1. Which term means “can be hammered into thin sheets”?
A) Ductile nature
B) Soluble nature
C) Transparent nature
D) Malleable nature
2. A direct consequence of gender discrimination in jobs is
A) Wage inequality
B) Equal promotion
C) Fair hiring
D) Balanced leadership
3. When people trust scientists and follow warnings more, disaster risk communication becomes
A) More effective
B) Less relevant
C) Fully unnecessary
D) Always inaccurate
4. Religious pluralism in India means
A) Many religions coexist
B) One religion dominates
C) Religion is forbidden
D) No worship allowed
5. A major reason “comparative public administration” developed was to study
A) Only political debates
B) Only private markets
C) Only religious texts
D) Administration in contexts
6. The idea that power should be distributed to prevent dominance by one state is called what?
A) Monopoly of power
B) Cultural balance
C) Trade balance only
D) Balance of power
7. A reason parties are called “link institutions” is that they connect
A) Army and citizens
B) Courts and police
C) People and government
D) Taxes and markets
8. A “short notice question” is asked when the matter is
A) Private member issue
B) Only budget related
C) Only foreign policy
D) Urgent public importance
9. A quorum in Lok Sabha means at least
A) One-tenth members
B) One-half members
C) One-third members
D) All members present
10. The phrase “unity and integrity” highlights
A) One language rule
B) One-party state
C) National togetherness
D) Army-only rule
11. In Marxism, what is “bourgeoisie”
A) Wage laborers group
B) Capitalist owning class
C) Rural peasants class
D) Students and youth
12. Which is a clear example of “public services”
A) Private steel plant
B) Government hospitals
C) Coal washeries
D) Cement factory
13. If public sector investment increases in roads and ports, the biggest indirect benefit is
A) Higher crop pests
B) More barter trade
C) Lower business costs
D) Lower literacy
14. Equity shares are important because they represent
A) Company ownership
B) Government debt
C) Short-term credit
D) Bank reserves
15. If indifference curves are L-shaped, the goods are
A) Perfect substitutes
B) Luxury substitutes
C) Public goods
D) Perfect complements
16. The process that combines a sharp panchromatic image with multispectral color to improve detail is
A) Pan-sharpening technique
B) Haze removal technique
C) Band ratio technique
D) Rubber sheet technique
17. Which practice best reduces long-term land damage after mining
A) Extra overburden dumping
B) Unplanned pit digging
C) Mine reclamation work
D) Burning tailings daily
18. Why are metallic minerals often linked with igneous activity
A) Only river sorting
B) Only wind deposition
C) High temperature formation
D) Only glacier melting
19. The strongest common tidal constituent in many oceans, linked to the Moon’s gravitational pull, is often called
A) M2 constituent
B) K1 constituent
C) S1 constituent
D) A0 constituent
20. Oceanic transform faults mainly offset
A) Volcano chains
B) River channels
C) Desert belts
D) Ridge segments
21. Continental crust is rich in
A) Basaltic material
B) Metallic iron
C) Granitic material
D) Molten magma
22. Which is the correct order from the Sun outward (first four planets)
A) Mars, Earth, Venus, Mercury
B) Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars
C) Venus, Mercury, Earth, Mars
D) Mercury, Earth, Venus, Mars
23. The UN Trusteeship Council was created mainly to supervise
A) Nuclear testing
B) World elections
C) Refugee camps
D) Trust territories
24. W.C. Bonnerjee’s role in early Congress is best described as
A) First Viceroy
B) First President
C) First Extremist
D) First Governor
25. Why did reform movements rely heavily on voluntary associations?
A) State funded all reforms
B) Public mobilization needed
C) Army led reforms
D) Courts banned meetings
26. Which type of control involved allowing a ruler to remain, but under strong British influence?
A) Complete anarchy
B) Tribal federation
C) Religious monarchy
D) Indirect rule
27. The term “successor” suggests these states were formed after the decline of
A) Mauryan empire
B) Mughal empire
C) Gupta empire
D) Chola empire
28. Which invasion in 1739 badly shocked Mughal prestige and wealth in Delhi
A) Nadir Shah’s invasion
B) Timur’s invasion
C) Chengiz Khan’s invasion
D) Alexander’s invasion
29. The Tripartite Struggle continued for long because the three rivals controlled different strong resource zones, mainly
A) East, North-west, Deccan
B) North-east, Islands, Tibet
C) South-west, Punjab, Assam
D) Kashmir, Kerala, Sindh
30. A hard reason climate-driven decline hits cities first is that cities depend more on sustained surplus for
A) Forest animal supply
B) Crafts and services
C) Ocean fish supply
D) Snow melt supply