1.Who was the
first President of Indian National Congress (1885)? – Wyomesh Chandra
Banerjee
2. Prime
Minister of India who did not face the Parliament? – Chaudhary Charan Singh
3. Who is known
as the “Grand Old Man of India”? – Dadabhai Naroji
4. Name of the
Indian who returned the “Knighthood conferred on him as a token of protest
against the atrocities in Punjab in 1919 – Rabindranath Tagore
5. Which Sufi
Saint’s dargah is at Ajmer? – Muinuddin chisti
6. “Swaraj is my
birthright”. Who said it ? – Balgangadhar Tilak
7. Who among
Kabirdas, Surdas, Bihari & Raskhan was a blind poet who spread Krishna
Bhakti cult? – Surdas
8. Babar laid
the foundation of Mughal empire in 1526 defeating – Ibrahim Lodhi
9. Akbar
defeated Rana Pratap in the battle of Haldighati in the year – 1576
10. Who among
Babur, Humayun, Akbar & Jahangir was ignorant of the art of reading and
writing? – Akbar
11. Who among
Dutch, English, French and Portuguese were the last to come as traders to
preindependence India? – French
12. The first
Muslim invasion ( in 712 A.D.) of India was led by – Muhammad-Bin-Qasim
13. Which Muslim
emperor was attracted by the beauty of Queen Padmini? – Alauddin Khilji
14. The first writer
to use Urdu as the medium of poetic expression was – Amir Khusrau
15. “Brahmo
Samaj” in 1828 was founded by – Raja Ram Mohan Roy
16. Tipu sultan died
fighting the British forces under – Lord Wellesley
17. Non-cooperation
Movement started by Gandhiji in the year – 1920
18. Who was the first
Indian to get selected in Imperial Civil Services? – Surendranath Banerjee
19. Delhi became
the capital of India on – Decemeber 12, 1911
20. Who gave the
slogan “Inquilab Zindabad”? – Mohammad Iqbal
21. On October 2,
1959, in which Indian State Panchayati Raj System was first introduced? - Rajasthan
22. Who is
entitled to initiate a Bill for constitutional amendments? – Either House of
Parliament
23. Match the
following (Provisions-Amendments)
Panchayati Raj – 73rd
Fundamental Duties – 42nd
Voting Age lowered from
21 years to 18 years – 61st
Right to property
abolished – 44th
24. Chief
Election Commissioner can be removed – by each House of Parliament by 2/3
majority and on the ground of proven misbehavior or incapacity
25. In Indian
Constitution Subject of Education is in – Concurrent list
26. The wheel
(Chakra) in Indian National Flag contains how many spokes? – 24
27. Among
Debtors, Creditors, Business class & holder of real assets which group
suffer most from inflation? – Creditors
28. One-rupee
currency notes bear the signatures of – Finance Secretary of India
29. Among Bhilai,
Bokaro, Rourkerla and Vishakhapatnam at which one place SAIL Steel Plant is not
in existence? – Vishakhapatnam
30. In which
Industry is the maximum number of women employed in India? – Tea
31. Which of the
following statement with regard to U.N.O. is/are correct?
The General
Assembly meets once a year: the Security Council Members & the
non-permanent members of the Security Council are elected for a two year term.-
All are correct
32. The headquarters of World Trade Organization is in
– Geneva
33. U.N.
General assembly adopted and proclaimed the Universal Declaration of Human
Rights in the year – 1948
34. Among
Shellac, human body, glass & ebonite which one is a good conductor of
electricity? – Human body
35. Through
which one among air, glass, water wood doest sound travel the slowest? – Wood
36. In which
one of the flying fish, sea horse, frog and chameleon is respiration done by
skin? – Frog
37. Smallpox,
Measles & Mumps diseases are caused by – Virus
38. The
chemical name of Vitamin D is – Calciferol
39. The first
President of U.S.A. to visit India was – D.W. Eisenhower
40. Who wrote
“ The Communist Manifesto” along with Karl Marx? – Friedrich Engels
41. Who is
the author of the book “ My Country, My Life”? – L.K. Advani
42. Match
the following(books –author)
My Experiments with
Truth – M.K. Gandhi
India wins Freedom – Abul
Kalam Azad
Glimpses of World
History – Pt. J.L. Nehru
Prison Diary – Jai
Prakash Narayan
My Truth- Indira
Gandhi
43. The total
surface are of the earth is – 510 million sq. km.
44. Which is the
world’s largest desert? – Sahara
45. B.C. Roy award is
given in the field of – Medicine
46. India won the
last Hockey Olympic Gold in – 1980, Moscow
47. Which
international Tennis events is played on a grass court? – Wimbledon
48. Which Indian
batsman made three consecutive centuries in his first three tests? – Mohd.
