1. The chairman of NITI Aayog is

(a) The President of India     

(b) The Prime Minister of India

(c) The Planning Minister     

(d) The Home Minister of India

2. National Income estimates in India are prepared by

(a) Central Statistical Organisation          

(b) National Income Organisation

(c) Planning Commission     

(d) NITI Aayog

3. Green house gases are the main cause of

(a) global warming

(b) depletion of ozone layer

(c) acid rain

(d) smog

4. Consider the following factors :

1.Rotation of the Earth 2. Air pressure and wind 3. Density of ocean water 4. Revolution of the Earth.

 Which of the above factors influence the ocean currents?

(a) 1, 2 and 3

(b) 2 and 4

(c) 1 and 4

(d) 2, 3 and 4

5. Choose the correct order of pressure belts from equator to poles

(a) Equatorial low – Subtropical high – Subpolar low – Polar high

(b) Equatorial low – Subtropical high – Polar high – Subpolar low

(c) Equatorial low – Subpolar low – Polar high – Subtropical high

(d) Subtropical high – Equatorial low – Subpolar low – Polar high

6. Stars appear to move from East to West because

(a) whole universe is moving from East to West

(b) Earth is revolving around the Sun

(c) Earth is rotating from East to West

(d) Earth is rotating from West to East

7. Montreal Protocol addresses the issue of

(a) Global Warming

(b) Acid Rain

(c) Ozone depletion in stratosphere

(d) Air Pollution

8. Which of the following states in India has the largest area under forest cover?

(a) West Bengal

(b) Mizoram

(c) Madhya Pradesh

(d) Uttar Pradesh

9. The three largest states of India in terms of area are

(a) Maharastra, Andra Pradesh and Karnataka

(b) Madhya Pradesh, Rajasthan and Andra Pradesh

(c) Uttar Pradesh, Madhya Pradesh, Gujarat

(d) Rajasthan, Madhya Pradesh and Maharastra

10. Which meridian is fixed as a Standard Meridian of India?

(a) 84 1/2 ^o E

(b) 82 1/2 ^o E

(c) 83  1/2 ^o E

(d) 66  1/2^o E

11. The earth is nearest to the sun in its rotation on which date?

(a) 3rd January

(b) 21st March

(c) 4th July

(d) 22nd December

13. Diwani of Bengal, Bihar and Orissa was granted to the East India Company after their victory in the

(a) Third Battle of Panipat 1761

(b) Battle of Plassey 1757

(c) Battle of Buxar 1764 

(d) Battle of Wandiwash 1760

14. Which Governor General abolished sati?

(a) Wellesley

(b) William Bentinck

(c) Curzon

(d) Dalhousie

15. Dyarchy system introduced in India by British government divided the provincial subjects into which categories?

(a) Excluded and Partially Excluded

(b) Reserved and transferred

(c) States and Union Territories

(d) States and Princely states

16. The famous “do or die” speech was made by

(a) Bal Gangadhar Tilak

(b) Motilal Nehru

(c) Aurobindo Ghosh

(d) Mahatma Gandhi

17. Raja Ram Mohan Roy was the founder of the

(a) Brahmo Samaj

(c) Ramakrishna Mission 

(b) Arya Samaj

(d) Theosophical society

18. ‘India for the Indians’ was the political message of

(a) O. Hume

(b) Dayanand

(c) Vivekanand

(d) E. Wacha

19. ‘Quit India Movement’ was launched in response to

(a) Cabinet Mission Plan

(b) Simon Commission report 

(c) Cripps proposal

(d) Wavell plan

20. The biggest role in Integrating the Princely States into the Indian Union was played by

(a) Jawaharlal Nehru

(b) Mountbatten

(c) Rajagopalachari

(d) Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel