Question 1. Which statement is correct?
(A) Socrates and Plato were
(B) Plato was disciple of Aristotle
(C) Plato was disciple of Socrates
(D) Socrates was disciple of Plato
Question 2. The ‘Deepavali Declaration’ issued in the year 1929 was related to the
(A) Untouchability
(B) Labour leaders
(C) Dominion status
(D) Communal problem
Question 3. In which year was the Wavell Plan presented?
(A) 1945
(B) 1944
(C) 1943
(D) 1942
Question 4. Which of the following pairs is not correctly matched?
(A) First President of India – Dr. Rajendra Prasad
(B) Indian National Army – Subhash Chandra Bose
(C) Frontier Gandhi – Khan Abdul Ghaffar
(D) Ghadar Party – Lala Lajpat Rai
Question 5. Who said ‘Imperialism is dead as Dodo’?
(A) Lord Wavell
(B) Clement Attlee
(C) Winston Churchill
(D) Ramse MacDonald
Question 6. Who said “Here is a revolution taking place and we should move quickly”?
(A) A.B. Alexander
(B) Lord Wavell
(C) Lord Pattrick Lawrence
(D) Sir Stafford Cripps
Question 7. In which city the first atomic bomb was exploded?
(A) Rome
(B) Lisbon
(C) Kabul
(D) Hiroshima (Japan)
Question 8. The French revolution started in__________.
(A) 1789
(B) 1757
(C) 1779
(D) 1773
Question 9. ‘Operation Vijay’ was conducted against which nation?
(A) Pakistan
(B) Nepal
(C) Bangladesh
(D) China
Question 10. Kisan Diwas is celebrated on___________.
(A) 23rd December
(B) 23rd September
(C) 23rd June
(D) 23rd March
Question 11. The first Indian to win Nobel Prize was____________.
(A) Amartya Sen
(B) Hargovind Khurana
(C) Rabindra Nath Tagore
(D) C.V. Raman
Question 12. Who was the chairperson of first All India Socialist Youth Congress?
(A) J.B. Kriplani
(B) Jawaharlal Nehru
(C) Acharya Narendra Dev
(D) Subhash Chandra Bose
Question 13. Alipur Central Jail is situated at___________.
(A) Delhi
(B) Chennai
(C) Kolkata
(D) Mumbai
Question 14. ‘Operation Polo’ is associated/connected with__________.
(A) Military Action in Hyderabad State
(B) Military Action in Junagarh State
(C) Civil Disobedience Movement
(D) Quit India Movement
Question 15. The ‘Secretariat Building’ of which State is known as ‘Writer’s Building’?
(A) Karnataka
(B) Maharashtra
(C) West Bengal
(D) Assam
Question 16. In India ‘Teacher’s Day’ is celebrated on____________.
(A) 5th September
(B) 14th July
(C) 1st March
(D) 8th March
Question 17. When is ‘National Press Day’ celebrated?
(A) 16 December
(B) 26 November
(C) 17 November
(D) 16 November
Question 18. The Bhartiya Kisan Union was established in_____________.
(A) 1990
(B) 1986
(C) 1980
(D) 1975
Question 19. Karl Marx explained the process of class struggle with the help of which one of the following theories?
(A) Dialectical materialism
(B) Darwin’s theory of evolution
(C) Existentialism
(D) Empirical liberalism
Question 20. Which one of the following statements is not correct?
(A) The song Jana-Gana-Mana, composed originally in Bengali by Rabindra Nath Tagore was adopted in its Hindi version by the Constituent Assembly on
(B) The design of the National Flag of India was adopted by the Constituent Assembly on 22nd July, 1947
(C) The National Calendar of India based on Saka era has its Ist Chaitra on 22nd March normally and 21st March in a leap year
(D) The National Song Vande Mataram was composed by Bankim Chandra Chatterjee originally in Bengali
Question 21. The present day calendar is based on___________.
(A) Muhammadan Calendar
(B) Jewish Calendar
(C) Gregorian Calendar
(D) Julian Calendar
Question 22. ‘Falun Gong’ is becoming a popular movement in_____________.
(A) Japan
(B) South Korea
(C) China
(D) All of the above
Question 23. Which statement is not true about Mother Teresa?
(A) She was once a teacher in Calcutta
(B) She was not an Indian citizen at the time of her death
(C) She became a nun at the age of 18 years
(D) She was born in Albania
Question 24. Religious Organisation established by Mother Teresa is called
(A) Charity for all
(B) Organisation of love
(C) Missionaries of Charity
(D) Sisters of Charity
Question 25. Civil Service Day is celebrated on___________.
(A) 22nd June
(B) 21st April
(C) 15th August
(D) 21st September