Q. Who was the first navigator to circumnavigate the Earth by the sea route?
1) Ferdinand Magellan
2) Marco Polo
3) Vasco da Gama
4) Christopher Columbus
Q. Where was Mother Teresa born?
1) India
2) Albania
3) Hungary
4) Poland
Q. Swami Vivekananda gained fame and recognition in the Western World after his address to the World Congress of Major Religions in 1893. In which city was this congress held?
1) London
2) Paris
3) Berlin
4) Chicago
Q. The Tropic of Cancer does not pass through -
1) India
2) Egypt
3) Mexico
4) Iran
Q. Which country in Europe is called the 'Land of Midnight Sun'?
1) Norway
2) Finland
3) Iceland
4) Sweden
Q. The words 'Satyameva Jayate' in the National Emblem are taken from -
1) Mahabharata
2) Mundaka Upanishad
3) Kautilya's Arthashastra
4) Samaveda
Q. Which of the following is a tribal group of Africa?
1) Eskimos
2) Ainu
3) Fula
4) None of these
Q. The image formed by an object on the retina of the human eye is -
1) Real and iverted
2) Real and upright
3) Virtual and inverted
4) Virtual and upright
Q. When an aeroplane is flying at a great height, the sky appears black to its passengers. Why?
1) The dust particles and droplets of water present in the atmosphere absorb the light and do not follow it to reach the eyes of the passengers
2) The atmosphere is very rare at great heights and so the scattering of lights is negligible
3) The light is so polarized that no part of it is able to reach the eyes of the passengers
4) None of the above
Q. Why are Polaroids used in sunglasses?
1) For the sake of fashion
2) To reduce the galre
3) To improve resolving powder of the eyes
4) None of the above
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