Azharuddin
49. The hottest
planet is – Venus
50. The world’s
longest river is – Nile
51. Which
Raja of Mandi followed the rule of
“Silence is Gold” and was very fond of inculcating this habit among his
courtiers and official? – Surma Sen
52. In which
fair, it was essential to offer a male buffalo as a sacrifice to the river God?
– Minjar Fair
53. A responsible
government was established in Theog state on 15th August, 1947. Who
was elected as its first Prime Minister? – Surat Ram Prakash
54. “Himalayan
Pahari State Territorial Council” headquarters was at – Shimla
55. “Prem Pracharini
Sabha” Dhami was established in – 1937 A.D.
56. Who was the first
member of Rajya Sabha from Himachal Pradesh? – Chiranji Lal Verma
57. “Khaneti” and
“Delath” were Thakurais (tributaries) of – Rampur Bushahr State
58. “Chandra” and
“Bhaga” rivers join at – Tandi
59. Sutlej river
enter Himachal Pradesh (from Tibet) at – Shipki
60. During Vedic
period which river was known as “Parushin”? – Ravi
61. “Waziri Rupi”
is a part of – Kullu District
62. The total
area of H.P. on 15th April, 1948( at time of formation) was – 27,018
sq.km
63. “Hathi Dhar” is in which district? – Chamba
64. Hangrang
Valley is in the district of – Kinnaur
65. Giri river
originates from – Kuppar Peak (Shimla)
66. Indian
Institute of Advanced Studies (Vice Regal Lodge) is situated on – Observatory
hills
67. “Sanjay
Vidyut Pariyojana” is in the district of – Kinnaur
68. Himachal
Pradesh Electricity Board was constituted in – 1971
69. The total
production capacity of Beas-Sutlej Link project is – 990 MW
70. The
production capacity of Dehar Pariyojana is – 165 MW
71. The total
funds allocation for the 1st five Year Plan in H.P. was nearly – Rs.5.27
crores
72. Which
festival of Lahual is parallel to Diwali? – Halda
73. Which Mandi
ruler constructed Prashar temple ( at Prashar) in 1346 A.D.? – Ban Sen
74. Dr. Rajendra
Prasad Medical College, Tanda was established in – 1996-1997
75. Norah
Richards ( the writer and painter) lived in – Andretta
Choose the correct
sentence from the option given below
76. (A) She did nothing but wept.(B) She does
nothing but wept
(C) She did nothing but
weep. (D) She does anything but wept. – She did nothing but weep.
77. (A) The teacher said to me where was I
going.
(B) The teacher said to me “where was I going?”
(C) The teacher said to me “ where are you
going?”
(D) The teacher asked to me where I was
going?” – The teacher asked where I was going.
78. (A) She laid in her bed.
(B) she lied in her bed.
(C) she lay in her bed.
(D) She had laid in her bed. – She lay in her bed.
79. (A) she
has been sick since Wednesday.
(B)
She is sick since Wednesday.
(C)
She was sick since Wednesday.
(D)
She is sick ever since Wednesday. – She has been sick since Wednesday.
80. (A) The river has overflown its banks.
(B) The river has overflowed its banks
(C) The river has flown over its banks.
(D) The river has flowed its banks – The river has
overflown its banks
Give the option that has the same meaning as the
underlined word:
81. Scavenger – Cleaner
82. Mundane – Worldly
83. Extinction- Disappearance
84. Magnificent – Grand
85. Proximity – Nearness
Give the word which is opposite in meaning to the
underlined word
86. Genuine – counterfeit
87. Amateur – Professional
88. Obsolete - Contemporary
89. Novice – Expert
90. Cynical – Trusting
Fill in the blanks with the best option
91. No sooner
did the bell ring……….. the boys ran into their classes. – than
92. …………..you study hard, you will not progress. –
unless
93. He is not……..that sort of work. – cutout for
94. How can she……. the time she has lost? – make up
for
95. I am ……….this wet weather. – fedup with
Choose the word which has the correct spelling
96. (A) Comissioner
(B) Commisioner (C) Cummissioner
(D) Commissioner – Commissioner
97. (A) Fulfil (B) Fulfill (C) Fullfil (D) Fullfill – Fulfil
98. (A) Quarrel (B) Quarell (C) Quarrell (D) Querell –
Quarrel
99. (A) Bigining (B) Biginning (C) Bigning (D)
Bigening – Biginning
100. (A) Interruption (B) Interraption (C)
Interrupsion (D) Interuption – Interruption
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