Month: May 2021

Q The ______ festival is celebrated by the Ahom people of Assam on 31st January every year in memory of the departed. 

Ans 1. Me-Dam-Me-Phi 

2. TirthaMukh 

3. Lampra Puja

 4. Ashokastami

Q Archery is the national game of which of the following country ?

1 Bangladesh

2 Bhutan

3 Nepal

4 Sri Lanka

Q Who among the following was the first chairman of the ISRO?

1 A. S. Kiran Kumar

2 Satish Dhawan

3 Shailesh Nayak

4 Vikram Sarabhai

Q The book ‘Clear Light of Day’ has been written by ___

1 Anita Desai

2 Kiran Desai

3 Arunadhati Roy

4 Jhumpa Lahiri

Q In which year’s session of the Indian National Congress was Vande Mataram sang for the
first time ?

1 1896

2 1899

3 1898

4 1897

Q Gatka, a traditional fighting style of the Nihang Sikh warriors, used both for selfdefence as well as a sport, has originated from which of the following states of India?

1 Punjab

2 Rajasthan

3 Gujarat

4 Bihar

Q In which year did Bhagat Singh and BK Dutt throw a bomb in the Central Legislative
Assembly?

1 1931

2 1929

3 1930

4 1928

Q __ is a popular game in Assam and resembles kabaddi played with a ball.

1 Kho-Kho

2 Cricket

3 Field Hockey

4 Dhopkhel

Q Mehrunnisa married Emperor Jahangir in __.

1 1602

2 1603

3 1611

4 1620

Q The book ‘The Immortals of Meluha’ has been written by __.

1 Ruskin Bond

2 Amish Tripathi

3 Salman Rushdie

4 Aravind Adiga

Q Hojagiri is a folk dance of which state of India?

1 Goa

2 Uttar Pradesh

3 Karnataka

4 Tripura

Q Which of the following is the largest stupa in India?

1 Dhamekh

2 Amaravati

3 Kesariya

4 Bharhut

Q Raziya Sultan was the daughter of __.

1 Qutubuddin Aibak

2 Iltutmish

3 Babur

4 Akbar

Q Which of the following acids is found in spinach?

1 Oxalic acid

2 Citric acid

3 Lactic acid

4 Formic acid

Q Harishena was a court poet of __.

1 Ashoka

2 Samudragupta

3 Bindusara

4 Bimbisara

Q According to the 2011 Census of India, which state is the least populous state in the
country?

1 Jharkhand

2 Assam

3 Bihar

4 Sikkim

Q Which of the following political parties led the Punjabi Suba movement in India?

1 Ghadar Party

2 Indian National Congress

3 Bharatiya Janata Party

4 Shiromani Akali Dal

Q Which of the following Articles of the Indian Constitution states about the application
of the Directive Principles?

1 42

2 37

3 31

4 45

Q What is the chemical name of battery acid?

1 Sulfuric acid

2 Hypochlorous acid

3 Boric acid

4 Barium sulphate

Q Who is the author of the book ‘The Great Indian Novel’?

1 Arun Shourie

2 Shashi Tharoor

3 Kiran Bedi

4 K Natwar Singh

Q Manuscripts were usually written on:

1 palm leaf

2 marbles

3 iron

4 tulsi leaves

Q In 1991, India’s first indigenous supercomputer named____________was developed by Vijay Bhatkar.

Ans 1. Prayas 3000

2. Prayog 2000

3. Param 8000

4. Pragati 5000

Q If there is need for four labourers and seven are working, then what kind of
unemployment are the extra three labourers suffering from?

1 Cyclic unemployment

2 Frictional unemployment

3 Structural unemployment

4 Disguised unemployment

Q The national level cricket championship, Ranji Trophy, began in __________.

Ans 1. 1934-1935

2. 1953-1954

3. 1950-1951

4. 1944-1945

Q On September 1948 the Indian army intervened and took control of which princely state?

Ans 1. Assam

2. Uttar Pradesh

3. Hyderabad

4. Tripura

Q Which of the following Articles of the Constitution of India provides for ‘protection
against arrest and detention in certain cases’?

1 Article 10

2 Article 47

3 Article 35

4 Article 22

Q With reference to dances and their native states , which of the following pairs is CORRECT ?

1 Yakshagana – Karnataka

2 Sattriya – Manipur

3 Kalaripayattu – Karnataka

4 Gomira – Uttar Pradesh

Q With reference to dances and their native states , which of the following pairs is CORRECT ?

1 Yakshagana – Karnataka

2 Sattriya – Manipur

3 Kalaripayattu – Karnataka

4 Gomira – Uttar Pradesh

Yakshagana	Traditional Folk Theatre of Karnataka
Sattriya	Classical Dance of Assam
Kalaripayattu	Martial Art Form of Kerala
Gomira	Traditional Mask dance of West Bengal

Q Rajeev Janardan is an Indian classical __________ player of the Imdadkhani gharana. 

Ans 1. flute 

2. Tabla

 3. sitar 

4. harmonium

Q Which of the following schedules of the Constitution of India contains the format of oaths to be taken by different constitutional functionaries?

Ans 1. 4th Schedule

2. 5th Schedule

3. 3rd Schedule

4. 2nd Schedule

Q Limestone, chalk and marble are different forms of __.

1 Calcium oxide

2 Calcium carbonate

3 Calcium hydroxide

4 Calcium phosphate

Q Who among the following has written the book ‘A century is not enough: my roller coaster ride to success’? 

Ans 1. Sourav Ganguly 

2. Kapil Dev 

3. Ravi Shastri 

4. Virender Sehwag

Q How many seats of Rajya Sabha are present in the state of Maharashtra?

Ans 1. 31

2. 19

3. 10

4. 25

Q Who among the following is credited with single-handedly making the Santoor a popular classical instrument? 

Ans 1. Ulhas Bapat 

2. Rahul Sharma

 3. Shiv Kumar Sharma 

4. Bhajan Sopori

Q During emergency which fundamental rights CANNOT be suspended?

1 Article 14-15

2 Article 20-21

3 Article 18-19

4 Article 16-17

Q Which of the following folk dances does NOT belong to the state of Madhya Pradesh? 

Ans 1. Gotipua

2. Phulpati

 3. Matki 

4. Jawara

Folk dance of Madhya Pradesh

Matki , Phulpati , Jawara , Grida and Ahirai

Q Which of the following is the CORRECT pair? 

Ans 1. Shovana Narayan – Odissi

 2. T Bala Sarasawati – Kathak 

3. Sonal Mansingh – Manipuri

 4. Kalamandalam Kalyanikutty Amma – Mohiniyattam

Q Which chemical reaction takes place during the cooking of meat?

1. The Swartz reaction

2 The Finkelstein reaction

3 The Gattermann reaction

4 The Maillard reaction

Q Original text of the Indian Constitution contained __ articles.

1 376

2 395

3 386

4 440

Initially , Indian Constitution had 395 Articles, 22 Parts and 8 Schedules and 80,000 words [ Approx ]. At Present , Indian Constitution has 448 Articles , 25 Parts and 12 Schedules

Q Moss and Marchantia comes under which of the following?

1 Algae

2 Gymnosperms

3 Pteridophytes

4 Bryophytes

Q Where are villi present in the human alimentary canal?

1 Oesophagus

2 Stomach

3 Small intestine

4 Pancreas

Q Which of the following organisms is responsible for sleeping sickness?

1 Viruses

2 Protozoa

3 Algae

4 Bacteria

Q ‘Total Recall : My Unbelievably True Life Story’ is an autobiography of:

1 IK Gujral

2 Arnold Schwarzenegger

3 Chris Gayle

4 Eddie Huang

Q The Tendulkar Committee Report (2011-2012) was based on __.

1 commerce

2 population growth

3 poverty

4 unemployment

Q Who among the following is the author of the book ‘A Fine Balance’?

Ans 1. Arvind Adiga

2. Shashi Tharoor

3. Amitav Ghosh

4. Rohinton Mistry

Q In which state is Yaoshang festival celebrated ?

1 Manipur

2 Maharashtra

3 Jharkhand

4 Goa

Q The world’s only floating national park, Keibul Lamjao National Park, is located in ______. 

Ans 1. Assam

 2. Tripura 

3. Manipur 

4. Nagaland

Q In which of the following dances of South India do the dancers balance pots on their heads ?

1 Karagattam

2 Kolattam

3 Mayilattam

4 Pampu Attam

Q _ was established in 1948 with 23 countries as a global trade organisation to
administer all multilateral trade agreements.

1 World Trade Organization

2 World Chamber of Commerce

3 General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade

4 International Reciprocal Trade Association

Q Mahavir Jayanti is celebrated in the month of _______.

1 May

2 December

3 September

4 April

Q Which of the following separates Little Andaman from South Andaman of India?

1 Amindivi Islands

2 Duncan passage

3 Minicoy island

4 Reunion Hotspot

 Q In which year was the Harappan civilization first discovered?

Ans 1. 1932

2. 1905

3. 1921

4. 1926

Q Which of the following civilian awards was conferred to Ustad Bismillah Khan in 2001? 

Ans 1. Bharat Ratna

 2. Padma Bhushan 

3. Padma Vibhushan 

4. Padma Shri

Q An instrument that can detect the presence of a current in a circuit is known as
__.

1 odometers

2 peedometer

3 hygrometer

4 ammeter

Q In which year was the Target Olympic Podium Scheme (TOPS) established by the
Ministry of Youth Affairs and Sports ?

1 2016

2 2014

3 2012

4 2018

Q The main focus of the First Five Year Plan was to develop the __________sector like
agriculture.

1 primary

2 tertiary

3 secondary

4 multi

Q How many Fundamental rights are provided by Indian Constitution?

1 7

2 8

3 5

4 6

Q According to the Indian Constitution , no child below the age of ______years shall be
employed to work in any factory or mine or engaged in any other hazardous
employment

1 ten

2 twelve

3 fourteen

4 sixteen

Q Who, with the help of Kautilya, overthrew Dhanananda, the last Nanda ruler, in 322
BC?

1 Akbar

2 Ashoka

3 Kalashoka

4 Chandragupta Maurya

Q In which year did the Mongols under Genghis Khan invade Transoxiana in North-East
Iran?

1 1205

2 1213

3 1219

4 1208

Q Which of the following is a popular dance form of Lakshadweep island?

Ans 1. Loor

2. Nati

3. Laho

4. Kolkali

Q In which of the following years did Sarojini Naidu preside over the Indian National Congress session?

Ans 1. 1915

2. 1935

3. 1945

4. 1925

Q Who was the youngest Prime Minister of India?

1 Jawaharlal Nehru

2 Mahatma Gandhi

3 Rajiv Gandhi

4 Vallabhbhai Patel

Q At Devaprayag , the Bhagirathi is Joined by __.

1 The Alaknanda

2 The Ghaghra

3 The Kosi

4 The Yamuna

Q In 1873, he founded the Satya-Shodhak Samaj. Who is referred to as ‘he’ here?

1 Govindrao Phule

2 Gopal Hari Deshmukh

3 Savitribai Phule

4 Jyotiba Phule

Q Which of the following texts gives a detailed account of the kings of Kashmir?

Ans 1. Rajatarangini

2. Dipavamsa

3. Vinaya Pitaka

4. Katha Sarit Sagar

Q The concepts of Dhamma was popularized by which of the following Mauryan kings?

1 Ashoka

2 Bindusara

3 Dasaratha

4 Chandragupta

Q The folk drama named ‘Therukoothu’ traditionally belongs to :

1 Tamil Nadu

2 Odisha

3 Telangana

4 Tripura

Q Planning Commission was established under ________on March 15, 1950

1 APJ Abdul Kalam

2 Indira Gandhi

3 Subhash Chandra Bose

4 Jawahar Lal Nehru

Q Which ruler of Magadha is said to have sent his minister named Vassakara to seek advice of Buddha on how to defeat the Vajjis ?

1 Ajatashatru

2 Bimbisara

3 Shishunag

4 Bindusara

Q Which is a group dance of the Nepali community in Sikkim?

1 Maruni

2 Nati

3 Gotipua

4 Fugdi

Q Which UNESCO World Heritage Site consists of nine Hindu temples and a Jain shrine ?

1 Pattadakal

2 Ajanta

3 Ellora

4 Elephanta Caves

Q Ashadhi Bij, or the __, is a distinguished cultural festival wherein the arrival of
rain is celebrated.

1. Andhra New Year

2 Kutchi New Year

3 Gond New Year

4 Tamil New Yea

Q Which is the only piece in chess that can jump to any square in an L shape?

1 King

2 Queen

3 Knight

4 Rook

Q Kittiko movement was a non violent protest in 1987 lend by the people of :

1 Karnataka

2 Odisha

3 Jharkhand

4 Uttarakhand

Q Which five year plan in the Indian Economy was based on the Harrod Domar Model ?

1 Second Five Year Plan

2 First Five Year Plan

3 Third Five Year Plan

4 Fourth Five Year Plan

Q Which Governor General of India is known as the Liberator of the Indian Press ?

1 Charles Metcalfe

2 Warren Hastings

3 Lord Lytton

4 Lord Ripon

Q Who is known as the father of Indian Census?

1 Thomas Jefferson

2 Henry Walter

3 Yuzo Morita

4 Chandra Sumsher Rana

Q What is the national flower of Myanmar ?

1 Padauk

2 Blue Poppy

3 Plum Blossom

4 Rhododendron

Q In which of the following states is the Chandragad fort situated?

1 Karnataka

2 Andhra Pradesh

3 Maharashtra

4 Gujarat

Q Kabaddi is the National game of which country ?

1 Bhutan

2 Bangladesh

3 Pakistan

4 China

Q Baishagu festival is associated with the state of __ in India.

1 Arunachal Pradesh

2 Assam

3 Bihar

4 Manipur

Q As of 2024 , there are __ official languages of the United Nations.

1. 10

2 7

3 6

4 11

Official languages of the United Nations

There are six official languages of the United Nations :Arabic , Chinese , English , French , Russian and Spanish

Q Kardang Monastery which is a Buddhist Pilgrimage is situated in which state of India?

1 Himachal Pradesh

2 Jharkhand

3 Kerala

4 Goa

Q Pongal is a harvest festival of which state of India?

1 Manipur

2 Tamil Nadu

2 Rajasthan

4 Mizoram

Q ‘The Diary of a Young Girl’ is an autobiography of:

1 Jessica Simpson

2 Michelle Obama

3 Agatha Christie

4 Anne Frank

Q Which of the following Articles of the Indian Constitution talks about joint sitting of
both Houses in certain cases?

1 Article 108

2 Article 128

3 Article 75

4 Article 110

Q Who among the following was the author of Satyarth Prakash written in 1875 ?

1 Swami Vivekanand

2 Dayanand Saraswati

3 Raja Ram Mohan Roy

4 Ramakrishna Paramhansa

Q In which of the following grounds did Yuvraj Singh hit 6 sixes in an over of a T20
International match?

1 Mabhida Stadium

2 Kingsmead Stadium

3 Newlands Cricket Ground

4 Wanderers Stadium

Q Who will co-host the ICC Men’s T20 World Cup 2024?

1 The United States of America (USA)

2 Sri Lanka

3 The United Kingdom

4 Australia

Q In which year did the Mughal emperor Aurangzeb die?

1 1705

2 1701

3 1703

4 1707

Q Name the new painting that was developed in Eastern India [ Bengal , Bihar , Orissa ] during the Pala Kingdom in the 9th-10th century ?

1 Miniature painting

2 Mural painting

3 Oil painting

4 Tanjore paintin

Q Which article of the Indian Constitution states that ‘No person shall be prosecuted and
punished for the same offence more than once’?

1 Article 20

2 Article 21A

3 Article 18

4 Article 28

Q What is the atomic number of chromium?

1 21

2 18

3 19

4 24

Q Ravikirti was a court poet of which Chalukya ruler?

1 Bhima II

2 Vikramaditya II

3 Kirtivarman II

4 Pulakeshin II

Q Who among the following was a revolutionary from West Bengal who was only 18, when he was hanged at the Muzaffarpur Jail by the British?

1 Jogesh Chandra Chatterjee

2 Prafulla Chaki

3 Khudiram Bose

4 Sukhdev Thapar

Q As per census 2011, which of the following is the most spoken language of India?

1 Hindi

2 Marathi

3 Telugu

4 English

Q Sarai Nurmahal is a centrally protected monument of India. It is situated in which state
of India?

1 West Bengal

2 Uttar Pradesh

3 Punjab

4 Himachal Pradesh

Q Who is the author of the book ‘Roads to Mussoorie’?

1 Ruskin Bond

2 Kiran Desai

3 Amish Tripathi

4 Ashwin Sanghi

Q Which of the following states does the dance form ‘Kalbelia’ belong to?

1 Uttarakhand

2 Rajasthan

3 Odisha

4 Punjab

Q In which state of India is the Yaoshang festival celebrated?

1 Uttar Pradesh

2 Rajasthan

3 Manipur

4 Tamil Nadu

Q Spirogyra belongs to which group of plant kingdom?

1 Pteridophyta

2 Angiosperms

3 Thallophyta

4 Bryophyta

Q ‘Saga Dawa’ is one of the biggest Buddhist festivals. In which one of the following states is it celebrated?

Ans 1. Jharkhand

2. Sikkim

3. Odisha

4. Kerala

Q Who is the author of the work ‘Kadambari’?

1 Banabhatta

2 Vilhad

3 Aryabhata

4 Bhans

Q What is the distance of the Marathon race?

1. 43.195 km

2 46.195 km

3 42.195 km [ 26 . 2 miles ]

4 44.195 km

Q In which sport is the field often oval with a rectangular area in the middle, that is 22
yards (20.12 metres) by 10 feet (3.04 metres) wide?

1 Cricket

2 Lawn Tennis

3 Basketball

4 Volleyball

Q Which of the following airports is located in Amritsar?

1 Dr Babasaheb Ambedkar International Airport

2 Thiruvananthapuram International Airport

3 Indira Gandhi International Airport

4 Sri Guru Ram Das Ji International Airport

Q Which author wrote the famous novel, ‘The White Tiger’?

1 Vikram Seth

2 Aravind Adiga

3 Arundhati Roy

4 Jhumpa Lahiri

Q In the 18th century, the British fought __ wars with the Mysore rulers.

1 Six

2 Three

3 Four

4 Two

First Anglo-Mysore War [ 1767-1769] , Second Anglo Mysore War [ 1780-7184 ] , Third Anglo Mysore War [ 1790-92 ] , Fourth Anglo Mysore War [ 1799 ]

Q Who among the following was the first to bring the concept of modern dance to India
with his novel approach and works?

1 Padma Subrahmanyam

2 Uday Shankar

3 Guru Bipin Singh

4 Kelucharan Mohapatra

Q Which of the following is a dance form of Rajasthan ?

