16) Which train in India has the longest route length ?
a) Himgiri Express
b) Himsagar Express
c) Vivek Express
d) Guwahati-Thiruvanthapuram Express
17) Which one of the following newspapers was published first ?
a) The Madras Mail
b) The Indian social Reformer
c) The Bengal Gazette
d) The Times of India
18) Who was the first Indian native ruler to accept the system of Subsidiary Alliance?
a) Scindia of Gwalior
b) Nizam of Hyderabad
c) Dalip Singh of Punjab
d) gaikwad of Baroda
19) In which country did the Industrial Revolution begin in the year 1750 ?
a) France
b) Italy
c) Germany
d) England
20) Which one of the following elements shows variable equivalent mass ?
a) Zinc
b) Silver
c) Calcium
d) Iron
21) Whose biography is – “My Music, My Life”?
a) Pandit Shiv Kumar Sharma
b) Ustad Amjad Ali Khan
c) Pandit Ravi Shankar
d) Ustad Zakir Hussain
22) Which scripture was called his ‘Mother’ by Gandhiji?
a) Ramayana
b) The New Testament
c) Bhagwat Gita
d) The Holy Quran
23) The first Indian Registrar General and Census Commissioner of Independent India was
a)Ashokn Mitra
b) R B Chari
c) A R Nanda
d) R A Gopalaswami
24) GSAT- 12 launched by PSLV-C17 from sriharikota is a……..satellite.
a) Nano
b) Meterological
c) Pico
d) Communication
25) The first Indian Swimmer to clock the best Indian time in 800 m freestyle is
a) Richa Mishra
b) Shikha Tandon
c) Nisha Millet
d) Anita Sood
26) With which one of the following sports is Jayanta Talukdar associated?
a) Golf
b) Snooker
c) Archery
d) Shooting
27) How is Kishori Amonkar well-known as?
a) Classical dancer
b) Classical singer
c) Poet
d) Theatre personality
28) Who was the first Foreign Minister of free India?
a) Jawaharlal Nehru
b) Gulzarilal Nanda
c) Lal Bahadur Shastri
d) John Mathai
29) ……is the ‘Columbus of the Space Age’
a) Mithali Raj
b) Kalpana Chawla
c) Yuri Gagarin
d) Leela Seth
30) What is the animal symbol of World Wildlife Fund ( WWF)?
a) Dolphin
b) Kangaroo
c) Tiger
d) Giant Panda