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1. Which is the largest tiger reserve in India?

A. Nagarjuna
B. Manas
C. Pench
D. Corbett

Hint : Nagarjunsagar-Srisailam Tiger Reserve in Andhra Pradesh is the Largest tiger reserve in India. The core area of this reserve is 1,200 km2 (460 sq mi).


Ans. : A. Nagarjuna

2. Which is the earliest Engineering Educational Institution in India?

A. Birla Institute of Technology and Science, Pilani
B. I.I.T., Kharagpur
C. Roorkee Engineering College (I.I.T. Roorkee)
D. BHU (IT), Varanasi

Hint : Roorkee Engineering College (I.I.T. Roorkee) is the earliest Engineering Educational Institution in India. It was established in 1847 AD in the British Empire. It was formerly known as the University of Roorkee and Thomason College of Civil Engineering.


Ans. : C. Roorkee Engineering College (I.I.T. Roorkee)

3. Which is the fastest running train on Indian Railways?

A. New Delhi-Bhopal Shatabdi Express
B. Delhi-Varanasi Vande Bharat Express
C. New Delhi-Mumbai Rajdhani Express
D. New Delhi-Agra Gatimaan Express

Hint : Vande Bharat Express or Train 18 with a top speed of 180 km/h is the fastest running train on Indian Railways. It was made by Integral Coach Factory (ICF) at Perambur, Chennai under the Indian government’s Make in India campaign. Indian Railways operates two Vande Bharat trains, one from Delhi to Varanasi and the other from Delhi to Katra.


Ans. : B. Delhi-Varanasi Vande Bharat Express

4. Which is the first national park established in India?

A. Velvadan National Park
B. Periyar National Park
C. Bandipur National Park
D. Corbett National Park

Hint : Corbett National Park is India’s oldest national park. This Park is a forested wildlife sanctuary in northern India’s Uttarakhand State.


Ans. : D. Corbett National Park

5. Who was the first Indian to be a Fellow of the Royal Society of London?

A. Srinivas Ramanujan
B. A.C. Wadia
C. C.V. Raman
D. P.C. Mahalanobis

Hint : Ardaseer Cursetjee Wadia was an Indian shipbuilder and engineer who is noted for having been the first Indian to be elected (on 27 May 1841) a Fellow of the Royal Society.


Ans. : B. A.C. Wadia

6. Which is the first colour movie produced in India?

A. Madhumati
B. Kisan Kanya
C. Aan
D. Do Bigha Zameen

Hint : Kisan Kanya, released in 1937, was known as India’s first colour film but did not start the colour era in Indian Cinema. Kisan Kanya was shot in Cinecolor. Colour era in Indian Cinema started in the mid-1950s.


Ans. : B. Kisan Kanya

7. The longest river is:

A. Nile
B. Amazon
C. Missisippi-Missouri
D. Yangtze

Hint : The world’s three Longest Rivers are Nile (6650 km), Amazon (6400 km) and Yangtze (6300 km). The Nile River is the longest whereas the Amazon is the largest river in the world.


Ans. : A. Nile

8. Which among the following city of India used the first electricity commercially?

A. Kolkata
B. Chennai
C. Mumbai
D. Darjeeling

Hint : The first hydroelectric installation in India was installed near a tea estate at Sidrapong for the Darjeeling Municipality in 1897.


Ans. : D. Darjeeling

9. Who was the first woman prime minister in the world?

A. Goldameer
B. Margaret Thacher
C. Sirimavo Bandaranaike
D. Indira Gandhi

Hint : Sirimavo Bandaranaike was the world’s first female prime minister when she became Prime Minister of Sri Lanka on 21 July 1960.


Ans. : C. Sirimavo Bandaranaike

10. In which of the following cities the first private channel of FM Radio was started?

A. Chennai
B. Mumbai
C. Kolkata
D. Bangalore

Hint : Radio City was the first private FM channel of India which was launched in Bangalore in 2001.


Ans. : D. Bangalore

11. Which country is the world’s largest archipelago?

A. Philippines
B. Indonesia
C. Sweden
D. Greenland

Hint : Indonesia is the largest archipelago in the world. It consists of five major islands and about 30 smaller groups. There are total number of 17,508 islands of which about 6000 are inhabited.


Ans. : B. Indonesia

12. Which one of the following is the highest mountain peak?

A. Nanga Parbat
B. Nanda Devi
C. K 2
D. Kanchanjunga

Hint : World’s three highest mountain peaks are Mount Everest (Himalayas-8,850m), K2 or Godwin Austen (Karakoram-8,611m) and Kanchenjunga (Himalayas-8,586m). The highest mountain in the world is Mount Everest in the Himalayas in Nepal.


Ans. : C. K 2

13. Which of the following nations has the largest Muslim population?

A. Saudi Arabia
B. Bangladesh
C. Iran
D. Indonesia

Hint : The largest Muslim population in a country is in Indonesia, a country home to 12.7% of the world’s Muslims, followed by Pakistan (11.1%), India (10.9%) and Bangladesh (9.2%). About 20% of Muslims live in the Arab world.


Ans. : D. Indonesia

14. Which of the following is the first missile which has been developed in India?

A. Akash
B. Prithvi
C. Agni
D. Trishul

Hint : The Prithvi was India’s first indigenously developed ballistic missile produced by the Integrated Guided Missile Development Program (IGMDP).


Ans. : B. Prithvi

15. Where was the first Engineering College of India located?

A. Bombay
B. Roorkee
C. Varanasi
D. Calcutta

Hint : The first engineering college was established in present-day Uttarakhand at Roorkee in the year 1847 for the training of Civil Engineers.


Ans. : B. Roorkee

16. When was the first passenger train run in India?

A. January 1848
B. April 1853
C. May 1857
D. April 1852

Hint : On 16th April 1853, the first passenger train ran between Bori Bunder (Bombay) and Thane, a distance of 34 km.


Ans. : B. April 1853

17. The maximum concentration of scheduled caste population is in the:

A. Indo-Gangetic Plains
B. North-East India
C. Western Coast
D. Eastern Coast

Hint : Indo-Gangetic Plains Uttar Pradesh (35,148,377) has the largest Scheduled Caste population, followed by West Bengal (18,452,555) and Bihar (13,048,608).
These three states are located in Indo-Gangetic Plains.


Ans. : A. Indo-Gangetic Plains

18. Which was the first talkie feature film of India?

A. Raja Harischandra
B. Alam Ara
C. Duniya na Mane
D. Aadami

Hint : Alam Ara (1931) was the first Indian talkie – that is, the first Indian sound film. Until the release of Alam Ara, only silent movies were being released in India.


Ans. : B. Alam Ara

19. Who developed the first automatic automobile?

A. Goatleab Daimler
B. Henry Ford
C. Rudolf Diesel
D. Karl Benz

Hint : Henry Ford developed the first automatic automobile. He was an American industrialist, business magnate, and founder of the Ford Motor Company, and chief developer of the assembly line technique of mass production.


Ans. : B. Henry Ford

20. The first person to enter into space was:

A. Valentina Tereshkova
B. Edward H. White
C. Yuri Gagarin
D. Alan Shepard

Hint : On April 12, 1961, aboard the spacecraft Vostok 1, Soviet cosmonaut Yuri Alekseyevich Gagarin becomes the first human being to travel into space.


Ans. : C. Yuri Gagarin

21. Which was the birthplace of Guru Nanak?

A. Gurdasput
B. Amritsar
C. Lahore
D. Talwandi

Hint : Guru Nanak was born on April 15, 1469, at Rai Bhoi Ki Talwandi, near Lahore, which is in Sekhpura district of modern-day Pakistan.


Ans. : D. Talwandi

22. Mudumalai Wildlife Sanctuary is located in the State of:

A. Kerala
B. Karnataka
C. Tamil Nadu
D. Andhra Paradesh

Hint : The Mudumalai National Park and Wildlife Sanctuary also a declared tiger reserve lies in the northwestern side of the Nilgiri Hills in Tamil Nadu. It shares its boundaries with the states of Karnataka and Kerala.


