1. Which of the following instruments did Albert Einstein play?
a) Violin b) Cello c) Piano d) Flute

2. Who among the following did not participate in the 1857 Mutiny?
a) Rani Lakshmi Bai b) Tipu Sultan c) Tantia Tope d) Nana Saheb Peshwa

3. Kautilya was the chief advisor to?
a) Chandra Gupta Maurya b) Ashoka c) Harshavardhana d) Chandra Gupta (I)

4. In which of the following forms of the market structure is the degree of control over the price of its product by a firm very large?
a) Perfect competition b) Imperfect competition c) Oligopoly d) Monopoly

5. Who among the following is considered to have laid the foundation of research in Statistics in India?
a) P.C. Mahalanobis b) S. Ramanujan c) C.N.R. Rao d) P.L. Bhatnagar

6. Before annexing of Tibet by China, which of the following important trade routes connected Simla to Gartok in Western Tibet?
a) The Himalaya Tibet Road b) The Great North Road c) The Huindustan Tibet Road d) The Lhasa Highway

7. What is the name of the first Indian built passenger air-craft?
a) AVRO b) DORNIER c) DAKOTA d) PAWAN HANS

8. Who is the author of “Ramayana”?
a) Kalidasa b) Valmiki C) Tulsidas d) Banbhatta

9. At which of the following places is the Indian Institute of Sugar Technology located?
a) Ahmedabad b) Lucknow c) Nagpur d) Kanpur

10. Which of the following Planets of our Solar system is the densest?
a) Jupiter b) Mars C) Earth d) Saturn

11. From which year was the cockpit flight recorder made compulsory in commercial air-crafts?
a) 1960 b) 1967 c) 1969 d) 1972

12. Where did the game “Snooker” originate?
a) England b) Scotland c) U.S.A. d) India

13. Which of the following is the largest city of Pakistan?
a) Islamabad b) Peshawar c) Karachi d) Lahore

14. Who was the Viceroy of India when the Indian National Congress was formed?
a) Lord Lytton b) Lord Dufferin c) Lord Curzon d) Lord Wellesley 

15. Who was the founder of the Kushan dynasty?
a) Kujula Kadphises b) Kanishka c) Udayi d) Vima Kadphises

16. Which of the following was the first direct translation of a Sanskrit work into English?
a) Shakuntala b) Meghadoot c) Bhagwad Gita d) Raghuvamsha

17. Which is the longest Indian National Highway?
a) NH-1 b) NH-8 c) NG-6 d) NH-7

18. Who among the following led the first Indian Expedition to Antarctica?
a) V.K. Raina b) S.Z. Qasim c) G.S.Sirohi d) H.K. Gupta

19. In which country was the famous painter, Leonardo da Vinci, born?
a) France b) Holland c) Italy d) Belgium

20. At which of the following places is the head quarters of the Zoological Survey of India located?
a) New Delhi b) Calcutta c) Hyderabad d) Mumbai

21. For which animal is the Karera Sanctuary in Madhya Pradesh famous?
a) Sambhar b) Nilgai c) Indian Tiger d) Great Indian Bustard

22. In which language are the “Tripitakas”, the earliest available Buddhist literature written?
a) Pali b) Tamil c) Sanskrit d) Kharoshti

23. Where was the first General Post-office in India established in 1786?
a) New Delhi b) Mumbai c) Chennai d) Calcutta

24. The Zodiac sign “Virgo” is represented by?
a) Goat b) Jar c) Bow and Arrow d) Woman

25. Which of the following is the largest constellation in the Universe/Solar system?
a) Crux Australis b) Hydra c) Scorpion d) Centaurus

26. How many States make up the United States of America?
a) 45 b) 48 c) 49 d) 50

27. Who among the following Astronauts said, “ The Eagle has landed”?
a) Neil Armstrong b) Edwin Aldrin  c) Rakesh Sharma d) Yuri Gagarin

28. Which of the following is the first Dramatic work of Kalidasa?
a) Shakuntala b) Malavikagnimitra c) Vikramorvashiya d) NOT

29. Whose reign in ancient India is known as the “Golden Age”?
a) Harshavardhan b) Chandra Gupta II c) Samudra Gupta d) Ashoka

30. Which of the following places in India is known for its rosewood carvings?
a) Varanasi b) Mathura C) Patna d) Madurai

31. Which of the following sculptures used spotted red sandstone as the medium?
a) Maurya sculptures b) Bharhut sculptures c) Mathura sculptures d) Gandhara sculptures

32. Who laid the foundation stone of Nuclear science in India?
a) H. J. Bhabha b) V. Sarabhai c) S. N. Bose d) Raja Ramana

33. Who among the following holds the unique record of swimming several straits in one calendar year?
a) Taranath Shenoy b) Tom Blower c) Khazan Singh d) Mihir Sen

34. In which part of India would you find the world's longest snake, the reticulated python?
a) Karnataka b) Nicobar Islands c) Pondicherry d) Lakshadweep

35. For which of the following animals is the Velavadar National Park famous?
a) Indian Wild Ass b) Hangul Deer c) Black Buck d) Asiatic Lion

36. How many years does the Sun take to orbit the Centre of the Galaxy?
a) 280 million years b) 260 million years c) 240 million years d) 220 million years

37. The Synoptic chart indicates?
a)Cloud formation at a particular point b)Temperatures at a particular point c)Weather conditions d)Speed of the winds

38. Who established the four “Mathas” in the four corners of India?
a) Ramkrishna Paramhansa b) Shankaracharya c) Swami Vivekanand d) Swami Dayanand Saraswati

39. The Cancer Insurance Scheme was introduced in India by which of the following companies?
a)National Insurance Company Limited b)New India Assurance Limited 
c)Oriental Insurance Company Limited d)United India Insurance Company Limited

40. How many months were there in the original Roman Calendar?
a) 10 b) 11 c) 12 d) 13

41. Which among the following pairs of Mughal Emperors wrote their autobiographies?
a) Babur & Akbar b) Shahjahan & Jehangir c) Babur & Jehangir d) Akbar &Shahjahan

42. Between which two planets of our Solar system do the asteroids mainly orbit?
a) Mercury & Venus b) Mars & Earth c) Mars & Jupiter d) Jupiter & Neptune

43. Where is the Indian Institute of Astrophysics located?
a) Bangalore b) Hyderabad c) Pune d) Mumbai

44. What do meteorologists call a “thundercloud”?
a) Cirrus b) Cumulus c) Cirrocumulus d) Cumulonimbus

45. In which year was the Metric system of weights and measures introduced in India?
a) 1952 b) 1955 c) 1958 d) 1961

46. Which of the following leaders established the Indian National Social Conference for social and religious reform?
a) Ishwar Chandra Vidyasagar b) Behramji Malabari c) Mahadev Govind Ranade d) Dr. B. R. Ambedkar

47. “Pushtu” is the major language of which province in Pakistan?
a) North West Frontier Province b) Punjab c) Sind d) Baluchistan

48. Who did the people of Indus Valley Civilization worship?
a) Vishnu b) Brahma  c) Pashupati d) Indra & Varuna 

49. Which Indian mausoleum sports the largest dome in the world?
a) Taj Mahal b) Gol Gumbaz c) Humayun's Tomb d) Akbar's Tomb, Sikadra

50. Which of the following groups of countries founded the Non-Aligned Movement?
a) India, Sri Lanka, Japan b) India, Bangladesh, Egypt c) India, Japan, China d) India, Yugoslavia, Egypt

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