1 Jhulan

2 Nati

3 Saila

4 Jawara

Q How many types of writs can be issued by the Supreme Court of India for the
protection of Fundamental Rights?

1. Seven

2 Six

3 Five

4 Four

Q Totaram Sharma is an exponent of ____________.

Ans 1. pakhawaj

2. flute

3. ghatam

4. nadaswaran

Q ‘I, Me, Mine’ is the autobiography of which international musician?

1. Elton John

2 AR Rahman

3 George Harrison

4 Justin Bieber

Q S Balachander a famous musician from India is known for playing which of the
following instruments?

1. Sitar

2 Tabla

3 Ghatam

4 Veena

Q Ramabhar Stupa, which marks the site where Lord Buddha was cremated, is situated
in which state of India?

1 Madhya Pradesh

2 Himachal Pradesh

3 Uttar Pradesh

4 Bihar

Q Sheikh Chinna Moula was an exponent of the __, a musical instrument.

1. nadaswaran

2 veena

3 mandolin

4 sitar

Q Bickram Ghosh, a recipient of Global Indian Music Award, is a music composer and an
Indian classical _ player.

1. tabla

2 sarangi

3 tanpura

4 bansuri

Q Which of the following is the Sahitya Akademi Award winning novel of the Indian writer Amitav Ghosh?

Ans 1. The Shadow Lines

2. Gun Island

3. The Hungry Tide

4. Flood of Fire

Q Umayalpuram K Sivaraman, a Padma Vibhushan awardee, is a __ player.

1. Mridangam

2 Violin

3 Veena

4 Table

Q Pandit Ananda Gopal Bandopadhyay was a _________ player of the Banaras gharana.

Ans 1. sitar

2. sarod

3. sarangi

4. tabla

Q Rajeev Taranath, a disciple of Ali Akbar Khan, is a __ player.

1. Sarod

2 Santoor

3 tabla

4 Flute

Q Which Part of the Indian Constitution provides for the Union Public Service
Commission?

1. Part XIV

2 Part XVI

3 Part VIII

4 Part X

Q Which journalist’s autobiography is titled the ‘Devil’s Advocate: The untold story’?

1 Karan Thapar

2 Ravish Kumar

3 Arnab Goswami

4 Barkha Dutt

Q Ustad Alla Rakha is famous for his contribution to playing which of the following instruments in Indian Music?

Ans 1. Ghatam

2. Santoor

3. Veena

4. Tabla

Q Famous musician Shakoor Khan was associated with which of the following musical instruments?

Ans 1. Santoor

2. Sarangi

3. Sitar

4. Sarod

Q Sense and Sensibility’, ‘Mansfield Park’ and ‘Emma’ are written by whom among the following authors?

Ans 1. D H Lawrence

2. Jane Austen

3. Thomas Hardy

4. George Eliot

Q Rajeev Janardan is an Indian classical __________ player of the Imdadkhani gharana. 

Ans 1. flute 

2. Tabla

 3. sitar 

4. harmonium

Q Who among the following was the first Indian musician conferred with the Ramon Magsaysay Award and also the first Indian to have performed in United Nations General Assembly in 1966?

Ans 1. Gagubai Hangal

2. M S Subbulakshmi

3. Lata Mangeshkar

4. Vansundhara Komkali

Q Who is the author of ‘The Namesake’ ?

1 Jhumpa Lahiri

2 Sudha Murty

3 Kiran Desai

4 Arundhati Roy

Q Abhinav Bindra won Gold Medal for which sport in Olympic ?

1 Shooting [ 10 m air rifle ]

2 Wrestling

3 Badmintion

4 Boxing

Q Uniform Civil Code is mentioned in which article of Indian Constitution ?

1 Article 44

2 Article 18

3 Article 40

4 Article 48

Q The power to grant pardons or suspend or remit the sentence of any convicted persons is vested in the _

1 President

2 Vice-President

3 Supreme Court Judge

4 Defence Minister

Q Which two planets in our solar system have NO MOONS ?

1 Venus and Mercury

2 Saturn and Jupiter

3 Earth and Saturn

3 Mars and Jupiter

Q Name the first Indian to win an Oscar ?

1 Bhanu Athaiya

2 AR Rahman

3 Satyajit Ray

4 Resul Pookutty

Q Who is the author of ‘The Palace of Illusions’ ?

1 Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni

2 Ruskin Bond

3 VS Naipaul

4 Shashi Tharoor

Q The Parliament of India was designed by ______ and Herbert Baker.

1 Edwin Lutyens

2 FW Stevens

3 George Wittet

4 William Emerson

Q Battle of Tughlaqabad [ also known as Battle of Delhi ] was fought between_____

1 Hemu and Akbar

2 Sher Shah and Humayun

3 Babur and Ibrahim Lodi

4 Babur and Rana Sanga

Q _____ is called China’s sorrow .

1 Hwang Ho

2 Yangtze

3 Kosi

4 Damodar

Q Name the first Indian to go into Space .

1 Rakesh Sharma

2 Mihir Sen

3 George Yule

4 Brajesh Mishra

First Indian to go to space	Rakesh Sharma
First Indian woman to go to space	Kalpana Chawla

Q Which type of pathogens causes the water-borne disease Poliomyelitis [ Polio ] ?

1 Viral

2 Bacterial

3 Protozoan

4 Algal

Q Which place is famous for ‘Zardozi’ embroidery ?

1 Agra

2 Punjab

3 Gujarat

4 Kashmir

Q Who has the record of highest number of Gold medals in the history of Olympics ?

1 Michael Phelps

2 Usain Bolt

3 Larisa Latynina

4 Nikolai Andrianov

Q The National Anthem of Sri Lanka was composed by _____

1 Ananda Samarakoon

2 Kumaratunga Munidasa

3 Siri Gunasinghe

4 PB Jayasekara

Q International Calling Code of Nepal is _____

1 + 977

2 +975

3 +92

4 + 91

Q On which river is the Kapildhara Waterfall situated ?

1 Tapti

2 Narmada

3 Son

4 Shipra

Q Pyrrhotite is an ore/mineral of _______

1 Nickel

2 Lead

3 Gold

4Tin

Q In which year Pakistan became a federal republic :

1 1956

2 1971

3 1975

4 1973

Q Capra Hircus is the scientific name of _______

1 Goat

2 Sheep

3 Cow

4 Horse

Q Cockroaches belongs to the phylum :

1 Arthropoda

2 Crustacea

3 Insecta

4 Annelida

Q Which is called the ‘safety valve of nature ‘ ?

1 Volcano

2 Earthquake

3 Ozone gas

4 Rivers

Q During whose reign did Timur invaded India ?

1 Nasiruddin Mahmud Shah

2 Akbar

3 Alauddin Khilji

4 Feroz Shah Tughlaq

Q The original name of Tansen was ___

1 Ramtanu Pandey

2 Mahesh Das

3 Bhanu Singha

4 Dhanpat Rai

Q Which fort is also known as the Golden Fort ?

1 Jaisalmer

2 Jodhpur

3 Jaipur

4 Udaipur

Q Who is the author of the book ‘Gently Falls : The Bakula’ ?

1 Sudha Murty

2 Anita Desai

3 Kiran Desai

4 Arundhati Roy

Q The number of parliamentary seats [ Lok Sabha ] in Punjab is :

1 13

2 25

3 10

4 29

Q In the National Flag of India, Ashoka Chakra is a ____ spoked wheel .

1 24

2 20

3 18

4 28

Q Ghumura is a folk dance of _____

1 Odisha

2 Assam

3 Himachal Pradesh

4 Kerala

Q Vacuum Tubes were used by ____ Generation of Computers .

1 First

2 Second

3 Third

4 Fourth

First Generation Computers [ Vaccum Tubes ] , Second Generation Computers [ Transistor ] , Third Generation Computers [ Integrated Circuits ] , Fourth Generation Computers [ Microprocessor ]

Q At the time of Emergency in 1975, who was serving as the President of India ?

1 Fakhruddin Ali Ahmed

2 VV Giri

3 Zakir Hussain

4 Neelam Sanjiva Reddy

Q Who was the first Indian woman awardee of’ Bharat Ratna’ ?

1 Indira Gandhi

2 MS Subbulakshmi

3 Lata Mangeshkar

4 Aruna Asaf Ali

Q Battle of Haldighati was fought in the year:

1 1576

2 1526

3 1556

4 1586

Q Which programming language is developed by James A Gosling ?

1 Java

2 John Backus

3 Bjarne Stroustrup

4 Tim Berners Lee

Q Which disease is caused by the deficiency of iron ?

1 Anaemia

2 Ricket

3 Night blindeness

4 Kwashiorkor

Q Who was the leader of the peasants ‘ movement of Awadh?

1 Baba Ramchandra

2 Alluri Sitaram Raju

3 Jawahar Lal Nehru

4 Gandhi ji

Q Which musician popularised the bowed instrument Sarangi ?

1 Pandit Ram Narayan

2 Zakir Hussain

3 Shiv Kumar Sharma

4 Tulsidas Borkar

Q ‘Nyauli’ is a folk song form of the state of:

1 Uttarakhand

2 Goa

3 Rajasthan

4 Odisha

Q Which of the following pairs of ‘Natural source – Acid’ is NOT correctly matched?

1 Curd – Lactic acid

2 Tamarind – Oxalic acid

3 Orange – Citric acid

4 Vinegar – Acetic acid

Tamarind [ Tartaric acid ] , Orange [ Citric acid ] , Curd [ Citric acid ] , Vinegar [ Acetic acid ] , Spinach [ Oxalic acid ]

Q In 1526, __ was defeated by Babur at Panipat.

1 Ibrahim Lodi

2 Rana Lodi

3 Sikander Lodi

4 Bahlul Lodi

Q Which feature of the Indian Constitution is borrowed from the Constitution of Britain?

1 Fundamental rights

2 Parliamentary government

3 Judicial review

4 Fundamental duties

Q In which year did the WTO Agreement on Agriculture come into force ?

1 1995

2 1985

3 1945

4 1948

Q What is the spiritual source of river Karnali , the longest river in Nepal , called ____

1 Mapcha Khambab

2 Arun

3 Trishuli

4 Tamor

Q Tutilawa Mela is a festival celebrated in the state of :

1 Jharkhand

2 Goa

3 Kerala

4 Haryana

Q Which festival is celebrated by Ao people of Nagaland ?

1 Moatsu

2 Onam

3 Vishu

3 Puthandu

Q Who was the leader of ‘Paika Rebellion’ in 1817′ ?

1 Bakshi Jagabandhu Bidyadhara

2 Sitaram Raju

3 Guru Ghasidas

4 Variyamkunnath Kunjahammed Haji

Q According to the inscriptions of Chola dynasty , ____ is land that is gifted to temples

1 Tirunamattukkani / Devadana

2 Vellanvaggi

3 Shalabhiga

4 Brahmadeya

Q Nirmal paintings are associated with which of the following states ?

1 Andhra Pradesh

2 Nagaland

3 Meghalaya

4 Arunachal Pradesh

Q In which of the following countries is Jhumming known as ‘Conuco’?

1 Vietnam

2 Madagascar

3 The US

4 Venezuela

Slash and burn agriculture

Milpa [ in Mexico and Central America ] , Conuco [ in Venezuela ] , Roca [ in Brazil ] , Masole [ in Central Africa ] , Ladang [ in Indonesia ] , Ray [ in Vietnam ] , Chena[ in Sri Lanka ] and Logan [ in Western Africa ]

Q Bagurumba is a folk dance of which Indian state?

1 Goa

2 Assam

3 Haryana

4 Karnataka

Q What was the original name of Swami Vivekananda?

1 Nrusimha Bhan

2 Narendranath Dutta

3 Mula Sankara

4 Vardhamana

Q In which year did the Constituent Assembly set up a Drafting Committee under the
Chairmanship of Dr. BR Ambedkar to prepare a Draft Constitution for India?

1 1948

2 1946

3 1949

4 1947

Q Who was the first Indian Army officer to be promoted to the rank of field marshal?

1 Karam Singh

2 Sam Manekshaw

3 K M Cariappa

4 Vikram Batra

0 Which of the following universities was founded by Kumaragupta, the ruler of the
Gupta dynasty

1 Delhi University

2 Taxila University

3 Nalanda University

4 Pune University

Q Mangal Pandey was hanged to death for attacking British officers in Barrackpore
on __.

1 27 March 1857

2 29 March 1857

3 23 March 1857

4 31 March 1857

Q ‘Wings of Fire’ is a famous autobiography of which Indian scientist?

1 CV Raman

2 Homi J Bhabha

3 Vikram Sarabhai

4 APJ Abdul Kalam

Q In which state of India is the Pattadakal dance festival held?

1 Karnataka

2 Jharkhand

3 Manipur

4 Assam

Q Tapeworm belongs to which group of the animal kingdom?

1 Platyhelminthes

2 Porifera

3 Annelida

4 Coelenterata

Q Which of the following gases shields the surface of earth from ultraviolet (UV)
radiation from the sun?

1 Carbon dioxide

2 Oxygen

3 Carbon monoxide

4 Ozone

Q The Great Indian Novel is written by the famous politician __.

1 Shashi Tharoor

2 Varun Gandhi

3 AK Antony

4 Derek O’Brien

Q Which part of the Constitution of India talks about the Directive Principles of State
Policy?

1 Part V

2 Part III

3 Part II

4 Part IV

Q Which of the following is an Indian game of snake boat race?

1 Field hockey

2 Mallakhamb

3 Kho-Kho

4 Vallam kali

Q Who among the following founded Brahmo Samaj in Calcutta (Kolkata)?

1 Raja Ram Mohan Roy

2 Ishwar Chandra Vidyasagar

3 Swami Dayanand Saraswati

4 Swami Vivekanand

Q Kalamandalam Kalyanikutty Amma is known for which classical dance form?

1 Manipuri

2 Mohiniyattam

3 Kuchipudi

4 Odissi

Q In which state of India is the Gulbarga Fort situated?

1 Uttar Pradesh

2 Himachal Pradesh

2 Karnataka

4 Assam

Q In which state of India is Saga Dawa or the Triple Blessed Festival celebrated?

1 Andhra Pradesh

2 Uttar Pradesh

3 Sikkim

4 Karnataka

Q Who among the following persuaded Mahatma Gandhi to allow women to join the Salt
Satyagraha movement?

1 Annie Besant

2 Ashalata Sen

3 Kamaladevi Chattopadhyay

4 Ambabai

Q Who among the following devised the policy ‘Doctrine of Lapse’?

1 Lord Dalhousie

2 Lord Cornwallis

3 Lord Canning

4 Lord Mountbatten

Q Which of the following does NOT belong to Arthropoda group of animal kingdom?

1 Cockroach

2 Octopus

3 Butterfly

4 Spider

Q Which of the following enzymes is found in saliva of human body which breaks down
starch into simple sugar?

1 Trypsin

2 Amylase

3 Renin

4 Pepsin

Q Which of the following is an autobiography of Barack Obama?

1 Matters of Discretion

2 Dreams from my Father: A Story of Race and Inheritance

3 The Test of my life

4 Chronicles

Q Yamini Krishnamurthy is known for which classical dance form?

1 Mohiniyattam and Manipuri

2 Kuchipudi and Mohiniyattam

3 Bharatanatyam and Kuchipudi

4 Manipuri and Odissi

Q Name the album for which Pandit Ravi Shankar won the Grammy award in 1967.

1 Full circle

2 Concert for Bangladesh

3 West Meets East

4 Three Ragas

Q Who among the following Indian dancers was the first woman in Indian history to be
nominated as a member of the Rajya Sabha?

1 Madhuri Dixit

2 Rukmini Devi Arundale

3 Mallika Sarabhai

4 Saroj Khan

Q Who among the following freedom fighters of India revived the Indian National Army
‘Azad Hind Fauj’ (which was formed in 1942 by Rash Behari Bose and Captain-General
Mohan Singh) in the year 1943?

1 Bhagat Singh

2 Mahatma Gandhi

3 Subhas Chandra Bose

4 Jawaharlal Nehru

Q In which state of India is the Natyanjali festival celebrated?

1 Rajasthan

2 Tamil Nadu

2 Uttar Pradesh

4 Goa

Q Who among the following was Akbar’s revenue minister?

1 Birbal

2 Raja Man Singh

3 Tansen

4 Todar Mal

Q Who is the author of the book ‘Gone Girl’?

1 Gillian Flynn

2 Anna Burns

3 Damon Galgut

4 Yann Marte

Q Which of the following glands/organs in human body secretes bile juice?

1 Liver

2 Pineal

3 Pituitary

4 Pancreas

Q The feature of Fundamental Rights in the Indian Constitution is borrowed from the
Constitution of _.

1 Australia’

2 Ireland

3 Britain

4 United States of America

Q Bonalu is a Hindu festival celebrated to worship Goddess Mahakali in which of the
following states?

1 Kerala

2 Assam

3 Telangana

4 Madhya Pradesh

Q Which of the following naturally occurring acids is present in ant sting?

1 Oxalic acid

2 Lactic acid

3 Citric acid

4 Methanoic acid

Q The oceanic crust of the earth mainly consists of __.

1 iron and alumina

2 silica and alumina

3 silica and magnesium

4 magnesium and nickel

Q Right to Education was added as a fundamental right in the Indian Constitution in
__.

1 2004

2 1997

3 2002

4 1986

Q In which of the following sites of Indus Valley Civilisation was ‘The Great Bath’ found?

1 Kalibangan

2 Dholavira

3 Mohenjo-Daro

4 Lothal

Q __ founded Satyashodhak Samaj, which campaigned against idolatry and
the caste system.

1 Debendranath Tagore

2 Jyotirao Govindrao Phule

3 Keshab Chandra Sen

4 Raja Ram Mohan Roy

Q In which state of India is the Sri Brahmapureeswarar temple situated?

1 Andhra Pradesh

2 Rajasthan

3 Manipur

4 Tamil Nadu

Q ‘Waiting for a Visa’ is the autobiography of which of the following persons?

1 BR Ambedkar

2 Jawaharlal Nehru

3 Mahatma Gandhi

4 Indira Gandhi

Q In which of the following states is the Goncha Festival celebrated?

1 Odisha

2 Karnataka

3 Chhattisgarh

4 Jharkhand

Q What is the chemical formula of baking soda?

1 CaSO4

2 Na2CO3

3 NH4Cl

4 NaHCO3

Q Ghiyasuddin Balban (1265-1286 AD), ruler of the Slave dynasty, took up the title of
__.

1 NurMahal (light of the palace)

2 JahanPanah (protector of the world)

3 Zil-i-Ilahi (shadow of God)

4 Nur-al-Din (light of the faith)

Q The Treaty of Lahore was signed in 1846 between the British empire and __.

