1. Who was the founder of Maurya Dynasty?
a) Chanakya
b) Seleucus
c) Chandragupta Maurya
d) Ashoka the Great
Ans:- c) Chandragupta Maurya
2. Which king of the Gupta Dynasty was also known as Vikramaditya?
a) Samudragupta
b) Chandragupta I
c) Chandragupta II
d) Sri Gupta
Ans:- c) Chandragupta II
3. Which of the following Muslim leaders invaded India 17 times?
a) Mahmud of Ghazni
b) Mohammed Ghori
c) Babar
d) Muhammad bin Tughlaq
Ans:- a) Mahmud of Ghazni
4. Which Mughal Emperor is considered responsible for the downfall of the Mughal Empire?
a) Humayun
b) Akbar
c) Shah Jahan
d) Aurangzeb
Ans:- d) Aurangzeb
5. Which is the biggest planet of our solar system?
a) Jupiter
b) Venus
c) Neptune
d) Mars
Ans:- a) Jupiter
6. Areawise which of the following is the largest country in the world?
a) China
b) The United States of America
c) Canada
d) Russia
Ans:- d) Russia
7. Atacama Desert is in which of the following countries?
a) Australia
b) Chile
c) South Africa
d) China
Ans:- b) Chile
8. What is the capital of Lebanon?
a) Tel Aviv
b) Damascus
c) Beirut
d) Rabat
Ans:- c) Beirut
9. Which of the following is also known as 'Sugar Bowl of the World'?
a) Brazil
b) Cuba
c) Sumatra
d) India
Ans:- b) Cuba
10. The Panama Canal connects the Atlantic Ocean with -
a) Mediterranean Sea
b) Arctic Ocean
c) Pacific Ocean
d) Caspian Sea
Ans:- c) Pacific Ocean
11. The Palk Strait separates India from -
a) Maldives
b) Thailand
c) Myanmar
d) Sri Lanka
Ans:- d) Sri Lanka
12. Who first discovered the sea route from Europe to India?
a) Marco Polo
b) Columbus
c) Magellan
d) Vasco da Gama
Ans:- d) Vasco da Gama
13. In which Indian State is Aligarh city situated?
a) Maharashtra
b) Rajasthan
c) Uttar Pradesh
d) Bihar
Ans:- c) Uttar Pradesh
14. Where is the famous Jagannath Temple situated?
a) Madurai
b) Tirupati
c) Puri
d) Varanasi
Ans:- c) Puri
15. Where is the Periyar National Park located?
a) Kerala
b) Karnataka
c) Tamil Nadu
d) Telangana
Ans:- a) Kerala
16. Who wrote the book, Comedy of Errors?
a) Ernest Hemmingway
b) T. S. Eliot
c) William Shakespeare
d) George Bernard Shaw
Ans:- c) William Shakespeare
17. Which is the largest gland of our body?
a) Thyroid
b) Liver
c) Pancreas
d) Breast
Ans:- b) Liver
18. Which of the following causes malaria?
a) Plasmodium
b) Mosquito
c) Rotavirus
d) Fungus
Ans:- a) Plasmodium
19. Where is the Headquarters of the United Nations situated?
a) New York
b) Geneva
c) Paris
d) The Hague
Ans:- a) New York
20. Which day is observed as Doctors Day in India?
a) 1st December
b) 1st July
c) 8th March
d) 5th September
Ans:- b) 1st July