1. Planck satellite mission was launched to study
A) Solar flares
B) Earth’s atmosphere
C) Cosmic microwave background
D) Comets
2. The element that makes stars shine is—
A) Fusion of hydrogen into helium
B) Fission of uranium
C) Burning of oxygen
D) Chemical reactions
3. Which telescope first captured images of distant galaxies in deep space?
A) James Webb Telescope
B) Hubble Space Telescope
C) Kepler Telescope
D) Chandra X-ray Telescope
4. The light-year is a unit of—
A) Time
B) Density
C) Mass
D) Distance
5. Which particle is known as the ‘God Particle’?
A) Electron
B) Proton
C) Higgs Boson
D) Neutron
6. The ‘Basic Structure Doctrine’ was reaffirmed in which of the following cases?
A) Indira Sawhney Case
B) Minerva Mills Case
C) S.R. Bommai Case
D) I.R. Coelho Case
7. The Anti-Defection Law was inserted by—
A) 42nd Amendment
B) 44th Amendment
C) 52nd Amendment
D) 61st Amendment
8. GNP = GDP + ?
A) Depreciation
B) Net factor income from abroad
C) Net exports
D) Indirect taxes
9. Phillips Curve shows relationship between—
A) Inflation and unemployment
B) Inflation and GDP
C) Money supply and growth
D) Tax and output
10. The highest groundwater potential in India is found in:
A) Aravalli Region
B) Alluvial plains
C) Deccan Plateau
D) Thar Desert
11. The highest peak of the Eastern Ghats is—
A) Mahendragiri
B) Doddabetta
C) Arma Konda
D) Shevaroy Hills
12. The Konkan Coast extends from:
A) Goa to Kerala
B) Daman to Goa
C) Mumbai to Kanyakumari
D) Surat to Mumbai
13. The first element formed after the Big Bang was
A) Oxygen
B) Helium
C) Hydrogen
D) Carbon
14. The Ryotwari System was introduced by—
A) Warren Hastings
B) Lord Cornwallis
C) Alexander Read & Thomas Munro
D) Dalhousie
15. The Poona Pact (1932) was signed between
A) Gandhi & Jinnah
B) Nehru & Ambedkar
C) Gandhi & Ambedkar
D) Gandhi & Bose
16. Biodiversity hotspots were first defined by—
A) Norman Myers
B) Edward Wilson
C) Robert Whittaker
D) James Lovelock
17. Ramsar site refers to—
A) Desert Ecosystem
B) Wetlands of international importance
C) Coral reefs
D) High-altitude forests
18. The ‘Panchatantra’ was composed by—
A) Kalidasa
B) Vishnu Sharma
C) Banabhatta
D) Bhavabhuti
19. The Khudai Khidmatgar movement was active in—
A) Bengal
B) Punjab
C) North-West Frontier Province
D) United Provinces
20. Who was the founder of the Gupta Empire?
A) Chandragupta I
B) Samudragupta
C) Sri Gupta
D) Chandragupta II
21. The cosmic microwave background radiation (CMBR) was discovered by—
A) Hubble
B) Penzias and Wilson
C) Einstein
D) Hawking
22. Manipuri classical dance is traditionally associated with—
A) Shaivism
B) Vaishnavism
C) Jainism
D) Buddhism
23. The famous “Dashavatara Temple” of Deogarh belongs to—
A) Gupta period
B) Mauryan period
C) Chola period
D) Mughal period
24. The ‘Bargi Invasion’ took place during the reign of—
A) Alivardi Khan
B) Siraj-ud-Daulah
C) Murshid Quli Khan
D) Hussain Shah
25. The Damodar river is also known as—
A) Sorrow of Assam
B) Sorrow of Bihar
C) Sorrow of Bengal
D) Sorrow of Odisha
26. International Commonwealth Day is celebrated every year on ____
A) 22 May
B) 23 May
C) 24 May
D) 25 May
27. The Maitree Express and Bandhan Express trains connect India with which of the following countries?
A) Mynamar
B) Pakistan
C) Nepal
D) Bangladesh
28. Which of these is not an Indian Musical Instrument?
A) Sitar
B) Bansuri
C) Madal
D) Tanpura
29. National Defence Academy is situated at ?
A) Kolkata
B) Delhi
C) Pune
D) Dehradun
30. Humayun was born in the year ___________.
A) 1508
B) 1608
C) 1708
D) 1808
31. SEBI was set up in
A) 1988
B) 1990
C) 1992
D) 1995
32. SEBI was given statutory status in
A) 1988
B) 1990
C) 1992
D) 1995
33. Which Railway Minister presented the railway budget 6 times in a row?
A) Suresh Prabhu
B) John Mathai
C) Lalu Prasad Yadav
D) Mamata Banerjee
34. Kudankulam Nuclear Power Plant is located in
A) Andhra Pradesh
B) Tamil Nadu
C) Maharashtra
D) Kerala
35. “Sare Jahan Se Achcha” was composed by
A) Subramania Bharati
B) Allama Iqbal
C) Rabindranath Tagore
D) Maithili Sharan Gupt
36. The author of the book “Unbreakable” is
A) PT Usha
B) Saina Nehwal
C) Mary Kom
D) Sania Mirza
37. Which of the following were merged into a single Union Territory in 2020?
A) Lakshadweep & Daman
B) Dadra & Nagar Haveli and Daman & Diu
C) Puducherry & Karaikal
D) Goa & Daman
38. The green colour in the Indian National Flag signifies
A) Peace
B) Courage and sacrifice
C) Fertility, growth & auspiciousness
D) Knowledge
39. Chhatrapati Shivaji Terminus (CST) was designed by
A) Frederick W. Stevens
B) Edwin Lutyens
C) Herbert Baker
D) Charles Correa
40. Shivaji Maharaj’s father was
A) Shambhaji I
B) Shahaji Raje Bhosale
C) Maloji Raje
D) Jijabai
41. Shambhaji Maharaj succeeded Shivaji in
A) 1672
B) 1674
C) 1680
D) 1690
42. K. Radhakrishnan is best known for serving as
A) RBI Governor
B) ISRO Chairman
C) UPSC Chairman
D) TRAI Chairman
43. Dadra and Nagar Haveli was liberated from Portuguese rule in
A) 1947
B) 1954
C) 1961
D) 1974
44. Kudankulam Nuclear Plant is built with collaboration from
A) USA
B) Russia
C) France
D) Japan
45. The longest international border in the world lies between
A) Russia–China
B) USA–Mexico
C) Canada–USA
D) India–Bangladesh
46. The only continent without an active volcano is
A) Antarctica
B) Europe
C) Australia
D) Asia
47. Which of the following countries is landlocked?
A) Greece
B) Poland
C) Austria
D) Thailand
48. The currency “Rial” is used in
A) Iran
B) Iraq
C) Oman
D) Both A & C
49. The headquarters of the World Trade Organization (WTO) is in
A) Washington
B) Brussels
C) Geneva
D) New York
50. Nobel Prizes are not awarded in which field?
A) Medicine
B) Economics
C) Peace
D) Mathematics