1. What is the name of India’s permanent research station in Southern Hemisphere Antarctica-
(A) Dakshin Bharat (B) Dakshin Niwas
(C) Dakshin Chitra (D) Dakshin Gangotri
Ans. (D)
2. When did India adopt the International Tsunami Warning System-
(A) 2004 (B) 2005
(C) 2006 (D) 2007
Ans. (C)
3. National Flood Commission is related to-
(A) Flood
(B) Disaster Management
(C) Drought and flood
(D)Poverty Alleviation
Ans. (A)
4. Which of the following is not correctly matched?
(A) The Mahakaal Temple – Ujjain
(B) Sringeri Matha – Chikkmanglur district
(C) The Sun Temple – Konark
(D) Jain Temples – Khajuraho
Ans. (D)
5. Which of the following is India’s military offensive against Pakistan in the Kargil war?
(A) Operation Kargil (B) Operation LOC
(C) Operation Vijay (D) Operation Success
Ans. (C)
6. Bandhavgarh National Park is located in which State?
(A) Maharashtra (B) Madhya Pradesh
(C) Gujarat (D) Jharkhand
Ans. (B)
7. Which is called the “Lake District of India”?
(A) Nainital (B) Shimla
(C) Sikkim (D) Matheran
Ans. (A)
8. The longest railway platform in India
(A) Amritsar (B) Gorakhpur
(C) Kathgodam (D) Kanpur
Ans. (B)
9. In which of the fo l lowing states the first Synagogue is built in India?
(A) Maharashtra (B) West Bengal
(C) Tamil Nadu (D) Kerala
Ans.(D)
10. Jawahar Tunnel, the largest in India is located in the State of
(A) Jammu & Kashmir (B) Maharashtra
(C) Karnataka (D) Himachal Pradesh
Ans. (A)
11. Which hill station’s name means ‘place of the thunderbolt’?
(A) Gangtok (B) Shillong
(C) Oottacamand (D) Darjeeling
Ans.(D)
12. National Waterway-1 is on which water system?
(A) West Coast Canal
(B) River Brahamputra
(C) Ganga-Bhagirathi-Hoogli river
(D) Sundarbans Waterways
Ans.(C)
13. What was Norway’s rank in 2016 Human Development Index published by the United Nations Development Programme?
(A) 1 (B) 10
(C) 100 (D) 200
Ans.(A)