1. Who among the following is considered the 24th Jain
Tirthankara ?
A) Vardhaman Mahavira
B) Gautam Buddha
C) Parasnath
D) Ashoka
Ans- A
2.The temperature at which the air gets saturated is
called:
A) Cooling point
B) Melting point
C) Freezing point
D) Dew point
Ans- D
3. Which of the following planets is closest to the Sun ?
A) Mars
B) Earth
C) Mercury
D) Venus
Ans- C
4.Who among the following was the chairman of union
constitution committee ?
A) J.B. Kripalani
B) Jawaharlal Nehru
C) Dr. Krishnamachari
D) Dr. B.R. Ambedkar
Ans- B
5.Which Article of the Indian Constitution enumerates
the Fundamental Right, ‘Protection of life and personal
liberty’ ?
A) Article 21
B) Article 19
C) Article 23
D) Article 17
Ans- A
6.Why is terrace farming practised mostly in hilly areas ?
A) To promote reforestation
B) To control overgrazing
C) To prevent deforestation
D) To prevent soil erosion
Ans- D
7.Which of the following layers of the Earth is made up
of rocks in molten state ?
A) Crust
B) Inner core
C) Outer core
D) Mantle
Ans- D
8.The value of the latitude at the poles is:
A) 90°
B) 0°
C) 45°
D) 66.5°
Ans- A
9. Compressional waves are a type of seismic waves
also known as:
A) P wave
B) S wave
C) Rayleigh waves
D) Love waves
Ans- A
10.Who among the following was the first President of the
All-India Trade Union Congress in 1920 ?
A) Lala Hardayal
B) Lala Lajpat Rai
C) Sardar Vallabhai Patel
D) Jawaharlal Nehru
Ans- B
11.Which of the following options is the lowermost layer
of the atmosphere ?
A) Mesosphere
B) Ionosphere
C) Stratosphere
D) Troposphere
Ans- D
12.How many members can Governor nominate to the
Legislative Council ?
A) One-fourth
B) Half
C) One-third
D) One-sixth
Ans- D
13.Which of the following options is regarded as the apex
body in a three-tier Panchayati Raj System in India ?
A) Zila Parishad
B) Block Samiti
C) Panchayat Samiti
D) Gram Panchayat
Ans- A
14.Which among the following types of coal is considered
to the best quality of coal with 85 to 90 percent of carbon ?
A) Lignite
B) Bituminous
C) Anthracite
D) Peat
Ans- C
15.Which of the following states was the first to implement
the Panchayat Raj system in India ?
A) Rajasthan
B) Bihar
C) Odisha
D) Uttar Pradesh
Ans- A
16.Which among the following options is an example for
community owned resource ?
A) Plots
B) Burial grounds
C) Houses
D) Farm lands
Ans- B
17.Who among the following writers was a French
Novelist who wrote about Gandhiji ?
A) Charles Equelle
B) Romain Rolland
C) Jean-Jacques Rousseau
D) Leo Tolstoy
Ans- B
18. Who among the following was the founder of the
Mughal Empire in India ?
A) Akbar
B) Babur
C) Jahangir
D) Aurangzeb
Ans- B
19.What is the name given to the horizontal lines drawn
in the east-west direction on the globe ?
A) Latitudes
B) Meridians
C) Longitudes
D) Grid
Ans- A
20.Which of the following did Gandhi find to protect the
rights of Indians in South Africa ?
A) South African Congress
B) African Congress
C) Natal Indian Congress
D) Indian Congress
Ans- C