1. Which metal was first used by humans?

(A) Iron

(C) Copper

(B) Silver

(D) Brass

ANS. (C) Copper

2. The smallest unit of Rigvedic society was-

(A) Village

(B) Vish

(C) Total or Family

(D) Jan

ANS. (C) Total or Family

3. Which Indian returned his 'Sir' title after the Jallianwala Bagh massacre?

(A) Shankaran Nair

(B) Hyder Ali

(C) Rabindranath Tagore

(D) Mahatma Gandhi

ANS. (C) Rabindranath Tagore

4. The 24th Tirthankara of Jainism was-

(A) Parshvanath

(B) Mahavir

(C) Siddhartha

(D) Bhadrabahu

ANS. (B) Mahaveer

5. The promoters of 'monotheism' were-

(A) Shankaracharya

(B) Madhwacharya

(C) Ramanujacharya

(D) Nimbakacharya

ANS. (A) Shankaracharya

6. Where was Alexander the ruler?

(A) Macedonia

(B) Babylon

(C) Iran

(D) China

ANS. (A) Macedonia

7. Who ruled Magadha at the time of Alexander?

(A) Mahapadmanand

(B) Dhananand

(C) Chandragupta Maurya

(D) Porus

ANS. (B) Dhananand

8. When did the 'Jallianwala Bagh Scandal' take place?

(A) April 13, 1917 A.D.

(B) April 13, 1919 A.D.

(C) 17 April 1919 AD

(D) April 13, 1916 A.D.

ANS. (B) April 13, 1919 A.D.

9. Indian spiritual saints who attended the Parliament of Religions held in Chicago in , 1893 AD were-

(A) Swami Vivekananda

(B) Swami Dayanand

(C) Swami Sahajanand

(D) Swami Ramanand

ANS. (A) Swami Vivekananda

10. Who ran the 'Shuddhi Andolan'?

(A) Raja Rammohan Roy

(B) Dayanand Saraswati

(C) Swami Vivekananda

(D) Keshav Chandra Sen

ANS. (B) Dayanand Saraswati