1. The filament of a light bulb is made up of:

(a)  Platinum

(b)  Tantalum

(c)  Tungsten

(d)  Antimony

Answer: (c)

2. Which of the following is false?

Sound waves are ____________ waves.

(a)  Pressure

(b)  Longitudinal

(c)  Electromagnetic

(d)  Mechanical

Answer: (c)

3. Which of the following coloured light has the lowest frequency?

(a)  Green

(b)  Blue

(c)  Red

(d)  Violet

Answer: (c)

4. The period of artificial geostationary satellite is:

(a)  8 hours

(b)  12 hours

(c)  24 hours

(d)  46 hours

Answer: (c)

5. The value of universal gravitational constant G is:

(a)  9.8 m/s²

(b)  6.673×10^-11 N m² kg^-2

(c)  6.371 x 10⁶ m

(d)  1.738 x 10 ⁶ m

Answer: (b)

6. What is the unit of the magnitude of the weight?

(a)  Distance (meter)

(b)  Mass (grams)

(c)  Force (Newton)

(d)  None of the above

Answer: (c)

7. What is the value of Pi?

(a)  3.14159

(b)  3.14358

I(c) 3.14258

(d)  3.14289

Answer: (a)

8. Which of the following is the best electricity conductor?

(a) Copper

(b) Aluminium

(c) Iron

(d) Silver

Answer: (d)

9. A Light Year is a measure of

(a) Light intensity

(b) Time

(c) Distance

(d) None of the Above

Answer: (c)

10. In the Solar System, asteroids circle between these two planets.

(a) Venus and Mars

(b) Mars and Earth

(c) Mars and Jupiter

(d) Jupiter and Saturn

Answer: (c)

11. Refraction, Reflection, Dispersion and Diffraction are associated with

(a) Light

(b) Sound

(c) Magnetism

(d) None of the Above

Answer: (a)

12. The minimum possible temperature beyond which matter cannot be cooled is in degree Centigrades is:

(a) 95.50

(b) 100

(c) 273.15

(d) 473.50

Answer: (c)

13. Who among the following is credited for discovering the principles underlying electromagnetic induction?

(a) Michael Faraday

(b) Volta

(c) Coulomb

(d) Gauss

Answer: (a)

14. Which of the following statement is correct about Pi?

(a) It is non-repeating decimal value

(b) It is non terminating decimal value

(c) It is repeating and terminating decimal value

(d) It is non-repeating, non-terminating decimal value

Answer: (d)

15. It is on this principle, the quartz clock works.

(a) Piezo-electric effect

(b) Gauss effect

(c) Relativistic effect

(d) Mass defect

Answer: (a)

16. Who has calculated the circumference of the earth and considered the value of Pi = 22/7?

(a) Archimedes

(b) John Machin’s

(c) Aryabhatta

(d) None of the above

Answer: (c)

17. Cryogenic engines find applications in:

(a)  sub-marine propulsion

(b)  frost-free refrigerators

(c)  rocket technology

(d)  researches in superconductivity

Answer: (c)   

18. The clouds float in the atmosphere because of low:

(a)  temperature

(b)  velocity

(c)  pressure

(d)  density

Answer: (a)  

19. Pi consists of how many digits?

(a) 9 digits

(b) 10 digits

(c) 12 digits

(d) Infinite

Answer: (d)

20. An air bubble in water will act like a:

(a) convex mirror

(b) convex lens

(c) concave mirror

(d) cancave lens

Answer: (d)

21. When a mirror is rotated by an angle 0, the reflected ray will rotate by:

(a) 0°

(b) 0/2

(c) 0

(d) 20

Answer: (d)

22. The solution of one of the following compounds will conduct electricity. This compound is:

(a) CCl₄

(b) HCl

(c) CaCl₂

(d) CH₃Cl

Answer: (c)

23. What is an ionic bond?

(a) Ionic bond is formed by sharing of electrons between two atoms.

(b) It is a bond formed by the transfer of electrons from one atom to another.

(c) Both A and B are correct

(d) None of the above

Answer: (b)

24. What is C₁₂H₁₂O₁₁also known as:

(a) Sand

(b) Sugar

(c) Salt

(d) Clay

Answer: (b)

25. The only non-metal which is liquid at room temperature is:

(a) Mercury

(b) Bromine

(c) Chlorine

(d) Gallium

Answer: (b)

26. Choose the one which is different or odd from the following.

(a) Aluminum

(b) Iron

(c) Copper

(d) Brass

Answer: (d)

27. Name the ions present in Sodium Oxide compound?

(a) Sodium ions

(b) Oxide ions

(c) Both A and B

(d) Neither A nor B

Answer: (c)

