question set 3

1. The terms Hypoglycemia and Hyperglycemia are related to which among the following?
(A)Body Fat
(B)Blood Sugar
(C)Metabolism of sugar galactose
(D)Respiration

 2. Opium is obtained from the dry latex from which part of the Papaver somniferum Plant?
(A)Stem
(B)Leaves
(C)Poppy
(D)Stem Joints

 3. Which part of the Human Body stores Glycogen?
(A)Liver
(B)Pancreas
(C)Skin
(D)Intestines

 4. In Cricket, there are only four bowlers to have bowled over 5000 overs in Test cricket. Who among the following is NOT included in these 4 players?
(A)Muttiah Muralitharan of Sri Lanka
(B)Shane Warne of Australia
(C)Kapil Dev of India
(D)Courtney Walsh of West Indies

 5. Who among the following is the only player in the history of cricket to have taken more than 400 wickets and scored more than 5,000 runs in test cricket, making him one of the greatest all-rounders to have played the game?
(A)Courtney Walsh
(B)Glenn McGrath
(C)Richard Hadlee
(D)Kapil Dev

 6. Who among the following is known to have produced a piece of art titled ‘Portrait Francoise’ ?
(A)Mac Adams
(B)Pablo Picasso
(C)Paul Ondrusch
(D)John Greer

 7. What is the original name of Santa Claus?
(A)St. Thomas
(B)St. Nicholas
(C)St. Louis
(D)St. Peter

 8. Who among the following has written the book- -“The Men Who Killed Gandhi”?
(A)R. K. Narayan
(B)Manohar Malgonkar
(C)Raghunath Vinayak Dhulekar
(D)Rajshekhar Basu

 9. Narrow water area attached with a main land in the form of channels, known as "Kayals" are found in which among the following states of India?
(A)Karnataka
(B)Maharastra
(C)Kerala
(D)Tamil Nadu

 10. Which among the following rivers originates from the Amarkantak?
(A)Betwa
(B)Mahi
(C)Narmada
(D)Tapti

 11. Which among the following is the Highest Peak located entirely in Territories of India (excluding POK)?
(A)K 2
(B)Nanda Devi
(C)Kangchenjunga
(D)Naga Parbat

 12. Who among the following was the first Indian Scholar who treated Mathematics as a different subject?
(A)Aryabhatta
(B)Apastamba
(C)Baudhayana
(D)Katyayana

 13. Consider the following:
1. Delhi
2. Puducherry
3. Lakshadweep
4. Andaman & Nicobar Islands
Which among the above Union Territories are represented in Rajya Sabha?
(A)1 only
(B)1 & 2
(C)1, 2 & 3
(D)1, 2, 3 & 4

 14. Which among the following was the Capital of Bahamani Sultanate?
(A)Halebidu
(B)Gulbarga
(C)Humpi
(D)Badami

 15. Which of the following rivers was known as "Drishdvati" in Vedic Era?
(A)Ravi
(B)Chenab
(C)Jhelum
(D)Ghagghar

16. Which among the following movement started with "breaking the salt law"?
(A)Non-cooperation Movement
(B)Civil Disobedience Movement
(C)Quit India Movement
(D)Home Rule Movement

 17. There was one socialist leader, who ran away from the Hazaribagh Prison and joined the Quit India Movement. Identify that leader from the given options:
(A)Ram Manohar Lohia
(B)Minoo Masani
(C)Jayprakash Narayan
(D)Achyut Patwardhan

 18. Who among the following were known as Tocharians?
(A)Kushanas
(B)Shakas
(C)Hunas
(D)Kalabhras

 19. Two schools, viz. Mathura School of Art and Gandhara School of Art flourished in which among the following era?
(A)Shaka
(B)Kushana
(C)Saatvahana
(D)Gupta

 20. Harshavardhana, who was known as Uttarapathapati, was defeated on the banks of river Narmada by which among the following Kings, also having assumed the title of Dakshinapathapati?
(A)Pulkesin I
(B)Kirtivarman I
(C)Pulkesin II
(D)Vikramaditya I

 21. Which among the following two cities were joined by "Sadak-i-Azam" or the precursor of the Grand Trunk Road built by Shershah Suri?
(A)Agra & Calcutta
(B)Delhi & Patna
(C)Delhi & Sasaram
(D)Agra & Sasaram

 22. Which among the following was located on the banks of Tungbhadra River?
(A)Vijayanagar Empire
(B)Chalukyas of Vatapi
(C)Chalukyas of Badami
(D)Bahmani Kingdom

 23. In which of the following cities of India is located world's first complete granite temple?
(A)Varanasi
(B)Mathura
(C)Thanjaur
(D)Madurai

 24. Who among the following was placed on the throne of Nawab of Bengal after the Battle of Buxar?
(A)Shiraj-ud-daula
(B)Mir Kasim
(C)Mir Jafar
(D)Najimuddin Ali Khan

 25. Which of the following Mughal Emperor's is also known to be a very good player of Veena?
(A)Akbar
(B)Jahangir
(C)Shah Jahan
(D)Aurangzeb

 26. Which among the following was the first note known as "Greenback" issued in United States?
(A)Federal Reserve Note
(B)Demand Note
(C)United States Note
(D)Treasury Note

 27. Kanker Ghati Park is located in which among the following states of India?
(A)Chhattisgarh
(B)Jharkhand
(C)Odisha
(D)West Bengal

 28. Which among the following tributaries of Indus originates from Lake Mansarovar?
(A)Beas
(B)Jhelum
(C)Sutlej
(D)Ravi

 29. Which among the following lakes makes the border tripoint of Kenya , Tanzania & Uganda ?
(A)Lake Turkana
(B)Lake Victoria
(C)Lake Tivu
(D)Lake Tanganyika

 30. TulBul Project is associated with which of the following rivers?
(A)Indus
(B)Ravi
(C)Jhelum
(D)Beas