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1. The place where Lord Mahavira breathed his last and attained Nirvana:

(A) Sasaram (B) Pawapuri

(C) Patna (D) Madhubani

2. Duleep trophy is associated with which sports: (A) Cricket (B) Hockey (C) Football (D) Tennis
3. If 10 millimeters is equal to 1 centimeter, then 10 centermeters is equal to (A) 1 meter (B) 1 Decimeter (C) 1 Decameter (D) 1 Hectometer
4. Which one of the following is not written by Kalidas: (A) Raghuvansa (B) Shakuntla (C) Vinay Patrika (D) Ritu Samhara
5. Atomic power is obtained from: (A) Iron (B) Uranium (C) Silver (D) Platinum
6. Which of the following saka month has 31 days: (A) Phalguna (B) Pausa (C) Magha (D) Bhadra
7. When the earth comes between the moon and the sun, this is called: (A) Lunar eclipse (B) Solar eclipse (C) Either (A) or (B) (D) Both (A) and (B)
8. The planet nearest to the earth is: (A) Mercury (B) Jupiter (C) Venus (D) Pluto
9. Which of the following is not a United Nations agency: (A) WHO (B) ILO (C) FAO (D) SAARC
10. Which one of the following is not written by Munshi Prem Chand: (A) Gaban (B) Godan (C) Idgah (D) Ratnavali
11. Dribble is a term used in: (A) Hockey (B) Football (C) Basketball (D) All of these
12. Vasco-da-gama was a: (A) Portuguese sailor (B) Chinese sailor (C) British sailor (D) American sailor
13. Kakori carnage is a famous Independence  incident of Indian Independence history. The place is located nearest to: (A) Deoria (B) Lucknow (C) Delhi (D) Patna
14. Which of these comprise of blood: (A) Red Blood Cell (B) White Blood Cell (C) Platelets and Plasma (D) All of these
15. You will find the Paradeep Port in the state of: (A) Orissa (B) West Bengal (C) Gujarat (D) Maharastra
16. Who was the President of India before A.P.J. Abdul Kalam: (A) Krishna Kant (B) K.R. Narayanan (C) Dr. Shankar Dayal Sharma (D) R. Venkatraman
17. The day on which the sun is at the tropic of capricorn and the north temperate zone experiences winter: (A) 21st June (B) 23rd September (C) 21st December (D) None of these
18. One meter is equal to how many yards: (A) 1.09 yards (B) 1.19 Yards (C) 1.16 yards (D) None of these
19. Amartya Sen who was awarded Nobel prize in the field of: (A) Physics (B) Chemistry (C) Peace (D) Economics
20. Centigrade and fahrenheit scales give same reading at: (A) –40° (B) –32° (C) –273° (D) 100°
21. Which of the following is not a fundamental right: (A) Right to Freedom of Religion (B) Right to Information Act (C) Right to freedom of speech and expression (D) All the above are fundamental rights
22. First prime minister of India who had to step down after vote of no confidence motion: (A) Charan singh (B) Vishwa Nath Pratap singh (C) H.D.Deve Gowda (D) I.K.Gujral
23. Number of sides in the heptagon: (A) 7 (B) 6 (C) 8 (D) 12
24. In Greenwich Mean Time (GMT), Greenwich refers: (A) The village near London (B) The Green beach of an ocean (C) The Green valley in UK (D) The Greenwich state of UK
25. Loktak lake is located in: (A) Meghalaya (B) Nagaland (C) Manipur (D) Tripura
26. Consider the following statements: A. Sualkuchi is famous for silk industry in Assam B. Hajo (meeting point of Buddhism, Hinduism and Islam) is located in Assam C. Bihu the chief festival of Assam D. Assam has bicameral legislature Which one of the above is wrong. (A) A (B) B (C) C (D) D
27. Which of the following state came into being as the 28th State of the union of India: (A) Uttaranchal (B) Jharkhand (C) Chattishgarh (D) Orrisa
28. Find the odd one out: (A) Humayun’s Tomb (B) Akshardham Temple (C) Qutub Minar (D) Rock Garden
29. The architecture and town planning of the city of Chandigarh was created by Le Corbusier , a (A) German National (B) French National (C) American National (D) Russian National
30. Earthworm excretes: (A) Urea (B) Amino acid (C) Ammonia (D) Uric acid
31. Which of the following should not be allowed to Marry: (A) RH+ boy, RH– Girl (B) RH+ boy, RH+ Girl (C) RH– boy, RH+ Girl (D) RH– boy, RH– Girl
32. Which of the following phenomena produces the colours in a soap bubble: (A) Interference (B) Diffraction (C) Polarisation (D) All of the above
33. Who discovered Neutron: (A) Chadwick (B) Rutherford (C) Bohr (D) Newton
34. Hydrogen was discovered by: (A) Priestley (B) Boyle (C) Charles (D) Cavendish
35. The Hill Station “ Kalimpong” is in the State of: (A) Meghalaya (B) West Bengal (C) Tamilnadu (D) Rajasthan
36 Who propounded “Vishistadvaita: (A) Chaitanya (B) Namdev (C) Shankaracharya (D) None of these
	37 In which of the following places will you find French colonial history, French culture and heritage in India: (A) Daman & Diu (B) Lakshadweep (C) Andaman & Nicobar Islands (D) Pondicherry
	38. How many years is Saka era behind Christian era: (A) 78 (B) 100 (C) 65 (D) None of these
	39. Who is the founder of Banaras Hindu Vishwavidyalaya: (A) Bal Gangadhar Tilak (B) Sarojini Naidu (C) Madan Mohan Malviya (D) Sucheta Kriplani
	40. Cauveri water dispute is between which states: (A) AndhraPradesh & Karnataka (B) Karnataka & Tamilnadu (C) Karnataka & Andhra Pradesh (D) Andhra Pradesh & Tamilnadu
	41. Uncle and nephew who were awarded Noble prize for physics and studied in the same college hail from which country: (A) India (B) USA (C) Philippines (D) Germany
	42. Buddhism has been divided into how many sects: (A) Four (B) Two (C) Nine (D) Three
	43. Who is India’s first woman foreign secretary: (A) Fatima Biwi (B) Anna George Malhotra (C) Chokila Iyer (D) Mrs Anna Chandy
	44. Who among the following is not painter: (A) Jaimini Roy (B) Tyeb Mehta (C) M. F. Hussain (D) L. K. Pandit
	45. AK-47 stands for: (A) Automatic Killer-47 (B) Asian Khrushchev -47 (C) Automat Kalashnikov-47 (D) Automat Kazakhistan-47
	46. Kaveri Thakur is best known in the field of: (A) Swimming (B) Dancing (C) Singing (D) Weight lifting
	47. The Supreme Court of India functioned from which place until 1958 when it moved to its present building on Tilak Marg: (A) Hyderabad House (B) The Parliament House (C) Baroda House (D) The President House
	48. Which religion’s God is Ahura Mazda who is symbolised by fire: (A) Jews (B) Christian (C) Parsis (D) All of these
	49. In whose regime Bharat Ratna was discontinued and those who were awarded in the past were forbidden to use as a title: (A) Morarji Desai (B) Chowdhary Charan singh (C) Vishwanath Pratap singh (D) Indira Gandhi
	50. Capital of Sierra Leonne is: (A) Bridgetown (B) Georgetown (C) Freetown (D) Hanoi