1 Maharani Chand Kaur

2 Maharaja Ranjit Singh

3 Maharaja Kharak Singh

4 Maharaja Duleep Singh

Q What is the sex ratio (Approx) of India as per Census 2011?

1 840 females per 1000 males

2 940 females per 1000 males

3 740 females per 1000 males

4 640 females per 1000 males

Q Which of the following festivals is associated with Rajasthan?

1 Gudi Padwa

2 Bundi Utsav

3 Matho Narang

4 Bonalu

Q Who among the following Indian musicians received the ‘Best Original Song’ award for
his composition in ‘Slumdog Millionaire’, at Oscars 2009?

1 Asha Bhosle

2 AR Rahman

3 Lata Mangeshkar

4 Gulzar

Q What was the pedestrian path for devotees to wave in homage to Stupa called in
Buddhist architecture?

1 Medhi

2 Anda

3 Chattra

4 Torana

Q As per Census 2011, which of the following is India’s most populated metropolitan
city?

1 Delhi

2 Mumbai

3 Kolkata

4 Chennai

Q The ‘Hornbill Festival’ is a celebration held every year from 1 to 10 December in ______. 

Ans 1. Uttarakhand 

2. Nagaland 

3. Kerala 

4. Haryana

Q ‘Jyotipunj’ is a book written by :

1 Jawahar Lal Nehru

2 Narendra Modi

3 IK Gujral

4 Manmohan Singh

Q The Kambala festival of Karnataka is essentially associated with what ?

1 Buffalo race

2 Cock fighting

3 Tribal dance

4 Bull fighting

Q ‘Fugdi’ is a traditional folk dance popular in which state of India ?

1 Gujarat

2 Goa

3 Assam

4 Manipur

Q Indian men’s hockey team won its first Olympic gold medal in which year?

Ans 1. 1928

2. 1920

3. 1956

4. 1922

Q How many Olympic Medals did India win in the sport of wrestling, as of 2024? 

Ans 1. Five

 2. Seven

3. Four 

4. Three

Wrestling : 7 Medals [ 2 Silver + 5 Bronze ]

KD Jadhav [ 1952 Helsinki Olympics ] , Sushil Kumar [ 2008 Beijing Olympics ] , Sushil Kumar [ 2012 London Olympics ] , Yogeshwar Dutt [ 2012 London Olympics ] , Sakshi Malik [ 2016 Rio Olympics ] , Ravi Kumar Dahiya {{ 2020 [ 2021 ] Tokyo Olympics and Bajrang Punia [ {{ 2020 [ 2021 ] Tokyo Olympics ]

Q Dandeli Wildlife Sanctuary is located in which of the following states? 

Ans 1. Kerala

 2. Karnataka

 3. Sikkim 

4. Jharkhand

Q Integrated Circuits [ ICs ] are related to which generation of computers .

1 First

2 Second

3 Third

4 Fourth

First Generation Computers [ Vaccum Tubes ] , Second Generation Computers [ Transistor ] , Third Generation Computers [ Integrated Circuits ] , Fourth Generation Computers [ Microprocessor ]

Q What is the name of Pt. Ravi Shankar’s autobiography? 

Ans 1. My Life, My Music 

2. Music is Life 

3. Musical Journey 

4. Music is My Life

Q In which year was the Pro Kabaddi League founded in India? 

Ans 1. 2013 

2. 2014 

3. 2016

 4. 2015

Pro Kabaddi Teams

Bengal Warriors , Bengaluru Bulls , Dabang Delhi , Gujarat Giants , Haryana Steelers , Jaipur Pink Panthers , Patna Pirates , Puneri Paltan , Tamil Thalaivas , Telugu Titans , U Mumba and UP Yoddhas

Q Thetakudi Harihara Vinayakram, an Indian percussionist, is known for popularising which of the following musical instruments?

 Ans 1. Ghatam

 2. Tabla

 3. Sitar 

4. Sarangi

Nikhil Banerjee [ Sitar ] Bickram Ghosh [ Tabla ] , Tulsidas Borkar [ Harmonium ] , Nagai R Muralidharan [ Violin ] , Hariprasad Chaurasia [ Flute / Bansuri ]  , Mohanan Chandrasekaran [ Violin ] , Ustad Zakir Hussain [ Tabla ] , Ustad Allah Rakha [ Tabla ] , Ustad Sabir Khan [ Tabla ] , Pt. Kishan Maharaj [ Tabla ] , Amjad Ali Khan [ Sarod ] , Sultan Khan [ Sarangi ] , S Balachander [ Veena ] , Sheikh Chinna Moula [ Nadaswaran ] , Umayalpuram K Sivaraman [ Mridangam ] , Rajeev Taranath [ Sarod ] , Pandit Swapan Chaudhuri [ Tabla ] , Hafiz Ali Khan [ Sarod ] , Lalgudi Gopala Iyer Jayaraman [ Violin ] , Asad Ali Khan [ rudra veena ] , Imrat Khan[ Sitar ] , Vilayat Khan [ Sitar ] ,  Vikku Vinayakaram [ Ghatam ] . Tanmoy Bose [ Tabla ] ,  Pandit Nikhil Jyoti Ghosh [ Tabla ] , Shahid Parvez [ Sitar ] , Ustad Bundu Khan [ Sarangi ] , Thetakudi Harihara Vinayakram [ Ghatam ] , Anokhelal Mishra [ Tabla ] ,  Totaram Sharma [ pakhawaj ] , Bismillah Khan [ Shehnai ]

Q Which group of animals are exclusively free living marine animals ?

1 Echinodermata

2 Arthropoda

3 Mollusca

4 Nematoda

Q Which of the following Articles ensures to provide free and compulsory education to all children in the age group of six to fourteen years as a Fundamental Right to Education?

Ans 1. 20A

2. 14

3. 18A

4. 21A

Q Who among the following Mauryan rulers fought the Kalinga War in 261 BC?

1 Ashoka

2 Bindusara

3 Chandragupta Maurya

4 Brihadratha

Q In a drama, Naresh spoke, “Swaraj is my birth right and I shall have it.’’ Who among
the following Indian freedom fighters said this slogan?

1 Lokmanya Bal Gangadhar Tilak

2 Bhagat Singh

3 Ambika Charan Majumdar

4 Mahatma Gandhi

Q What is the chemical name of the ionic compound NaCl?

1 Lithium chloride

2 Calcium iodide

3 Sodium chloride

4 Cesium fluoride

Q Which Article of the Constitution of India provides equal protection of the laws and
equality before the law?

1 Article 60

2 Article 30

3 Article 42

4 Article 14

Q According to the Indian Constitution, the Prime Minister shall be appointed by the
__.

1 Council of Ministers

2 President of India

3 Chief Justice of India

4 Speaker of the House of the people

Q Who among the following was given the title ‘Quaid-i-Azam’ ?

1 Jawaharlal Nehru

2 Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel

3 Mahatma Gandhi

4 Muhammad Ali Jinnah

Q Who among the following was the first Indian Governor of the Reserve Bank of India?

Ans 1. Morarji Desai

2. Liaquat Ali Khan

3. CD Deshmukh

4. KC Neogy

Q According to Newland’s Law of Octaves , how many elements exist in nature ?

1 56

2 66

3 76

4 86

Q What is the range of frequencies of sound waves audible to human beings?

1 20 Hz to 20 kHz

2 20 Hz to 30 kHz

3 20 Hz to 40 kHz

4 20 Hz to 50 kHz

Q Who is the only President in US history till date to have served two non-consecutive terms as US President ?

1 Grover Cleveland

2 Barack Obama

3 Ronald Reagan

4 Hary S Truman

Q Name the character in Mahabharata who was blessed with the ‘divine vision’ to see the Mahabharata battle and explain it scene by scene to the blind king Dhirtarashtra.

1 Sanjaya

2 Shakuni

3 Dhritarashtra

4 Gandhari

Q Name the only US President who also served as the Chief Justice of the US Supreme Court ?

1 William Howard Taft

2 Thomas Jefferson

3 Ronaldo Reagan

4 Bill Clinton

Q Junagadh Rock Inscription belongs to whom among the following rulers?

1 Bindusara

2 Satakarni I

3 Rudradaman I

4 Kanishka

Q Latin name of Sodium ______

1 Natrium

2 Argentum

3 Aurum

4 Calx

Latin name of Silver [ argentum ] , Latin name of Mercury [ hydrargyrum ] , Latin name of Gold [ aurum ] , Latin name of Calcium [ calx ]

Q In which country was Maria Antoinette , the last queen of France , born ?

1 Austria

2 Berlin

3 Hungary

4 Rome

0 All India Muslim League was formed in __.

1 1906

2 1910

3 1905

4 1908

Q ‘Ambubachi’ festival of Assam is celebrated in the month of __ every year.

1 January

2 December

3 June

4 March

Q According to the Socio-Economic Census 2015, which state has the largest population
of households with ‘destitute / living on alms’?

1 Tamil Nadu

2 Chhattisgarh

3 Odisha

4 Bihar

Q Which of the following Public Sector Undertakings does NOT have ‘Maharatna’ status? 

Ans 1. Steel Authority of India Limited

 2. Engineers India Limited 

3. GAIL (India) Limited 

4. Coal India Limited

Maharatna Companies

Coal India Limited [ CIL ] , Bharat Petroleum Corporation Limited [ BPCL ] , National Thermal Power Corporation Limited [ NTPC ] , Oil and Natural Gas Corporation [ ONGC ] , Steel Authority of India Limited [ SAIL ] , Indian Oil Corporation Limited [ IOCL ] , Hindustan Petroleum Corporation Limited [ HPCL ] , Gas Authority of India Limited [ GAIL ] , Power Grid Corporation of India [ POWER GRID ] , Bharat Heavy Electricals Limited [ BHEL ] ,  Power Finance Corporation [ PFC ] , Rural Electrification Corporation [ REC ] and Oil India Limited [ OIL ]

Q In which state of India is the Moatsu festival celebrated every year?

1 Karnataka

2 Jharkhand

3 Tamil Nadu

4 Nagaland

Q The medieval traveller Marco Polo was from:

1 Istanbul

2 Zurich

3 Venice

4 Paris

Q Karbi Anglong plateau is located in which area or state ?

1 Assam

2 Gujarat

3 Meghalaya

4 Himachal Pradesh

Q Who led the Nyaya Yudh movement in Haryana ?

1 Chaudhary Devi Lal Singh

2 Om Prakash Chautala

3 Bhupendra Singh Hooda

4 Neeraj Sharma

Q As per the estimation of Scholars, what was the total number of wells in Mohenjodaro? 

 1 About 150 

2 About 250

3 About 500

 4 About 700

Q Whole Earth experiences equal days and equal nights on which dates?

1 21 March and 23 September

2 4 January and 4 July

3 21 June and 22 December

4 24 January and 11 October

Q The Battle of Chandawar was fought between Mohammad Ghori and Jaichand of
Kannauj of the __ dynasty.

1 Gahadavala

2 Bactrian

3 Gupta

4 Chauhan

Q Who is the first Asian to have been honoured with the Nobel Prize for Economics ?

1 Amartya Sen

2 Hargobind Khorana

3 Mother Teresa

4 Chandrashekhar Venkataraman

Q Manipuri dance often depicts scenes from the life of which of the following Hindu
Gods or Goddess?

1 Goddess Durga

2 Lord Krishna

3 Lord Ram

4 Lord Hanuman

Q As per the census of 2011, what is the annual growth rate in population of India from 2001 to 2011?

1 2.16 percent

2 2.22 percent

3 1.97 percent

4 1.64 percent

Q Which of the following festival is known as the Jewish New Year?

1 Simchat Torah

2 Shemini Atzeret

3 Sukkot

4 Rosh Hashanah

Q Who among the following authors wrote “The Living Mountain”?

1 Nitin Gokhale

2 Kabir Bedi

3 Amitav Ghosh

4 Anindya Dutta

Q The Nanda Devi Fair is organised in the Kumaon region in the month of __ every
year.

1 September

2 May

3 December

4 February

Q Which of the following is a form of devotional poetry sung in praise of God Vithoba?

1 Abhang

2 Tevaram

3 Shabad

4 Bhatiali

Q Which of the following taxes was related to the land revenue (tax on agricultural land)
system of the Delhi sultanate?

1 Khams

2 Zakat

3 Kharaj

4 Jizya

Q Which of the following is the oldest tennis tournament in the world?

Ans 1. Wimbledon

2. French Open

3. Australian Open

4. US Open

Q The deficiency of which of the following vitamins causes Pellagra?

1 B5

2 B2

3 B1

4 B3

Q The revenue system of Mughal period during Akbar’s reign was called __.

1 Zabt

2 Charai

3 Ghari

4 Iqta

Q Lingaraja Temple is situated in which of the following states of India?

1 Odisha

2 Maharashtra

3 Karnataka

4 Tamil Nadu

Q Sayyid Ahmed Khan founded Mohammedan Anglo-Oriental College in _ in
1875.

1 Lahore

2 Calcutta

3 Aligarh

4 Delhi

Q What is the total number of periods and groups in the Modern Periodic Table?

1 Period : 7 Group : 9

2 Period : 18 Group : 7

3 Period : 7 Group : 18

4 Period : 9 Group : 7

Q In which of the following years was the peasant movement in Kheda led by Mahatma
Gandhi?

1 1918

2 1915

3 1916

4 1917

Q In which year did India win its first International Cricket Council(ICC) ODI World Cup?

1 1983

2 2011

3 2007

4 1992

Q Who among the following British Viceroys partitioned Bengal in 1905?

1 Lord Hardinge

2 Lord Irwin

3 Lord Lytton

4 Lord Curzon

Q What is the duration of a football match (in regular time)?

1 70 minutes

2 80 minutes

3 90 minutes

4 60 minutes

Q Through which of the following states does the Brahmaputra river enter India?

1 Punjab

2 Assam

3 Manipur

4 Arunachal Pradesh

 

Q In which year was the Deoband Seminary founded which published thousands of
fatwas telling Muslim readers how to conduct themselves in their everyday lives, and
explaining the meanings of Islamic doctrines?

1 1862

2 1867

3 1872

4 1860

Q Which of the following Articles of the Indian Constitution is related to the duration of
the Houses of Parliament?

1 Article 93

2 Article 101

3 Article 76

4 Article 83

Q Which of the following is also known as ‘New Stone Age’ in the civilisation history of
India?

1 Neolithic

2 Mesolithic

3 Paleolithic

4 Epipaleolithic

Q When Alivardi Khan died in 1756, __ became the nawab of Bengal.

1 Mir Jafar

2 Mir Qasim

3 Murshed Quli Khan

4 Siraj-ud-daulah

Q __ is used to get rid of indigestion.

1 Antiseptic

2 Antacid

3 Antibiotic

4 Analgesic

Q ‘Pandavani’ is the most celebrated folklore of __.

1 Chhattisgarh

2 Maharashtra

3 Karnataka

4 Rajasthan

Q Which of the following wetlands is located in Kerala?

1 Sandi Bird Sanctuary

2 Nandur Madhameshwar

3 Hokera Wetland

4 Sasthamkotta Lake

Q Which of the following is NOT one of ‘The Smart Triplets’ – the official mascots of the
2022 Asian Games?

1 Lianlian

2 Chenchen

3 Tazuni

4 Congcong

Q Which of the following festivals is also known as the ‘Manipuri New Year’?

1 Cheiraoba

2 Heikru Hidongba

3 Gang-Ngai

4 KUT

Q To which of the following dynasties did Queen Rudramadevi belong?

1 Vakataka

2 Western Ganga

3 Kakatiya

4 Chola

Q The ‘Procedure for Amendment of the Constitution’ in the Indian Constitution is
borrowed from which of the following country’s constitutions?

1 Russia

2 South Africa

3 Canada

4 Germany

Q Who invented the capillary feed fountainpen?

1 David Hughes

2 Alfred Nobel

3 Ian Donald

4 LE Waterman

Q The __ Rebellion in central India broke out in 1910.

1 Warli

2 Pabna

3 Kol

4 Bastar

Q The preamble of the Indian constitution is borrowed from the constitution of __.

1 USSR (Present Russia )

2 United States of America

3 Britain

4 Canada

Q With reference to the Sustainable Development Goals of the United Nations, which of
the following is Goal Number One?

1 Industry, innovation and infrastructure

2 No poverty

3 Reduced inequalities

4 Zero hunger

Q Which of the following Harappan sites is located in Afghanistan?

1 Kalibangan

2 Nageswar

3 Balakot

4 Shortughai

Q How many oxygen atoms are there in a molecule of ozone?

1 Three

2 Two

3 One

4 Four

Q Kolleru lake is located in the state of __.

1 Tamil Nadu

2 Andhra Pradesh

3 Uttarakhand

4 Kerala

Q Which of the following waterfalls is in the state of Goa?

1 Duduma

2 Gokak

3 Dudhsagar

4 Shivasamudram

Q In 1877, which of the following viceroys organised a durbar to acknowledge Queen
Victoria as the Empress of India?

1 Lord Ripon

2 Lord Dufferin

3 Lord Lytton

4 Lord Minto

Q In which year did Amartya Sen receive the Nobel Prize for Economics?

1 1997

2 1999

3 2004

4 1998

Q When is National Consumer Day observed in India?

1 26th December

2 24th December

3 24th November

4 26th November

Q In which of the following states are Mahadeo Hills mainly spread?

1 Madhya Pradesh

2 Uttar Pradesh

3 Chhattisgarh

4 Jharkhand

Q Which of the following is NOT a tribal group traditionally living in Andaman and
Nicobar Islands?

1 Sentinelese

2 Onge

3 Jarawa

4 Munda

Q Who among the following was the President of India when national emergency was
declared in the year 1975?

1 Zakir Husain

2 Varahagiri Venkata Giri

3 Neelam Sanjiva Reddy

4 Fakhruddin Ali Ahmed

Q Which of the following monuments is located in the state of Karnataka?

1 Gol Gumbaz

2 Bara Imambara

3 Qutub Minar

4 Charminar

The Gol Gumbad [ Or Gumbaz ] of Bijapur is the mausoleum of Mohammad Adil Shah . The mausoleum was designed by Yaqut of Dabul

Q Who is the author of ‘The Interpreter of Maladies’?

Ans 1. Jhumpa Lahiri

2. Alberto Vourvoulias

3. Anita Desai

4. Amitav Ghosh

Q ‘Behdienkhlam’ is a traditional dance festival of which state?

Ans 1. Tamil Nadu

2. Gujarat

3. Chhattisgarh

4. Meghalaya

Q Who among the following players wrote his autobiography entitled ‘The Race of My Life’? 

Ans 1. Mary Kom 

2. Milkha Singh 

3. Yuvraj Singh

 4. Kapil Dev

Q In which state did the ‘Saila’ dance originate? The dance is performed by boys after the harvest season.

