Q1. On the banks of which river is the Jamshedpur, the steel city of India, situated?
(a) Tapti
(b) Narmada
(c) Subarnarekha
(d) Hooghly
(e) Ganga
Q2. Shivkasi in Tamil Nadu is famous for which industry?
(a) Glass
(b) Leather
(c) Diamond
(d) Fireworks
(e) Textile
Q3. In which union territory of India, would you meet the people of the Onge tribe?
(a) Daman and Diu
(b) Lakshadweep
(c) Dadra and Nagar Haveli
(d) Andaman and Nicobar Islands
(e) None of the above
Q4. On 1st July 1997, where was India’s first Science City inaugurated?
(a) Mumbai
(b) Bengaluru
(c) Hyderabad
(d) Bhopal
(e) Kolkata
Q5. Who was popularly known as the ‘Lady with the Lamp’?
(a) Mother Teresa
(b) Sister Nivedita
(c) Florence Nightingale
(d) The Mother (Mirra Alfassa)
(e) None of the above
Q6. In Mumbai terror attacks on 26 Nov. 2008, what was the code name of security forces commando action against terrorists?
(a) Operation Vijay
(b) Operation Shakti
(c) Operation Cactus
(d) Operation Black Tornado
(e) Operation Dhurv
Q7. Indira Mount, an underwater mountain named after former PM of India Smt. Indira Gandhi, is in which ocean?
(a) Indian Ocean
(b) Antarctic Ocean
(c) Atlantic Ocean
(d) Pacific Ocean
(e) Arctic Ocean
Q8. In which city are the headquarters of International Olympic Committee (IOC) located?
(a) Zurich (Switzerland)
(b) London (United Kingdom)
(c) Dubai (United Arab Emirates)
(d) Lausanne (Switzerland)
(e) None of the above
Q9. Which city houses the headquarters of Central Railway?
(a) Bhopal
(b) Nagpur
(c) Allahabad
(d) Mumbai
(e) Delhi
Q10. ‘Bhogi’, ‘Surya’, ‘Mattu’ and ‘Kanum’ are the parts of which four day long harvest festival of Tamilnadu?
(a) Bihu
(b) Lohri
(c) Pongal
(d) Baisakhi
(e) Onam
Q11. In which city is the Indian Institute of Pulses Research located?
(a) Lucknow
(b) Nagpur
(c) Indore
(d) Kanpur
(e) Banglore
Q12. In which state is the Kanchenjunga, the second highest mountain peak in India, located?
(a) Sikkim
(b) Jammu & Kashmir
(c) Himachal Pradesh
(d) Uttarakhand
(e) Assam
Q13. In which pilgrimage city of India would you come across the world’s longest corridor?
(a) Dwarka
(b) Varanasi
(c) Rameshwaram
(d) Tirupati
(e) Mathura
Q14. To which ocean does Panama Canal connect the Pacific Ocean?
(a) Arctic Ocean
(b) Antarctic Ocean
(c) Atlantic Ocean
(d) Indian Ocean
(e) None of the above
Q15. Which Indian city you would be in if you were standing on world’s longest railway platform?
(a) Jabalpur (M.P.)
(b) Kharagpur (W.Bengal)
(c) Mughalsarai (U.P.)
(d) Secunderabad (A.P.)
(e) Gorakhpur (U.P.)
