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1. The temples of Khajuraho were built by the (d) Gandhiji and Md. Ali Jinnah
rulers of which of the following dynasties? 9. At which of the following battles was Humayun
(a) Baghela defeated by Sher Shar Suri?
(b) Parmar (a) Battle of Chausa
(c) Chandel (b) Battle of Khanwa
(d) Bundela (c) First Battle of Panipat
2. Which of the following Sultans introduced (d) Battle of Thanesar
'Market Reforms'? 10. Who wrote the immortal National Song “Bande
(a) Jalal-ud-din Khilji Mataram”?
(b) Ala-ud-din Khilji (a) Rabindra Nath Tagore
(c) Mohammad Tughlaq (b) Sharat Chandra Chattopadhyaya
(d) Balban (c) Bankim Chandra Chattopadhyaya
3. Which among the following Sikh Gurus (d) Surendranath Bandopadhyaya
instituted the Khalsa Panth? 11. India and Sri Lanka are separated by which of
(a) Guru Gobind Singh the following straits?
(b) Guru Teg Bahadur (a) Laccadive Sea
(c) Guru Arjun Dev (b) Amchitka Pass
(d) Guru Nanak Dev (c) Palk Strait
4. Which one of the following movement began (d) Colvos Passage
with the Dandi March? 12. The Sun shines vertically on the equator:
(a) Quit India Movement (a) throughout the year
(b) Non-Cooperation Movement (b) for six months
(c) Civil Disobedience Movement (c) twice a year
(d) Home Rule Movement (d) once a year
5. The proud title of 'Vikramaditya' had been 13. Which planet of the solar system spins on its
assumed by which of the following rulers? axis at the fastest rate?
(a) Harsha (a) Mercury
(b) Chandragupta II (b) Earth
(c) Kanishka (c) Jupiter
(d) Samudragupta (d) Saturn
6. The Ghadar Party was founded (November 14. Which one of the following represents the inner
1913) at San Francisco, USA by: planets?
(a) Madam Bhikaji Cama (a) Planets between the Sun and the Earth
(b) Lala Har Dayal (b) Planets between the Sun and the belt of
(c) Motilal Nehru asteroids
(d) Dadabhai Naoroji (c) Planets in gaseous state
7. Who was the Viceroy of India when Quit India (d) Planets without satellites
Resolution was passed in 1942? 15. Which one of the following is an object with
(a) Lord Linlithgow such a strong gravitational field that even light
(b) Lord Wavell cannot escape from its surface?
(c) Lord Willingdon (a) Neutron Star
(d) Lord Mountbatten (b) White Dwarf
8. In 1932, Poona Pact was signed between: (c) Black Hole
(a) Gandhiji and Jawahar Lal Nehru (d) Supernova Star
(b) Gandhiji and Dr. B. R. Ambedkar
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16. Which of the following is the only planet whose 23. The idea of Directive Principles of State Policy
period of rotation is longer than the period of in the Constitution of India has been borrowed
revolution around the Sun? from which of the following Constitutions?
(a) Mercury (a) The Irish Constitution
(b) Venus (b) The French Constitution
(c) Mars (c) The Japanese Constitution
(d) Neptune (d) The Canadian Constitution
17. Which of the following is the nearest star (other 24. At present, in the Constitution of India Right to
than the sun) to the earth? Property is:
(a) Alpha Centauri (a) Fundamental Right
(b) Pole star (b) Legal Right
(c) Proxima Centauri (c) Moral Right
(d) Vega (d) None of these
18. Study of Universe is known as which of the 25. Which of the following courts is responsible for
following? the enforcement of Fundamental Rights?
(a) Hydrography (a) Supreme Court
(b) Radiology (b) High Court
(c) Cosmology (c) Both 'a' and 'b'
(d) Seismology (d) District Court
19. Which of the following is the bright heavenly 26. Which of the following is the first Law Officer of
body with a long luminous tail? the Government of India?
(a) A Planet (a) Chief Justice of India
(b) A Star (b) Law Minister
(c) A Comet (c) Attorney General
(d) A Constellation (d) Auditor General
20. Which of the following country is commonly 27. Any dispute regarding the violation of
known as ‘The Land of Golden Fleece’? Fundamental Rights can be presented :
(a) Australia (a) in the Supreme Court only
(b) Finland (b) in the High Court only
(c) Norway (c) either in the Supreme Court or in the High
(d) Japan Court
21. Which one of the following cannot be dissolved (d) first in the Supreme Court and then in the
but can be abolished? High Court
(a) Lok Sabha 28. The executive power is vested in the President
(b) Rajya Sabha but it is actually used by him on the advice of:
(c) State Legislative Council (a) Prime Minister
(d) State Legislative Assembly (b) Council of Ministers
22. While a proclamation of emergency is in (c) Parliament
operation in the country, the State (d) None of these
Government: 29. Prorogation of the House means :
(a) cannot legislate (a) House has been brought in session
(b) can legislate only on subjects in the (b) the session of the House has been
Concurrent List terminated
(c) can legislate on the subject in the State List (c) the House itself stands terminated
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30. Who acts as the President of India when neither (a) RBI
the President nor the Vice-President is (b) SBI
available? (c) SEBI
(a) Speaker of Lok Sabha (d) ICICI
(b) Chief Justice of India 38. By which bill does the government make
(c) Auditor General of India arrangement for the collection of revenues for a
(d) Seniormost Governor of a State year?
31. The business in Stock Markets and other (a) Supplementary Budget
securities markets is regulated by: (b) Finance Bill
(a) Stock and Exchange Bank of India (c) Fiscal Budget
(b) Securities and Exchange Board of India (d) Economic Bill
(c) Sole Trade and Exchange Bank of India 39. Reserve Bank of India is set up on the basis of
(d) State and Exchange Bank of India the recommendation of which of the following?
32. State Bank of India was previously known as: (a) Cripps Mission
(a) Canara Bank (b) Hilton Young Commission
(b) Imperial Bank of India (c) Cabinet Mission
(c) Syndicate Bank (d) None of these
(d) Cooperative Bank of India 40. When does the problem of unfavorable balance
33. Direct Taxes are taxes on income, and are of payment arise?
directly related to the ability to pay. Which one (a) When exports decrease
of the following is not a direct tax? (b) When exports increase
(a) Income Tax (c) When imports increase
(b) Excise Duty (d) When imports are greater than exports
(c) Corporation Tax 41. Which one of the following pairs is not correctly
(d) Gift Tax matched?
34. The strategy of Rolling plan was adopted during (a) Odometer - Measuring instrument for
whose Prime Ministership? distance covered by motor wheels
(a) Lal Bahadur Shastri (b) Ondometer - Measuring instrument for
(b) Indira Gandhi frequency of electromagnetic waves
(c) Morarji Desai (c) Audiometer - Device for measuring sound
(d) Rajiv Gandhi intensity
35. The period of high inflation and low economic (d) Ammeter - Measuring instrument for
growth is termed as which of the following? electric power
(a) Stagnation 42. Which one of the following pairs is not correctly
(b) Take-off stage in economy matched?
(c) Stagflation (a) Lactose - Sour milk
(d) None of these (b) Carbonic acid - Soda water
36. When was the Reserve Bank of India taken over (c) Formic acid - Red ants
by the Government? (d) Tartaric acid - Grape juice
(a) 1945 43. If there were no organic life on the earth, the
(b) 1949 amount of oxygen in the atmosphere will:
(c) 1952 (a) remain unchanged
(d) 1956 (b) be approximately
37. To prevent recurrence of scams in Indian (c) be almost nil
Capital Market, the Government has assigned (d) be approximately fifty percent
regulatory powers to which of the following?

