Q1. Which waterbody seprates the India from the island nation of Sri Lanka ?
(A) Bering Strait
(B) Palk Strait
(C) Strait of Gibraltar
(D) Strait of Magellan
Answer : (B) Palk Strait
Q2. The dargah (tomb) of sufi saint Hazarat Nizamuddin Aulia is located in which city ?
(A) Ajmer
(B) Delhi
(C) Mumbai
(D) Srinagar
Answer : (B) Delhi
Q3. Who among the following is also known as 'Bhartiya Kokila' (The Nightingale of India) ?
(A) Indira Gandhi
(B) Lata Mangeshkar
(C) Sarojini Naidu
(D) M.S.Subbulakshmi
Answer : (C) Sarojini Naidu
Q4. Which mineral is mined at Khetri in Rajasthan ?
(A) Copper
(B) Lignite
(C) Bauxite
(D) Iron Ore
Answer : (A) Copper
Q5. Which foreign invader defeated the Marathas in the Third Battle of Panipat (1761) ?
(A) Nadir Shah
(B) Mahmud Ghazni
(C) Ahmed Shah Abdali
(D) Muhammad Bin Qasim
Answer : (C) Ahmed Shah Abdali
Q6. In which village was Adi Shankaracharya born ?
(A) Tankara (Gujarat)
(B) Navadwip (W.Bengal)
(C) Tiruchuzhi (T.Nadu)
(D) Kalady (Kerala)
Answer : (D) Kalady (Kerala)
Q7. To which political party is the trade union All India Trade Union Congress (AITUC) affiliated ?
(A) CPI
(B) CPI(M)
(C) Congress
(D) BJP
Answer : (A) CPI
Q8. Which medieval ruler authored Telugu work 'Amukta Malyada' ?
(A) Rajaraja Chola I
(B) Parakrama Pandiyan
(C) Krishna Deva Raya
(D) Narsimhavarman II
Answer : (C) Krishna Deva Raya
Q9. Tashkent city, where the Indian Prime Minister L.B.Shastri signed a peace agreement 'Tashkent Declaration' with Pakistani President Ayub Khan in 1966, is capital of which country ?
(A) Kazakhstan
(B) Kyrgyzstan
(C) Tajikistan
(D) Uzbekistan
Answer : (D) Uzbekistan
Q10.On 26 March 2009, who became the first tourist to go into the space twice ?
(A) Dennis Tito
(B) Mark Shuttleworth
(C) Gregory Olsen
(D) Charles Simonyi
Answer : (D) Charles Simonyi
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