Ans 1. Bihar

2. Jharkhand

3. Chhattisgarh

4. Odisha

Q ‘The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn’ is a book written by __.

1 Lewis Carroll

2 Mark Twain

3 Ruskin Bond

4 Rudyard Kipling

Q In 1526, __ defeated Ibrahim Lodi at Panipat and captured Delhi and Agra.

1 Genghis Khan

2 Timur

3 Miran Shah

4 Babur

Q Military commanders in Akbar’s empire were called ‘__’.

1 diwans

2 faujdars

3 kotwals

4 bakhshis

Q Dashain is the longest and the most important festival of __.

1 Myanmar

2 Bhutan

3 Sri Lanka

4 Nepal

Q In which year was the Reserve Bank of India established?

1 1942

2 1947

3 1932

4 1935

Q Which is the tallest waterfall of India with a height of 1,493 ft?

Ans 1. Thalaiyar Falls, Tamil Nadu

2. Barkana Falls, Karnataka

3. Kunchikal Falls, Karnataka

4. Meenmutty Falls, Kerala

Q Jagoi is a major style of which of the following forms of Indian classical dance? 

Ans 1. Sattriya

 2. Kathak 

3. Manipuri 

4. Odissi

Q Name the professional Indian basket player who became the first ever player to be drafted form India into the National Basketball Association [ NBA ] ?

1 Satnam Singh Bhamara

2 Jaipal Singh Munda

3 Sailen Manna

4 Talimeren Ao

Q The first train inaugurated in 1853 was between which two stations?

Ans 1. Mumbai and Surat

2. Mumbai and Thane

3. Delhi and Chandigarh

4. Bangalore and Mysore

Q In which of the following states is the Phodong monastery situated?

Ans 1. Uttar Pradesh

2. Bihar

3. Arunachal Pradesh

4. Sikkim

Q Which of the following festivals is celebrated as a kite-flying festival across India?

Ans 1. Durga Puja

2. Holi

3. Janmashtami

4. Makar Sankranti

Q As per the eighth Schedule of the Constitution of India, how many languages are referred to as scheduled languages?

Ans 1. 14

2. 20

3. 22

4. 18

Q The fifth incarnation of Vishnu is known as:

Ans 1. Varaha

2. Krishna

3. Vamana

4. Narasimha

Q Santosh Trophy’ is an award for the winning team of ______.

Ans 1. hockey

2. football

3. volleyball

4. basketball

Q Who among the following is the co-founder of Twitter?

Ans 1. Tim Berners-Lee

2. Jack Dorsey

3. Narayan Murthy

4. Bill Gates

Q Who is the author of the book ‘The Tales of Beedle The Bard‘?

1 Roald Dahl

2 JK Rowling

3 Lewis Carroll

4 EB White

Q As per the Constitution of India, a member of Union Public Service Commission holds
office for a period of six years or till he/she attains the age of __ years.

1 60

2 62

3 65

4 68

Q The Finance Commission of India is constituted by the __ under Article 280 of the
Constitution.

1 Supreme Court

2 Vice-President

3 President

4 High Court

Q Which of the following states of matter is also known as the Bose-Einstein
condensate?

1 Second

2 Third

3 Fourth

4 Fifth

Q Sachin Tendulkar scored his first ODI century in his ____ match.

Ans 1. 76th

2. 79th

3. 78th

4. 77th

Q Vitamin B Complex consists of how many vitamins?

Ans 1. 5

2. 8

3. 6

4. 7

Vitamin B complex

B1 [ Thiamine ] , B2 [ Riboflavin ] , B3 [ Niacin ] , B5 [ Pantothenic acid ] , B6 [ Pyridoxine ] , B7 [ Biotin ] , B9 [ Folic acid ] and B12 [ Cobalamin ]

Q As of 2024, who among the following had the distinction of having scored the most goals at a single tournament in the entire history of FIFA World Cup?

Ans 1. Just Fontaine

2. Pele

3. Zinedine Zidane

4. Diego Maradona

Q Who was the founder of Pala Dynasty?

Ans 1. Dharampala

2. Mahipala

3. Ramapala

4. Gopala

Q Raj Ghat is the memorial of ____

1 Indira Gandhi

2 Rajiv Gandhi

3 Mahatma Gandhi

4 Jawaharlal Nehru

Q Who wrote the book ”Two Fate -The Story of My Divorce’‘?

1 Judy Balan

2 Jane Austen

3 Anita Desai

4 Sudha Murty

Q Kye Gompa, the largest centre of Buddhist learning in the Western Himalayas, is
situated in the state/union territory of __.

1 Punjab

2 Jammu & Kashmir

3 Uttarakhand

4 Himachal Pradesh

Q बिष्णुपुर मंदिर समूह [ Bishnupur ] भारत के किस राज्य मेंस्थित है?

1 पश्चिम बंगाल

2 मध्य प्रदेश

3 असम

4 बिहार

Q How many states share their boundary with Bangladesh ?

1 Four

2 Five

3 Three

4 Six

India has a land boundary of about 15 ,200 km . The total length of the coastline of the mainland , Lakshadweep Islands , and Andaman and Nicobar Islands are 7,516.6 km

Bangladesh [ 4096 km ] : 5 States [ West Bengal , Assam , Meghalaya , Tripura & Mizoram ]

 Bhutan [ 699 km ] : 4 States [ Sikkim , West Bengal , Assam & Arunachal Pradesh ]

 Nepal [ 1751 km ] : 5 States [ Uttarakhand , Uttar Pradesh , Bihar , West Bengal & Sikkim ]

Myanmar [ 1643 km ] : 4 States [ Arunachal Pradesh , Nagaland , Manipur and Mizoram ]

Q The title of the autobiography of Rassundari Devi is :

1 Amar Jiban

2 Smritichitre: The Memoirs of a Spirited Wife

3 Raseedi Ticket

4 Aalo Aandhar

Q In which year was the post of National Security Advisor created in India?

1 1998

2 2000

3 2003

4 1999

Q In which state is Naharkatiya oil field situated?

1 Assam

2 West Bengal

3 Gujarat

4 Maharashtra

 Q The Rongker festival is celebrated by the Karbi tribe of ________.

Ans 1. Rajasthan

2. Assam

3. Himachal Pradesh

4. Ladakh

Q What is the national flower of Nepal ?

1 Shapla [ Water lily ]

2 Rhododdendron

3 Padauk

4 Blue Poppy

Q The length of a tennis court is _____ .

1 78 ft

2 70 ft

3 80 ft

4 73 ft

Q The Victoria Memorial Hall is located in the state of_______.

Ans 1. West Bengal

2. Uttar Pradesh

3. Punjab

4. Maharashtra

Q Who is known as the father of ”Civil Services” in India ?

1 Jawaher Lal Nehru

2 Charles Cornwallis

3 Morarji Desai

4 Warren Hastings

Q Who was the first women Chief Minister of an Indian state? 

Ans 1. Indira Gandhi

 2. Sucheta Kriplani 

3. Sarojini Naidu 

4. Mamta Banerjee

Q To which of the following incarnations of Vishnu is Dhanuyatra of Odisha’s Bargarh
district dedicated?

1 Lord Rama

2 Lord Varaha

3 Lord Krishna

4 Lord Vamana

Q Rauf and Hikat are the dance forms of __.

1 Manipur

2 Sikkim

3 Odisha

4 Jammu and Kashmir

Q Who among the following was the founder of Prarthana Samaj?

1 MG Ranade

2 Atmaram Pandurang

3 Jyotiba Phule

4 RC Bhandarkar

Q Which was the first country to introduce GST in the system ?

1 France

2 Canada

3 Australia

4 Germany

Q The ‘Kathopanished’ captures the conservation between a young boy named Nachiketas and a God . Which of the following Gods is talking to Nachiketas ?

1 Lord Yama

2 Lord Shiva

3 Lord Indra

4 Lord Kartikeya

Q The method of Election of the President of the India in the Constitution was taken from
the Constitution of _.

1 Ireland

2 Canada

3 South Africa

4 the Unites States of America

Q ‘The Godfather of Soul’ is an autobiography of __, who was one of the
greatest singer.

1 Kurt Cobain

2 Tina Turner

3 Johnny Cash

4 James Brown

Q One of the most famous speeches in US Presidential history is ‘The Gettysburg Address’ , Name the US President who gave this epochal speech

1 Ronald Reagan

2 Winston Churchill

3 George Washington

4 Abraham Lincoln

Q Which of the following books was written by Indian author RK Narayan?

1 The White Tiger

2 The Shadow Lines

3 Malgudi Days

4 Think Like a Monk

Q The value of universal gravitation [G] was determined by _____

1 Henry Cavendish

2 Issac Newton

3 Antoine Lavoisier

4 John Dalton

Q Of the following battles fought by Akbar, which one was the latest as compared to the
rest of the battles?

1 Second Battle of Panipat

2 Battle of Thanesar

3 Battle of Haldighati

4 Battle of Tukaroi

Q Which soils are widespread in the northern plains and the river valleys and cover
about 40% of the total area of India?

1 Laterite soil

2 Black soil

3 Alluvial soil

4 Red soil

Q Which instrument is used to measure very high temperature?

1 Fathometer

2 Pyrometer

3 Manometer

4 Salinometer

Q Which part of the Constitution of India deals with the relation between the Union and
the States?

1 Part XI

2 Part IX

3 Part VII

4 Part VIII

Q Which of the following genres of folk music can be linked to Madhya Pradesh?

1 Lavani

2 Dhankul

3 Bhavgeet

4 Maand

Q Which of the following is a Kharif crop in north and Rabi crop in south India?

1 Sunflower

2 Sesamum

3 Sugarcane

4 Ragi

Q Who discovered the smallpox vaccine?

1 Edward Jenner

2 Leon Calmette

3 Louis Pasteur

4 Jonas Salk

Q Vitamin K deficiency in our body leads to:

1 night-blindness

2 delayed clotting of blood

3 scurvy

4 interference with reproduction

Q The traditional dress called ‘Pano bhaju’ worn by women belongs to which state of India ?

1 Goa

2 Kerala

3 Assam

4 Mizoram

Q The ‘Sinhalese’ ethnic group is found in which of the following countries?

1 Nepal

2 Myanmar

3 Indonesia

4 Sri Lanka

Q The La Liga Trophy is associated with which sport?

1 Football

2 Weightlifting

3 Tennis

4 Cricket

Q Which of the following Vedas dealt with music?

1 Sama Veda

2 Rig Veda

3 Yajur Veda

4 Atharva Veda

Q What is the unit to measure the wavelength of light?

1 Dyne

2 Candela

3 Angstrom

4 Faraday

Q Which Indian Lawn Tennis player became the first Asian player to win the Boys’
Singles title at Wimbledon in 1954?

1 Vijay Amritraj

2 Ramesh Krishnan

3 Anand Amritraj

4 Ramanathan Krishnan

Q ‘Muya Awandru’ is a traditional food of this Indian state.

1 Chhattisgarh

2 Karnataka

3 Gujarat

4 Tripura

Q In which year did India give shelter to Dalai Lama, the Tibetan spiritual leader?

1 1962

2 1959

3 1960

4 1957

Q Who among the following built the first European fort in India in the year 1503?

1 French

2 Portuguese

3 British

4 Dutch

Q ‘Ratvai’ is a dance form associated with the __ tribes of India.

1 Jatapus

2 Khasi

3 Mewati

4 Bhil

Q What kind of a traditional sport is ‘Vallam Kali’?

1 Boat racing

2 Wrestling

3 Boxing

4 Running

Q Ace against Odds’ is an autobiography by __.

1 Mary Kom

2 Hima Das

3 Sania Mirza

4 Dutee Chand

Q What do you call the transparent front part of the eye?

1 Retina

2 Cornea

3 Pupil

4 Iris

Q In which state is Khangchendzonga Biosphere Reserve located?

1 Kerala

2 Jharkhand

3 Himachal Pradesh

4 Sikkim

Q The ‘Second Backward Classes Commission’ in 1979 was headed by:

1 Jai Prakash Narayan

2 BP Mandal

3 BR Ambedkar

4 VK Sahni

Q Who assassinated Michael O’Dwyer, the British official responsible for the Jallianwala
Bagh massacre?

1 Udham Singh

2 Chandra Shekhar Azad

3 Bhagat Singh

4 Ram Prasad Bismil

Q Thrissur Pooram festival It is celebrated in which of the following states? 

Ans 1. Karnataka 

2. Kerala 

3. Andhra Pradesh

 4. Tamil Nadu

Q Which United Nations agency is responsible for publishing the Human Development
Index (HDI) reports?

1 World Health Organization (WHO)

2 International Monetary Fund (IMF)

3 United Nations Development Programme (UNDP)

4 World Bank

Q Which of the following states is NOT associated with the classical dance form of Chhau?

Ans 1. Odisha 

2. West Bengal 

3. Tamil Nadu 

4. Jharkhand

Chhau dance

Purulia Chhau [ West Bengal ] , Seraikella Chhau [ Jharkhand ] and Mayurbhanj Chhau [ Odisha ]

Q In which year did the attack of Muhammad Bin Qasim take place?

1 867 AD

2 1120 AD

3 712 AD

4 750 AD

Q In total how many neighbouring countries are there of India?

1 6

2 4

3 9

4 8

Neighbouring Countries of India

9 [ Afghanistan , Bangladesh , Bhutan , China , Maldives , Myanmar , Nepal , Pakistan , and Sri Lanka ]

Q When was the Self Help Group (SHG) Bank Linkage Programme set up in India?

1 1976

2 1966

3 1992

4 1988

Q Who among the following founded the Arya Samaj in the year 1875?

1 Swami Vivekananda

Dadabhai Naoroji

3 Swami Dayananda Saraswati

4 Raja Ram Mohan Roy

Q ‘Ganga Sagar Mela’ is celebrated on the occasion of Makar Sankranti from 13 to 15 January every year in :

1 West Bengal

2 Bihar

3 Uttar Pradesh

4 Uttarakhand

Q Who is the author of the book titled ‘Quichotte’?

1 Vikram Seth

2 Salman Rushdie

3 Kiran Desai

4 Margaret Atwood

Q Bylakuppe Monastery (Namdroling) is situated in which state of India?

Ans 1. Arunachal Pradesh

2. Maharashtra

3. Himachal Pradesh

4. Karnataka

Q Pradhan Mantri Jeevan Jyoti Bima Yojana provides a life cover of __ to all
subscribing holders of bank accounts.

1 ₹4 lakh

2 ₹3 lakh

3 ₹2 lakh

4 ₹5 lakh

Q In which year was the Value Added Tax introduced in India?

1 2005

2 2010

3 2002

4 2007

Q Who among the following nationalist leaders was popularly known as ‘Deshbandhu‘?

1 Madan Mohan Malaviya

2 Chittaranjan Das

3 Dadabhai Naoroji

4 Ashutosh Mukherjee

Q In which of the following states is the Thousand Pillar temple located, in which
thousand pillars are built?

1 Tamil Nadu

2 Maharashtra

3 Kerala

4 Telangana

Q To which of the following states do ‘Kajali Paintings’, in which no brush is used,
traditionally belong?

1 Jharkhand

2 Rajasthan

3 Kerala

4 Tamil Nadu

Q Rukmini Devi Arundale is associated with which of the following dance forms?

1 Bharatnatyam

2 Kathak

2 Kathakali

4 Kuchipudi

Q Which of the following mirror is used in vehicles as a headlight?

1 Convex mirror

2 Double Convex mirror

3 Concave mirror

4 Plane mirror

Q Who was the founder of the Slave Dynasty?

1 Qutb-ud-din Aibak

2 Muhammad bin Tughluq

3 Alauddin Khilji

4 Iltutmish

Q Who among the following presides over the joint sitting of the two Houses of
Parliament?

1 Union Minister of Parliamentary Affairs

2 Deputy Chairman of the Rajya Sabha

3 Speaker of the Lok Sabha

4 Chairman of the Rajya Sabha

 Q ‘Matki’ is a popular folk dance of which of the following states?

Ans 1. Madhya Pradesh

2. Assam

3. Rajasthan

4. Bihar

Q Which of the following is a well known place for Chikankari embroidery?

Ans 1. Ranchi

2. Lucknow

3. Raipur

4. Indore

Q In which state of India is the Seshachalam biosphere reserve located?

Ans 1. Andhra Pradesh

2. Kerala

3. Tamil Nadu

4. Karnataka

Q Which governor general of India abolished Sati system in 1829 by declaring it an offence

Ans 1. Lord Wellesley

2. Lord William Bentinck

3. Lord Cornwallis

4. Lord Dalhousie

Q Who among the following was the first non-Indian to receive the Bharat Ratna, the highest Indian honour that can be given to civilians?

Ans 1. Josip Broz Tito

2. Nelson Mandela

3. Mikhail Gorbachev

4. Abdul Ghaffar Khan

Q Which state became the first fully organic farming state in India in 2016?

1 Assam

2 Sikkim

3 Punjab

4 Goa

Q Who among the following has written the Hindi novel ‘Kafan’?

Ans 1. Jaishankar Prasad

2. Sumitranandan Pant

3. Premchand

4. Mahadevi Verma

Q Shambhu Maharaj was Awarded the Padma Shri for his contribution to which of the following dances in India?

 Ans 1. Bharatanatyam

 2. Kuchipudi 

3. Kathak 

4. Manipuri

Q The Autobiography of an Unknown Indian’ is the autobiography of _____.

Ans 1. Nirad C. Chaudhuri

2. Inder Kumar Gujral

3. UV Swaminathan Iyer

4. Anna Chandy

Q With which musical instrument can you associate the name of Ali Akbar Khan?

Ans 1. Sarangi

2. Rudra Veena

3. Sarod

4. Been

Q Who among the following was the first non-Indian to receive the Bharat Ratna, the highest Indian honour that can be given to civilians?

Ans 1. Josip Broz Tito

2. Nelson Mandela

3. Mikhail Gorbachev

4. Abdul Ghaffar Khan

Q Which of the following dances is dedicated to temples and was earlier known as Sadir?

Ans 1. Manipuri

2. Kathakali

3. Bharatanatyam

4. Kathak

Q ‘Ankiya Nats’ are one-act plays distinct to the culture of __.

1. Bihar

2 Tamil Nadu

3 Odisha

4 Assam

Q As per state census 2011, which of the following is the least populous state of India?

Ans 1. Sikkim

2. Tamil Nadu

3. Kerala 

4. Odisha

Q As per Article 80 of the Constitution of India, the total number of members of the Rajya
Sabha cannot be more than:

1 240

2 250

3 235

4 260

Q Which of the following is the Jain festival, celebrated for eight days by the
Svetambaras, and for ten days as Dasalaksanaparvan by the Digambaras?

