1. Among the following which planet takes maximum time for one revolution around the Sun?
   (a) Earth
   (b) Jupiter
   (c) Mars
   (d) Venus

2. Foucault experiment is proof of which one of the following?
   (a) Revolution of Earth
   (b) Rotation of Moon
   (c) Rotation of Earth
   (d) Revolution of Moon

3. Lack of atmosphere around the Moon is due to
   (a) low escape velocity of air molecule and low gravitational attraction
   (b) high escape velocity of air molecule and low gravitational attraction
   (c) low gravitational attraction only
   (d) high escape velocity of air molecule only

4. Who of the following discovered the law of planetary orbits?
   (a) Galileo Galilei
   (b) Johannes Kepler
   (c) Nicholas Copernicus
   (d) Isaac Newton

5. NASA’s Deep Impact Space Mission was employed to take detailed pictures of which comet nucleus?
   (a) Halley’s comet
   (b) Hale-Bopp
   (c) Hyakutake
   (d) Temple 1

6. The earliest Surat factories were established by the
   (a) Portuguese
   (b) Dutch
   (c) English
   (d) French

7. Who laid the foundations of Portuguese power in India?
   (a) Vasco da Gama
   (b) Bartholomew Dias
   (c) Alfonso de Albuquerque
   (d) None of the above

8. In 1757, Siraj-ud-Daula was defeated by
   (a) Canning
   (b) Hastings
   (c) Clive
   (d) Cornwallis

9. The first Governor-General of India was appointed under the provisions of the Act of
   (a) 1773
   (b) 1784
   (c) 1833
   (d) 1858

10. The first Governor-General of Bengal was
    (a) Lord Cornwallis
    (b) Lord Clive
    (c) Lord Wellesley
    (d) Warren Hastings

11. The Constituent Assembly which framed the Constitution for Independent India was set up in
    (a) 1945
    (b) 1946
    (c) 1947
    (d) 1949

12. Who among the following was the Chairman of the Drafting Committee of the Indian Constitution?
    (a) Rajendra Prasad
    (b) Tej Bahadur Sapru
    (c) C Rajagopalachari
    (d) B. R. Ambedkar

13. How long did the Constituent Assembly take to finally pass the Constitution?
    (a) about 6 months in 1949
    (b) exactly a year since 26 November, 1948
    (c) about 2 years since 15 August, 1947
    (d) about 3 years since 9 December, 1946

14. Who was the President of the Constituent Assembly?
    (a) Pt Jawaharlal Nehru
    (b) Dr Rajendra Prasad
    (c) Dr B. R. Ambedkar
    (d) C Rajagopalachari

15. The Cabinet Mission to India was headed by
    (a) Stafford Cripps
    (b) A. V. Alexander
    (c) Lord Pethick Lawrence
    (d) Hugh Gaitskell

16. Where is the headquarters of International Bank for Reconstruction and Development (IBRD) located?
    (a) Geneva
    (b) Washington DC
    (c) London
    (d) Paris

17. Who is the author of the book “A Foreign Policy of India”?
    (a) I. K. Gujral
    (b) B. G. Deshmukh
    (c) L. K. Advani
    (d) A. J. Toynbee

18. Organization responsible for maintaining Red Data Book / Red List is
    (a) WWF
    (b) IUCN
    (c) IBWL
    (d) CITES

19. Bhopal gas tragedy struck in the year 1984 due to the leakage of the following gas
    (a) Nitrous oxide
    (b) Methane
    (c) Methyl iso cyanate
    (d) Carbon monoxide

20. Which of the following started the newspaper “Bande Mataram”?
    (a) Barindra Kumar Ghosh
    (b) Bipin Chandra Pal
    (c) Devendra Nath Tagore
    (d) Surendra Nath Banerjee

21. Who is the author of the book “Glimpses of World History”?
    (a) Maulana Azad
    (b) Jawaharlal Nehru

22. One horse power is equal to
    (a) 746 W
    (b) 500 W
    (c) 646 W
    (d) 700 W

23. One Newton is equal to
    (a) 10 dyne
    (b) 10⁵ dyne
    (c) 10² dyne
    (d) 10⁷ dyne

24. Which is unit of retardation?
    (a) m²
    (b) m/s²
    (c) m/s
    (d) s

25. The scientific principle involved in Radio and Television is
    (a) super conductivity
    (b) propagation of electromagnetic waves
    (c) electromagnetic induction
    (d) amplification of population inversion

