Q21. Which of the following rivers is not in Africa?
(a) Nile
(b) Niger
(c) Orange
(d) Amazon
(d) Amazon
Q22. Which water belt separates India and Sri Lanka?
(a) Strait of Lombok
(b) Durand Line
(c) Strait of Malacca
(d) Palk Strait
(d) Palk Strait
Q23. Who invented the word ‘Brexit’?
(a) Peter Wilding
(b) Gerard Batten
(c) Tommy Robinson
(d) Nigel Farage
(a) Peter Wilding
Q24. Who is considered the father of modern economics?
(a) Adam Smith
(b) John Maynard Keynes
(c) Manmohan Singh
(d) Amartya Sen
(a) Adam Smith
Q25. Which of the following was known as the first war of Indian Independence?
(a) Civil War of 1861
(b) Revolt of 1857
(c) Rowlatt Satyagraha of 1919
(d) Santhal rebellion of 1855-56
(b) Revolt of 1857
Q26. Which country has the longest written constitution in the world?
(a) Russia
(b) China
(c) USA
(d) India
(d) India
Q27. She was the first woman to cross the English Channel.
(a) An Indian
(b) A Frenchman
(c) A British
(d) An American
(d) An American
Q28. Which of the following events occurred after the British victory in the Battle of Plassey in 1757?
(a) The port cities of Madras, Calcutta and Mumbai were destroyed.
(b) No new buildings and institutions were constructed.
(c) The trade of the British East India Company expanded.
(d) People stayed away from colonial cities like Madras, Calcutta and Bombay.
(c) The trade of the British East India Company expanded.
Q29. What was the first domain name registered in the World Wide Web?
(a) www.linux.com
(c) www.server.com
(b) www.computer.com
(d) www.symbolics.com
(d) www.symbolics.com
Q30. Who among the following did not advocate militant opposition to colonial rule through the Swadeshi Movement?
(a) Gopal Krishna Gokhale
(b) Lala Lajpat Rai
(c) Bal Gangadhar Tilak
(d) Bipin Chandra Pal
(a) Gopal Krishna Gokhale