1 Navpad Oli

2 Paryushana

2 Jnan Panchami

4 Kartik Poornima

Q Who was the last king of the Mauryan dynasty?

1 Satadhanvan

2 Devavarman

3 Brihadratha

4 Samprati

Q What is the sex ratio of Kerala as per census 2011?

Ans 1. 1024

2. 1084

3. 1044

4. 1064

Q Who among the following wrote ‘Akbar Nama’?

Ans 1. Amir Khushro

2. Akbar

3. Abul Fazl

4. Birbal

Q The Joint Sitting of the Lok Sabha and Rajya Sabha need a __ quorum of the
Indian Parliament.

1 15%

2 5%

3 20%

4 10%

Q There are ______ hand gestures in Mohiniyattam which are mainly adopted from Hastalakshana Deepika text. 

Ans 1. 18 

2. 20 

3. 24 

4. 28

Q Which of the following cities will be the host of Summer Olympics 2028?

Ans 1. Los Angeles

2. New York

3. Michigan

4. Chicago

Q The Kanheri caves , built by Buddhists , are located in which of the following states ?

1 Maharashtra

2 Odisha

3 Rajasthan

4 Delhi

Q In which year did UNESCO include Yoga in its Intangible Cultural Heritage list?

Ans 1. 2014

2. 2016

3. 2018

4. 2015

S.No.	ICH Element	Year of Inscription
1	Tradition of Vedic chanting	2008
2	Ramlila, the traditional performance of the Ramayana	2008
3	Kutiyattam, Sanskrit theatre	2008
4	Ramman, religious festival and ritual theatre of the Garhwal Himalayas, India	2009
5	Mudiyettu, ritual theatre and dance drama of Kerala	2010
6	Kalbelia folk songs and dances of Rajasthan	2010
7	Chhau dance	2010
8	Buddhist chanting of Ladakh: recitation of sacred Buddhist texts in the trans-Himalayan Ladakh region, Jammu and Kashmir, India	2012
9	Sankirtana, ritual singing, drumming and dancing of Manipur	2013
10	Traditional brass and copper craft of utensil making among the Thatheras of Jandiala Guru, Punjab, India	2014
11	Yoga	2016
12	Nawrouz / Navruz	2016
13	Kumbh Mela	2017
14	Durga Puja	2021
15	Garba	2023

Q Who was the first Indian to ski to the North pole ?

1 Sanjay Thapur

2 Ajeet Bajaj

3 Arun Nayyar

3 Neal Paramjeet

Q Balijatra/Baliyatra festival is celebrated in which of the following states of India?

1 Odisha

2 Andhra Pradesh

3 Karnataka

4 Maharashtra

Q Who among the following was the first author writing in English to be conferred the Sahitya Akademi Award?

Ans 1. Anita Desai

2. Vikram Seth

3. Raja Rao

4.  RK Narayan [ The Guide ]

Q In which state of Myanmar do the Rohingyas primarily reside?

1 Shan

2 Kayah

3 Chin

4 Rakhine

Q Which is the national bird of Bangladesh ?

1 Magpie Robin

2 Raven

3 Red crowned crane

4 Monal

Q In which year was the Mehrangarh Fort established?

1 1459

2 1458

3 1456

4 1457

Q Janapada Geete, which includes the vachanas of Basavanna, is associated with the
state of __.

1 West Bengal

2 Kerala

3 Karnataka

4 Odisha

Q Which of the following is the oldest stock exchange in India?

1 BSE

2 NSE

3 CSE

4 DSE

Q Who has discovered Insulin ?

1 Finsen

2 Banting

3 Domagk

4 Salk

Q Which year was observed as the International Year of Freshwater?

1 2009

2 2000

3 2003

4 2007

Q Who among the following was India’s first world champion in any sport after
independence?

1 Wilson Jones

2 Milkha Singh

3 Lila Ram

4 Ramanathan Krishnan

Q Which of the following articles of the Constitution of India gives us a description of
‘Money Bill’?

1 123

2 95

3 110

4 127

Q The First Battle of Tarain was fought in the year __.

1 1204

2 1213

3 1157

4 1191

Q Which of the following is a fair held at the shrine of Mastan Shah Vali?

1 Pir Budhan fair

2 Dhamoni Urs

3 Hira Bhumia fair

4 Karam fair

Q The ‘Paitkar’ paintings are unique cultural symbols of __.

1 Chhattisgarh

2 Telangana

3 Jharkhand

4 Karnataka

Q Whose proclamation of November 1, 1858 declared that thereafter India would be
governed by and in the name of the British Monarch through a Secretary of State?

1 Queen Elizabeth’s

2 Queen Victoria’s

3 King Philips’

4 King Louis’

Q The Sangeet Natak Akademi Award for contribution to Performing Arts has been
conferred on artists since the year __.

1 1961

2 1959

3 1952

4 1950

Q Which of the following palaces is located in Thiruvananthapuram?

1 Chowmahalla Palace

2 Ujjayanta Palace

3 Kanakakkunnu Palace

4 Amber Palace

Q Rathwa ni Gher is a dance performed on the occasion of __ by the Rathwa tribe of
Gujarat.

1 Janmashtami

2 Makar Sankranti

3 Dussehra

4 Holi

Q Which Prime Minister among the following had signed the Assam Accord with the All
Assam Gana Sangram Parishad in 1985?

1 Rajiv Gandhi

2 IK Gujral

3 VP Singh

4 PV Narasimha Rao

Q Part __ of the Constitution of India provides for freedom of trade and commerce
within the country.

1 15

2 20

3 13

4 10

Q Pandit Madan Mohan Malviya is credited with popularising the slogan ‘__‘.

1 Inquilab Zindabad

2 Vande Mataram

3 Jai Jawan Jai Kisan

4 Satyameva Jayate

Q __ succumbed to injuries inflicted on him during a peaceful demonstration
against the Simon Commission.

1 Gopal Krishna Gokhale

2 Bal Gangadhar Tilak

3 Lala Lajpat Rai

4 Bipin Chandra Pal

Q Which among the following festival marks the menstruation period of the Goddess Kamakhya in Assam? 

Ans 1. Moatsu 

2. Chapchar Kut

 3. Wangala 

4. Ambubachi Mela

Q Who has been awarded Sangeet Natak Akademi Award in the year 2016 for the contribution to Chhau?

 1. Sitara Devi 

2. Kalamandalam Kalyanikutty Amma 

3. Gopal Prasad Dubey

4. Tanjore Balasaraswati

Q In which of the following union territories was the highest literacy rate recorded in 2011?

 Ans 1. Daman and Diu 

2. Andaman and Nicobar 

3. Puducherry 

4. Lakshadweep

Q With which of the following states/union territories is the Dumhal folk dance associated

Ans 1. Haryana

2. Andaman and Nicobar Islands

3. Jammu and Kashmir

4. Arunachal Pradesh

Q In which of the following states is Bishnupur, famous for terracotta temples, located?

1 Telangana

2 West Bengal

3 Meghalaya

4 Gujarat

Q Which of the following texts gives the most detailed account of the history of
Kashmir?

1 Meghadutam

2 Rajatarangini

3 Ritusamhara

4 Abhijananashakuntalam

Q The All India Muslim League was founded in 1906 at:

1 Bombay

2 Lucknow

3 Lahore

4 Dacca

Q Which of the following are the cellular structures responsible for protein synthesis?

1 Ribosomes

2 Mitochondria

3 Lysosomes

4 Golgi apparatus

Q Chang Lo tribal dance is performed by the Chang tribe of ____________. 

Ans 1. Chhattisgarh 

2. Nagaland 

3. Goa 

4. Madhya Pradesh

Q ‘Thaipoosam’ festival is celebrated in which state of India?

Ans 1. Bihar

2. Andhra Pradesh

3. Tamil Nadu

4. Goa

Q Which of the following is the largest mangrove forest in the world?

1 Godavari-Krishna Mangroves

2 Sundarbans Reserve Forest

3 Gulf of Panama Mangroves

4 Pichavaram Forest

Q The deficiency of Vitamin __ causes Pellagra.

1 B2

2 B3

3 B6

4 B12

Q Wangala is a popular harvest festival of which Indian state?

1 Assam

2 Manipur

3 Meghalaya

4 Tripura

Q Which of the following scripts is considered as the mother of all modern Indian
scripts?

1 Bengali-Assamese

2 Devanagari

3 Harappan

4 Brahmi

Q Statistics Day of India is celebrated each year on 29 June to mark the birth anniversary
of:

1 PC Mahalanobis

2 Raghu Raj Bahadur

3 KC Sreedharan Pillai

4 CR Rao

Q Human Development Report is published by:

1 United Nations Development Program

2 United Nations Conference on Trade and Development

3 United Nations Child and Education Fund

4 United Nations Capital Development Fund

Q Who is the only woman in the world to have received multiple Nobel Prizes ?

1 Mother Teresa

2 Marie Curie

3 Jane Adams

4 Aung San Suu Kyi

Q To file the nomination for the post of Vice President, the candidate must be proposed
by at least _ electors.

1 25

2 30

3 40

4 20

Q National Waterway-1 of India covers:

1 Sadiya-Dhubri stretch of the Brahmaputra river

2 Haldia-Allahabad stretch of the Ganga-Bhagirathi-Hooghly river

3 Kollam-Kottapuram stretch of West Coast Canal and Champakara and Udyogmandal
canals

4 Assam-Mizoram stretch of Barak river

Q Which of the following were ‘Tanka’ and ‘Jital’ during the time of Muslim ruler
Iltutmish?

1 A revenue officer

2 Land assignment

3 Type of currency

4 An army officer

Q The Official Mascot of the FIFA Women’s World Cup Australia & New Zealand 2023 was ____

1 La’eeb

2 Cong Cong

3 Tazuni

4 LianLian

Q Classical musician Vilayat Khan is associate with which musical instrument ?

1 Sitar

2 Tabla

3 Shehnai

4 Flute

Q ‘Kunbi Dance’ is a popular dance associated with which Indian state ?

1 Goa

2 Sikkim

3 Mizorma

4 Haryana

Q In which state of India is the Similipal biosphere reserve located?

Ans 1. Andhra Pradesh

2. Kerala

3. Odisha

4. Karnataka

Q ‘Bidesia’ dance belongs to which state of India ?

1 Bihar

2 Kerala

3 Himachal Pradesh

4 Maharashtra

Q The God of Small Things’, a winner of the 1997 Booker Prize, is the debut novel of which of the following Indian writers?

Ans 1. Jhumpa Lahiri

2. Anita Desai

3. Arundhati Roy

4. Kiran Desai

Q After the death of Buddha, at which of the following places was the first Buddhist
council held?

1 Sanchi

2 Rajgriha

3 Sarnath

4 Kapilvastu

Q Which of the following is the only water-soluble vitamin that can be stored in the liver
for many years?

1 Vitamin C

2 Vitamin B-12

3 Vitamin K

4 Vitamin D

Q Sushmita Sen won the Miss Universe Title in which year ?

1 1994

2 1997

3 2000

4 1999

Q How many Indian states share border with Bhutan?

Ans 1. 4

2. 5

3. 2

4. 3 

Four Indian states share their borders with Bhutan [ 699 ]

West Bengal, Sikkim, Assam and Arunachal Pradesh

Q Name the author of ‘The Incredible Adventures of Professor Shonku’ ?

1 Satyajit Ray

2 Karan Johar

3 Dev Ananda

4 Dilip Kumar

Q Hawa Mahal was built by Maharaja Sawai Pratap Singh in :

1 1799

2 1734

3 1854

4 1921

Q ‘My Unforgettable Memories’ book written by____

1 Mamta Banerjee

2 Manmohan Singh

3 Narendra Modi

4 IK Gujral

Q Who composed the play ‘Mrichchhakatika’?

1 Bhans

2 Atul

3 Kalidasa

4 Sudraka

Q Who is popularly known as ‘Picasso of India’ ?

1 MF Hussain

2 Tyeb Mehta

3 SH Raza

4 Jamini Roy

Q In the Punjabi festival of Lohri , which element of the nature is worshiped ?

1 Fire

2 Air

3 Earth

4 Water

Q What should be the standard length of a tennis court according the laws of the International Tennis Federation (ITF) ?

Ans 1. 23.77 m

2. 22.45 m

3. 26.42 m

4. 25.34 m

Q Who founded Project Nanhi Kali in 1996 ?

1 Anand Mahindra

2 Rata Tata

3 Azim Premji

4 Narayan Murthy

Q Which of the following years is related to the SARFAESI Act?

1 2002

2 2000

3 1999

4 2004

Q The ‘Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh’ was founded in which of the following districts of
Maharashtra?

1 Amravati

2 Nagpur

3 Ahmednagar

4 Pune

Q Which singer entered the Guinness World Records for the most single studio recordings ?

1 Asha Bhosale

2 Kishore Kumar

3 Mohammad Rafi

4 Lata Mangeshkar

Q Which was discovered by the Scottish physician Daniel Rutherford in 1772 ?

1 Nitrogen

2 Oxygen

3 Hydrogen

4 Sodium

Q ‘Pathfinder‘ , an American Spacecraft , landed on which planet in 1997 ?

1 Mars

2 Venus

3 Moon

4 Jupiter

Q How many Permanent Members are there in United Nations Security Council ?

1 5

2 10

3 15

4 20

Five Permanent Member of United Nations Security Council

Russia , China , France , the United Kingdom and the United States

Q The hotel Taj Lake Palace , built in the middle of Lake Pichola , is in which city?

1 Udaipur

2 Jaipur

3 Jodhpur

4 Jaisalmer

Q Henry Cavendish discovered hydrogen in which year ?

1 1766

2 1781

3 1774

4 1772

Q Who wrote the famous book ”We, the People” ?

1 Nani Palkhivala

2 LK Advani

3 IK Gujral

4 Shashi Tharoor

Q Ustad Amjad Ali is famous for playing which instrument —

1 Sarod

2 Sitar

3 Shehnai

4 Harmonium

Q Katal is the unit of ____

1 catalytic activity

2 radiant intenstiy

3 luminous intensity

4 permeability

Q Onam is a festival celebrated in which Indian state :

1 Kerala

2 Karnataka

3 Goa

4 Tamil Nadu

Q Boy : Tales of Childhood’ is an autobiographical book by __.

1 Mark Twain

2 Ruskin Bond

3 Lewis Carroll

4 Roald Dahl

Q The absolute refractive index of __ is 2.42.

1 crown glass

2 diamond

3 water

4 air

Q Which of the following environmentalists was awarded the Stockholm Water Prize in
2015?

1 Anadish Pal

2 Vandana Shiva

3 Tulsi Gowda

4 Rajendra Singh

Q Name the scientist who discovered bacteria .

1 AV Leeuwenhoek

2 Robert Hooke

3 Carl Linnaeus

4 Zacharias Janssen

Q Name the painter of the famous painting , ‘Mahishasura’ .

1 Tyeb Mehta

2 MF Hussain

3 Amrita Sher-Gil

4 Raja Ravi Verma

Q Rs. 10 banknote of Mahatma Gandhi (New) series has base colour of ______. 

Ans 1. chocolate brown 

2. stone grey 

3. fluorescent blue 

4. lavender

Rs. 10 banknote of Mahatma Gandhi (New) series has base colour of chocolate brown

Rs. 20 banknote of Mahatma Gandhi (New) series has base colour of greenish yellow

Rs. 50 banknote of Mahatma Gandhi (New) series has base colour of fluorescent blue. 

Rs. 100 banknote of Mahatma Gandhi (New) series has base colour of lavender

Rs. 200 banknote of Mahatma Gandhi (New) series has base colour of bright yellow

Rs. 500 banknote of Mahatma Gandhi (New) series has base colour of stone grey

Rs. 2000 banknote of Mahatma Gandhi (New) series has base colour of magenta

Q Sammakka-Sarakka Jatara is celebrated in which of the following states of India?

Ans 1. Chhattisgarh

2. Odisha

3. Telangana

4. Tamil Nadu

Q Who discovered the South Pole?

1 Vasco-D-Gama

2 Captain James cook

3 Amundsen

4 Robert Edwin Peary

Q What is the SI unit of ‘luminous intensity’?

1 watt

2 Joule

3 ampere

4 candela

Q Who among the following has written the book ‘Three Thousand Stitches: Ordinary People, Extraordinary Lives’ ?

Ans 1. Arundhati Roy

2. Shashi Deshpande

3. Sudha Murty

4. Anita Nair

Q Provisions regarding “Term of office of President of India ” , has been discussed in
which article of Indian constitution?

1 Article – 56

2 Article – 53

3 Article – 55

4 Article – 54

Q The ‘Veeragase’ dance, performed during the Dusshera festival holds a special place in the folk dances of the state of ______.

Ans 1. Assam

2. Odisha

3. Karnataka

4. Sikkim

Q The northern-most himalayan range is known as the __.

1 Himadri

2 Aravali

3 Parasnath

4 Shivalik

Q In which layer of atmosphere does the meteorites burn up on entering from the space?

1 Exosphere

2 Mesosphere

3 Thermosphere

4 Stratosphere

Q Who among the following has composed the play “Bharat Durdasha”?

1 Mahatma Gandhi

2 Dinabandhu Mitra

3 Bhartendu Harish Chandra

4 Bankim Chandra Chatterjee

Q When did the Indian Army liberate Goa from the Portuguese and declare it a Union
Territory?

1 1961

2 1952

3 1967

4 1969

Q Which Commission recommended 27% reservation for OBC candidates in all levels of
government services?

1 Sarkaria Commission

2 Kothari Commission

3 Mandal Commission

4 Balwant Commission

Q Assam Himalayas lies between which of the following two rivers?

1 Between the Kali and Tista rivers

2 Between Indus and Satluj rivers

3 Between Tista and Dihang rivers

4 Between Satluj and Kali rivers

Q __ was one of the first Indian rulers to lead an armed rebellion against the British
East India Company in 1824 against the implementation of the Doctrine of Lapse.

1 Jayi Rajaguru

2 Kittur Chennamma

3 Titumir

4 Pazhassi Raja

Q In which year was the Treaty of Salbai signed?

1 1773

2 1782

3 1794

4 1799

Q In which of the following states is Bhiti Chitra (fresco painting) a popular art form?

1 Karnataka

2 Maharashtra

3 Haryana

4 Nagaland

Q Who among the following social reformers founded an educational institution, Hindu
Widows Home, in Poona in the year 1896?

1 Tatya Tope

2 Puli Thevar

3 Dhondo Keshav Karve

4 Nanaji Deshmukh

Q Which of the following is the largest cell in the human body?

1 Osteoclast

2 Ovum

3 Sperm

4 Neurons

Q Which part of a flower is the sticky surface at the top of the pistil, it traps and holds
the pollen?

