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1.The Bhitarkanika National Park is located in which state?
A) Madhya Pradesh
B) Karnataka
C) Odisha
D) Haryana
E) None of These

ANSWER :  Option C
Some Extra: Bhitarkanika National Park is a national park located in Kendrapara district of Odisha.

2.Wular Lake is located in which state?
A) Odisha
B) Maharashtra
C) Gujarat
D) Rajasthan
E) Jammu and Kashmir

ANSWER :  Option E
Some Extra: Wular Lake is one of the largest fresh water lakes in Asia. It is sited in Bandipora district in the Indian state of Jammu and Kashmir.

3.The Kigali Waterfalls is situated in which of the following states?
A) Kerala
B) Andhra Pradesh
C) Tamil Nadu
D) Karnataka
E) Goa

ANSWER :  Option B
Some Extra: Kigali Waterfalls is a waterfall located to the west of Palamaner in the Chittoor district of India

4.The Henry Island Beach is situated in which state?
A) Telangana
B) Goa
C) West Bengal
D) Maharashtra
E) Assam

ANSWER :   Option C
Some Extra: Henry Island is an island near Bakkhali in South 24 Parganas, India. It is around 130 km from Kolkata.

5.The Lloyd’s Botanical Garden is located in the state of________
A) West Bengal
B) Tripura
C) Jammu & Kashmir
D) Haryana
E) Tamil Nadu

ANSWER :   Option A
Some Extra: Lloyd’s Botanical Garden, or Darjeeling Botanical Garden, is a botanical garden in Darjeeling in the Indian state of West Bengal

6.The Arignar Anna Zoological Park is located in___________
A) Kerala
B) Tamil Nadu
C) Andhra Pradesh
D) Karnataka
E) Odisha

ANSWER :  Option B
Some Extra: Arignar Anna Zoological Park, also known as the Vandalur Zoo, is a zoological garden located in Vandalur, a suburb in the southwestern part of Chennai, Tamil Nadu

7.The Asigarh Fort is loacted in________
A) Bihar
B) Rajasthan
C) Uttar Pradesh
D) Haryana
E) Jharkhand

ANSWER :  Option D
Some Extra: Asigarh Fort, also called Hansi Fort is located on the eastern bank of Amti lake in Hansi town of Haryana

 

8.Pichavaram Mangrove Forest is situated in which state?
A) Tamil Nadu
B) Odisha
C) Karnataka
D) Telangana
E) Kerala

ANSWER :  Option A
Some Extra: Pichavaram is a village near Chidambaram in Cuddalore District, Tamil Nadu, India. The area is surrounded by Mangrove forests which is the world’s second largest by area.

9.The Bhimbetka rock shelter is a UNESCO world heritage site situated in which state?
A) Bihar
B) Madhya Pradesh
C) Chhattisgarh
D) Assam
E) Jharkhand

ANSWER :   Option B
Some Extra: The Bhimbetka rock shelters are an archaeological site in the Indian state of Madhya Pradesh about 45 kilometres (28 mi) southeast of Bhopal. It is a UNESCO world heritage site that consists of seven hills and over 750 rock shelters distributed over 10 kilometres

10.The Defence Island Wildlife Sanctuary is located in which state?
A) Tamil Nadu
B) Karnataka
C) Andaman and Nicobar Islands
D) Sikkim
E) Goa

ANSWER :  Option C
Some Extra: Defence Island is an island of the Andaman Islands. It belongs to the South Andaman administrative district, part of the Indian union territory of Andaman and Nicobar Islands. the island is lying 33.5 km (21 mi) north from Port Blair.

11.The Kamet mountain is located in which Indian state?
A) Gujarat
B) Jammu & kashmir
C) Himachal Pradesh
D) Assam
E) Uttarakhand

ANSWER :  Option E
Some Extra: Kamet is the second highest mountain in the Garhwal region of Uttarakhand, after Nanda Devi. It lies in the Chamoli District of Uttarakhand. Its appearance resembles a giant pyramid topped by a flat summit area with two peaks.

12.The Saifai International Cricket Stadium is situated in ___________
A) Maharashtra
B) Uttar Pradesh
C) Tripura
D) Kerala
E) Madhya Pradesh

ANSWER :  Option B
Some Extra: Saifai International Cricket Stadium is a cricket stadium of International Standard in Saifai (Etawah district), Uttar Pradesh, India. It is situated in Major Dhyan Chand Sports College campus.

13.Nicosia is the capital of which country?
A) Kosovo
B) Ghana
C) Cyprus
D) Liberia
E) Moldova

ANSWER :  Option C
Some Extra: Currencies-Euro, Cypriot pound

 

14.The International Day against Drug Abuse and Illicit Trafficking is observed on______
A) November 29
B) August 9
C) March 15
D) June 26
E) September 3

ANSWER : Option D
Some Extra: The International Day against Drug Abuse and Illicit Trafficking is a United Nations International Day against drug abuse and the illegal drug trade. It is observed annually on 26 June, since 1989

 

15.The Maharana Pratap Sagar Reservoir is situated in which state?
A) Himachal Pradesh
B) Uttar Pradesh
C) Madhya Pradesh
D) Haryana
E) Rajasthan

ANSWER :  Option A
Some Extra: The Maharana Pratap Sagar, also known as Pong Reservoir or Pong Dam Lake was created in 1975, by building the highest earthfill dam in India on the Beas River in the wetland zone of the Siwalik Hills of the Kangra district of the state of Himachal Pradesh.

 

  1. Identify the wrong option.
    A) Feroz Shah Kotla, New Delhi
    B) Brabourne Stadium, Mumbai
    C) Moin-ul-Haq Stadium, Bhopal
    D) Barkatullah Khan Stadium, Jodhpur
    E) All are Correct

ANSWER :    Option C
Some Extra: Moin-ul-Haq Stadium is in Patna

 

17.The Pamban Island is located in which Indian state?
A) Goa
B) Tamil Nadu
C) Maharashtra
D) Andaman & Nicobar
E) Assam

ANSWER :  Option B
Some Extra: Pamban Island, also known as Rameswaram Island, is an island located between peninsular India and Sri Lanka. The island is a part of India and forms the Rameswaram taluk of the Ramanathapuram district of the state of Tamil Nadu

18.World Refugee Day is observed on__________
A) June 20
B) August 5
C) January 29
D) September 11
E) December 17

ANSWER :  Option A
Some Extra: World Refugee Day, international observance observed June 20 each year, is dedicated to raising awareness of the situation of refugees throughout the world.

19.Rani ki vav is an important historical monument located in the state of_____
A) Himachal Pradesh
B) Rajasthan
C) Haryana
D) Madhya Pradesh
E) Gujarat

ANSWER :  Option E
Some Extra: Rani ki vav is an intricately constructed stepwell situated in the town of Patan in Gujarat, India.

20.The city of Murshidabad is located on the eastern bank of the Bhagirathi, a distributary of the Ganges River. The city is located in which state?
A) Bihar
B) Uttar Pradesh
C) Gujarat
D) West Bengal
E) Haryana

ANSWER :  Option D
Some Extra: Murshidabad is a town in Murshidabad district of West Bengal