26. Flow of 1.2 ampere due to 3.6 volts potential difference produces the resistance of
    (a) 3 ohm
    (b) 1/3 ohm
    (c) 1 ohm
    (d) None of these

27. Which equation is wrong in the following?
    (a) s = ut + ½ at²
    (b) v = u + at
    (c) v² − u² = 2as

28. Which of the following is not a chemical change?
    (a) Rusting of iron
    (b) CO₂ turning lime water milky
    (c) Glowing of platinum wire in a non-luminous bunsen flame
    (d) Darkening of silver chloride in light

29. Reaction accompanied by absorption of heat are called
    (a) endothermic
    (b) exothermic
    (c) photo-chemical
    (d) chemical

30. Which is not a physical change among the following?
    (a) Freezing of water
    (b) Burning of paper
    (c) Charging a car battery
    (d) Liquefying of air

31. Neutron can be found in atom of all elements except
    (a) carbon
    (b) helium
    (c) hydrogen
    (d) neon

32. Avogadro’s number represents the number of molecules present in
    (a) 1 cc of a gas at STP
    (b) 22.4 L of a gas at NTP
    (c) 1 L of a gas at NTP
    (d) 14.6 L of a gas at NTP

33. Which of the following is a polysaccharide?
    (a) Cellulose
    (b) Glucose
    (c) Maltose
    (d) Sucrose

34. Which sugar is present in honey, nectar and fruits?
    (a) Fructose
    (b) Sucrose
    (c) Glycogen
    (d) Starch

35. Nitrogen bases present in DNA are
    (a) Adenine and Guanine
    (b) Cytosine and Thymine
    (c) Uracil and Thymine
    (d) (a) and (b)

36. Nitrogen bases present in RNA are
    (a) Adenine and Guanine
    (b) Uracil and Cytosine
    (c) Both (a) and (b)
    (d) None of the above

37. Sucrose is commonly found in
    (a) honey
    (b) nectar
    (c) fruits
    (d) sugarcane

    Passage

    One day, a guru foresaw in a flash of vision that he would die shortly and what he would be in his next life. So he called his favourite disciple and asked him what he would do for his guru in return for all he had received. The disciple said he would do whatever his guru asked him to do.

    Having received this promise, the guru said, “Then this is what I’d like you to do for me. I’ve just learned that when I die, which will be very soon, I’m going to be reborn as a pig. Do you see that sow eating garbage there in the yard? I’m going to be reborn as the fourth piglet of its next litter. You’ll recognize me by a mark on my brow. When that sow has littered, find the fourth piglet with a mark on its brow and with one stroke of your knife, slaughter it. I’ll then be released from a pig’s life. Will you do this for me?” The disciple was sad to hear all this, but he agreed to do as he had promised.

    Soon after this conversation, the guru did die. And the sow did have a litter of four little pigs. One day, the disciple sharpened his knife and picked out the fourth little pig, which did, indeed, have a mark on its brow. Just as he was about to bring down his knife to slit its throat, the little pig suddenly spoke. “Stop! Don’t kill me!”, it screamed. Before the disciple could recover from the shock of hearing the little pig speak in a human voice, it said, “Don’t kill me. I want to live on as a pig. When I asked you to dispatch me, I didn’t know what a pig’s life would be like. It’s great. Just let me go.”

