1. When did the first FM stereo station begin working?
(A) 1975
(B) 1980
(C) 1988
(D) 1992
2. What is the playing time of the shorter version of the National Anthem?
(A) 52 second
(B) 30 second
(C) 20 second
(D) 40 second
3. Which of the following states has the country’s largest petrochemical complex?
(A) Maharashtra
(B) Gujarat
(C) Assam
(D) Bihar
4. Which of the following vessels is India’s first indigenous submarine?
(A) INS Shahkul
(B) INS Savitri
(C) INS Vibhuti
(D) INS Shalki
5. When was the National Calendar introduced for official purposes?
(A) 1947
(B) 1951
(C) 1957
(D) 1969
6. Which of the following cities was designed by the French architect Le Corbusier?
(A) New Delhi
(B) Gandhinagar
(C) Chandigarh
(D) Pondicherry
7. Which of the following states was originally known as NEFA?
(A) Nagaland
(B) Manipur
(C) Arunachal Pradesh
(D) Assam
8. Who translated the National Song into English?
(A) Rabindranath Tagore
(B) Dr. S. Radhakrishnan
(C) Sarojini Naidu
(D) Aurobindo Ghosh
9. Which is known as the ‘Garden City’ of India?
(A) Srinagar
(B) Bangalore
(C) Mysore
(D) Vadodara
10. ‘Sriharikota’ is famous for :
(A) Satellite launching station
(B) Thermal Power Station
(C) Air-base
(D) Hydro Power Station
11. The Gateway of India is situated at :
(A) Mumbai
(B) Delhi
(C) Kochi
(D) Bangalore
12. Rath Yatra is a major festival in the temple at :
(A) Dwarka
(B) Ayodhya
(C) Puri
(D) Varanasi
13. Kaziranga Sanctuary, famous for great Indian one-horn rhinoceros, is situated in the
State of :
(A) Bihar
(B) Assam
(C) Orissa
(D) Karnataka
14. Which was the country’s first vernacular newspaper?
(A) Mumbai Samachar
(B) Navjivan
(C) Samachar Darpan
(D) Lok Jagruti
15. Who was the first mathematician to treat zero as a number?
(A) S. Ramanujam
(B) Brahmagupta
(C) Bhaskara
(D) Aryabhatta
16. Which was the first private (non-government) TV channel launched in 1992?
(A) Sony
(B) Zee TV
(C) Star
(D) Sun
17. Which state has given India the maximum number or Prime Ministers?
(A) Andhra Pradesh
(B) Uttar Pradesh
(C) Bihar
(D) Karnataka
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