Ans. : C. Tamil Nadu

23. One of the pairs not matched correctly is:

A. Dehradun — U.P.
B. Shimla — Himachal Pradesh
C. Drajeeling — West Bengal
D. Panchmarhi — M.P.

Hint : Dehradun is not in UP, it is the capital of Uttarakhand.


Ans. : A. Dehradun — U.P.

24. M.R.I stands for:

A. Metered Resonance Imaging
B. Magnetic Resonance Imaging
C. Magnetic Reaction Imaging
D. Metered Reaction Imaging

Hint : M.R.I stands for Magnetic Resonance Imaging. MRI can be used to detect brain tumors, traumatic brain injury, developmental anomalies, multiple sclerosis, stroke, dementia, infection, and the causes of headaches.


Ans. : B. Magnetic Resonance Imaging

25. Where do you find the temple of Angkor Wat?

A. In Thailand
B. In Malaysia
C. In Cambodia
D. In Myanmar

Hint : Angkor Wat is an enormous Buddhist temple complex located in northern Cambodia. It was originally built in the first half of the 12th century as a Hindu temple. Spread across more than 400 acres, Angkor Wat is said to be the largest religious monument in the world.


Ans. : C. In Cambodia

26. Which one among the following is the highest peak?

A. Kamet
B. Kun Lun
C. Nanga Parbat
D. Nanda Devi

Hint : Nanga Parbat is the ninth-highest mountain in the world at 8,126 metres above sea level. Located in Gilgit-Baltistan of POK. Nanga Parbat is the western anchor of the Himalayas. Nanda Devi (7,816 m) is the 23rd-highest peak in the world.


Ans. : C. Nanga Parbat

27. The science dealing with the study of teeth is:

A. Odontology
B. Ornithology
C. Phenology
D. Cosmology

Hint : Odontologists combine the work of a dentist, a forensic scientist and a police investigator. While a dentist specializes in treating teeth, including filling cavities and removing damaged teeth, while an odontologist focuses on studying teeth, not treating them.


Ans. : A. Odontology

28. The study of visceral organs is:

A. Angiology
B. Arthrology
C. Anthrology
D. Splanchnology

Hint : Angiology is concerned with the body’s complex system of blood vessels, particularly the arteries and veins.


Ans. : A. Angiology

29. What does ECS in banking transactions stand for?

A. Excess Credit Supervisor
B. Extra Cash Status
C. Exchange Clearing Standard
D. Electronic Clearing Service

Hint : Electronic Clearing Service (ECS) is an electronic method of fund transfer from one bank account to another. It is generally used for bulk transfers performed by institutions for making payments like dividends, interest, salary, pension, etc.


Ans. : D. Electronic Clearing Service

30. ISRO is an abbreviation for:

A. Indian Scientific Research Organisation
B. International Space Research Organisation
C. International Sales Research Organisation
D. Indian Space Research Organisation

Hint : The full form of ISRO is Indian Space Research Organization. It is the space agency of the Indian government and has its headquarters in Bengaluru.


Ans. : D. Indian Space Research Organisation

31. Where was the wildlife institute of India established in 1982 for research and training programmes?

A. Bhubaneswar
B. Delhi
C. Dehradun
D. Nilgiri

Hint : The Wildlife Institute of India is an autonomous institution under the Ministry of Environment Forest and Climate change, Government of India. It was established in 1982. It is located in Dehradun.


Ans. : C. Dehradun

32. World Health Day is observed on:

A. June 5
B. April 7
C. June 7
D. July 11

Hint : World Health Day is a global health awareness day celebrated every year on April 7, under the sponsorship of the World Health Organization. In 1948, The WHO held the First World Health Assembly.


Ans. : B. April 7

33. The full form of IRDA is:

A. Insurance Regulatory and Development Authority
B. International Reconstruction and Development Association
C. India Road Development Agency
D. International Refinance and Development Association

Hint : The full form of IRDA is Insurance Regulatory and Development Authority. IRDA is a regulatory body under the jurisdiction of the Ministry of Finance, Government of India and is tasked with regulating and promoting the insurance and re-insurance industries in India.


