Maximum Marks – 100
Time: Two Hours
No Negative Marking
- Which country hosted the 2022 FIFA World Cup?
A) Qatar
B) Russia
C) France
D) USA - Where is the headquarters of the United Nations?
A) Geneva
B) Paris
C) London
D) New York - Which is the largest desert in the world?
A) Arabian
B) Gobi
C) Antarctic
D) Sahara - Which country is not a G7 member?
A) Japan
B) Germany
C) Canada
D) India - Who is the current UN Secretary-General?
A) Ban Ki-moon
B) António Guterres
C) Javier Pérez
D) Kofi Annan - Which strait separates Europe and Asia?
A) Bosporus
B) Bering Strait
C) Malacca
D) Gibraltar - Which organization monitors global health?
A) WHO
B) WTO
C) UNHRC
D) IMF - Which country has the most Nobel Prize winners?
A) UK
B) Germany
C) France
D) USA - Which country recently exited the EU?
A) UK
B) Ireland
C) Greece
D) Poland - Which is cited as the longest river in the world?
A) Yangtze
B) Amazon
C) Mississippi
D) Nile - Which country is known as the Land of the Rising Sun?
A) Japan
B) China
C) Thailand
D) South Korea
- Which city is home to the EU headquarters?
A) Rome
B) Paris
C) Berlin
D) Brussels - The smallest planet in the solar system is:
A) Earth
B) Mars
C) Mercury
D) Venus - The Eiffel Tower is located in which country?
A) Spain
B) Germany
C) Italy
D) France - Which country is the largest by land area?
A) China
B) USA
C) Russia
D) Canada - Under which Article can the President of India declare a National Emergency?
A) Article 356
B) Article 360
C) Article 352
D) Article 365 - Who was the Chairman of the Drafting Committee of the Indian Constitution?
A) Dr. Rajendra Prasad
B) Dr. B.R. Ambedkar
C) Jawaharlal Nehru
D) Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel - Which Constitutional Amendment introduced the Anti-Defection Law?
A) 42nd Amendment
B) 52nd Amendment
C) 44th Amendment
D) 61st Amendment - The concept of Judicial Review in the Indian Constitution is borrowed from which country?
A) United Kingdom
B) United States of America
C) Canada
D) Ireland - The Directive Principles of State Policy are non-justiciable. Which Article mentions this feature?
A) Article 36
B) Article 38
C) Article 37
D) Article 39 - The first session of the Indian National Congress in 1885 was held at:
A) Bombay
B) Calcutta
C) Delhi
D) Madras
- Who founded the Arya Samaj in 1875?
A) Raja Ram Mohan Roy
B) Dayanand Saraswati
C) Swami Vivekananda
D) Ishwar Chandra Vidyasagar - The Ilbert Bill Controversy occurred during the tenure of which Viceroy?
A) Lord Lytton
B) Lord Curzon
C) Lord Ripon
D) Lord Dufferin - The slogan “Swaraj is my birthright, and I shall have it” was given by:
A) Mahatma Gandhi
B) Bal Gangadhar Tilak
C) Lala Lajpat Rai
D) Bipin Chandra Pal - The Simon Commission was boycotted because:
A) It supported partition
B) It had no Indian members
C) It recommended separate electorates
D) It rejected the Congress - The Non-Cooperation Movement was called off by Gandhi after which incident?
A) Jallianwala Bagh Massacre
B) Arrest of Gandhi
C) Chauri Chaura Incident
D) Death of Lala Lajpat Rai - The Indian National Army (INA) was reorganized by Subhas Chandra Bose in which country?
A) Singapore
B) Burma
C) Japan
D) Germany - Which isotope is commonly used for dating archaeological finds?
A) Uranium-238
B) Carbon-12
C) Carbon-14
D) Potassium-40 - The functional unit of the kidney is called:
A) Neuron
B) Nephron
C) Alveoli
D) Axon - Which part of the brain regulates body temperature and hunger?
A) Cerebrum
B) Medulla Oblongata
C) Cerebellum
D) Hypothalamus - The rate of chemical reaction is increased by:
A) Lowering pressure
B) Removing a catalyst
C) Adding a catalyst
D) Decreasing temperature - Which vitamin is water-soluble and not stored in the body?
A) Vitamin D
B) Vitamin A
C) Vitamin B-complex
D) Vitamin K
- Which disease is caused by the deficiency of iodine?
A) Rickets
B) Pellagra
C) Goitre
D) Anaemia - Which gas is released during photosynthesis?
A) Oxygen
B) Carbon Dioxide
C) Nitrogen
D) Methane - What is the main component of biogas?
A) Ethane
B) Carbon dioxide
C) Methane
D) Butane - Who is the Current Chief Justice of India?
A) Justice D.Y. Chandrachud
B) Justice B.R. Gavai
C) Justice Sanjiv Khanna
D) None of the above - Who is the current Chairperson of the Rajya Sabha?
A) Amit Shah
B) Jagdeep Dhankhar
C) Om Birla
D) Rajnath Singh - Who is the Governor of the RBI as of 2025?
