Q1. The State is the largest producer of tobacco in India?
(A) Andhra Pradesh
(B) Madhya Pradesh
(C) Karnataka
(D) Haryana
Option A – Andhra Pradesh
Q2. The largest item of expenditure in the current account of the budget of the Central Government is?
(A) Defense expenditure
(B) interest payment
(C) Central Planning
(D) none of these
Option C – Central Planning
Q3. Which one of the Directive Principles of State Policy deals with the promotion of international peace and security?
(A) Article 32
(B) Article 67
(C) Article 51
(D) Article 55
Option C – Article 51
Q4. When were the Fundamental Duties incorporated in the Indian Constitution?
(A) 1972
(B) 1976
(C) 1977
(D) 1979
Option B – 1976
Q5. Who is competent to dissolve the Parliament?
(A) Prime Minister
(B) President
(C) Vice President
(D) Governor
Option B – President
Q6. Who won the first Olympic medal individually for independent India?
(A) K D Jadhav
(B) Milkha Singh
(C) Harishchandra Brijdar
(D) Dhyan Chand
Option A – K D Jadhav
Q7. ‘Agriculture Shot’ is related to which sport?
(A) Polo
(B) Hockey
(C) Golf
(D) Cricket
Option D – Cricket
Q8. Which first Indian player scored a triple century in Test cricket?
(A) Sourav Ganguly
(B) Virender Sehwag
(C) Sachin Tendulkar
(D) none of these
Option B – Virender Sehwag
Q9. The list of Fundamental Duties in the Indian Constitution was added as part of which of the following?
(A) 2
(B) 3
(C) 4
(D) 5
Option C – 4
Q10. Which of the following is not an exclusive part of Parliament?
(A) Vice President
(B) President
(C) Lok Sabha
(D) Rajya Sabha
Option A – Vice President
Q11. Rainbow revolution is related to?
(A) Blue Revolution
(B) Green Revolution
(C) White Revolution
(D) all of these
Option D – all of these
Q12. From which of the following direct taxes, the government receives maximum revenue?
(A) Income Tax
(B) Wealth Tax
(C) charity tax
(D) Corporation Tax
Option D – Corporation Tax
Q13. What is the difference between total expenditure and total receipts in the budget figures of the Government of India called?
(A) Fiscal deficit
(B) Revenue deficit
(C) Budgetary deficit
(D) Current deficit
Option C – Budgetary deficit
Q14. Sultan Azlan Shah Cup is related to which sport?
(A) Golf
(B) Badminton
(C) Table Tennis
(D) Hockey
Option D – Hockey
Q15. In the modern version of cricket ‘Supermax Cricket’, how much time is fixed for each innings of 10 overs of both the teams?
(A) 40 minutes
(B) 45 minutes
(C) 50 minutes
(D) 60 minutes
Option B – 45 minutes
Q16. Which cricket umpire is popularly known as ‘Great Delay’?
(A) Dicky Bird
(B) Delay
(C) Great
(D) none of these
Option A – Dicky Bird
Q17. Which magazine is called ‘Bible of Cricket’?
(A) Pakhi
(B) Wisden
(C) Fairytale
(D) none of these
Option B – Wisden
Q18. Which of the following organization gives the Kalinga Award?
(A) UNESCO
(B) Ministry of Human Resource Development
(C) Department of Science and Technology
(D) C. S. IR
Option A – UNESCO
Q19. Which of the following is the fastest Indian supercomputer recently developed by ISRO?
(A) Akash
(B) Saga 220
(C) Blue Jean
(D) Riken
Option B – Saga 220
Q20. Bharat Ratna decoration was first given to whom?
(A) S. to Radhakrishnan
(B) Jawaharlal Nehru
(C) C. Rajagopalachari
(D) C. V. Raman
Option C – C. Rajagopalachari
Q21. Who killed Mahatma Gandhi?
(A) Nathuram Goudse
(B) Vallabh Patel
(C) Raj Dev
(D) Dilraj Singh
Option A – Nathuram Goudse
Q22. Which US President abolished slavery completely?
(A) Kennedy
(B) Garfield
(C) Johnson
(D) Abraham Lincoln
Option D – Abraham Lincoln
Q23. Who has called Panchayati Raj as “the school of modern democracy”?
(A) Gandhiji
(B) Ambedkar
(C) Jawahar Nehru
(D) Tilak
Option C – Jawahar Nehru
Q24. Welfare state is ordered in the constitution?
(A) Fundamental Rights
(B) in the preface
(C) Directive Principles of Policy
(D) in the amendment
Option C – Directive Principles of Policy
Q25. Which of the following is not an exclusive part of Parliament?
(A) Vice President
(B) President
(C) Lok Sabha
(D) Rajya Sabha
Option A – Vice President