28. Which of the following are electrovalent compounds?

(a) Copper sulphate

(b) Calcium nitrate

(c) Magnesium oxide

(d) All of the above

Answer: (d)

29. What is the electronic configuration of calcium ion (Ca²⁺):

(a) 2,8

(b) 2,8,2

(c) 2,8,4

(d) 2,8,8

Answer: (d)

30. Name the salt when on dissolving in water give an acidic solution?

(a) Potassium Chloride

(b) Ammonium Chloride

(c) Sodium Carbonate

(d) Sodium Acetate

Answer: (b)

31. Bleaching powder is formed by treating chlorine with…….

(a) Calcium Hydroxide

(b) Potassium Hydrogen carbonate

(c) Magnesium Hydroxide

(d) None of the above

Answer: (a)

32. Name the salt whose aqueous solution will turn blue litmus to red?

(a) Sodium Acetate

(b) Potassium Sulphate

(c) Potassium Carbonate

(d) Ammonium Sulphate

Answer: (d)

33. Name an acid which contains both oxygen and hydrogen?

(a) Oxy acid

(b) Hydra acid

(c) Dilute acid

(d) Concentrated acid

Answer: (a)

34. What is the chemical name of Baking Soda?

(a) Potassium Carbonate

(b) Potassium Hydrogen Carbonate

(c) Sodium Hydrogen Carbonate

(d) Sodium Carbonate

Answer: (c)

35. What is battery acid?

(a) It is sulphuric acid diluted with water.

(b) It is carboxylic acid mixed with water.

(c) It is concentrated hydrochloric acid.

(d) It is concentrated sulphuric acid.

Answer: (a)

36. In Human beings the process of digestion of food begins in:

(a) Stomach

(b) Food Pipe

(c) Mouth

(d) Small Intestine

Answer: (c)

37. Which of the following organism have parasitic mode of nutrition?

(a) Penicillium

(b) Plasmodium

(c) Paramecium

(d) Parrot

Answer: (b)

38. Name the first enzyme that mix with food in the digestive tract?

(a) Pepsin

(b) Trypsin

(c) Amylase

(d) None of the above

Answer: (c)

39. Which of the following in biology is the energy currency of cells?

(a) PDP

(b) DTP

(c) ATP

(d) ADP

Answer: (c)

40. Which of the following was the first antibiotic discovered by Alexander Fleming in 1928?

(a) Penicillin

(b) Prontosil

(c) Streptomycin

(d) Tetracycline

Answer: (a)

41. In 1981, ISRO launched India’s first geostationary satellite called –

(a) Aryabhata

(b) APPLE

(c) Bhaskara II

(d) INSAT lB

Answer: (b)

42. Which of the following in biology is the energy currency of cells?

(a) PDP

(b) DTP

(c) ATP

(d) ADP

Answer: (c)

43. In the stem of a plant respiration and breathing takes place through:

(a) Lenticels

(b) Stomata

(c) Root hair

(d) Air tubes

Answer: (a)

44. Name the blood vessel which carries blood back to the heart?

(a) Vein

(b) Artery

(c) Capillaries

(d) Platelet

Answer: (a)

45. After wound or cut in a body blood coagulates through:

(a) WBC

(b) RBC

(c) Platelets

(d) Plasma

Answer: (c)    

46. When did M. K. Gandhi arrive in Champaran?

(a) April, 1915

(b) April, 1916

(c) April, 1917

(d) April, 1918

Answer: (c)

47. Which of the following statement is not correct about ‘Bombay Plan’?

(a) The Bombay Plan is also called the ‘Tata Bidla Plan’

(b) It was started in 1944

(c) Its draft was prepared by the John Mathai

(d) There were 10 members in this plan

Answer: (c)

48. Which of the following statements is not correct?

(a) There is no constitutional provision in India about the Planning Commission

(b) Planning commission was established in January 1951

(c) National Development Council was established in August 1952

(d) Jawaharlal Nehru, was the first chairman of the Planning Commission

Answer: (b)

49. Who started the ‘Gandhian Plan’?

(a) Jawaharlal Nehru

(b) Dadabhai Naoroji

(c) M.N. Roy

(d) None of the above

Answer: (d)

50. Who was the revenue collector during Vedic period?

(a) Senani

(b) Jivagribha

(c) Bhagadugha

(d) Madhyamasi

Answer: (c)

51. Which of the following statements is not correct?

(a) The first five year plan was launched from 1st April, 1951

(b) Dr. Rajendra Prasad was the first chairman of the Planning Commission of India

(c) The National Development Council used to give final approval to the Five Year Plan

(d) The first five year plan was based on the Harrod- Domar model

Answer: (b)

52. What was the ancient name of Shivalik Hills?

(a) Manak Parbat

(b) Mahabharata Hills

(c) Shiva Parvat

(d) None of the above

Answer: (a)

