21. Who was given the ‘Saraswati Samman’ for the year 2013?
(a) Govind Mishra
(b) Surjit Patar
(c) S. L. Bhyrappa
(d) Lakshmi Nandan Bora
22. Which medal was won by Seema Punia in discus throw at the Glasgow Commonwealth Games, 2014 ?
(a) Gold
(b) Silver
(c) Bronze
(d) None of the above
23. Who was elected the President of Afghanistan in 2014?
(a) Hamid Karzai
(b) Abdulla Abdulla
(c) Ashraf Ghani Ahmadzai
(d) Mohammad Ali Ahmadi
24. On the single day of launch of Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s ‘Jan Dhan Yojna’, how many bank accounts were opened?
(a) 10 crores
(b) 1.5 crores
(c) 2.5 crores
(d) 0.5 crore
25. Asia’s first Ballistic Research Centre is to start in which state of India?
(a) Madhya Pradesh
(b) Kerala
(c) Gujarat
(d) Maharashtra
26. The founder of the Asiatic Society of Bengal’ was :-
(a) William Jones
(b) Alexander Duff
(c) Vincent Smith
(d) James Hickey
27. Parshvanath was associated with which of the following religions?
(a) Pashupata
(b) Buddhism
(c) Jainism
(d) Charvaka
28. Young Bengal Movement was started by :-
(a) C. R. Das
(b) Henry Derozio
(c) M. N. Roy
(d) Arvind Ghosh
29. Which one of the following documents is considered as the Magna Carta of Modern Indian Education?
(a) Macaulay’s Minute
(b) Hunter Commission’s Report
(c) Wood’s Despatch
(d) None of the above
30. The year of the first official census in British India was :-
(a) 1891
(b) 1881
(c) 1851
(d) 1861
31. ‘Which one of the following economic organization was formed in the year 1927?
(a) Federation of Indian Chambers of Commerce and Industry
(b) Reserve Bank of India
(c) Bank of India
(d) None of the above
32. Where was the Arya Samaj founded?
(a) Haridwar
(b) Bombay (Mumbai)
(c) Lahore
(d) Pathankot
33. The state with maximum forest area is :-
(a) Madhya Pradesh
(b) Uttar Pradesh
(c) Himachal Pradesh
(d) Andhra Pradesh
34. In which of the following states of India is Chilka lake situated?
(a) Andhra Pradesh
(b) Manipur
(c) Maharashtra
(d) Odisha
35. When did the Indian Spaceship – Mars Orbiter enter into martian orbit?
(a) 12th November, 2013
(b) 24th September, 2014
(C) 26th January, 2015
(d) 15th August, 2014
36. After a gap of how many years, Indian Hockey team won Gold Medal in Asian Games, 2014?
(a) 12
(b) 14
(C) 16
(d) 18
37. Lionel Messi is the world’s most valuable footballer. To which country does he belong?
(a) Brazil
(b) Argentina
(c) Portugal
(d) Spain
38. Who was appointed the Governor of Nagaland in 2014?
(a) Keshari Nath Tripathi
(b) Padmanabha Acharya
(c) 0.P. Kohli
(d) Balramji Das Tandon
39. Which Indian Cricketer is the only Indian sportsman to figure on Forbes list of world’s 100 highest paid players?
(a) Virat Kohli
(b) Suresh Raina
(c) M. S. Dhoni
(d) Sachin Tendulkar
40. Which one of the following countries produces largest amount of solar power?
(a) Germany
(b) U.S.A.
(c) France
(d) China
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