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The President of India is elected by an electoral college consisting of the elected members of the

  1. Parliament

  2. Parliament and Village Panchayats

  3. Lok Sabha and State Legistlatures

  4. Parliament and State Legistlative Assemblies


Correct Option: D

Which Indian state has the largest number of members in the Lok Sabha?

  1. Madhya Pradesh

  2. Uttar Pradesh

  3. Bihar

  4. Maharashtra


Correct Option: B

Which among the following was the great centre of trade and commerce in India during the Gupta period?

  1. Taxila

  2. Tamralipti

  3. Mathura

  4. Vatapi


Correct Option: B

When was Guru Nanak Dev born?

  1. 1469

  2. 1369

  3. 1269

  4. 1556


Correct Option: A

Fahien visited India in

  1. 750-890 A.D

  2. 750-765 A.D

  3. 311-495 A.D

  4. 399-411 A.D


Correct Option: D

The tropical cyclones of the Bay of Bengal are usually called

  1. hurricanes

  2. typhoons

  3. depression

  4. tornadoes


Correct Option: C

Which one of the following cities is the capital of Japan?

  1. Nagasaki

  2. Kyoto

  3. Osaka

  4. Tokyo


Correct Option: D

The planet which is the farthest from the Sun is

  1. Uranus

  2. Saturn

  3. Jupiter

  4. Neptune


Correct Option: D

Myanmar is the new name of

  1. Thailand

  2. Burma

  3. Taiwan

  4. Vietnam


Correct Option: B

Who was the first woman ruler of Delhi?

  1. Noorjahan

  2. Razia Begum

  3. Mirabai

  4. Samyukta


Correct Option: B

In which of the following states are the Ajanta caves situated?

  1. Madhya Pradesh

  2. Maharashtra

  3. Orissa

  4. Karnataka


Correct Option: B

Our National Song is

  1. Vande Mataram

  2. Sare Jahan Se Achchha

  3. Jhanda Uncha Rahe Hamara

  4. Jhana Gana Mana


Correct Option: A

The distance between the Earth and the Sun is greatest during

  1. winter solistice

  2. perihelion

  3. aphelion

  4. summer solistice


Correct Option: C

Who discovered penicillin?

  1. Alexander Fleming

  2. Joseph Lister

  3. Robert Koch

  4. W. Roentgen


Correct Option: A

Florence Nightingale is also called

  1. the Benign lady

  2. the lady with a healing touch

  3. The lady with a candle

  4. the lady with a lamp


Correct Option: D

Guntur is a major city of

  1. Tamil Nadu

  2. Karnataka

  3. Orissa

  4. Andhra Pradesh


Correct Option: D

A transformer is used to

  1. increase DC voltage

  2. increase or decrease AC voltage

  3. decrease DC voltage

  4. convert DC into AC


Correct Option: B

Convex lenses are used for the correction of

  1. long sightedness

  2. short sightedness

  3. cataract

  4. None of these


Correct Option: A

Food is cooked in a pressure cooker quickly because

  1. the boiling point of water decreases

  2. the boiling point of water increases

  3. it absorbs heat quickly

  4. it retains heat for a longer duration


Correct Option: B

Changez Khan was a

  1. Turk

  2. Mongol

  3. Persian

  4. None of these


Correct Option: B

The Jallianwala Bagh Massacre took place during the Viceroyalty of

  1. Lord Canning

  2. Lord Chelmsford

  3. Lord Rippon

  4. Lord Willingdon


Correct Option: B

Which of the following countries are joined by the Palk Strait ?

  1. Pakistan and China

  2. North and South Korea

  3. India and Sri lanka

  4. Britain and France


Correct Option: C

The saint from Gujarat who preached non-sectarianism in medieval India was

  1. Tukaram

  2. Raghunandan

  3. Dadu

  4. Ramanand


Correct Option: C

Beighton Cup is associated with

  1. hockey

  2. football

  3. cricket

  4. tennis


Correct Option: A

Railway coaches in India are built at

  1. Chittaranjan

  2. Varanasi

  3. Bengaluru

  4. None of these


Correct Option: D
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