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Q1. Name the Greek Ambassador at the Mauryan Court.
मौर्य न्यायालय में यूनानी राजदूत का क्या नाम था?
(a) Alexander/ सिकंदर
(b) Megasthanese/ मेगस्थनीज
(c) Plato/प्लेटो
(d) Aristotle/ अरस्तू
Sol. Megasthenes was an ancient Greek historian, diplomat and Indian ethnographer and explorer in the Hellenistic period. He described India in his book Indika .
Q2. The author of ‘Arthashastra’ was a contemporary of-
‘अर्थशास्त्र’ के लेखक किस के समकालीन थे?
(a) Ashoka/ अशोका
(b) Chandragupta Maurya/ चन्द्रगुप्त मौर्या
(c) Samudragupta/ समुद्रगुप्त
(d) Chandragupta Vikramaditya/ चन्द्रगुप्तविक्रमादित्य
Sol. Kautilya, also identified as Vishnugupta and Chanakya, is traditionally credited as the author of Arthashastra.
Q3. The Kalinga War fought by?
कलिंगा का युद्ध किसके द्वारा लड़ा गया था?
(a) Samudragupta /समुद्रगुप्त
(b) Chandragupta/ चन्द्रगुप्त
(c) Shivaji / शिवाजी
(d)Ashoka/ अशोका
Sol. The Kalinga War was fought in what is now India between the Maurya Empire under Ashoka and the state of Kalinga, an independent feudal kingdom located on the east coast, in the present-day state of Odisha and north of Andhra Pradesh.
Q4. Who opened the great silk-route to the Indians ?
भारतीयों के लिए विशाल रेशम मार्ग किसने खोला?
(a) Harsha/ हर्षा
(b) Ashoka/ अशोका
(c) Kanishka / कनिष्क
(d) Fa-Hien/ फाहियान
Sol. The Silk Road was an ancient network of trade routes that connected the East and West. It was central to cultural interaction between the regions for many centuries.Kanishka I, or Kanishka the Great, was the emperor of the Kushan dynasty or khas in the second century.
Q5. ‘Junagarh Rock Inscription’ associated with which of the following ruler ?
‘जुनागढ़ रॉक शिलालेख’ निम्नलिखित में से किस शासक जुड़ा हुआ है?
(a) Rudradaman / रुद्रदामन
(b) Bimbisara / बिम्बिसार
(c) Chandragupta II / चन्द्रगुप्त II
(d) Gautamiputra Satakarni / गौतमीपुत्र सताकर्नी
Sol. The Junagadh rock inscription of Rudradaman, also known as the Girnar Rock inscription of Rudradaman, is a Sanskrit prose inscribed on a rock by the Western Satraps ruler Rudradaman I.
Q6. Atomic Number of Hydrogen is _______.
हाइड्रोजन की परमाणु संख्या क्या है?
(a) 4
(b) 3
(c) 2
(d) 1
Sol.Hydrogen is a chemical element with symbol H and atomic number 1.
दुधवा टाइगर रिजर्व किस राज्य में है?
(a) Karnataka/कर्नाटक
(b) Uttar Pradesh/उत्तर प्रदेश
(c) Chhattisgarh/छत्तीसगढ़
(d) West Bengal/पश्चिम बंगाल
Sol. The Dudhwa Tiger Reserve is a protected area in Uttar Pradesh that stretches mainly across the Lakhimpur Kheri and Bahraich districts and comprises the Dudhwa National Park, Kishanpur Wildlife Sanctuary and Katarniaghat Wildlife Sanctuary.
निम्नलिखित में से ऐसी कौन सी ग्रीन हाउस गैस है जो ओजोन परत को ख़तम कर सकती है?
(a) B2H6
(b) NF3
(c) CCl3F
(d) C6H6
Sol. Trichlorofluoromethane, also called freon-11, CFC-11, or R-11, is a chlorofluorocarbon.
डेनमार्क की राजधानी क्या है?
(a) Copenhagen/कोपेनहेगन
(b) Stockholm/स्टॉकहोम
(c) Vienna/वियना
(d) Oslo/ओस्लो
Sol. Copenhagen is the capital and most populous city of Denmark.
Q10. Tripitakas are sacred books of _______.
त्रिपिटक _______ की पवित्र किताबें हैं.
(a) Sikhs/सिख
(b) Jews/यहूदी
(c) Buddhists/बौद्ध
(d) Muslims/मुसलमान
Sol. The Tripiṭaka or Tipiṭaka is the traditional term for the Buddhist scriptures.
प्राचीन काल में, किस शहर को ‘प्राग्ज्योतिषपुर’ कहा जाता था?
(a) Patna (Bihar)/ पटना (बिहार)
(b) Ujjain (M.P.)/ उज्जैन (मध्य प्रदेश)
(c) Kannauj (U.P.)/ कन्नौज (उत्तर प्रदेश)
(d) Guwahati (Assam)/ गुवाहाटी (असम)
Sol. The city of Guwahati was known as Pragjyotishpur in the ancient period, which means the city of eastern astrology. It was a center for research and astrology. Kalika Purana says that present Navagraha Hill was the abode of nine grahas (Planets).
दुनिया का एकमात्र ऐसा कौन सा देश राष्ट्रीय ध्वज आयताकार नहीं है?
(a) Chile/ चिली
(b) Nepal/नेपाल
(c) Ireland/ आयरलैंड
(d) Liberia/ लाइबेरिया
Sol. The flag of Nepal is the only national flag in the world that is not rectangular. The flag is a simplified combination of two single pennants. Its crimson red is the color of the rhododendron, the country’s national flower.
आंध्र प्रदेश के गवर्नर कौन हैं?
(a) V. Shanmuganthan / वी. शनमुगनथान
(b) E.S Lakshmi Narasimhan/ ई.एस. लक्ष्मी नरसिम्हान
(c) Banwarilal Purohit/बनवारीलाल पुरोहित
(d) Ram Nath Kovind/राम नाथ कोविंद
Sol. Ekkadu Srinivasan Lakshmi Narasimhan is an Indian political figure who has been the Governor of Andhra Pradesh since December 2009. He assumed office as the Governor of Telangana on 2 June 2014.
अफगानिस्तान की राजधानी क्या है?
(a) Tirane/तिराने
(b) Kabul/काबुल
(c) Luanda/लुआंडा
(d) Yerevan/येरेवन
Sol. Afghanistan officially the Islamic Republic of Afghanistan, is a landlocked country located within South Asia and Central Asia. It is bordered by Pakistan in the south and east; Iran in the west; Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan, and Tajikistan in the north; and China in the far northeast.Kabul is the capital of Afghanistan as well as its largest city, located in the eastern section of the country. Afghani is the currency of Afghanistan.
राजीव गांधी अंतर्राष्ट्रीय हवाई अड्डा किस शहर में स्थित है?
(a) Ahmedabad/अहमदाबाद
(b) Kochi/कोची
(c) Kozhikode/ कोझिकोड
(d) Hyderabad/हैदराबाद
Sol. Rajiv Gandhi International Airport is an international airport that serves Hyderabad, the largest city in the Indian state of Telangana. It is located in Shamshabad, about 20 kilometres south of Hyderabad.