38. Why was the disciple shocked?
    (a) The guru refused to be killed
    (b) The guru wanted to remain like a pig
    (c) The guru was not reborn
    (d) None of the above

39. What did the guru foresee?
    (a) His and his disciple’s next life
    (b) He being reborn as a pig
    (c) What a pig’s life is like
    (d) Not mentioned in the passage

40. When the disciple was about to kill the pig, why did the guru say ‘Stop’?
    (a) The disciple had picked up a wrong pig
    (b) He had changed his mind
    (c) He did not want to be reborn
    (d) Not mentioned in the passage

41. Which of the following is not true in the context of the passage?
    (a) The disciple was sad to know that his guru was to die soon
    (b) The guru took promise from his favourite disciple
    (c) There was a mark on the brow of the fourth piglet
    (d) The disciple changed his mind about killing his guru

42. Which of the following can be the best reason for the guru taking the prior promise from his disciple?
    (a) The favourite disciple otherwise would not obey
    (b) Prior promise is needed for sharing divine things
    (c) The guru did not have any confidence in his disciple
    (d) The act was such that in the absence of such a promise the disciple could have no option

43. In a certain code language ‘SHORTER’ is written as ‘UJQTVGT’. How will ‘BANARAS’ be written in that code?

(a) DCPCTCU
(b) DPCCCTCU
(c) DCPCCCTU
(d) PCDCUCT

44. In a certain code language ‘STEAMER’ is written as ‘TUFBMFS’. How will ‘HOUSE’ be written in that code?

(a) IPVUF
(b) IPUTF
(c) IPVTF
(d) IPVSF

45. In a certain code language ‘MONKEY’ is written as ‘XDJMNL’. How will ‘TIGER’ be written in that code?

(a) QDHJS
(b) SDFHS
(c) SHFDQ
(d) QDFHS

46. In a certain code language ‘AWAKE’ is written as ‘ZVZJD’. How will ‘FRIEND’ be written in that code?

(a) UQHDME
(b) EQHDEM
(c) EQHDME
(d) EQHDMC

47. Ramesh is facing North. He turns 135° in the anti-clockwise direction and then 180° in the clockwise direction. Which direction is he facing now?

(a) North-East
(b) North-West
(c) South-East
(d) South-West

48. I am facing East. I turn 100° in the clockwise direction and then 145° in the anti-clockwise direction. Which direction am I facing now?

(a) East
(b) North-East
(c) North
(d) South-West

49. Pointing to a man, Deepak said, “His only brother is the father of my daughter’s father.”
    How is the man related to Deepak?

(a) Grandfather
(b) Father
(c) Uncle
(d) Brother-in-law

50. Pointing to a man in photograph, a woman said, “His brother’s father is the only son of my grandfather.”
    How is the woman related to the man in the photograph?

(a) Mother
(b) Aunt
(c) Sister
(d) Daughter

51. Pointing to a woman, a man said, “The sister of her mother’s husband is my aunt.”
    How is he related to that woman?

(a) Nephew
(b) Father
(c) Cousin
(d) Brother

52. If + means ×, − means ÷, × means + and ÷ means −, then
    10 × 18 − 9 + 3 ÷ 1 is equal to

(a) 16
(b) 15
(c) 17
(d) 18

53. If + means ×, − means ÷, × means − and ÷ means +, then the value of

9 + 8 ÷ 8 − 4 × 9 is

(a) 56
(b) 65
(c) 66
(d) 55

54. If − means ×, × means +, + means ÷ and ÷ means −, then the value of

14 − 10 × 4 ÷ 16 + 8 is

(a) 241
(b) 124
(c) 142
(d) 412

55. If + means ×, − means ÷, × means − and ÷ means +, then the value of

32 ÷ 8 − 4 × 12 + 4 is

(a) −14
(b) −41
(c) −40
(d) −12

56. If A means ‘+’, B means ‘−’, C means ‘×’ and D means ‘÷’, then

18 C 14 A 6 B 16 D 4 is equal to

(a) 63
(b) 288
(c) 254
(d) 1208

57. What are the official languages of the U.N.O.?

(a) English, French and Russian
(b) English, French, German and Russia
(c) English, French, Russian, Chinese and Hindi
(d) English, French, Chinese, Russian, Arabic and Spanish

58. Match List-I with List-II and select the correct answer using the codes given below the lists:

List-I

A. Ringgit
B. Baht
C. Rupiah
D. Won

List-II

1. Indonesia

2. South Korea

3. Thailand

4. Malaysia

Codes:

(a) A-1; B-3; C-4; D-2
(b) A-4; B-3; C-1; D-2
(c) A-1; B-2; C-4; D-3
(d) A-4; B-2; C-1; D-3

59. The satellites of which one of the following countries have helped in the preparation of a detailed and complete map of Antarctica? [1998]

(a) Canada
(b) France
(c) Russia
(d) U.S.A

60. According to Meadows (1972), if the present trends in world population, industrialisation, pollution, food production and resource depletion continue unchanged, the “Limits to Growth” on our planet will be reached in the next:

(a) 50 years
(b) 100 years
(c) 150 years
(d) 200 years

61. Which of the following pairs are correctly matched?

1. Dow-Jones : New York

2. Hang Seng : Seoul

3. FTSE-100 : London

Select the correct answer using the codes given below:

(a) 1, 2 and 3
(b) 2 and 3
(c) 1 and 2
(d) 1 and 3

62. ‘MERCOSUR’ consists of group of

countries of:

(a) Africa
(b) Asia
(c) Latin America
(d) South-East Asia

63. The lead character in the film “The Bandit Queen” has been played by:

(a) Pratiba Sinha
(b) Rupa Ganguly
(c) Seema Biswas
(d) Shabana Azmi

64. The Nobel Prize for deciphering the language of bee was awarded to:

(a) H. G. Khurana
(b) K. V. Frisch
(c) Juliane Huxley
(d) Dorothy Hodgkins

65. Which country hosted the G20 Summit 2025?
    (a) Brazil
    (b) South Africa
    (c) India
    (d) Italy

66. Who is the President of the United States in 2025?
    (a) Joe Biden
    (b) Donald Trump
    (c) Kamala Harris
    (d) Ron DeSantis

67. Which organization released the World Happiness Report 2025?
    (a) IMF
    (b) United Nations
    (c) World Bank
    (d) OECD

68. Which country launched the Artemis II Mission to send astronauts around the Moon?
    (a) Russia
    (b) China
    (c) USA
    (d) Japan

69. Who is the Prime Minister of India in 2025?
    (a) Narendra Modi
    (b) Amit Shah
    (c) Rajnath Singh
    (d) Nitin Gadkari

70. Which Indian city hosted the World Audio Visual Entertainment Summit (WAVES) 2025?
    (a) Mumbai
    (b) Delhi
    (c) Chennai
    (d) Hyderabad

71. Which Indian mission aims to study the Sun?
    (a) Chandrayaan-3
    (b) Aditya-L1
    (c) Gaganyaan
    (d) Shukrayaan

72. Which country became the newest member of NATO in 2024-25?
    (a) Finland
    (b) Sweden
    (c) Ukraine
    (d) Poland

73. Who won the ICC Men's T20 World Cup 2024, influencing rankings in 2025?
    (a) India
    (b) Australia
    (c) England
    (d) New Zealand

74. Which organization manages the Paris Climate Agreement?
    (a) UNEP
    (b) UNFCCC
    (c) UNESCO
    (d) WHO

75. Which Indian state launched the Ladli Behna Yojana for women welfare?
    (a) Rajasthan
    (b) Madhya Pradesh
    (c) Gujarat
    (d) Maharashtra

76. Which country hosted the COP29 Climate Conference 2024 affecting climate policies in 2025?
    (a) UAE
    (b) Azerbaijan
    (c) Germany
    (d) Brazil

77. Who is the Chief Justice of India in 2025?
    (a) DY Chandrachud
    (b) Sanjiv Khanna
    (c) NV Ramana
    (d) UU Lalit

78. Which organization released the Global Gender Gap Report 2025?
    (a) World Economic Forum
    (b) IMF
    (c) UNDP
    (d) ILO

79. Which Indian state topped the SDG India Index 2025?
    (a) Kerala
    (b) Tamil Nadu
    (c) Karnataka
    (d) Himachal Pradesh

80. Which Indian space agency launched Chandrayaan-3 successfully?
    (a) NASA
    (b) ISRO
    (c) Roscosmos
    (d) ESA

81. Which country is building the world’s largest solar park in Gujarat (Khavda)?
    (a) China
    (b) India
    (c) USA
    (d) Japan