1 Stigma

2 Sepal

3 Style

4 Ovary

Q The European Champions Cup or Heineken Cup is associated with which sport?

1 Football

2 Hockey

3 Cricket

4 Rugby

Q ‘Povada dance’ is a performing art from the state of __.

1 Maharashtra

2 Gujarat

3 Rajasthan

4 Kerala

Q What does Article 360 of the Constitution of India provide with?

1 Right to property

2 Right to life

3 Financial emergency

4 Fundamental duties

Q Nyctalopia, more commonly known as Night Blindness, is caused by the deficiency of
which nutrient?

1 Vitamin C

2 Vitamin A

3 Magnesium

4 Potassium

Q Who among the following developed the Cholera vaccine in 1885?

1 Leon Calmette

2 Edward Jenner

3 Jaime Ferrán

4 Jonas Salk

Q In which of the following cities was the Veda Samaj established in 1864?

1 Calcutta (now Kolkata)

2 Calicut

3 Madras (now Chennai)

4 Bombay (now Mumbai)

Q Under the rule of which king was the Sun Temple at Konark built ?

1 Anantavarman Chodaganga

2 Samudragupta

3 Narasimhadeva 1

4 Anantha Padmanbhan

Q Which of the following monuments is also known as the ‘Taj of the Deccan’?

1 Qutb Minar

2 Chand Minar

3 Mahabat Maqbara

4 Bibi ka Maqbara

Q The two epics, ‘Raghuvamsha’ and ‘Kumarasambhava’ are works of __.

1 Kalidas

2 Sivananda

3 Valmiki

4 Ramdas

Q Which Part of the Constitution of India deals with citizenship?

1 Part 3

2 Part 2

3 Part 6

4 Part 5

Q The size of the pupil of the eye is controlled by the __.

1 retina

2 iris

3 cornea

4 blind spot

Q Sponges belong to phylum __ of the animal kingdom.

1 Echinodermata

2 Porifera

3 Mollusca

4 Aschelminthes

Q Who among the following established a Sanskrit college in Banaras in 1794?

1 William Bentick

2 Jonathan Duncan

3 Wareen Hastings

4 William Jones

Q ‘Harshacharita’ (The Deeds of Harsha), which is the biography of Indian Emperor
Harsha, was written by _.

1 Rabindranath Tagore

2 Banabhatta

3 Swami Sivananda

4 Valmiki

Q The Paithani saree weaving industry is in which state?

1 Rajasthan

2 Assam

3 Maharashtra

4 Gujarat

Q Which of the following Indian festivals is celebrated by suspending a pot containing
butter, curd, etc. high above the ground with people trying to break it by forming
human pyramids?

1 Ramnavami

2 Janmashtami

3 Sankranti

4 Ugadi

Q What does Ornithology deal with?

1 Study of fish

2 Study of insects

3 Study of reptiles and amphibians

4 Study of birds

Q _______ is the harvest festival of the Kodava community of Coorg .

1 Madai

2 Bhagoria

3 Theyyam

4 Puthari

Q Ancient Indian manuscripts were usually written on palm leaves or the bark of the
__ tree, which grows in the Himalayas.

1 boxwood

2 cedar

3 birch

4 maple

Q Who is the author of the book ‘The Best Thing About You is You’?

1 Annu Kapoor

2 Anupam Kher

3 Amitabh Bachchan

4 Anil Kapoor

Q Which of the following is a Palaeolithic site of archaeological importance in India?

1 Hunasagi

2 Mehrgarh

3 Burzahom

4 Chirand

Q Which of the following is a book by Lewis Carroll?

1 Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland

2 The Jungle Book

3 The Man Who Would be King

4 Rikki-Tikki-Tavi

Q Which of the following is a dance form from the state of Uttarakhand?

1 Rouf

2 Choliya

3 Therukoothu

4 Kutiyattam

Q Which of the following is a book by former Prime Minister of India, Indira Gandhi?

1 Discovery of India

2 My Truth

3 My Experiments with Truth

4 Wings of Fire

Q Which Indian finance minister was India’s delegate to the World Monetary Conference
at Bretton Woods in 1944?

1 CD Deshmukh

2 KC Neogy

3 John Mathai

4 RK Shanmukham Chetty

Q The tenth day after __ Navratri is celebrated as Dussehra or Vijayadashami.

1 Chaitra

2 Magha Gupt

3 Ashadha Gupt

4Sharad

Q The river Indus was called __ by the Iranians and the Greeks about 2500 years
ago.

1 Vipasa

2 Karnali

3 Vitasta

4 Hindos

Q __ is a palace in Jaipur, built by Sawai Pratap Singh.

1 Hawa Mahal

2 Umaid Bhavan

3 Lallgarh Palace

4 Sajjangarh Palace

Q We celebrate ‘Samvidhan Divas’ on __ every year, to commemorate the adoption
of the Constitution of India.

1 26th November

2 15th August

3 26th January

4 15th September

Q Article __ of the Constitution of India deals with freedom to manage religious
affairs.

1 21

2 26

3 56

4 44

Q __ is a dance which combines speech, mime and pure dance.

1 Bharatanatyam

2 Kuchipudi

3 Mohiniattam

4 Kathakali

Q In which year did the Indian gymnast Dipa Karmakar participate in the Olympics? 

Ans 1. 2008

 2. 2012

 3. 2016 

4. 2020

Q Where did India plays its first ONE DAY INTERNATIONAL [ ODI ] match?

1 Headingley

2 Sydney

3 Melbourne

4 Bombay

First Test match	1932
First ODI match	1974
First T20 match	2006

Q Which dance style is called as poor man’s Kathakali in Kerala ?

1 Ottamthullal

2 Chakyar Koothu

3 Puli Kali

4 Padayani

Q Which of the following states will you go to enjoy the famous Gaura-Gauri Puja that is celebrated every year?

Ans 1. Gujarat

2. Chhattisgarh

3. Rajasthan

4. Uttarakhand

Q Kagyed dance, a customary dance festival which is celebrated annually in Sikkim falls in which month?

Ans 1. May

2. October

3. December

4. August

Q For how many days is the Hornbill festival held?

1 5

2 10

3 15

4 20

Q The title of the autobiography of actor Dilip Kumar is __________

Ans 1. Cracking The Code: My Journey in Bollywood

2. Anything But Khamosh

3. The Substance and The Shadow

4. Romancing with Life

Q The part of the peninsular plateau lying to the north of Narmada river is called what
among the following?

1 Satpura plateau

2 Vindyan plateau

3 Chotanagpur plateau

4 Central Highlands

Q According to the 2011 census, what is the difference in the male and female literacy rates in India? 

Ans 1. 15.23 percent 

2. 16.68 percent 

3. 17.98 percent 

4. 14.96 percent 

Q In which year was the Second Anglo-Mysore war fought between the Kingdom of Mysore and the British East India Company?

Ans 1. 1785-1789

2. 1769-1775

3. 1766-1769

4. 1780-1784

Q Who gave the slogans ‘Dilli Chalo’ and ‘Give me blood and I will give you Freedom’?

Ans 1. Sardar Vallabh Bhai Patel

2. Jawaharlal Nehru

3. Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi

4. Subhash Chandra Bose

Q How many fundamental duties are set out in Part IV A (Article 51A) of the Constitution of India?

Ans 1. 9

2. 11

3. 10

4. 12

Q Identify the acid that helps in digestion.

Ans 1. Nitric acid

2. Hydrochloric acid

3. Acetic acid

4. Sulphuric acid

Q How many members represent the state of Uttar Pradesh in Lok Sabha?

Ans 1. 48

2. 80

3. 62

4. 39

Q Which of the following Indian classical dancers has been INCORRECTLY matched with her dance form?

Ans 1. Madhavi Mudgal – Odissi

2. Nandini Singh – Kathak

3. Radha Reddy – Kuchipudi

4. Saswati Sen – Bharatanatyam

Q Bimbavati Devi is an exponent of which Indian dance form?

1 Chhau

2 Manipuri

3 Kathakali

4 Odissi

Q ‘Vallam Kali’ is a traditional boat race in which state of India ?

1 Kerala

2 Karnataka

3 Tamil Nadu

4 Madhya Pradesh

Q In which season is Sarhul celebrated in Jharkhand?

1 Spring

2 Autumn

2 Monsoon

4 Winter

Q The last Mauryan ruler to be killed by Pushyamitra Shunga was:

Ans 1. Brihadratha

2. Dasharatha

3. Bindusara

4. Devavarman

Q Who wrote ‘Humayun Nama’?

Ans 1. Akbar

2. Babur

3. Humayun

4. Gulbadan Begum

Q Who said the following words?
“Sarfaroshi ki tamanna ab hamare dil me hai, dekhna hai zor kitna baazu-e-qaatil me
hai”

1. Ramprasad Bismil

2 Bhagat Singh

3 Ras Bihari Bose

4 Subhash Chandra Bose

Q When was the first economic census conducted in India ?

1 1977

2 1967

3 1957

4 1987

Q Up to which element was the law of Octaves found to be applicable ?

1 Calcium

2 Sodium

3 Copper

4 Zinc

Q How many angular bleed lines are present in 200 rupees note ?

1 4

2 5

3 7

4 6

Q Who introduced the concept of biodiversity hotspot ?

1 Norman Myers

2 FP Odum

3 James Lovelock

4 Rachel Carson

Q Bandodkar Trophy is associated with which sport ?

1 Football

2 Hockey

3 Golf

4 Cricket

Q Ronald Reagan, the 40th President of the US, signed the largest tax cut in the history
of their country in 1981. Which economic theory was this policy centred around?

1 Sweezy’s Kinked Demand Curve

2 Lorenz Curve

3 Laffer Curve

4 Kuznets Curve

Q Identify the waterways which separate the Andaman and the Nicobar Islands?

1 Ten Degree Channel

2 Duncan Passage

3 Palk Strait

4 Maliku Kandu

Q The procedure for the nomination of members to the Rajya Sabha in the Constitution
of India is borrowed from which of the following countries’ constitution?

1 Russia

2 Germany

3 The US

4 Ireland

Q When did the World Trade Organization come into existence?

1 1990

2 1995

3 2005

4 2000

Q The growing voice box in boys can be seen as a protruding part of the throat called
__.

1 trachea

2 Adam’s apple

3 bronchi

4 thyroid cartilage

Q The First Winter Olympic Games were held in which year ?

1 1924 [ Chamonix , France ]

2 1930

4 1976

4 1896

Q Which of the following is the first bank to introduce ATM in India?

1 HSBC Bank

2 HDFC Bank

3 ICICI Bank

4 SBI Bank

Q Who was the Indian Army Chief at the time of Bangladesh Liberation War ?

1 Sam Manekshaw

2 Roy Bucher

3 KM Cariappa

4 Rob Lockhart

Q The Constitution of India was hand-written by __.

1 Prem Behari Narain Raizada

2 Shyama Prasad Mukherjee

3 Balasaheb Gangadhar Kher

4 Kanaiyalal Maneklal Munshi

Q Kumaon Himalayas lies between which of the following two rivers?

1 Between Tista and Dihang rivers

2 Between the Kali and Tista rivers

3 Between Satluj and Kali rivers

4 Between Indus and Satluj rivers

Q A hockey match consists of four quarters of __ minutes.

1 20

2 15

3 7.5

4 10

Q Gogaji fair belongs to __.

1 Kerala

2 Andhra Pradesh

3 Rajasthan

4 Punjab

Q When did India win its last gold medal in Hockey in the Olympics?

1 1972

2 1976

3 1968

4 1980

Q With which game is the Swaythling Cup associated ?

1 Table Tennis

2 Cricket

3 Hockey

4 Football

Q The famous caves of Udayagiri and Khandagiri are located in ____

1 Uttarakhand

2 Chhattisgarh

3 Odisha

4 Tripura

Q One of the popular folk-songs of __ is Bhaleri, which is sung by farmers while
working in their fields.

1 Rajasthan

2 Bihar

3 Himachal Pradesh

4 Maharashtra

Q Who among the following revolutionaries was popularly known as ‘Master Da‘?

1 Ram Prasad Bismil

2 Surya Sen

3 Batukeshwar Dutt

4 Ashfaqulla Khan

Q What is the name of the small strip of land that connects the North America and the South America ?

1 Adam’s Bridge

2 Isthmus of Panama

3 Bermuda Strip

4 Suez Canal

Q To which form of dance, one of the five great epics of Tamil Literature, ‘Silappatikaram’
(2nd Century CE) has a direct reference?

1 Kuchipudi

2 Mohiniyattam

3 Kathak

4 Bharatanatyam

Q What does Herpetology deal with?

1 Study of birds

2 Study of fish

3 Study of reptiles and amphibians

4 Study of insects

Q Traditional singing style ‘Nat’ is related to which of the following dances ?

1 Chhau

2 Manipuri

3 Kathak

4 Odissi

Q Which country has the most time zones in the world?

1 United Kingdom

2 United States of America

3 Russia

4 France

Q Which of the following celestial bodies has a natural satellite named ‘Charon’?

1 Pluto

2 Haumea

3 Saturn

4 Mars

Q Which of the following sportspersons won a silver medal at the 2012 London Olympics?

Ans 1. MC Mary Kom

2. Sushil Kumar

3. Saina Nehwal

4. Gagan Narang

Q Who discovered the TB vaccine?

1 Leon Calmette and Camille Guerin

2 Jonas Salk and Camille Guerin

3 Louis Pasteur

4 Edward Jenner

Q Which region is the source of basaltic magma ?

1 Transition region

2 Lower mantle

3 The core

4 Upper mantle

Q Who was the author of the three-act play, ‘Post Office’?

1 Vishnu Sharma

2 Rabindranath Tagore

3 MK Gandhi

4 Karan Singh

Q In which state of India is the Terai Elephant reserve located?

 Ans 1. Andhra Pradesh 

2. Kerala 

3. Uttar Pradesh 

4. Karnataka

Q President nominates how many members to the Rajya Sabha having special
knowledge in the field of literature, science, art and social service?

1 10 members

2 11 members

3 12 members

4 14 members

Q ‘Chad Sukra’, a popular traditional dance-festival of Meghalaya, is celebrated as a______

.Ans 1. birth festival

2. community marriage festival

3. sowing festival

4. thanksgiving festival

Q Which Part of the Constitution of India deals with finance, property, contracts and
suits?

1 Part X

2 Part IX

3 Part XII

4 Part VIII

Q Which soccer player holds the distinction of having the most wins of the FIFA World
Cup by any player?

1 Diego Maradona

2 Pele

3 George Best

4 Zinedine Zidane

Q To which state does the ‘Gheriya Nritya’ belong?

1 Haryana

2 Maharashtra

3 Gujarat

4 Punjab

Q Churahi, Mandeali and Keonthali are dialects spoken in the state of:

1 Uttar Pradesh

2 Madhya Pradesh

3 Himachal Pradesh

4 Arunachal Pradesh

Q Which Article of the Constitution of India provides that there will be Governors of
States?

1 136

2 148

3 153

4 124

Q Which newspaper was founded by Mahatma Gandhi in South Africa in 1903?

1 Young India

2 Navajivan

3 Swaraj Hind

4 Indian Opinion

Q The river s, after descending from the mountains deposit pebbles in a narrow belt of
about 8 to 16 km in width lying parallel to the slopes of the Shiwaliks. It is called as
__.

1 Bhangar

2 Terai

3 Khadar

4 Bhabar

Q The Chairman of the State Public Service Commission can be removed by:

1 The President of India

2 The Prime Minister of India

3 The Governor of the State

4 The Chief Minister of the State

Q Which of the following acids is released by the gastric glands present in the stomach?

1 Hydrochloric acid

2 Acetic acid

3 Nitric acid

4 Citric acid

Q In which state of India does the ‘Weinia Falls’ lie?

1 Meghalaya

2 Goa

3 Sikkim

4 Himachal Pradesh

Q In which Indian state is the ‘Pookode Lake’ located?

1 Punjab

2 Kerala

3 Gujarat

4 Tamil Nadu

Q In which of the following cities is the head office of the Central Potato Research Institute
located ?

1 Shimla

2 Amritsar

3 Gandhinagar

4 Karnal

Q The colour of the clear sky is blue due to the phenomenon of:

1 dispersion of light

2 scattering of light

3 reflection of light

4 refraction of light

Q Muhammad-bin-Tughlaq transferred his capital from Delhi to __.

1 Daulatabad

2 Murshidabad

3 Chunar

4 Jaunpur

Q Which of the following oceans is the third largest in the world?

1 Arctic Ocean

2 Atlantic ocean

3 Indian Ocean

4 Pacific Ocean

Q Who among the following was the prime minister of India in 1978?

1 Lal Bahadur Shastri

2 Gulzari Lal Nanda

3 Morarji Desai

4 Charan Singh

Q Which of the following is the oldest of the Vedas?

1 Rigveda

2 Atharvaveda

3 Samaveda

4 Yajurveda

Q Which of the following body parts is directly affected by the disease called
‘trachoma’?

1 Eyes

2 Liver

3 Lungs

4 Teeth

Q Who among the following is the ‘Visitor’ to all central universities of India?

1 Union Minister of Human Resources Development

2 President of India

3 Chairman, University Grants Commission

4 Vice-President of India

Q Which Indian author was awarded the John Llewellyn Rhys Prize for ‘The Room on the
Roof’ in 1957, a book which he wrote at the age of 17?

1 Salman Rushdie

2 Amitav Ghosh

3 Ruskin Bond

4 Khushwant Singh

Q ‘Chethiyagiri Vihara’ is a __ festival celebrated in Sanchi.

1 Sikh

2 Buddhist

3 Jain

4 Hindu

Q In which year was the State Bank of India created following the passage of the Imperial
Bank of India into state ownership?

1 1950

2 1947

3 1955

4 1965

Q Bombay state was split along linguistic lines, forming Maharashtra and __, in the
year 1960.

1 Rajasthan

2 Gujarat

3 Karnataka

4 Goa

Q People who wear bifocal lenses have __.

1 myopia

2 cataract

3 presbyopia

4 hypermetropia

Q Who among the following made the first compound microscope?

1 William Gilbert

2 Galileo Galilei

3 John Harington

4 Zacharias Janssen

Q A 7 metre high sculpture known as ‘Sadashiva’, representing three aspects of Lord
Shiva is found at __ Caves.

1 Elephanta

2 Bhimbetka

3 Khandagiri

4 Udayagiri

Q Kaveri Sankramana is a festival celebrated in __ in the month of October.

1 Andhra Pradesh

2 Tamil Nadu

3 Karnataka

4 Telangana

Q ‘Akbar Nama’ is a __-volume history of Akbar’s reign, written by Abul Fazl.

1 two

2 three

3 five

4 four

Q The Hemkund Sahib Gurudwara is located in the state of:

1 Himachal Pradesh

2 Bihar

3 Punjab

4 Uttarakhand

Q Which schedule of the Constitution of India deals with the allocation of seats in the
Council of States?

