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1. Which Indus Valley site is known as the "Mound of the Dead"

A) Harappa
B) Lothal
C) Dholavira
D) Mohenjo-daro

2. The Battle of Plassey was fought in which year

A) 1757
B) 1761
C) 1764
D) 1773

3. Who founded the Brahmo Samaj in 1828

A) Swami Dayanand Saraswati
B) Raja Ram Mohan Roy
C) Ishwar Chandra Vidyasagar
D) Keshab Chandra Sen

4. Which Buddhist Council was held during the reign of Ashoka

A) First Buddhist Council
B) Second Buddhist Council
C) Third Buddhist Council
D) Fourth Buddhist Council

5. Who is known as the "Napoleon of India"

A) Chandragupta Maurya
B) Samudragupta
C) Harshavardhana
D) Ashoka

6. In which year did the Quit India Movement start

A) 1930
B) 1942
C) 1947
D) 1920

7. Who was the court poet of King Harshavardhana

A) Kalidasa
B) Banabhatta
C) Vishakhadatta
D) Bharavi

8. The Permanent Settlement was introduced by whom

A) Lord Wellesley
B) Lord Dalhousie
C) Lord Cornwallis
D) Lord Ripon

9. Which Article of the Constitution deals with the abolition of untouchability

A) Article 14
B) Article 15
C) Article 17
D) Article 19

10. Who is the ex-officio Chairman of the Rajya Sabha

A) President of India
B) Speaker of Lok Sabha
C) Prime Minister
D) Vice-President of India

11. The Fundamental Duties were added by which Amendment Act

A) 44th Amendment
B) 42nd Amendment
C) 73rd Amendment
D) 86th Amendment

12. What is the minimum age to become the President of India

A) 25 years
B) 30 years
C) 35 years
D) 40 years

13. Which Part of the Constitution deals with Fundamental Rights

A) Part II
B) Part III
C) Part IV
D) Part V

14. Who is known as the Chief Architect of the Indian Constitution

A) Jawaharlal Nehru
B) Rajendra Prasad
C) Dr. B.R. Ambedkar
D) Sardar Patel

15. The Panchayati Raj system was first inaugurated in which state

A) Rajasthan
B) Gujarat
C) Uttar Pradesh
D) Madhya Pradesh

16. Who appoints the Chief Justice of India

A) Prime Minister
B) Parliament
C) President
D) Supreme Court

17. How many schedules were there in the original Constitution

A) 6
B) 8
C) 10
D) 12

18. Which writ is known as the Bulwark of Personal Freedom

A) Mandamus
B) Prohibition
C) Certiorari
D) Habeas Corpus

19. Which planet is known as the Red Planet

A) Venus
B) Mars
C) Jupiter
D) Saturn

20. The Palk Strait separates India from which country

A) Bangladesh
B) Myanmar
C) Sri Lanka
D) Maldives

21. The layer of the atmosphere where weather phenomena occur is

A) Stratosphere
B) Mesosphere
C) Thermosphere
D) Troposphere

22. Which imaginary line passes through the middle of India

A) Equator
B) Prime Meridian
C) Tropic of Cancer
D) Tropic of Capricorn

23. Silent Valley National Park is located in which state

A) Tamil Nadu
B) Karnataka
C) Kerala
D) Andhra Pradesh

24. What is the percentage of nitrogen in Earth's atmosphere

A) 21%
B) 50%
C) 78%
D) 89%

25. What is the chemical name of Vitamin C

A) Citric Acid
B) Ascorbic Acid
C) Acetic Acid
D) Folic Acid

26. Which instrument is used to measure blood pressure

A) Thermometer
B) Barometer
C) Sphygmomanometer
D) Hygrometer

27. The powerhouse of the cell is called

A) Nucleus
B) Ribosome
C) Mitochondria
D) Lysosome

28. Which gas is commonly known as Laughing Gas

A) Carbon Dioxide
B) Nitrous Oxide
C) Oxygen
D) Nitrogen

29. What is the escape velocity from the Earth's surface

A) 9.8 km/s
B) 10.2 km/s
C) 11.2 km/s
D) 12.2 km/s

30. Which metal is liquid at room temperature

A) Iron
B) Mercury
C) Copper
D) Silver

31. Deficiency of iodine causes which disease

A) Scurvy
B) Rickets
C) Goitre
D) Beriberi

32. Which mirror is used by dentists to see large images of teeth

A) Plane mirror
B) Convex mirror
C) Concave mirror
D) Cylindrical mirror

33. The process of conversion of solid directly into gas is called

A) Condensation
B) Evaporation
C) Melting
D) Sublimation

34. Who is considered the Father of Economics

A) Karl Marx
B) Adam Smith
C) Alfred Marshall
D) David Ricardo

35. The headquarters of RBI is located in which city

A) Delhi
B) Kolkata
C) Chennai
D) Mumbai

36. What does GST stand for

A) General Sales Tax
B) Goods and Services Tax
C) Government Service Tax
D) Gross Sales Tariff

37. Fullerene is an allotrope of which element

A) Oxygen
B) Carbon
C) Sulphur
D) Silicon

38. Who wrote the book Discovery of India

A) Mahatma Gandhi
B) Jawaharlal Nehru
C) B.R. Ambedkar
D) Sardar Patel

39. Bully and Short Corner are terms associated with which sport

A) Football
B) Cricket
C) Hockey
D) Basketball

40. On which date is World Environment Day celebrated

A) June 5
B) April 22
C) March 21
D) July 11