Ans. : A. Insurance Regulatory and Development Authority

34. Match the personalities with the Activity they are associated with:

A. Pankaj Adwani1. Dancing
B. Kiran Majumdar Shaw2. Painting
C. Mallika Sarabhai3. Snooker
D. Anjolie Ela Menon4. Biotechnology

a. A-4, B-1, C-2, D-3
b. A-1, B-2, C-3, D-4
c. A-2, B-3, C-4, D-1
d. A-3, B-4, C-1, D-2


Hint : The correct match is as follows:
A. Pankaj Adwani (Indian Billiards and Snooker player.)3. Snooker
B. Kiran Majumdar Shaw (Founder of Biocon Limited and Biocon Biologics Limited, a biotechnology company)4. Biotechnology
C. Mallika Sarabhai (Indian classical dancer)1. Dancing
D. Anjolie Ela Menon (India’s leading contemporary artists. )2. Painting


Ans. : d. A-3, B-4, C-1, D-2

35. Match the personalities with the Activity they are associated with:

A. Rod Laver1. Kathak Dancing
B. Chanda Kochar2. Music
C. Birju Maharaj3. Lawn Tennis
D. Bala Murlikrishnan4. Banking

a. A-3, B-4, C-1, D-2
b. A-1, B-3, C-2, D-4
c. A-2, B-1, C-4, D-3
d. A-4, B-2, C-3, D-1

Hint : The correct match is as follows:
A. Rod Laver (Australian former tennis player.)3. Lawn Tennis
B. Chanda Kochhar (former MD and CEO of ICICI Bank)4. Banking
C. Birju Maharaj (master of the kathak form and an exponent of the Kalka-Bindadin Gharana)1. Kathak Dancing
D. Bala Murli Krishnan (vocalist, playback singer and composer)2. Music


Ans. : a. A-3, B-4, C-1, D-2

36. Match the political leaders with respective political parties:

A. Sharad Pawar1. CPI
B. Sharad Yadav2. BSP
C. Mayawati3. JDU
D. A.B. Bardhan4. NCP

a. A-3, B-4, C-2, D-1
b. A-4, B-3, C-2, D-1
c. A-4, B-3, C-1, D-2
d. A-2, B-1, C-3, D-4

Hint : 
A. Sharad Pawar4. NCP
B. Sharad Yadav3. JDU
C. Mayawati2. BSP
D. A.B. Bardhan1. CPI


Ans. : b. A-4, B-3, C-2, D-1

37. STPP stands for:

A. Special Thermal Power Project
B. Semi Thermal Power Plant
C. Super Thermal Power Plant
D. Super Thermal Power Production

Hint : STPP stands for Super Thermal Power Plant.


Ans. : C. Super Thermal Power Plant

38. TRAI stands for:

A. Trans-Roadways Authority of India
B. Telephone Regulatory Authority of India
C. Transport and Roads Authority of India
D. Telecom Regulatory Authority of India

Hint : TRAI stands for Telecom Regulatory Authority of India. It is a statutory body set up by the Government of India under section 3 of the Telecom Regulatory Authority of India Act, 1997. It is the regulator of the telecommunications sector in India.


Ans. : D. Telecom Regulatory Authority of India

39. Match the personalities with the Activity they are associated with:

A. Vinoba Bhave1. Chipko
B. Medha Patkar2. Sampurna Kranti
C. Sunderlal Bahuguna3. Narmada Bachao
D. Jaya Prakash Narayan4. Bhoodan

a. A – 4, B – 1, C – 2, D – 3
b. A – 4, B – 3, C – 1, D – 2
c. A – 3, B – 1, C – 2, D – 4
d. A – 2, B – 4, C – 1, D – 2

Hint : The correct match is as follows:
A. Vinoba Bhave4. Bhoodan
B. Medha Patkar3. Narmada Bachao
C. Sunderlal Bahuguna1. Chipko
D. Jaya Prakash Narayan2. Sampurna Kranti


Ans. : b. A – 4, B – 3, C – 1, D – 2

40. Which one of the following is the tallest bird?

A. Peacock
B. Penguin
C. Ostrich
D. Emu

Hint : Ostrich is the tallest and heaviest bird on the planet. Females can grow up to six feet and weigh more than 200 pounds, while males can reach nine feet tall and roughly 280 pounds.