1 Eighth

2 Fourth

3 Sixth

4 Fifth

Q Dolomite is an ore of:

1 magnesium

2 aluminium

3 sodium

4 potassium

Q Who is the author of the book ‘An Equal Music’ ?

1 Vikram Seth

2 Ruskin Bond

3 Shashi Tharoor

4 VS Naipaul

A Suitable Boy , The Golden Gate , An Equal Music , Riot at Misri Mandi and Two Lives

Vikram Seth

Q Waiting for a Visa’ is an autobiographical work of which of the following leaders of India? 

Ans 1. Bipin Chandra Pal 

2. Bhimrao Ramji Ambedkar 

3. Lala Lajpat Rai 

4. Bhagat Singh

Q Where is the Salar Jung Museum situated in India ?

1 Lucknow

2 Patna

3 Hyderabad

4 Jaipur

Q The Tropic of Cancer does NOT pass through __.

1. Assam

2 Gujarat

3 Tripura

4 Rajasthan

The Tropic of Cancer passes through 8 states

, Gujarat , Madhya Pradesh , Chhattisgarh , Jharkhand , West Bengal , Tripura and Mizoram

Q In the context of Gupta administration, the term ‘vithi’ referred to a/an:

1 personal guard of the king

2 soldier

3 elephantry unit

4 administrative unit

Q From where does the Sone River originate ?

1 Amarkantak Hill

2 Trimbakeshwar

3 Sihawa

4 Brahmagiri

Q Who discovered the fact that sunlight consists of seven colours ?

1 Issac Newton

2 CV Raman

3 Michael Faraday

4 Albert Einstein

Q The isotope used to remove the brain tumours and treatment of cancer is ______

1 cobalt

2 Iodine

3 Arsenic

4 Uranium

Q The first match of the first edition of Ranji Trophy was held in the year ?

1 1934

2 1948

3 1930

4 1951

Q Pantothenic acid is commonly known as _______

1 Vitamin B5

2 Vitamin B2

3 Vitamin B9

4 Vitamin B12

Q According to Census of India 2011, which union territories have the lowest literacy
rate?

1 Chandigarh

2 Lakshadweep

3 Andaman and Nicobar

4 Dadra and Nagar Haveli

Q On which of the following dates was the Indian Constitution was adopted?

1 26 November, 1947

2 15 August, 1947

3 26 November, 1949

4 15 August, 1949

Q Who among the following holds the record for scoring most goals in FIFA World Cup history ?

1 Miroslav Klose

2 Pele

3 Kylian Mbappe

4 Lionel Messi

Q The First Buddhist Council is said to have been patronised by:

1 Porus

2 Ashoka

3 Ajatashatru

4 Chandragupta Maurya

Q In which of the following parts of the human body is the masseter muscle located?

1 Hand

2 Thigh

3 Jaw

4 Chest

Q Where did Lord Mahavira attain salvation?

1 Sonagiri

2 Pawapuri

3 Shravanabelagola

4 Mount Abu

Q The capital of the British Indian Empire was transferred from Calcutta to Delhi in:

1 1911

2 1905

3 1907

4 1909

Q Who among the following founded the organisation ‘East India Association’?

1 Gopal Krishna Gokhale

2 George Yule

3 Womesh Chandra Bonnerjee

4 Dadabhai Naoroji

Q Which of the following causative agents causes the disease ‘kala-azar’?

1 Bacteria

2 Fungus

3 Protozoa

4 Virus

Q Which of the following terms is associated with the ‘Bharatnatyam’ dance form?

1 Mangalacharan

2 Tillana

3 Tharijham

4 Batu nritya

Q Who among the following was the last ruler of Lodi dynasty of Delhi?

1 Ibrahim Lodi

2 Barbak Shah

3 Bahlul Lodi

4 Sikander Lodi

Q Which of the following parallels of latitude represent the Tropic of Capricorn?

1 66½° in the Southern Hemisphere

2 66½° in the Northern Hemisphere

3 23½° in the Northern Hemisphere

4 23½° in the Southern Hemisphere

Q Lady Ratan Tata trophy is associated with which sport ?

1 Hockey

2 Golf

3 Badminton

4 Football

Q When was World Wide Fund for Nature-India [ WWF-India] established ?

1 1969

2 1979

3 1989

4 1999

Q Ozone layer thickness is measured in _______

1 Dobson Unit

2 Light year

3 Richter scale

4 Decibels

Q Which part of the ear collects sound from the surroundings?

1 Pinna

2 Cochlea

3 Anvil

4 Hammer

Q Which of these scientist rediscovered DDT in 1939 ?

1 Paul Hermann Muller

2 William Harvey

3 Eugen Stainak

4 Karl Landsteiner

Q Which method is used to separate ribosomes from the cell?

1 Chromatography

2 Distillation

3 Filtration

4 Ultracentrifugation

Q Who among the following constructed the Kailasanatha temple at Kanchi ?

1 Singha Vishnu

2 Pulakesin II

3 Narasimhaverman II

4 Jajti Keshari

Q Kuppuswamy Naidu trophy is associated with which sport ?

1 Hockey

2 Football

3 Cricket

4 Golf

Q The members of chlorophyceae are commonly called __ algae.

1 green

2 red

3 blue

4 brown

Q Narang Cup is associated with which sport ?

1 Badminton

2 Hockey

3 Golf

4 Football

Q When was the National Green Tribunal [ NGT ] established ?

1 2010

2 2001

3 2005

4 2009

Q The Headquarters of Biodiversity International is located at ?

1 Rome [ Italy ]

2 Geneva

3 Paris

4 New York

Q Which Mughal Emperor’s original name was Zahir-ud-Din Muhammad ?

1 Babur

2 Humayun

3 Akbar

4 Aurangzeb

Q Which of the following is the largest ethnic group of Myanmar ?

1 Bamar

2 Karen

3 Shan

4 Rohingya

Q In Indo Islamic construction, _________and lime mortar was an important factor in
construction.

1 stone

2 mud

3 wood

4 concrete

Q Who among the following is the first ever recipient of Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna Award?

1 Vishwanathan Anand

2 Dhyan Chand

3 Virat Kohli

4 Sunil Chhetri

Q Which of the following parts of the Indian Constitution deals with the Directive
Principles of State Policy ?

1 Part XX

2 Part IV

3Part XI

4 Part XIV

Q Which of the following is the 15th language included in the 8th Schedule of the Indian
Constitution?

1 Assamese

2 Odia

3 Bengali

4 Sindhi

Language included in the Eight Schedule of the Indian Constitution

(1) Assamese , (2) Bengali , (3) Gujarati , (4) Hindi , (5) Kannada , (6) Kashmiri , (7) Konkani , (8) Malayalam , (9) Manipuri , (10) Marathi , (11) Nepali , (12) Oriya , (13) Punjabi , (14) Sanskrit , (15) Sindhi , (16) Tamil , (17) Telugu , (18) Urdu (19) , Bodo , (20) Santhali , (21) Maithili and (22) Dogri.

Q The size of the 200 rupees note of the Mahatma Gandhi (New) Series is _.

1 62 mm × 143 mm

2 62 mm × 144 mm

3 66mm × 146 mm

4 64 mm × 142 mm

Q In which year was the Basketball Federation of India established?

1 1920

2 1950

3 1947

4 1951

Q The decennial census of India is conducted under which Census Act?

1 Census Act 2001

2 Census Act 1955

3 Census Act 1948

4Census Act 2010

Q What is the biggest flower in the world which produces the largest single bloom?

1 Corpse Flower

2 Talipot Palm

3 Rafflesia Arnoldii

4 Queen of Andes

Q The Ghodemodini dance is a folk dance form associated with __.

1 Bihar

2 Haryana

3 Goa

4 Gujarat

Q Who among the following Governor Generals opened first telegraph line from Calcutta to Agra in 1853?

1 Lord Hastings

2 Lord Curzon

3 Lord Dalhousie

4 Lord Wellesley

Q The Nanda Devi Biosphere Reserve is situated in:

1 Sikkim

2 Uttar Pradesh

3 Uttarakhand

4 Himachal Pradesh

Q Who among the following social reformer spread the message of spiritual Hinduism in
America and Europe?

1 Swami Vivekanand

2 Dayanand Saraswati

3 Ishwar Chandra Vidyasagar

4 Bal Gangadhar Tilak

Q Which of the following dance forms is performed by devotees during the ceremonial
worship of Murugan, the Tamil God of War?

1 Therukoothu

2 Kummi

3 Mayilattom

4 Kavadi Aattam

Q The book titled ‘My Journey: Transforming Dreams into Actions’ is an autobiography
of:

1 Lal Krishna Advani

2 Pratibha Patil

3 Atal Bihari Vajpayee

4 APJ Abdul Kalam

Q Where is the headquarters of the Board of Control for Cricket in India located ?

1 Mumbai

2 Pune

3 Bangalore

4 New Delhi

Q The Kodava community of Coorg worships weapons during the __ festival.

1 Kailpodh

2 Madai

3 Thaipusam

4 Bhagoriya

 Q Which is the national heritage animal of India?

Ans 1. Lion

2. Tiger

3. Horse

4. Elephant

Q Who among the following was the Chairperson of the Disinvestment Commission,
Ministry of Industry (Department of Public Enterprises) established in 1996?

1 Arvind Mehta

2 GV Ramakrishna

3 NK Singh

4 Arundhati Roy

Q ‘Drukpa Tsechi’, a festival celebrated in Sikkim, is associated with which of the
following personalities?

1 Mahavir Swami

2 Lord Buddha

3 Lord Rama

4 Lord Krishna

Q Which of the following rivers form Kunchikal waterfall in Karnataka?

1 Mandavi

2 Varahi

3 Kabini

4 Urmod

Q Which of the following is NOT among the writings by Lala Lajpat Rai?

1 The Story of My Deportation

2 Unhappy India

3 India Wins Freedom

4 Arya Samaj

Q The mineral Carnotite is an important source of:

1 uranium

2 zinc

3 copper

4 iron

Q Where was the first jute mill set up at Kolkata in 1859?

1 Sreerampur

2 Mesra

3 Rishra

4 Howrah

Q In the context of Sufi traditions, the term ‘sama’ stood for:

1 hospice

2 disciples

3 recital of holy songs

4 magical tricks

Q Which State/Union Territory is traditionally associated with a yogurt-based gravy dish
called ‘Yakhni’?

1 Madhya Pradesh

2 Jammu and Kashmir

3 Jharkhand

4 Uttar Pradesh

Q How many colours does sunlight consist of?

1 Five

2 Three

3 Two

4 Seven

Q What does Ichthyology deal with?

1 Study of reptiles and amphibians

2 Study of birds

3 Study of insects

4 Study of fish

Q The __ was nationalised in the year 1949.

1 Central Bank of India

2 Reserve Bank of India

3 Imperial Bank of India

4 Union Bank of India

Q In which of the following states of India is the buffalo breed named ‘Banni’ mainly
reared?

1 West Bengal

2 Odisha

3 Gujarat

4 Kerala

Q Which part of the Constitution of India deals with the duties of citizens?

1 Part III

2 Part IVA

3 Part X

4 Part II

Q Moved by the Swadeshi Movement , __ painted his famous image of Bharat Mata
portraying her as an ascetic figure.

1 Dwijendranath Tagore

2 Abanindranath Tagore

3 Jyotirindranath Tagore

4 Satyendranath Tagore

Q Which of the following books was written by James Mill, a Scottish economist, in
1817?

1 The Great Mutiny

2 The History of British in India

3 Poverty and Un-British Rule in India

4 A Passage to India

Q Who was made the Nawab of Bengal following the Battle of Plassey?

1 Mir Jafar

2 Mir Qasim

3 Alivardi Khan

4 Sirajuddaulah

Q Who is the author of the book ‘Shame’?

1 Charles Dickens

2 Rudyard Kipling

3 Eric Segal

4 Salman Rushdie

Q Which is the smallest bone in the human body?

1 Pelvis

2 Stapes

3 Phalanges

4 Humerus

Q Which among the following instruments is used to measure either direct or alternating
electric current?

1 Ammeter

2 Wattmeter

3 Hygrometer

4 Pyrometer

Q Which of the following is responsible for the disease called ‘mad hatter’s disease’?

1 Inhalation of iron dust

2 Mercury poisoning

3 Vitamin D deficiency

4 Inhalation of silica dust

Q Litti Chokha is a famous cuisine of which of the following states?

1 Maharashtra

2 Bihar

3 Odisha

4 Gujarat

Q What does Article 32 of the Indian Constitution deal with?

1 Right to Constitutional Remedies

2 Right to Life

3 Right to Property

4 Financial Emergency

Q In which year was the partition of Bengal carried out by the British Viceroy Lord
Curzon?

1 1901

2 1911

3 1905

4 1907

Q __ is caused when a child’s growing bones fail to develop due to a lack of vitamin
D.

1 Scurvy

2 Goitre

3 Rickets

4 Night blindness

Q Who among the following Sikh spiritual leaders is said to have provided aid to
Jahangir’s rebellious son, Khusrau?

1 Guru Angad Dev

2 Guru Ramdas

3 Guru Amardas

4 Guru Arjun Dev

Q Which of the following vitamins is also called ‘cyanocobalamin’?

1 Vitamin B-1

2 Vitamin B-6

3 Vitamin B-3

4 Vitamin B-12

Q Which Indian Prime Minister took a bus journey to Lahore to sign a peace declaration
in the year 1999?

1 HD Deve Gowda

2 PV Narsimha Rao

3 Atal Bihari Vajpayee

4 IK Gujaral

Q ‘Ponu Yoksi’, a sword like instrument used during ceremonial dances performed by the
priests, belongs to:

1 Madhya Pradesh

2 Himachal Pradesh

3 Arunachal Pradesh

4 Uttar Pradesh

Q Who among the following is regarded as the founder of Aurangabad city?

1 Nizam Shah

2 Qutub Shah

3 Malik Ambar

4 Bahlaul Lodi

Q Cinnabar is the ore of which of the following metals?

1 Gold

2 Gallium

3 Platinum

4 Mercury

Q In which of the following weight categories did Sakshi Malik win an Olympic medal in
the year 2016?

1 63 kg

2 53 kg

3 58 kg

4 48 kg

Q ‘Balchão’ and ‘Sorpotel’ are the traditional culinary dishes of:

1 Punjab

2 Uttarakhand

3 Karnataka

4 Goa

Q With how many States and Union Territories of India does Uttar Pradesh share its
borders?

1 5

2 9

3 10

4 7

Q In which state is the festival called ‘Kharchi Puja’ , involving the worship of 14 deities in 7 days , traditionally celebrated ?

1 Jharkhand

2 Odisha

3 Tripura

4 Kerala

Q ‘Train to Pakistan’ was written by ___________, who also served as member of Rajya Sabha.

Ans 1. Mulk Raj Anand

2. Anita Desai

3. Khushwant Singh

4. Vikram Seth

Q In 1990, the Dinesh Goswami Committee was formed to make recommendations on:

1 fundamental duties

2 police reforms

3 electoral reforms

4 centre-state relations

Q What was the name of King Ashoka’s daughter whom he appointed to carry out the
duties of a Buddhist missionary?

1 Padmavati

2 Charumati

3 Asandhimitra

4 Sanghamitra

Q Which of the following is/are called the ‘powerhouse of the cell’?

1 Mitochondria

2 White blood cells

3 Red blood cells

4 Plasma membrane

Q The Andaman and Nicobar Islands comprise about __ islands.

1 572

2 672

3 472

4 372

Q Who among the following was defeated by Aurangzeb in the Battle of Deorai?

1 Shah Jahan

2 Shah Shuja

3 Dara Shikoh

4 Murad Baksh

Q Which of the following river systems has Wardha river as one of its significant rivers ?

1 Godavari

2 Mahanadi

3 Ganga

4 Krishna

Q What is the minimum age prescribed by the Constitution of India for appointment as
Governor of a State?

1 25 years

2 21 years

3 30 years

4 35 years

Q In which Indian state is the ‘Bhushi Lake’ located?

1 Punjab

2 Gujarat

3 Rajasthan

4 Maharashtra

Q Who among the following Mauryan emperors was known by the name of Piyadassi?

1 Bindusara

2 Dasaratha

3 Ashoka

4 Brihadratha

Q Kavaratti is the capital of which of the following Union Territories?

1 Lakshadweep

2 Ladakh

3 Jammu and Kashmir

4 Andaman and Nicobar Islands

Q The central theme of which of the following classical dance forms are the love stories of Krishna and Radha?

Ans 1. Odissi

2. Sattriya

3. Kuchipudi

4. Manipuri

Q Geographically, which is the smallest state of India?

1 Mizoram

2 Goa

3 Tripura

4 Sikkim

Q The sound waves having frequencies less than __ Hz are called infrasonic
waves.

1 15

2 5

3 10

4 20

Q What is the SI unit of the electric potential difference?

1 Watt

2 Ampere

3 Joules

4 Volt

Q For the first time in the world, the Five-Year Plan (1928–32), was implemented by
_ in Soviet Union.

1 Steve Jobs

2 Karl Marx

3 Adam Smith

4 Joseph Stalin

Q Jagoi and Cholom are the two main divisions in which of the following classical dance forms?

Ans 1. Kathak

2. Odissi

3. Manipuri

4. Sattriya

Q Songkran is a Buddhist festival. This festival is celebrated for several days in the
month of _.

1 March

2 June

3 April

4 May

Q Ustad Bismillah Khan was awarded India’ highest civilian honour , the Bharat Ratna , in :

1 1999

2 2001

3 1987

4 1990

Q Who among the following was a great advocate of English education in India?

1 TB Macaulay

2 William Jones

3 Warren Hastings

4 Jonathan Duncan

Q An image formed on a screen is called a _ image, whereas the image formed by a plane mirror is called a _ image.

1 virtual; real

2 parabolic; perpetual

3 vector; layered

4 real; virtual

Q Who among the following first deciphered the Brahmi script in 1837?

1 James Prinsep

2 Alexander Cunningham

3 Dayaram Sahni

4 John Marshall

Q The Caves of Elephanta are predominantly dedicated to which of the following deities?

1 Lord Ganesha

2 Lord Krishna

3 Lord Rama

4 Lord Shiva

Q What is the name of the first Indian tribal president?

Ans 1. Droupadi Murmu

2. Bishweswar Tudu

3. Jasvantsinh Bhabhor

4. Sudarshan Bhagat

Q Which term did Robert Hooke coin when he observed slices of cork, under a simple
magnifying device?

1 stall

2 brick

3 jail

4 cell

Q Whose prashasti was found on the Ashokan pillar at Allahabad?

