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1. Which Article of the Indian Constitution deals with the procedure for amendment?

A) Article 352
B) Article 356
C) Article 370
D) Article 368

2. The headquarters of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) is located in:

A) Geneva
B) New York
C) Washington D.C.
D) Paris

3. The ‘Ilbert Bill’ controversy occurred during the tenure of:

A) Lord Ripon
B) Lord Curzon
C) Lord Lytton
D) Lord Dufferin

4. Which of the following rivers drains into the Arabian Sea?

A) Godavari
B) Narmada
C) Krishna
D) Cauvery

5. The ‘Right to Equality’ is covered under which Articles?

A) 19–22
B) 23–24
C) 14–18
D) 25–28

6. The ‘Green Climate Fund’ is related to:

A) Climate Change
B) Agriculture
C) Trade
D) Biodiversity

7. The Harappan port city ‘Lothal’ is located in:

A) Rajasthan
B) Haryana
C) Gujarat
D) Punjab

8. Which vitamin deficiency causes scurvy?

A) Vitamin C
B) Vitamin A
C) Vitamin B
D) Vitamin D

9. The ‘Zero Defect Zero Effect’ scheme is related to:

A) Agriculture
B) Manufacturing
C) Education
D) Tourism

10. The Strait of Malacca connects:

A) Pacific and Atlantic Oceans
B) Arabian Sea and Bay of Bengal
C) Indian Ocean and South China Sea
D) Mediterranean and Red Sea

11. The Governor of a state is appointed by:

A) President of India
B) Prime Minister
C) Chief Justice of India
D) Parliament

12. The ‘Black Soil’ of India is best suited for:

A) Wheat
B) Tea
C) Rice
D) Cotton

13. The ‘Poona Pact’ was signed between:

A) Gandhi and Jinnah
B) Nehru and Patel
C) Gandhi and Ambedkar
D) Tilak and Gokhale

14. The SI unit of electric resistance is:

A) Watt
B) Ohm
C) Volt
D) Ampere

15. The ‘Basic Structure Doctrine’ was established in:

A) Kesavananda Bharati Case
B) Golaknath Case
C) Minerva Mills Case
D) SR Bommai Case

16. The Siachen Glacier is located in:

A) Himachal Pradesh
B) Uttarakhand
C) Ladakh
D) Arunachal Pradesh

17. The ‘Mandal Commission’ was related to:

A) Land Reforms
B) Tax Reforms
C) Reservation Policy
D) Election Reforms

18. The ‘Battle of Talikota’ led to the decline of:

A) Mughal Empire
B) Vijayanagara Empire
C) Maratha Empire
D) Gupta Empire

19. The headquarters of NATO is located in:

A) Brussels
B) Berlin
C) Paris
D) London

20. The ‘Cabinet Mission Plan’ was proposed in:

A) 1942
B) 1946
C) 1945
D) 1947

21. The first woman Governor of an Indian state was:

A) Sucheta Kriplani
B) Indira Gandhi
C) Vijaya Lakshmi Pandit
D) Sarojini Naidu

22. The ‘Andes Mountains’ are located in:

A) South America
B) Africa
C) North America
D) Europe

23. The ‘Pradhan Mantri Jan Dhan Yojana’ was launched in:

A) 2013
B) 2015
C) 2014
D) 2016

24. The ‘Tenth Five-Year Plan’ covered the period:

A) 1997–2002
B) 2002–2007
C) 2007–2012
D) 2012–2017

25. The headquarters of the International Criminal Court (ICC) is in:

A) Geneva
B) New York
C) The Hague
D) Vienna