• The sun temple is situated in the small town of Konark, which is located at...?

         a) Puri, Odisha
         b) Deoghar, Jharkhand
         c) Nainital, Uttarakhand
         d) Mathura, Uttar pradesh

Answer : A

• .......are known as the 'suicide bags' of the cell.

         a) Vacuaoles
         b) Mitochondria
         c) Ribosomes
         d) Lysosomes

Answer : D

• .........is an extra Constituitional body.

         a) Language Commisson
         b) Planning Commission
         c) Election Commission
         d) Finance Commission

Answer : B

• The Duration of the 1st Five year plan was

         a) 1948-53
         b) 1950-55
         c) 1951-56
         d) 1954-59

Answer : C

• How many members can the Precident nominate to the LokSabha?

         a) 2
         b) 12
         c) 10
         d) None of these

Answer : A

• .......deleted the right to Property from the list of Fundamental Rights.

         a) 42nd Amendment
         b) 62nd Amendment
         c) 44th Amendment
         d) 43rd Amendment

Answer : C

• Who among the following influenced Ashoka to adopt Budhism?

         a) Vishnu Gupta
         b) Upa Gupta
         c) Brahma Gupta
         d) Chandra Gupta

Answer : Upa Gupta

• Which of the following Governor General is associated with Doctrine of Lapse?

         a) Lord Ripson
         b) Lord Dalhousie
         c) Lord Wellesley
         d) Lord Canning

Answer :  B

• What are the Upanishads?

         a) A source of Hindu philosophy
         b) Books on Buddhist religion
         c) Books of man's social behaviour
         d) Prayer to Gods & Deities

Answer : A

• Where are the official languages mentioned in the Constitution of India?

         a) 7th Schedule
         b) 8th Schedule
         c) 10th Schedule
         d) 11th Schedule

Answer : B

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Practice Test

INDIAN STATES

• The first state in India to conduct elections to Panchayat Raj Institutions after the 73rd amendment of the Constitution was brought into effect:

         a) Rajastan
         b) Andhra Pradesh
         c) Madhya Pradesh
         d) Kerala

Answer : C

• First in the state to link all villages with all weather roads:

         a) Punjab
         b) Himachal Pradesh
         c) Haryana
         d) Uttar Pradesh

Answer : C

• India's first carbon-free state:

         a) Madhya Pradesh

         b) Uttar Pradesh

         c) Haryana

         d) Himachal Pradesh

Answer :D

• Garo Hills are in:

         a) Tripura

         b) Meghalaya

         c) Sikkim

         d) Assam

 Answer : B

• Lunej Petrol producing area is located in:

         a) Gujarat

         b) Maharashtra

         c) Assam

         d) Kerala

Answer : A

• Where is the Maikal range located?

         a) Rajastan

         b) Jammu & Kashmir

         c) Madhya Pradesh

         d) Tamil Nadu

Answer : C

• Which state is known as the 'Kohinoor of India'?

         a) Manipur

         b) Madhya Pradesh

         c) Karnataka

         d) Andhra Pradesh

Answer : D

• First state to electrify all the villages:

         a) Punjab

         b) Uttar Pradesh

         c) Haryana

         d) Kerala

Answer : C

• The first state in India to ban plastic:

         a) Punjab

         b) Himachal Pradesh

         c) Haryana

         d) Goa

Answer : B

• Khasi and Kukis are the people of:

         a) Orissa

         b) Nagaland

         c) Tripura

         d) Meghalaya

Answer : D

• Which state has the largest acrage of forest in India?

         a) Manipur

         b) Nagaland

         c) Assam

         d) Madhya Pradesh

Answer : D

• In which state are the Aravalli ranges located?

         a) Rajastan

         b) Himachal Pradesh

         c) Orissa

         d) Maharashtra

Answer : A

• Yakshagana is the dance form of:

         a) Tamil Nadu

         b) Karnataka

         c) Andhra Pradesh

         d) Kerala

Answer : B

• In which state Kangra Valley, Lahul valley are situated?

         a) Uttarakhand

         b) Haryana

         c) Punjab

         d) Himachal Pradesh

Answer : D

• Nokrek National Park is in:

         a) Assam

         b) Mizoram

         c) Meghalaya

         d) Nagaland

Answer : C

• Which state receives rain fall from north east monsoon:

         a) Orissa

         b) Andhra Pradesh

         c) Tamil Nadu

         d) Kerala

Answer : C

• Which of the following states has deposits of copper, lead and zinc together.

         a) Madhya Pradesh

         b) Karnataka

         c) Rajastan

         d) Bihar

Answer : C

• The first memorial of a sati, found at Eran, is dated 510 B.C. Eran is in:

         a) Madhya Pradesh
         b) Uttar Pradesh
         c) Maharashtra
         d) Bihar

Answer : A

• The first state to introduce Oak Tasar Industry:

         a) Mizoram
         b) Meghalaya
         c) Tripura
         d) Manipur

Answer : D

• The highest peak of western ghats or Sahyadiri in Anamudi. It is in:

         a) Kerala
         b) Tamil Nadu
         c) Karnataka
         d) Andhra Pradesh

Answer : A

• Chitharal Hills are in the state of:

         a) Kerala
         b) Tamil Nadu
         c) Karnataka
         d) Goa

Answer : B

• Which state is Known as the 'Switzerland of the East'?

         a) Meghalaya
         b) Mizoram
         c) Manipur
         d) Tripura

Answer : C

• Which of the following states has common border with Pakistan?

         a) Jammu & Kashmir, Rajastan, Punjab
         b) Jammu & Kashmir, Rajastan, Uttar Pradesh, Gujarat
         c) Jammu & Kashmir, Punjab, Himachal Pradesh, Haryana
         d) Himachal Pradesh, Haryana, Punjab, Gujarat

Answer : A

• India's first private air port was opened in 1999 in the state of:

         a) Uttar Pradesh
         b) Maharashtra
         c) Kerala
         d) Tamil Nadu

Answer : C

• Which of the following states has common border with Myanmar?

         a) Tripura, Manipur, Nagaland
         b) Nagaland, Manipur, Mizoram
         c) Assam, Manipur, Nagaland
         d) Assam, Tripura, Meghalaya

Answer : B

• India's largest Mahayana Buddhist Monastery is Tawang Gompa. It is in the state of:

         a) Assam
         b) Sikkim
         c) Arunachal Pradesh
         d) Maharashtra

Answer : C

• In India, Topic of Cancer doesn't pass through

         a) Jharkhand
         b) West Bengal
         c) Gujarat
         d) Maharashtra

Answer : D

• The first state in India to implement Land refoms Bill and Education Reforms Bill

         a) Kerala
         b) Punjab
         c) Assam
         d) West Bengal

Answer : A

• Vembanad Lake is in

         a) Andhra Pradesh
         b) Kerala
         c) Orissa
         d) Tamil Nadu

Answer : B

• Dona Paula is a chief port in the state of

         a) Orissa
         b) Andhra Pradesh
         c) Gujarat
         d) Goa

Answer : D