53. Who among the following was the founder of Rashtrakutas?

(a) Dantidurga

(b) Yashovarman

(c) Mihir Bhoja

(d) Vakpatiraja

Answer: (a)

54. Who among the following ruling dynasty of early Medieval India called themselves descendants of Satyaki?

(a) Pala

(b) Rashtrakutas

(c) Chola

(d) Vijayanagara

Answer: (b)

55. The process of Constitutional amendment in India is taken from……..?

(a) America

(b) Japan

(c) South Africa

(d) Canada

Answer: (c)

56. Which of the following is not ruling class of Kashmir?

(a) Karkota

(b) Utpala

(c) Loharas

(d) Senas

Answer: (d)

57. Which one of was the significant feature of the Quit India Movement?

(a)  Women did not play an important role in the movement
(b)  Nasik in Maharashtra was an important regional base during the movement
(c)  It was marked by anti-zamindar violence
(d)  It was marked by the emergence of parallel governments in different parts of India

Answer: (d)

58. Which one of the following characteristics does NOT describe the Khilafat movement?

(a)  Mahatma Gandhi sought to link it to the Non-Cooperation movement
(b)  It was not supported by the Congress
(c)  It demanded that the Turkish Sultan must retain control over Muslim sacred spaces in the erstwhile Ottoman empire
(d)  It was led by Muhammad Ali and Shaukat Ali

Answer: (b)

59. Who launched the Bardoli Satyagraha on 4th February, 1928?

(a)  Mahatma Gandhi
(b)  Vallabhbhai Patel
(c)  Rajendra Prasad
(d)  Kalyanji Mehta

Answer: (b)

60. Which of the following term is correctly used for the flat plain along the sub-Himalayan region in North India?

(a) Tarai

(b) Doon

(c) Khadar

(d) Bhabar

Answer: (d)

61. Shivalik Hills are part of which of the following?

(a) Aravali

(b) Western Ghats

(c) Himalaya

(d) Satpura

Answer: (c)

62. The Nanda Devi is located in which of the following state?

(a) Himachal Pradesh

(b) Jammu & Kashmir

(c) Uttarakhand

(d) Uttar Pradesh

Answer: (c)

63. The Shivalik range was formed in which of the following period?

(a) Eozoic

(b) Pliocene

(c) Mesozoic

(d) Cenozoic

Answer: (b)

64. Which one of the only regions of the Shivaliks to preserve its flora and fauna?

(a) Doon

(b) Duar

(c) National Park

(d) Patli Dun

Answer: (d)

65. Which of the following is not part of Himalayan Ranges?

(a) Pir Panjal Range (part of middle Himalayas)

(b) DhaulaDhar Range

(c) Zaskar Range

(d) Aravalli Range

Answer: (d)

66. Which of the following is not the loftiest mountain peak of the Himalayas Mountain?

(a) Kula Kangri

(b) Chomolhari

(c) Mt. Abu

(d) Manaslu

Answer: (c)

67. Which is the highest point in Asia?

(a) Mount Everest

(b) Mount Godwin-Austen

(c) Mount Kilimanjaro

(d) Aconcagua

Answer: (a)

68. Which is the lowest point in Asia?

(a) Mariana Trench

(b) Dead Sea

(c) Tibet

(d) Indonesia

Answer: (b)

69. Which is the deepest trench of the world?

(a) Philippine trench

(b) Tonga Trench

(c) Kuril- Kamchatka Trench

(d) Mariana Trench

Answer: (d)

70. In which place in Asia receive highest rainfall in the world?

(a) Mawsynram, Meghalaya, India

(b) Emei Shan, Sichuan Province, China

(c) Cherrapunji, Meghalaya, India

(d) Mt. Waialeale, Kauai, Hawaii, Oceania

Answer: (a)

71. Which is the longest river in Asia?

(a) Brahmaputra River

(b) Ganga River

(c) Yangtze River

(d) Nile River

Answer: (c)

72. Which of the following the tributaries of the river Ganga originates in the plains?

(a) Yamuna

(b) Kosi

(c) Son

(d) Gomti

Answer: (d)

73. Which of the following figures in cubic kilometres correctly shows the total annual precipitation in India?

(a) 2,000

(b) 4,000

(c) 3,000

(d) 5,000

Answer: (b)

74. As per an official estimate, India receives this much per cent of rainfall during the South West monsoon season (June to September)?