82. Which Indian bank launched the UPI-based digital payment system internationally?
    (a) SBI
    (b) RBI
    (c) NPCI
    (d) HDFC

83. Which country hosted the BRICS Summit 2025?
    (a) Russia
    (b) India
    (c) Brazil
    (d) South Africa

84. Which Indian state introduced the Green Hydrogen Policy recently?
    (a) Gujarat
    (b) Maharashtra
    (c) Rajasthan
    (d) Tamil Nadu

85. Which international organization provides the World Development Report?
    (a) IMF
    (b) World Bank
    (c) WTO
    (d) UNDP

86. Which city hosted the 2024 Summer Olympics impacting sports rankings in 2025?
    (a) Tokyo
    (b) Paris
    (c) Los Angeles
    (d) London

87. Who is the Secretary-General of the United Nations in 2025?
    (a) António Guterres
    (b) Ban Ki-moon
    (c) Tedros Ghebreyesus
    (d) Christine Lagarde

88. Which country launched the BeiDou Navigation Satellite System?
    (a) Japan
    (b) Russia
    (c) China
    (d) USA

89. Which Indian scheme provides free food grains to poor households?
    (a) PM Awas Yojana
    (b) PM Garib Kalyan Anna Yojana
    (c) PM Kisan Samman Nidhi
    (d) Ayushman Bharat

90. Which country recently joined BRICS in its expanded membership?
    (a) Saudi Arabia
    (b) Japan
    (c) Germany
    (d) Canada

91. Which Indian state launched the Mission Shakti scheme for women empowerment?
    (a) Uttar Pradesh
    (b) Odisha
    (c) Bihar
    (d) Punjab

92. Which international body releases the Global Innovation Index?
    (a) UNESCO
    (b) WIPO
    (c) IMF
    (d) FAO

93. Which Indian cricketer captained India in ICC Champions Trophy discussions for 2025?
    (a) Rohit Sharma
    (b) Virat Kohli
    (c) Hardik Pandya
    (d) KL Rahul

94. Which Indian state is known for the Khelo India Youth Games 2025 host?
    (a) Tamil Nadu
    (b) Madhya Pradesh
    (c) Haryana
    (d) Goa

95. Which country launched the world’s first 6G satellite experiments?
    (a) China
    (b) USA
    (c) Japan
    (d) South Korea

96. Which Indian city hosted the Startup Mahakumbh 2025 event?
    (a) Bengaluru
    (b) New Delhi
    (c) Mumbai
    (d) Hyderabad

97. The average of 5 consecutive numbers is 18. What is the largest number?

    (a) 18
    (b) 19
    (c) 20
    (d) 21

98. If 12 men can complete a work in 10 days, how many days will 6 men take to complete the same work?

    (a) 15 days
    (b) 18 days
    (c) 20 days
    (d) 25 days

99. A train travels 60 km in 1 hour. What distance will it cover in 30 minutes?

    (a) 20 km
    (b) 25 km
    (c) 30 km
    (d) 35 km

100. If 3x + 5 = 20, then the value of x is:

     (a) 3
     (b) 4
     (c) 5
     (d) 6

Answers

1- b 51- d

2- c 52- b

3- a 53- b

4- b 54- c

5- d 55- a

6- c 56- c

7- c 57- d

8- c 58- b

9- c 59- a

10- d 60- b

11- b 61- d

12- d 62- c

13- d 63- c

14- b 64- b

15- c 65- b

16- b 66- b

17- a 67- b

18- b 68- c

19- c 69- a

20- b 70- a

21- b 71- b

22- a 72- b

23- b 73- a

24- b 74- b

25- b 75- b

26- a 76- b

27- d 77- b

28- c 78- a

29- a 79- a

30- c 80- b

31- c 81- b

32- b 82- c

33- a 83- b

34- a 84- a

35- d 85- b

36- c 86- b

37- d 87- a

38- d 88- c

39- b 89- b

40- b 90- a

41- d 91- b

42- d 92- b

43- a 93- a

44- c 94- b

45- d 95- a

46- d 96- b

47- a 97- c

48- b 98- c

49- c 99- c

50- c 100- c