1 Samudragupta

2 Chandragupta II

3 Chandragupta

4 Samudragupta II

Q The Dronacharya Award for coaches started in which year?

Ans 1. 1985

2. 1984

3. 1982

4. 1987

Q Bank rate is the rate at which:

1 Central Bank borrows loan from Government

2 Commercial banks lend loan to Central bank

3 Commercial banks lend loan to Government

4 Central bank lends loan to commercial banks.

Q Totaram Sharma , Pandit Ayodhya Prasad , Gopal Das and Babu Ram Shanker Pagaldas
are noted players of which of the following instruments?

1 Sarod

2 Pakhawaj

3 Mridangam

4 Sarang

Q What does Part IVA of the Indian Constitutions deal with?

1 Fundamental Rights

2 Directive Principles of State Policy

3 Moral Duty of Police

4 Fundamental Duties

Q Who among the following was the first Indian swimmer to swim across the English Channel in 1958?

Ans 1. Mihir Sen

2. Virdhawal Khade

3. Brojen Das

4. Shamsher Khan

Q The elements belonging to group 17 are called the ______

1 Halogens

2 Nobel gases

3 Chalcogen

4 Pnitcogens

Q Who popularised the movement of Theosophical Society in India?

1 Keshav Chandra Sen

2 Ramkrishna Bhandarkar

3 Annie Besant

4 Swami Vivekananda

Q When did Neil Armstrong and Edwin Aldrin landing on the moon ?

1 July 20 ,1969

2 July 20 , 1953

3 July 20 , 1974

4 July 20 , 1975

Q Who among the following scored the first-ever triple century in a test match ?

1 Andy Sandham

2 Sunil Gavaskar

3 Don Bradman

4 Jack Hobbs

Q In Ancient India, which of the following dynasties was empowered in Deccan by
Gautamiputra Satakarni ?

1 Saka

2 Satavahana

3 Pahlava

4 Kushana

Q In which year were 30 Rigveda manuscripts dating from 1800 to 1500 BC included in
the UNESCO’s Memory of the World Register?

1 2009

2 2007

3 2005

4 2008

Q The Supreme Court of India was established on:

1 15 January 1952

2 26 January 1950

3 25 January 1954

4 30 January 1950

Q The book ‘Gitanjali’ is authored by:

1 Rabindranath Tagore

2 Ganga Das

3 Devaki Nandan Khatri

4 Harivansh Rai Bachchan

Q The soil in the bhangar region contain calcareous deposits. These are known as
__.

1 Kankar

2 Khadar

3 Bhabar

4 Terai

Q The series of articles titled ‘New Lamps for Old’, strongly criticising the Congress for
its moderate policy towards British rule, was authored by:

1 Lala Lajpat Rai

2 Bipin Chandra Pal

3 Sri Aurobindo

4 Bal Gangadhar Tilak

Q Pellagra is caused through the deficiency of ______

1 Niacin

2 Biotin

3 Riboflavin

4 Cyanocobalamine

Q What is the frequency range of ultrasound ?

1 Above 20 kHz

2 Below 20 hz

3 Between 20 Hz and 20 Khz

4 Between 200 Hz and 2000 Hz

Q The exchange of respiratory gases in the lungs occur in :

1 Alveoli

2 Trachea

3 Bronchi

4 Bronchiole

Q Which Act was passed in 1929 prohibiting marriage of girls below 14 and boys below
18 years of age?

1 Vernacular Press Act

2 Rowlett Act

3 Sharda Act

4 Pitt’s India Act

Q Vijayalaya , who belonged to the ancient chiefly family of the Cholas from Uraiyur,
captured the delta from the Muttaraiyar in the middle of the 9th century and built the
town of __.

1 Kanchipuram

2 Thanjavur

3 Vengi

4 Darasuram

Q Article 23 and Article 24 of the Indian Constitution deal with which of the following
Fundamental Right?

1 Right against Exploitation

2 Right to Equality

3 Right to Freedom of Religion

4 Right to Freedom

Q The Indian cricket team won the final match of the 2011 ICC ODI Cricket World Cup
Championship by defeating the team from which country?

1 Australia

2 Pakistan

3 New Zealand

4 Sri Lanka

Q A constitutional amendment was made that the Council of Ministers shall NOT exceed
15 percent of the total number of members of the Lok Sabha (or Legislative Assembly
in the case of states). Which constitutional amendment is this?

1 24th amendment

2 44th amendment

3 91st amendment

4 74th amendment

Q Who was the first Chairman of UPSC (Union Public Service Commission)?

1 Sir Ross Barker

2 Sir David Petrie

3 Sir F.W. Robertson

4 Sir Eyre Gordon

Q Which of the following festivals is celebrated primarily by the Parsi Community?

1 Songkran

2 Milad-un-Nabi

3 Deepawali

4 Jashan-e-Mihragan

Q Which of the following persons is known as the Architect of the Indian Planning?

1 Jawaharlal Nehru

2 Vallabhai Patel

3 Amartya Sen

4 PC Mahalanobis

Q Which of the following movements was started to give women the right to vote?

1 Suffragette Movement

2 French Revolution

3 Feminism

4 Women Empowerment Movement

Q Kati Bihu, one of the three Bihu festivals of Assam, is celebrated in the month of
__.

1 April

2 October

3 January

4 December

Q In which state is the Nokrek Biosphere Reserve located?

1 Meghalaya

2 Arunachal Pradesh

3 Nagaland

4 Sikkim

Q Shankaracharya’s discourse or philosophical views are called as_______.

1 Adwaita Vedanta

2 Vishitadvaita vedanta

3 Shuddhadvaita vedanta

4 Dwaita Vedanta

Q How many writs are guaranteed under Article 32 of the Indian Constitution?

1 Six

2 Five

3 Four

4 Seven

Q The Gateway of India was built to commemorate the visit of which of the following Kings?

1 King George V

2 King William IV

3 King Edward VII

4 King George I

Q _ are the oldest living tree species on Earth.

1 Bristlecone pines

2 Tree of Life

3 Redwood tree

4 Lone Cypress

Q ‘Tolu Bommalata’ (leather shadow puppet show) is a traditional art form from the state
of:

1 Tamil Nadu

2 Andhra Pradesh

3 Karnataka

4 Kerala

Q In which of the following years was Bahadur Shah II deposed by the British and exiled
to Rangoon?

1 1698

2 1857

3 1798

4 1834

Q In which of the following years did the Congress Party led by Indira Gandhi give the
slogan of ‘Garibi Hatao’ (‘Remove poverty’) in the Lok Sabha elections?

1 1957

2 1977

3 1971

4 1962

Q In which year did the British Government announce Morley-Minto Reforms in India?

1 1919

2 1932

3 1905

4 1909

Q Pritzker Prize is commonly known as the Nobel Prize given for the field of __.

1 economics

2 arts

3 science

4 architecture

Q Barium nitrate is used in signal flares and fireworks that burns in bright __ colour.

1 green

2 blue

3 yellow

4 orange

Q Who among the following is the author of ‘Being Gandhi’?

1 Nirupama Yadav

2 Ashis Ray

3 V Pattabhi Ram

4 Paro Anand

Q Which of the following mahajanapadas was Vaishali the capital of?

1 Avanti

2 Magadha

3 Vajji

4 Panchala

Q In which year was Sri Lanka discovered by the Portuguese?

1 1505

2 1670

3 1545

4 1678

Q Which of the following Articles of the Constitution of India states that Hindi in
Devanagari script shall be the official language of the Union?

1 Article 343(3)

2 Article 343(1)

3 Article 354(2)

4 Article 343(2)

Q The SI unit for frequency is __.

1 hertz

2 joule

3 ohm

4 volt

Q When is National Handloom Day celebrated?

1 23rd August

2 7th August

3 18th November

4 15th September

Q What is the full form of LED?

1 Liquid Emitting Display

2 Linear Emergency Device

3 Light Emitting Diode

4 Light Emitting Device

Q Set in the holy city of Varanasi , ‘Kashi Ka Assi’ is written by:

1 Kamleshwar

2 Kedar Nath Singh

3 Amrita Pritam

4 Kashi Nath Singh

Q Which of the following percussion instruments is used in the popular folk dance
‘Lavani’

1 Dholak

2 Xylophone

3 Piano

4 Sleigh Bells

Q Bhojtal, formerly known as Upper Lake, is situated in which of the following states?

1 Rajasthan

2 Uttar Pradesh

3 Odisha

4 Madhya Pradesh

Q With which of the following states is the ‘Banganga’ Festival associated?

1 Sikkim

2 Maharashtra

3 Punjab

4 Uttarakhand

Q Who among the following was the president of the Constituent Assembly?

Ans 1. Dr. Rajendra Prasad

2. Jagjivan Ram

3. Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel

4. Jawaharlal Nehru

Q The Lucknow Pact was signed in __.

1 1922

2 1916

3 1930

4 1920

Q Who among the following was a freedom fighter, based on whose design the present
Indian National Flag is designed?

1Tanguturi Prakasam

2 Tirot Sing

3 Pingali Venkaiah

4 Badal Gupta

Q In which year was the National Bank for Agriculture and Rural Development Bank
(NABARD) established?

1 1952

2 1972

3 1962

4 1982

Q Which gland produces Cortisol often known as a ‘stress hormone’ in humans?

1 Adrenal gland

2 Thyroid gland

3 Pituitary gland

4 Pineal gland

Q Launched in 1951, India’s first five-year plan was based on which of the following
economic models to focus on agriculture and irrigation to boost farm output?

1 Mundell-Fleming Model

2 Harrod-Domar Model

3 Cobb-Douglas Model

4 Heckscher-Ohlin Model

Q The Mughals were descendants of:

1 Ghiyasuddin Balban

2 Mir Jumla

3 Genghis Khan

4 Muhammad Tughluq

Q Chutka Atomic Power Plant is situated in which of the following states?

1 Madhya Pradesh

2 Rajasthan

3 Haryana

4 Gujarat

Q Which of the following Articles of the Constitution of India deals with the duties and
powers of the Comptroller and Auditor-General of India?

1 Article 234

2 Article 149

3 Article 189

4 Article 354

Q Who among the following was the first woman commando trainer in India?

1 Avani Chaturvedi

1 Rani Rampal

3 Damyanti Beshra

4 Dr. Seema Rao

Q Which city is known as the ‘Marble city of India’ ?

1 Kishangarh

2 Jalore

3 Dhanbad

4 Surat

Nickname of Indian Cities

Jalore [ Granite city of India ] , Dhanbad [ Coal city of India ] , Surat [ Diamond city of India ] , Cuttack [ Silver city of India ] , Jamshedpur [ Steel city of India ] , Kanpur [ Leather city of India ] , Nagpur [ Orange city of India ]

Q Sadharan Brahmo Samaj was founded in Kolkata by ____

1 Atmaram Pandurang

2 MG Ranade

3 Anand Mohan Bose

4 NM Joshi

Q The Koya Dance is associated with which of the following states?

Ans 1. Rajasthan

2. Odisha

3. Punjab

4. Uttarakhand

Q Who is known as the ‘queen of track and field’ of India ?

1 PT Usha

2 Hima Das

3 Dutee Chand

4 Sania Mirza

Q Part XIX of the Indian Constitution deals with:

1 elections

2 miscellaneous

3 emergency provisions

4 amendment of the Constitution

Q Which foreign power made the Indian pepper trade a royal monopoly?

1 The Portuguese

2 The French

3 The Dutch

4 The Spanish

Q Who was the captain of the Indian hockey men’s team in the 1936 Berlin Olympics?

Ans 1. Sayed Jaffar

2. Roop Singh

3. Ahmed Khan

4. Dhyan Chand

Q On which day is the National Science Day observed in India ?

1 1st November

2 10th November

3 29th August

4 28th February

Q Who was the court poet at the court of Alauddin Khilji ?

1 Amir Khusrow

2 Bismillah Khan

3 Aki Akbar Khan

4 Bhimsen Joshi

Q _____ is the highest point in India

1 Mount Everest

2 Mount Kanchenjunga [ 8586 m ]

3 Mount Hkakabo

4 Gangkhar Puensum

Q Which of the following is the regional music of Goa ?

1 Sohar

2 Pandavani

3 Lotia

4 Mando

Q What should be the minimum age for being a member of Lok Sabha?

1 25

2 30

3 32

4 35

Q Garba folk dance belongs to which of the following states of India?

1 Madhya Pradesh

2 Maharashtra

3 Gujarat

4 Rajasthan

Q The _ committee was set up to make recommendations about the fundamental
duties .

1 Balwant Ray Mehta

2 Swaminathan

3 Bibek Debroy

4 Swaran Singh

Q Who among the following was the founder of the Mauryan Empire?

1 Samudragupta

2 Chandragupta Maurya

3 Ashoka

4 Chandragupta ll

Q Who among the following wrote the Brahmo Covenant, which was a statement of the
creed of the Brahmo Samaj and made a list of the duties and obligations of its
members?

1 Rammohan Roy

2 Debendranath Tagore

3 Ishwar Chandra Vidyasagar

4 Keshab Chandra Sen

Q Which Constitutional Amendment gave constitutional status to the Panchayati Raj
Institutions?

1 92ndAmendment Act, 2003

2 86th Amendment Act, 2002

3 73rd Amendment Act, 1992

4 71st Amendment Act, 1992

Q Small scale industries in 1950 were defined as all those industries in which the
maximum investment was __ lakh rupees.

1 ten

2 fifty

3 five

4 twenty

Q Which of the following mountain ranges is home to the second highest peak of the
world, K2?

1 Karakoram Range

2 Zanskar Range

3 Pir Panjal Range

4 Ladakh Range

Q Myopia’ is also known as:

1 far-sightedness

2 near-sightedness

3 astigmatism

4 presbyopia

Q Where are the Ellora caves located?

1 Fatehpur Sikri

2 Aurangabad

3 Indore

4 Delhi

Q Who among the following is the author of Anand Math?

1 Bhartendu Harish Chandra

2 Bankim Chandra

3 Mahatma Gandhi

4 Dinabandhu Mitra

Q Fundamental Duties of citizens were added to the Constitution of India in the year
__.

1 1967

2 1983

3 1976

4 1951

Q ‘Nagara’ temples typically have a __ style of architecture.

1 South Indian

2 East Indian

3 North Indian

4 mixed

Q The first printed edition of the Ramcharitmanas by Tulsidas was published from
__ in 1810.

1 Delhi

2 Calcutta/Kolkata

3 Bombay/Mumbai

4 Madras/Chennai

Q Chola inscriptions describe Tirunamattukkani as ‘__‘.

1 land of non-Brahmana peasant proprietors

2 land gifted to temples

3 land gifted to Brahmanas

4 land donated to Jaina institutions

Q The Khalji Dynasty ruled over Delhi from __.

1 1290 to 1320

2 1320 to 1414

3 1206 to 1290

4 1414 to 1451

Q Plants release water into the air by the process of __.

1 tropismphoto

2 periodism

3 transpiration

4 photosynthesis

Q Which Article of the Constitution of India defines the power of the President to grant
pardons, etc, and to suspend, remit or commute sentences in certain cases?

1 Article 63

2 Article 72

3 Article 55

4 Article 81

Q The __ movement was led by Chaudhary Devi Lal in 1987.

1 Maha Yudh

2 Insaaf Yudh

3 Nyaya Yudh

4 Sangharsh Yudh

Q Which Indian city has the Nilachal Hills?

1 Guwahati

2 Bareilly

3 Indore

4 Gangtok

Q Which river creates the Jog Falls, also called Gersoppa Falls?

1 Sharavati river

2 Kali river

3 Shimsha river

4 Kabini river

Q Who is the author of the book ‘Why I am an Atheist’?

1 Bhagat Singh

2 Jyotiba Phule

3 BR Ambedkar

4 Raja Ram Mohan Roy

Q What is the network of air tubes for gas exchange in insects?

1 Diaphragm

2 Tracheae

3 Spiracles

4 Gills

Q The Portuguese explorer Vasco da Gama landed in __ in the year 1498.

1 Calicut

2 Tuticorin

3 Calangute

4 4 Nagarcoil

Q The upper house of the Indian parliament is also known as :

1 Rajya Sabha

2 Vidhan Sabha

3 Lok Sabha

4 Panchayat

Q Under which of the following articles is the abolition of titles recognised?

1 Article 19

2 Article 20

3 Article 18

4 Article 17

Q Ashoka changed his attitude towards war after the battle of __

1 Kalinga [ 261 BC ]

2 Khanwa

3 Buxar

4 Kalinjar

Q ___ is the folk dance of Punjab

1 Bhangra

2 Garba

3 Loor

4 Dekhni

Q C2H5OH is the chemical formula of _____.

1 propene

2 methane

3 butyne

4 ethanol

Q Which is the least populated state in India as per the Census 2011?

1 Mizoram

2 Goa

3 Sikkim

4 Punjab

Q Which of the following books was written by Dayanand Saraswati?

1 Gitanjali

2 Kabuliwala

3 Stray Birds

4 Satyarth Prakash

Gitanjali , Kabuliwala , Stray Birds , Gora , The Post Office , Chokher Bali and The Golden Boat

Rabindranath Tagore

Q An Aadhaar Card is a ____ digit unique number that acts as a proof of identity for Indian citizens .

1 12

2 10

3 15

4 14

Q Approximately how many cells are there in a human body ?

1 37 trillion

2 37 lakh

3 37 billion

4 37 million

Q Which Indian dance form is Darshana Jhaveri the leading exponent of?

1 Odissi

2 Kuchipudi

3 Kathak

4 Manipuri

Q In which of the following states of India is the Shevaroy Hills located ?

1 Tamil Nadu

2 Arunachal Pradesh

3 Assam

4 Mizoram

Q With which of the following sports is the ‘Rohinton Baria Trophy’ associated ?

1 Cricket

2 Hockey

3 Football

4 Golf

Q First Chief Minister of Jharkhand _____

1 Babu Lal Marandi

2 Nityanand Swami

3 Ajit Kumar Jogi

4 K Chandrashekhar Rao

Q Famous dance personality Rajarshi Bhagya Chandra is also known as:

1 Rewa Prasad Dwivedi

2 Bharat Muni

3 Bhasa

4 Ningthou Ching-Thang Khomba

Q Who among the following wrote, ‘The Autobiography of an Unknown Indian’?

1 Swami Rama

2 Nirad C Chaudhuri

3 Prakash Tandon

4 BR Ambedkar

Q Which was the following games were previously called the ‘British Empire Games’ ?

1 Commonwealth Games

2 Winter Olympics

3 Olympic Games

4 Pan American Games

Q Which of the following rulers of Delhi Sultanate started a new department ‘Diwan-eKohi’ for agriculture?

1 Alauddin Khilji

2 Firoj Shah Tughlaq

3 Mohammad Bin Tughlaq

4 Iltutmish