A) Raghuram Rajan
B) Urjit Patel
C) Shaktikanta Das
D) Sanjay Malhotra - Who is the present Chief Election Commissioner of India?
A) Rajiv Kumar
B) Sushil Chandra
C) Gyanesh Kumar
D) T.N. Seshan - Who is the current Speaker of the Lok Sabha?
A) Sumitra Mahajan
B) Om Birla
C) Meira Kumar
D) Jagat Prakash Nadda - Which Article establishes the Supreme Court of India?
A) Article 32
B) Article 124
C) Article 136
D) Article 226 - What is the retirement age of a Supreme Court judge in India?
A) 60 years
B) 62 years
C) 65 years
D) 68 years
- The collegium system in appointments is related to:
(A) Appointment of Governors
(B) Election of President
(C) Appointment of Supreme Court and High Court Judges
(D) Appointment of Chief Ministers - Which Indian state is known as the “Land of Five Rivers”, popular for cultural tourism?
(A) Haryana
(B) Rajasthan
(C) Punjab
(D) Gujarat - The Incredible India campaign was launched by which ministry?
(A) Ministry of Culture
(B) Ministry of External Affairs
(C) Ministry of Home Affairs
(D) Ministry of Tourism - Which city is widely known as the Yoga Capital of the World, attracting tourists globally?
(A) Varanasi
(B) Rishikesh
(C) Haridwar
(D) Bodh Gaya - The Ajanta and Ellora Caves, are located in:
(A) Madhya Pradesh
(B) Maharashtra
(C) Karnataka
(D) Tamil Nadu - The Statue of Unity, the world’s tallest statue, is a major tourist attraction in:
(A) Uttar Pradesh
(B) Madhya Pradesh
(C) Gujarat
(D) Rajasthan - “Mushroom City of India” is in?
(A) Kashmir
(B) Himachal
(C) Kerala
(D) Haryana - The Himachal Pradesh High Court was established in:
(A) 1948
(B) 1950
(C) 1966
(D) 1971 - The Chief Justice of High Court is appointed by:
(A) The Governor
(B) The President of India
(C) The Chief Minister
(D) The Chief Justice of India - The First Chief Justice of Himachal Pradesh High Court was:
(A) Justice R.S. Pathak
(B) Justice S. Ranganathan
(C) Justice V.S. Deshpande
(D) Justice M. H. Beg
- Who became the first Indian woman to win an Olympic medal in wrestling?
(A) Saina Nehwal
(B) Mary Kom
(C) P.V. Sindhu
(D) Sakshi Malik - The first Indian cricketer to score a double century in a One-Day International (ODI) is:
(A) Virender Sehwag
(B) Rohit Sharma
(C) Sachin Tendulkar
(D) MS Dhoni - The Khelo India Youth Games were launched by the Government of India in:
(A) 2016
(B) 2018
(C) 2020
(D) 2015 - Which organ in the human body is primarily responsible for filtering blood?
(A) Heart
(B) Kidney
(C) Liver
(D) Lungs - The smallest bone in the human body is found in the:
(A) Hand
(B) Foot
(C) Ear
(D) Nose - Which part of the brain controls balance and coordination?
(A) Cerebrum
(B) Medulla Oblongata
(C) Hypothalamus
(D) Cerebellum - The largest internal organ of the human body is:
(A) Skin
(B) Stomach
(C) Liver
(D) Intestine - Red blood cells are primarily produced in:
(A) Liver
(B) Heart
(C) Bone marrow
(D) Spleen - The Green Revolution in India was mainly associated with:
(A) Cotton
(B) Rice
(C) Wheat
(D) Sugarcane - Soil erosion can be prevented by which method?
(A) Overgrazing
(B) Deforestation
(C) Contour ploughing
(D) Excessive irrigation - Which Indian state is the largest producer of sugarcane?
(A) Maharashtra
(B) Punjab
(C) Uttar Pradesh
(D) Tamil Nadu
- Which mission aims to provide tap water connections to all rural households by 2024?
(A) Swachh Bharat Abhiyan
(B) National Water Mission
(C) Jal Jeevan Mission
(D) Ganga Action Plan - The Ayushman Bharat – PM Jan Arogya Yojana (PM-JAY) offers health insurance coverage to eligible families up to:
(A) ₹1 lakh per family
(B) ₹2 lakh per family
(C) ₹3 lakh per family
(D) ₹5 lakh per family - What does the IP address identify in a computer network?
(A) The operating system
(B) The physical location
(C) The unique device on the network
(D) The MAC address of the router - What is the role of an operating system in a computer?
(A) Runs antivirus software
(B) Connects to the internet
(C) Manages hardware and software resources
(D) Compiles programming code - What does phishing refer to in the context of cybersecurity?
(A) Cracking passwords using brute force
(B) A type of computer virus
(C) Sending fake emails to steal personal data
(D) Monitoring internet usage - Which of these is an open-source operating system?
(A) Windows 10
(B) Linux
(C) macOS
(D) iOS - Which of the following is not a function of a web browser?
(A) Displaying HTML content
(B) Sending emails
(C) Running JavaScript
(D) Storing cookies - If the price of a shirt is increased from ₹500 to ₹575, what is the percentage increase?
