A) Firoz Shah Tughlaq
B) Ghiyas-ud-din Tughlaq
C) Muhammad bin Tughlaq
D) Bahlul Lodi
2. Puducherry officially became a Union Territory of India in:
A) 1950
B) 1954
C) 1962
D) 1975
3. Which west-flowing river forms an estuary near Surat?
A) Sabarmati
B) Mahi
C) Tapi
D) Luni
A) Ministry of Railway Transport and Highways
B) Ministry of Road Transport and Highways
C) Ministry of Rural Transport and Housing
D) Ministry of Road Traffic and Housing
A) Cork
B) Galway
C) Dublin
D) Limerick
A) R. D. Banerji
B) Daya Ram Sahni
C) Alexander Cunningham
D) John Marshall
7. Mohenjo-daro was discovered by:
A) R. D. Banerji
B) Daya Ram Sahni
C) Mortimer Wheeler
D) Rakhaldas Banerji
8. UNESCO is headquartered in:
A) Geneva
B) New York
C) Paris
D) Vienna
9. The Prince of Wales welcomed in Jaipur in 1876 was:
A) Edward VII
B) George V
C) William IV
D) Charles I
A) Gaul
B) Hispania
C) Germania
D) Lusitania
11. Puducherry remained a French colony until:
A) 1947
B) 1950
C) 1954
D) 1962
12. “Paris of the East” refers to:
A) Budapest
B) Prague
C) Bucharest
D) Warsaw
A) Udaipur
B) Jaipur
C) Jodhpur
D) Bikaner
14. Jaipur was founded in 1727 by:
A) Sawai Jai Singh I
B) Sawai Jai Singh II
C) Man Singh
D) Pratap Singh
15. Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel integrated how many princely states after independence?
A) 552
B) 562
C) 572
D) 582
16. Pritilata Waddedar is remembered for attacking:
A) Writers’ Building
B) Chittagong Armoury
C) Pahartali European Club
D) Alipore Jail
17. Chhattisgarh shares its longest boundary with:
A) Maharashtra
B) Madhya Pradesh
C) Odisha
D) Jharkhand
18. University of Madras was established in:
A) 1854
B) 1857
C) 1861
D) 1882
19. The University of Madras was founded during the tenure of which Governor-General?
A) Lord Dalhousie
B) Lord Canning
C) Lord Ripon
D) Lord Curzon
A) 1849
B) 1879
C) 1885
D) 1905
21. Which medieval city preceded Siri in Delhi?
A) Tughlaqabad
B) Jahanpanah
C) Qila Rai Pithora
D) Firozabad
22. Which Sultan built Tughlaqabad?
A) Alauddin Khalji
B) Ghiyas-ud-din Tughlaq
C) Muhammad bin Tughlaq
D) Firoz Shah
A) 1942
B) 1945
C) 1950
D) 1960
A) Firoz Shah Tughlaq
B) Nasir-ud-din Mahmud Tughlaq
C) Muhammad bin Tughlaq
D) Khizr Khan
A) Prime Minister
B) Speaker of Lok Sabha
C) Chief Justice of India
D) Attorney General
26. Which river forms the major delta in Odisha?
A) Subarnarekha
B) Brahmani
C) Mahanadi
D) Baitarani
27. Between 1950–1956, Berar and Deccan States were merged into:
A) Madhya Pradesh
B) Hyderabad State
C) Bombay State
D) Gujarat
28. The Agha Khan Cup is associated with:
A) Football
B) Hockey
C) Polo
D) Cricket
29. When Zakir Hussain died in 1969, the acting President was:
A) Fakhruddin Ali Ahmed
B) V. V. Giri
C) Neelam Sanjiva Reddy
D) Gopal Swarup Pathak
A) Telangana only
B) Andhra Pradesh only
C) Andhra Pradesh and Telangana
D) Karnataka
31. The Government of India Act, 1935, provided for:
A) Complete independence
B) Provincial autonomy
C) Federal court abolition
D) Direct elections to Viceroy
32. The 1935 Act was mainly drafted under the leadership of:
A) Clement Attlee
B) Samuel Hoare
C) Winston Churchill
D) Ramsay MacDonald
33. The Indian Constitution borrowed the concept of Federal Scheme from:
A) USA
B) Canada
C) Government of India Act, 1935
D) Australia
34. Kuchipudi derives its name from:
A) A temple
B) A musical instrument
C) A village
D) A king
35. The Krishna-Godavari delta is shared mainly by:
A) Tamil Nadu & Kerala
B) Andhra Pradesh
C) Odisha
D) Karnataka
36. Chhattisgarh was carved out of which state in 2000?
A) Bihar
B) Madhya Pradesh
C) Uttar Pradesh
D) Odisha
Answer: B
A) Daman
B) Bharuch
C) Mumbai
D) Karwar
38. The first Federal Court of India was established under:
A) Indian Councils Act 1909
B) Government of India Act 1919
C) Government of India Act 1935
D) Indian Independence Act 1947
39. The impeachment procedure of the Indian President is inspired by the Constitution of:
A) UK
B) USA
C) Ireland
D) France
A) Malda & Murshidabad
B) Purulia & Bankura
C) Nadia & Hooghly
D) Cooch Behar & Jalpaiguri
41. Bethune College is significant because it is:
A) First engineering college in India
B) Oldest women’s college in India
C) First medical college in India
D) First law college in India
42. The pacemaker of the human heart is:
A) AV node
B) SA node
C) Bundle of His
D) Purkinje fibers
43. Which part of the brain regulates body temperature?
A) Cerebellum
B) Medulla oblongata
C) Hypothalamus
D) Thalamus
44. Which vitamin is essential for blood clotting?
A) Vitamin A
B) Vitamin C
C) Vitamin K
D) Vitamin D
45. Insulin is secreted by which cells of the pancreas?
A) Alpha cells
B) Beta cells
C) Delta cells
D) Acinar cells
46. Which of the following pairs is incorrectly matched?
A) Purulia – Ayodhya Hills
B) Darjeeling – Sandakphu
C) Bankura – Biharinath Hill
D) Malda – Parasnath Hill
47. Sundarbans National Park was declared a UNESCO World Heritage Site in:
A) 1985
B) 1987
C) 1989
D) 1991
48. The Black Pagoda temple of West Bengal refers to:
A) Dakshineswar Temple
B) Tarapith Temple
C) Kalighat Temple
D) Konark Temple
49. Bethune College was founded by:
A) Raja Rammohan Roy
B) Ishwar Chandra Vidyasagar
C) John Elliot Drinkwater Bethune
D) Henry Derozio
A) Simple majority
B) Absolute majority
C) Special majority of two-thirds of total membership
D) Unanimous vote