Ans. : C. Ostrich

41. Study of newly born up to the age of 3 months is called:

A. Chorology
B. Conchology
C. Nematology
D. Neonatology

Hint : Neonatology is a subspecialty of pediatrics that consists of the medical care of newborn infants, especially the ill or premature newborn. It is a hospital-based specialty, and is usually practised in neonatal intensive care units.


Ans. : D. Neonatology

42. Where is the largest reflecting telescope of Asia?

A. Kodaikanal
B. Ooty
C. Kavalur
D. Naini Tal

Hint : The largest reflecting telescope in Asia is located in the Devasthal Observatory at Nainital, Uttarakhand, India.


Ans. : D. Naini Tal

43. The largest ocean is:

A. Atlantic Ocean
B. Indian Ocean
C. Arctic Ocean
D. Pacific Ocean

Hint : The Pacific Ocean is the largest and deepest ocean in the world. Covering approximately 63 million square miles and containing more than half of the free water on Earth, the Pacific is by far the largest of the world’s ocean basins. All of the world’s continents could fit into the Pacific Ocean.


Ans. : D. Pacific Ocean

44. The largest producer of gold in the world is:

A. Australia
B. Canada
C. Russia
D. China

Hint : China (380 metric tons), Australia (320 metric tons), Russia (300 metric tons), and the United States (190 metric tons) are respectively the largest producers of gold in the world. Global production of gold reached approximately 3,200 metric tons in 2020.


Ans. : D. China

45. In terms of area, India is the _____ largest country in the world.

A. second
B. fourth
C. sixth
D. seventh

Hint : Top ten largest countries by area in square miles are: Russia (6,599,921), Canada (3,854,083), China (3,746,887), United States (3,617,827), Brazil (3,287,086), Australia (2,969,121), India (1,269,010), Argentina (1,073,234), Kazakhstan (1,051,811) and Algeria (919,352).


Ans. : D. seventh

46. The founder of the Brahmo Samaj was:

A. Swami Dayananda Saraswati
B. Ishwar Chandra Vidyasagar
C. Raja Ram Mohun Roy
D. Swami Vivekananda

Hint : The Brahmo Samaj was a monotheistic sect of Hinduism. The movement began through meetings of Bengalis in Calcutta in 1828. One of the leading figures was Ram Mohun Roy. This group was known as the Brahmo Sabha.


Ans. : C. Raja Ram Mohun Roy

47. The first Defence Minister of India was:

A. K.M. Cariappa
B. Gopalaswami Aiyangar
C. Baldev Singh
D. SardarPatel

Hint : The first defence minister of independent India was Baldev Singh Chokkar, who served in Prime Minister Jawaharlal Nehru’s cabinet during 1947–52.


Ans. : C. Baldev Singh

48. Which one country is still governed by a monarch?

A. Afghanistan
B. Iran
C. Iraq
D. Saudi Arabia

Hint : Saudi Arabia is an absolute monarchy, although, according to the Basic Law of Saudi Arabia adopted by royal decree in 1992, the king must comply with Sharia (Islamic law) and the Qur’an.


Ans. : D. Saudi Arabia

49. The first woman to become a Chief Minister of any State in India was:

A. Nandini Satpathy
B. Dr. J. Jayalalitha
C. Sucheta Kripalani
D. Ms. Mayawati


Ans. : C. Sucheta Kripalani

Note : Sucheta Kripalani was an Indian freedom fighter and politician. She was India’s first woman Chief Minister (Uttar Pradesh), serving from 1963 to 1967.


50. Salim Ali was an eminent:

A. Urdu poet
B. Ornithologist
C. Ghazal singer
D. None of these


Ans. : B. Ornithologist

Note : Salim Moizuddin Abdul Ali was an Indian ornithologist and naturalist. Sometimes referred to as the “Birdman of India”, Salim Ali was the first Indian to conduct systematic bird surveys across India and wrote several bird books that popularized ornithology in India.


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