1. Buddist seriptures include ?
1. Sutta Pitaka
2. Vinaya Pitaka
3 Abhidhamma Pitaka
4. All the above
2. Alexander invaded India in?
1. 324 BC
2. 326 BC
3. 328 BC
4. 330 BC
3. The first to invade India were the?
1. Greeks
2. Shakas
3. Parthians
4. Kushans
4. Margaret Alva is the Governor of ____ in 2012?
1. Manipur
2. Uttarakhand
3. Rajasthan
4. West Bengal
5. Shivraj Singh is the Chief Minister of _____in 2012 ?
1. Karnataka
2 Punjab
3. Maharastra
4. Madhya Pradesh
6. In 2012 Chairman of the Union Public Service Commission is?
1. A S. Nigavekar
2. D.P. Agarwal
3. SL Goel
4. Rakesh Hooja
7. Which one of the following states is host for 2011 National Games?
1. Tamil Nadu
2. Kerala
3. Karnataka
4. Goa
8. The maximum distance between the sun and earth occurs
1. July 4
2. December, 22
3. September, 22
4. January, 3
9. How much of the surface of the moon is visible from the earth?
1. about 40%
2. more than 75%
3. about 59%
4. above 65%
10. Plains formed due to the falling up of lakes are called ?
1. Flood plains
2. Delta plains
3. Lacustrine plains
4. Till plains
11. Who was the founder of the city of Agra?
1. Mohammad bin Tughlaq
2. Alauddin Khilj
3. Sikander Lodi
4. Firuz Tughlaq
12. Which of the following rivers flows through a rift valley?
1. Ganga
2. Narmada
3. Krishna
4. Brahmaputra
13. Which area of India receives least rainfall?
1. The Western Ghats
2. Laddakh
3. Eastern Rajasthan
4. Western Tamil Nadu
14. In which month does the highest temperature record in South India?
1. June
2. April
3. August
4 July
15. An important cash crop in Punjab is?
1. Vanilla
2. Cotton
3. Jute
4. Maize
16. What was the original name of Tansen?
1. Makaranda Pande
2. Ramtanu Pande
3. Lal Kalwant
4. Baz Bahadur
17. Where is the Forest Research Institute located?
1. Delhi
2. Lucknow
3. Dehradun
4. Bhopal
18. Where does teak grow mostly?
1. The Western Ghats
2. The Himalayas
3. Asom and Meghalaya
4. Central India
19. Which state has the lowest area under forest
1. Uttarakhand
2. Gujarat
3. Andhra Pradesh
4. Haryana
20. Sugarcane cultivation in India is an example of ?
1. Plantation agriculture
2. Shifting cultivation
3. Mechanised cultivation
4. Irrigated cultivation
21. One of the most prominent crops of dry farming in India is ?
1. Paddy
2. Wheat
3. Bajra
4. Cotton
22. Indian Institute of Public Administration is situated ?
1. Nagpur
2. New Delhi
3. Mumbai
4. Bangalore
23. Economic and Political Weekly is published from ?
1. Pune
2. New Delhi
3. Mumbai
4. Jaipur
24. Who among the following worked as a chief Minister three times ?
1. Sharad Pawar
2. N.D. Tiwari
3. Mohanlal Sukhadia
4. All the above
25. Leader of opposition in Rajya Sabha in 2012?
1. Arun Jaitley
2. Sushma Swaraj
3. Rahman Khan
4. M. Venkaiah Naidu
26. Chairman of National Human Rights in 2012 ?
1. Vinod Roy
2. Karia Munda
3. MN Rao
4. KG. Balakrishna
27. President of Brazil in 2012?
1 Michael Higgins
2. Evo Morales
3. DilmavRousseff
4. Cristina Fernandez
28. In 2012 Jacob zuma is the President of ?
1. South Africa
2. Sweden
3. South Sudan
4. Nigeria