(A) 12%
(B) 15%
(C) 13%
(D) 20% - Which regulatory body is responsible for regulating the securities market in India?
(A) RBI
(B) SEBI
(C) Ministry of Finance
(D) IRDA - What is the full form of the term “NSE”?
(A) National Stock Exchange
(B) National Securities Exchange
(C) New Securities Exchange
(D) Nationalized Stock Exchange
- What is the scientific name of the apple?
(A) Citrus aurantium
(B) Malus domestica
(C) Prunus persica
(D) Vitis vinifera - Which of the following is the primary psychoactive compound found in alcoholic beverages?
(A) Acetone
(B) Ethanol
(C) Methanol
(D) Glycerol - Which of the following can be used as evidence for alcohol consumption while driving under the Motor Vehicles Act?
(A) Breath analyzer test
(B) Blood test
(C) Urine test
(D) All of the above - The Sundarbans is located in which part of India?
(A) Punjab
(B) Uttar Pradesh
(C) West Bengal
(D) Kerala - The Thar Desert is primarily located in which of the following Indian states?
(A) Rajasthan
(B) Gujarat
(C) Haryana
(D) None of above - What is the scientific name of Himalayan Cedar?
(A) Cedrus deodara
(B) Pinus roxburghii
(C) Quercus robur
(D) Abies pindrow - The Nalanda University, one of the ancient world’s greatest centers of learning, was founded during the reign of ruler?
(A) Kumaragupta I
(B) Samudragupta
(C) Chandragupta II
(D) Harsha - BODMAS is used to remember the order of operations in mathematics. Which of the following correctly represents the full form of BODMAS?
(A) Brackets, Orders, Division, Multiplication, Addition, Subtraction
(B) Brackets, Order, Division, Minus, Addition, Sum
(C) Brackets, Operations, Division, Modification, Allocation, Subtraction
(D) Brackets, Orders, Division, Multiplication, Assignment, Subtraction - What does “machine learning” refer to in AI?
(A) Teaching humans to operate computers
(B) A robot fixing another robot
(C) The ability of a computer to learn from data without being programmed again and again
(D) Writing books with the help of AI
83. What is the study of weather and atmosphere known as?
(A) Astronomy
(B) Ecology
(C) Meteorology
(D) Hydrology
84. Which branch of science is concerned with the study of motion, force, and energy?
(A) Biology
(B) Physics
(C) Astronomy
(D) Ecology
85. Which dam is built on the Sutlej River in Himachal Pradesh?
(A) Bhakra Dam
(B) Tehri Dam
(C) Pong Dam
(D) Hirakud Dam
86. Which Himachal town is known as the “Queen of Hills”?
(A) Solan
(B) Kasauli
(C) Shimla
(D) Dalhousie
87. The Great Himalayan National Park is located in which district?
(A) Kangra
(B) Kullu
(C) Mandi
(D) Chamba
88. Which famous fair is celebrated in Bilaspur district of HP?
(A) Minjar Mela
(B) Sair Fair
(C) Renuka Fair
(D) Nalwari Fair
89. Who founded the princely state of Chamba?
(A) Meru Varman
(B) Sahil Varman
(C) Rajendra Varman
(D) Pratap Varman
90. What is the name of the highest peak in Himachal Pradesh?
(A) Deo Tibba
(B) Shilla
(C) Hanuman Tibba
(D) Reo Purgyil
91. Who was the first woman Governor of Himachal Pradesh?
(A) Shila Dixit
(B) Sheila Kaul
(C) Urmila Singh
(D) Prabha Rau
92. The Bhuri Singh Museum is located in:
(A) Shimla
(B) Solan
(C) Chamba
(D) Kangra
93. The Kangra paintings belong to which School of Art?
(A) Mughal painting school
(B) Rajput painting school
(C) Pahari painting school
(D) Rajasthani painting school
94. Which Himachal district is famous for trout fish farming?
(A) Mandi
(B) Kullu
(C) Chamba
(D) Bilaspur
95. Who appoints the Chief Justice of High Court?
(A) President of India
(B) Governor
(C) Chief Justice of India
(D) Parliament
96. Which pass lies between Lahaul and Spiti?
(A) Pin Parbati
(B) Kugti Pass
(C) Kunzum La
(D) Animal Pass
97. Which shape has only one pair of parallel sides?
(A) Square
(B) Rectangle
(C) Trapezium
(D) Rhombus
98. A circle has radius 3 cm. What is its area? (Take π = 3.14)
(A) 9.42 cm²
(B) 18.84 cm²
(C) 28.26 cm²
(D) 25.12 cm²
99. What is the area of a triangle with base 8 cm and height 5 cm?
(A) 20 cm²
(B) 30 cm²
(C) 40 cm²
(D) 50 cm²
100. Which of the following correctly explains the Pythagoras Theorem?
(A) In any triangle, the sum of all angles is 180°
(B) In a right-angled triangle, the square of the hypotenuse is equal to the sum of the squares of the other two sides
(C) In a circle, the diameter is twice the radius
(D) The area of a triangle is half the product of its base and height
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