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1. Which Indian state is the largest producer in the world of the golden coloured 'Muga' silk ?

A) Assam
B) Orissa
C) West Bengal
D) Karnataka

ANSWER= (A) Assam

 

2. Which Indian freedom fighter was popularly called 'Mahamana' ?

A) Bal Gangadhar Tilak
B) Jai Prakash Narain
C) Gopal Hari Deshmukh
D) Madan Mohan Malaviya

ANSWER= (D) Madan Mohan Malaviya

 

3. Which Indian state would you be in if you were watching birds at Ranganathittu Birds Sanctuary, situated on an island in the Kaveri river ?

A) Karnataka
B) Maharashtra
C) Tamil Nadu
D) Andhra Pradesh

ANSWER= (A) Karnataka

 

4. Anandmath', 'Durgeshnondini' and 'Kapalkundala' novels were authored by which Bengali writer ?

A) Rabindranath Tagore
B) Sharat Chandra Chatterjee
C) Bankim Chandra Chatterjee
D) Bibhuti Bhushan Bandopadhyay

ANSWER= (C) Bankim Chandra Chatterjee

 

5. Baglihar Dam, also known as Baglihar Hydroelectric Power Project, in Jammu & Kashmir is built across which river ?

A) Beas
B) Chenab
C) Jhelum
D) Sutlej

ANSWER= (B) Chenab

 

6. Where was the first Indian Institute of Management (IIM) established in 1961?

A) Kolkata
B) Bengaluru
C) Ahmedabad
D) Lucknow

ANSWER= (A) Kolkata

 

7. What line connects the points on a map that receive equal amounts of rainfall?

A) Isobar
B) Isohel
C) Isotherm
D) Isohyet

ANSWER= (D) Isohyet

 

8. Which India born physicist invented the 'Optical Fibre'?

A) C.V.Raman
B) Satyendra Nath Bose
C) Homi J. Bhabha
D) Narinder Singh Kapany

ANSWER= (D) Narinder Singh Kapany