1. In which class Buddha was born?
[a] Brahmin 
[b] Kshatriya
[c] Vaisya
[d] Sudra


2. Which period is referred to as the the classical age of Ancient India:
[a] Mauryas
[b] Kushanas
[c] Guptas
[d] Haryanka


3.Who founded the Pallava dynasty?
[a] Vijayalaya
[b] Mayurasarman
[c] Dantidurga
[d] Simhavishnu


4.The city built by Krishna Deva Raya:
[a] Hampi 
[b] Nagalpur
[c] Bhagalpur
[d] Kanchi


5. In his father’s side Babur was a descendant of:
[a] Genghis Khan
[b] Timur
[c] Mahmud Ghori
[d] Mahmud Ghzni


6. The publication launched by Bal Gangadhar
Tilak in Marathi language:
[a] Mahratha
[b] Kesari
[c] Pioneer
[d] Al Hilal


7. The Viceroy who headed the interim government assumed office on 2nd September, 1946:
[a] Wavell
[b] Linlithgo
[c] Irwin
[d] Mountbatten


8. In which year Gandhiji landed India after ending his stay in South Africa?
[a] 1915
[b] 1916
[c] 1917
[d] 1918


9.Who put forwarded the ‘fourteen point formula’?
[a] MA Jinnah
[b] Nehru
[c] Gandhiji
[d] Rajagopalachari


10. The year of Naval Mutiny:
[a] 1944
[b] 1945
[c] 1947
[d] 1946


11. The first person who was born in 20th Centry to get Bharat Ratna is Lal Bahadur Shastri. The State in which Lal Bahadur Shastri was born:
[a] M.P.
[b] Uttar Pradesh
[c] Gujarat
[d] Maharashtra


12.The only state in India where uniform civil code has been implemented:
[a] Jammu & Kashimir
[b] Sikkim
[c] Goa
[d] Tamil Nadu


13.Who among the following enjoys the rank of a cabinet minister in the Union Cabinet?
[a] Cabinet Secretary
[b] Deputy Chairman of the Planning Commission
[c] Supreme Court Judge
[d] Principal Secretary to the Prime Minister


14.Who is authorised to issue an order to suspenda State PSC member?
[a] Governor 
[b] Chief Minister
[c] Home Minister 
[d] Speaker


15.The Carthagian General who is regarded as the greatest general of antiquity:
[a] Robert Bruce
[b] Hammurabi
[c] Hannibal
[d] Julius Caesar


16. ‘Bata’ is a famous trade name in the  field of:
[a] Battery
[b] Tyres
[c] Footwares
[d] Computer


17. The subjects in which Marie Curie got Nobel Prizes:
[a] Chemistry, Medicine
[b] Physics, Medicine
[c] Physics, Chemistry
[d] Physics, Peace


18.Orange Prize is related to:
[a] Sports
[b] Literature
[c] Cinema
[d] Science


19. The United Nations University is in
[a] New York
[b] Tokyo
[c] London
[d] Costa Rica


20. Death anniversary of Mahathma Gandhi is observed as:
[a] National rededication day 
[b] National integration day
[c] Martyr’s Day
[d] None of these


21. The place in Rajastan famous for camel hair products:
[a] Kota
[b] Bikaner
[c] Jaipur
[d] Pokhran


22. Alexandria is on the banks of:
[a] Nile
[b] Congo
[c] Zambezi
[d] Orange


23. The highest waterfall in the world is Salto Angel. It is in:
[a] USA
[b] Canada
[c] Laos
[d] Venezuela


24. The city of Golden Temple:
[a] Amritsir
[b] Delhi
[c] Madurai
[d] Bhuvaneswar


25. Peking is now known as:
[a] Moscow
[b] Leningrad
[c] Beijing
[d] Ho Chi Minh City n