1) The word “ Copper “ was derived from the original name of which of the following countries?
a) Cameroon b) Cyprus c) Kenya d) Colombia

2) What does “ Apertheid “ literally mean?
a) Racial segregation b) Separate race c) Remaining apart d) Purity of blood

3) Who among the following was the first Indian to set foot on Antarctica? 
a) R.R. Sahni b) G.S.Sirohi c) M.H. Moos d) S.Z.Qasim

4) At which of the following places is the Ferozeshah Kotla Stadium located?
a) Mumbai b) Calcutta c) New Delhi d) Chennai

5) Which is the deepest lake in the world?
a) Lake Baikal b) Lake Lomond c) Lake Morar d) Lake Buidhe

6) Which of the following country first gave women the right to vote?
a) Australia b) Finland c) Norway d) New Zealand

7) Who was the first Indian to win the All England Badminton Championship?
a) Syed Modi b) PrakashPadukone c) Nandu Natekar d) Vijay Madgavkar

8) The traditional paintings of Bihar are known as?
a) Madhubani b) Pichwai c) Shilavati d) Kalamkari

9) Who was India's first Huigh-Commissioner in Britain?
a) C.D. Deshmukh b) V.K.Krishna c) Sir Saros J. Cowasjee d)Vijayalakshmi P.

10) Which of the following is considered as the “Safariland” of Africa?
a) Zambia b) Sudan c) Uganda d) Kenya

11) What is the capital of Uganda?
a) Samara b) Tashkent c) Kampala d) Dushanbe

12) Which among the following is generally mixed with gold to make ornaments? 
a) Silver b) Copper c) Zinc d) Platinum

13) Which of the following forts is known as a “mati durg” (mud fort)?
a) Kalinga b) Vellore c) Bikaner d) Gaur

14) Which among the following is the driest spot on the Earth?
a) Thar Desert b) Atacama Desert c) Sahara Desert d) Kalahari Desert 

15) The third battle of Panipat was fought between?
a) Siraj-ud-Daula and Mir-Jafar b) Robert Clive and Chanda Saheb c) Siraj-ud-Daula and Balaji Baji Tao d) Sadashiv Rao and Ahmed Shah Abdali

16) Which of the following gases contributes most to the “Green- House Effect”? 
a) Nitrogen b) Carbon di-oxide c) Sulphur d) Hydrogen

17) Which of the following method is applied for the “Tiger Census”?
a) Facemark Census b) Direct Visual Count c) Pugmark Census d) Transcent Sampling

18) Where is the “Sethupathy Bridge” (Annai Indira Gandhi Bridge) located?
a) Tamil Nadu b) West Bengal c) Andhra Pradesh d) Orissa

19) Who is the first Indian to score a century in Test Cricket?
a) C.K.Naidu b) Lala Amarnath c) Mushtaq Ali d) Vijay Merchant

20) Which former U.S. President explored Brazil?
a) Theodore Roosevelt b) Herbert Hoover c) Harry Truman d) Dwight Eisenhower

21) The Jawaharlal Nehru Award is given for?
a) Peace, Disarmament and Development b) Literature c) International Understanding d) International Justice and Harmony

22) Who was the Peshwa during the Third Battle of Panipat, 1761 A.D.?
a) Balaji Baji Rao b) Madhav Rao c) Baji Rao I d) Baji Rao II

23) Which of the following forts is known as a “giri durg” (hill fort)?
a) Vellore b) Bikaner c) Kalinjar d) Ranthambhor

24) Which of the following gases is used for artificial ripening of fruits?
a) Ethene b) Ethylene c) Acetylene d) Methylene

25) The largest ice-burg so far recorded was sighted in the ______.
a) Atlantic Ocean b) Artic Ocean c) Antarctic Ocean d) Pacific Ocean

26) During the tenure of which British Governor General was printing of Postage Stamps introduced in India? 
a) Lord Canning b) Lord Auckland c) Lord Dalhousie d) Lord William Bentinck

27) To which of the following nations does the Guerrilla force, called “Khmer Rouge” belong? 
a) Thailand b) Cambodia c) Vietnam d) Laos

28) Which part of the human body is most vulnerable to nuclear radiation? 
a) Eyes b) Skin c) Bone-Marrow d) Lungs

29) Who is the first Indian to receive the International Meteorological Organisation Prize? 
a) Krishna Joshi b) H.D. Sankalia c) Ruchi Ram Sahni d) K. R. Ramanathan

30) Which of the following Kings did not belong to the Chola Dynasty?
a) Karikala b) Vijayalaya c) kampavarman d) Parantaka I

31) Who among the following is the first woman in the world to swimacross the Strait of Gibraltar?
a) Aarti Pradhan b) Anita Sood c) Archana Patil d) Rima Datta

32) The world's highest waterfalls, “Angel Falls”, is situated in _______.
a) U.S.A. b) Venezuela c) South Africa d) Norway

33) Which Mughal Emperor created the famous Shalimar and Nishat gardens at Srinagar?
a) Babur b) Humayun c) Jehangir d) Shah Jahan 

34) Which of the following statements about “Swastika” is “NOT TRUE”?
a) It is a sign of good luck. b) It was the emblem of the Nazi Party.  c) The Buddhists also used this symbol. d) The word is derived from Greek language.

35) Which are the largest birds in the world?
a) Condors b) Wild Eagles c) Emu d) The Great Indian Bustard

36) Which country was divided in order to carve out Israel?
a) Syria b) Lebanon c) Palestine d) Jordan

37) Petroleum consists of a complex mixture of?
a) Hydrocarbons b) carbonates c) chloroflurocarbon d) sulphates

38) Which among the following U.S. Presidents is/ was involved in the famous “watergate” scandal?
a) Ronald Reagan b) Bill Clinton c) Jimmy Cater d) Richard Nixon

39) Which among the following is the world's oldest Railway Station?
a) Osaka b) Leningard c) Liverpool d) Victoria

40) The T.V. serial “Malgudi Days” was based on the novel written by ?
a) Manohar Malgaonkar b) R.K. Narayan c) Mulk Raj Anand d) Kamala Markandeya

41) To whom did the Peacock Throne belong?
a) Shah Jahan b) Jehangir c) Babar d) Akbar

42) Greenland, the largest Island in the world, is in __________.
a) Pakistan b) Indonesia c) Denmark d) Australia 

43) Which region in India was once known as “Avantika”?
a) Malwa b) Avadh c) Bundelkhand d) Rohilkhand 

44) Who painted the famous painting, “The Last Supper ”?
a) Rembrandt b) Michelangelo c) Raphael d) Leonardo- da - Vinci 

45) What percent of the moon's surface is directly visible from the earth?
a) 50 b) 59 c) 61 d) 69

46) Which American President is associated with the phenomenon- “Shuttle Diplomacy”?
a) Richard Nixon b) Theodore Roosevelt c) Lyndon Johnson d) Dwight Eisenhower

47) The reduction or elimination of inflation is known as?
a) Deflation b) Disinflation c) Creeping inflation d) Staginflation

48) Which of our former Prime Ministers was Not born in a leap year?
a) Lal Bahadur Shastri b) Rajiv Gandhi c) Indira Gandhi d) Morarjhi Desai

49) By which of the following names was the Treaty, which marked the end of World War I, known as?
a) Warsaw Treaty b) Treaty of Versailles c) Munich Pact d) Treaty of Brestlitovsk

50) The King Sejong Literacy Prize is given bywhich of the following organisations?
a) WHO b) UNICEF c) UNESCO d) FAO

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