(a) 55%

(b) 65%

(c) 75%

(d) 85%

Answer: (c)

75. The highest proportion of the total ground water used in the country is in which one of the following sectors?

(a) Irrigation

(b) Domestic use

(c) Industries

(d) None of the above

Answer: (a)

76. Reliance’s Jamnagar Oil Refinery, considered as the largest refinery in the world, is located in

(a) Andhra Pradesh

(b) Maharashtra

(c) Karnataka

(d) Gujarat

Answer: (d)

77. At which one of the following places, India’s first atomic power station started?

(a) Kalpakkam

(b) Rana Pratap Sagar

(c) Narora

(d) Tarapur

Answer: (d)

78. The Neyveli Lignite Corporation Limited is located in……?

(a) Tamil Nadu

(b) Telangana

(c) Jharkhand

(d) Madhya Pradesh

Answer: (a)

79. What is the correct descending order on the basis of the number of sex ratio in the states?

(a) Kerala <Chhattisgarh <Mizoram <Andhra Pradesh

(b) Arunachal Pradesh <Kerala <Manipur <Meghalaya

(c) Meghalaya <Kerala << Chhattisgarh <Tamil Nadu

(d) Kerala <Tamil Nadu <Andhra Pradesh <Chhattisgarh

Answer: (d)

80. Who won the ICC world cup 2019?

(a) India

(b) England

(c) New Zealand

(d) Australia

Answer: (b)

81. The Hornbill festival is celebrated in

(a) Arunachal Pradesh

(b) Nagaland

(c) Odisha

(d) West Bengal

Answer: (b)

82. World Archery suspended the Archery Association of which among the following countries?

(a) India

(b) China

(c) Pakistan

(d) Bangladesh

Answer: (a)

83. Name the first woman to head a paramilitary force.

(a) Divya Ajith

(b) Archana Ramasundaram

(c) Punita Arora

(d) Ashwini Pawar

Answer: (b)

84. Who was elected as the first woman President of Indian National Science Academy (INS(A)?

(a) Chandrima Shaha

(b) Aditi Pant

(c) Shubha Tole

(d) Yamuna Krishnan

Answer: (a)

85. Rouf is the folk dance of which Indian State?

(a) Gujarat

(b) Jammu and Kashmir

(c) Maharashtra

(d) Tamil Nadu

Answer: (b)

86. The new union territory of Ladakh has how many districts?

(a) Two

(b) Three

(c) Four

(d) One

Answer: (a)

87. How many agreements were signed between India and Uzbekistan for military cooperation?

(a) Four

(b) Three

(c) Five

(d) Seven

Answer: (b)

88. Who was recently appointed as the Indian Ambassador to UAE?

(a) Pavan Kapoor

(b) Navdeep Singh Suri

(c) Aman Singh

(d) Pradeep Bhaskar

Answer: (a)

89. Where is Harappa situated, according to the present map?

(a)  India

(b)  Pakistan

(c)  Afghanistan

(d)  China

Answer: (b)  Pakistan

90. Copper and bronze were used to make….?

(a)  tools

(b)  weapons

(c)  ornaments

(d)  All of them

Answer: (d)  All of them

91. The first metal to be used by man was

(a)  bronze

(b)  iron

(c)  copper

(d)  stone

Answer: (c)  copper

92. Iron was brought to many civilisation by the

(a)  Turks

(b)  Greeks

(c)  Hittites

(d)  Huns

Answer: (c)  Hittites 

93. The first home of the Aryans was the

(a)  Punjab

(b)  Gujarat

(c)  Rajasthan

(d)  Madhya Pradesh

Answer: (a)  Punjab 

94. Agriculture was the main occupation of the

(a)  Aryans

(b)  Kushans

(c)  Guptas

(d)  Kushanas

Answer: (a)  Aryans 

95. What is meant by Janapadas?

(a)  The land where the jana set its foot and settled down.

(b)  The land of shudras.

(c)  The land of historical monuments.

(d)  Museums

Answer: (a)  The land where the jana set its foot and settled down.

96. Ashoka was inspired by the teachings of __.

(a)  Mahavira

(b)  Satyakama

(c)  Buddha

(d)  Pannini

Answer: (c)  Buddha 

97. Who wrote the biography of Harshavardhana?

(a)  Aryabhatta

(b)  Kalidasa

(c)  Shaka

(d)  Banabhatta

Answer: (a)  Aryabhatta 

98. When did Delhi first become capital of a kingdom?

(a)  At the time of Tomar dynasty

(b)  Tuglaq dynasty

(c)  Lodhi dynasty

(d)  None of these

Answer: (a)  At the time of Tomar dynasty (12^th century)

99. Ellora was built by

(a)  Pallavas

(b)  Chankyas

(c)  Rastrakutas

(d)  None of these

Answer: (c)  Rastrakutas 

100. Who built town of Thanjavur?

(a)  Vijayalaya

(b)  Rajput

(c)  Rajendra Chola

(d)  None of these

Answer: (a)  Vijayalaya