1. Buddist seriptures include ?
1. Sutta Pitaka
2. Vinaya Pitaka
3 Abhidhamma Pitaka
4. All the above


2. Alexander invaded India in?
1. 324 BC
2. 326 BC
3. 328 BC
4. 330 BC


3. The first to invade India were the?
1. Greeks
2. Shakas
3. Parthians
4. Kushans

4. Margaret Alva is the Governor of ____ in 2012?
1. Manipur
2. Uttarakhand
3. Rajasthan
4. West Bengal


5. Shivraj Singh is the Chief Minister of _____in 2012 ?
1. Karnataka
2 Punjab
3. Maharastra
4. Madhya Pradesh


6. In 2012 Chairman of the Union Public Service Commission is?
1. A S. Nigavekar
2. D.P. Agarwal
3. SL Goel
4. Rakesh Hooja


7. Which one of the following states is host for  2011 National Games?
1.  Tamil Nadu
2. Kerala
3. Karnataka
4. Goa


8. The maximum distance between the sun and earth occurs
1. July 4
2. December, 22
3. September, 22
4. January, 3


9. How much of the surface of the moon is visible from the earth?
1. about 40%
2. more than 75%
3. about 59%
4. above 65%


10. Plains formed due to the falling up of lakes are called ?
1. Flood plains
2. Delta plains
3. Lacustrine plains
4. Till plains


11. Who was the founder of the city of Agra?
1. Mohammad bin Tughlaq
2. Alauddin Khilj
3. Sikander Lodi
4. Firuz Tughlaq


12. Which of the following rivers flows through a rift valley?
1. Ganga
2. Narmada
3. Krishna
4. Brahmaputra


13. Which area of India receives least rainfall?
1. The Western Ghats
2. Laddakh
3. Eastern Rajasthan
4. Western Tamil Nadu


14. In which month does the highest temperature record in South India?
1. June
2. April
3. August
4 July


15. An important cash crop in Punjab is?
1. Vanilla
2. Cotton
3. Jute
4. Maize


16. What was the original name of Tansen?
1. Makaranda Pande
2. Ramtanu Pande
3. Lal Kalwant
4. Baz Bahadur


17. Where is the Forest Research Institute located?
1.  Delhi
2.  Lucknow
3. Dehradun
4. Bhopal


18. Where does teak grow mostly?
1. The Western Ghats
2. The Himalayas
3. Asom and Meghalaya
4. Central India


19. Which state has the lowest area under forest
1. Uttarakhand
2. Gujarat
3. Andhra Pradesh
4. Haryana


20. Sugarcane cultivation in India is an example of ?
1. Plantation agriculture
2. Shifting cultivation
3. Mechanised cultivation
4. Irrigated cultivation


21. One of the most prominent crops of dry farming in India is ?
1. Paddy
2. Wheat
3. Bajra
4. Cotton


22. Indian Institute of Public Administration is situated ?
1. Nagpur
2. New Delhi
3. Mumbai
4. Bangalore


23. Economic and Political Weekly is published from ?
1. Pune
2. New Delhi
3. Mumbai
4. Jaipur


24. Who among the following worked as a chief Minister three times ?
1. Sharad Pawar
2. N.D. Tiwari
3. Mohanlal Sukhadia
4. All the above


25. Leader of opposition in Rajya Sabha in 2012?
1. Arun Jaitley
2. Sushma Swaraj
3. Rahman Khan
4. M. Venkaiah Naidu


26. Chairman of National Human Rights in 2012 ?
1. Vinod Roy
2. Karia Munda
3. MN Rao
4. KG. Balakrishna


27. President of Brazil in 2012?
1 Michael Higgins
2. Evo Morales
3. DilmavRousseff
4. Cristina Fernandez


28. In 2012 Jacob zuma is the President of ?
1. South Africa
2. Sweden
3. South Sudan
4. Nigeria