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44. Clothes made out of which of the following (b) Tetanus
materials is safe to wear while cooking? (c) Measles
(a) Terylene (d) Cholera
(b) Nylon 48. Which of the following organelles is termed as
(c) Silk the powerhouse of a cell?
(d) Cotton (a) Chloroplasts
45. Seismology is the science of which of the (b) Golgi apparatus
following? (c) Mitochondria
(a) Silkworm breeding (d) Nucleus
(b) Earthquakes 49. ‘Bar’ is the unit of which of the following?
(c) Atmospheric Phenomenon (a) Heat
(d) Study of fossils (b) Temperature
46. Which of the following are the principle (c) Current
constituents of Biogas? (d) Atmospheric Pressure
(a) Methane and Carbon Dioxide 50. Coal is formed due to which of the following
(b) Butane and Hydrogen Sulphide processes?
(c) Ethylene and Carbon Dioxide (a) Evaporation
(d) Methane and Carbon Monoxide (b) Centrifugation
47. Which of the following diseases cannot be (c) Conjugation
cured by antibiotics? (d) Carbonization
(a) Leprosy

ANSWER KEY
1. (c) 2. (b) 3. (a) 4. (c) 5. (b) 6. (b) 7. (a) 8. (b) 9. (a) 10. (c)
11. (c) 12. (c) 13. (c) 14. (b) 15. (c) 16. (b) 17. (c) 18. (c) 19. (c) 20. (a)

21. (c) 22. (c) 23. (a) 24. (b) 25. (c) 26. (c) 27. (c) 28. (b) 29. (b) 30. (b)
31. (b) 32. (b) 33. (d) 34. (b) 35. (c) 36. (b) 37. (c) 38. (b) 39. (b) 40. (d)

41. (a) 42. (b) 43. (c) 44. (d) 45. (b) 46. (a) 47. (c) 48. (c) 49. (d) 50. (d)