekhar Basu
Q14. The first recipient of Bharat Ratna award in 1954 was
(a) S. Radhakrishnan
(b) C.V. Raman
(c) C. Rajagopalachari
(d) Jawaharlal Nehru
(e) Mahatma Gandhi
Q15. Sharavati projects is in ?
(a) Orissa
(b) Andhra Pradesh
(c) Kerala
(d) Karnataka
(e) None of the above