Month: June 2021

Q Sakewa is a religious festival celebrated by the Kirat Khambhu Rai community of ____

1 Arunachal Pradesh

2 Sikkim

3 Nagaland

4 Meghalaya

Q Pythal Mala or Paithalmala hill station is in which of the following states?

1 Kerala

2 Kashmir

3 Maharashtra

4 Himachal Pradesh

Q The scientific name for the domestic __ is Canis lupus familiaris.

1 buffalo

2 cat

3 dog

4 cow

Q In which of the following years did the Indian army free Goa from the Portuguese?

1 1956

2 1959

3 1961

4 1967

Q Which Lodi ruler’s [ 1489AD – 1517 AD ] real name was Nizam Khan ?

1 Qutbuddin Mubarak Shah

2 Ibrahim Lodi

3 Sikander Lodi

4 Bahlul Lodi

Q In order to prevent tooth decay safely and effectively by making use of water, it is
subject to which of the following processes?

1 Iodisation

2 Fluoridation

3 Carbonisation

4 Chlorination

Q The outer-most range of the Himalayas is called the ____

1 Konkan

2 Himavan

3 Shiwaliks

4 Himadri

Q Coal , petroleum , and kerosene are examples of:

1 coal fuels

2 fossil fuels

3 renewable resources

4 clean energy resources

Q Which of the following Articles of the Constitution of India deal with the right to
equality?

1 14 to 18

2 25 to 28

3 19 to 22

4 23 to 24

Q In which month the Pongal festival is celebrated?

1 March

2 August

3 May

4 January

Q Which of the following Amendment Acts of the Constitution of India abolished the
privy purses and privileges of former rulers of princely states?

1 25th Amendment Act 1971

2 26th Amendment Act 1971

3 28th Amendment Act 1972

4 27th Amendment Act 1971

Q Who was the founder of Utpala dynasty?

1 Gopalavarman

2 Alakhana

3 Avantivarman

4 Sankaravarman

Q Keisabadi is a popular dance form of _.

1 Kerala

2 Gujarat

3 Maharashtra

4 Odisha

Q Vijay Ghat is the memorial of __.

1 Lal Bahadur Shastri

2 Indira Gandhi

3Jawaharlal Nehru

4 Mahatma Gandhi

Q What is the duration of the lunch interval in a cricket test match?

Ans 1. 25 minutes

2. 35 minutes

3. 30 minutes

4. 40 minutes

The interval between innings lasts for 10 minutes . In Test cricket, lunch (or, in the case of day/night Test matches, dinner) will last for 40 minutes and tea for 20 minutes.

Q On which date was the first session of Indian Constitution Drafting Committee held?

1 19 December 1946

2 9 December 1946

3 9 December 1945

4 19 December 1945

Q What is the melting point of tungsten which is used for making bulb filaments?

1 3380°C

2 1280°C

3 3100°C

4 1200°C

Q In which of the following state the Kamakhya temple is situated?

1 Assam

2 Madhya Pradesh

3 Uttar Pradesh

4 Manipur

Q Who was the leader of the southern military campaign of Alauddin Khalji?

1 Aadham Khan

2 Mahmud Ganva

3 Malik Kafur

4 Malik Sarvar

Q Who among the following is the author of ‘Grandparents’ Bag of Stories’?

1. Gauri Khan

2 Twinkle Khanna

3 Arundhati Roy

4 Sudha Murty

Q Yaoshang festival which is famous in Manipur is celebrated for _____ days.

Ans 1. four

2. three

3. two

4. five

Q Who among the following introduced binominal nomenclature of biological
classification?

1 Aristotle

2 John Ray

3 Charles Darwin

4 Linnaeus

Q Quorum in a parliamentary procedure can be understood as the __________.

Ans 1. total number of strength of the house

2. minimum number of strength to run the business of the house

3. total members of Lok Sabha

4. total number of ministers present in Rajya Sabha

Q ___ are called the amphibians of the plant kingdom .

1 Gymnosperms

2 Angiosperms

3 Bryophytes

4 Pteridophytes

Q In the Fourth Five-Year Plan, how many Indian Scheduled Commercial Banks were
nationalised?

1 10

2 12

3 14

4 16

14 Banks were nationalised in 1969

Q The dimensions of the basketball court is measured __ from the inner edge
of the boundary line.

1 28 × 12 m

2 30 × 45 m

3 28 × 15 m

4 30 × 15 m

Q Which of the following sports is the Sultan Azlan Shah Cup related to?

1 Hockey

2 Football

3 Cricket

4 Badminton

Q Gaur Maria is an important ritualistic dance from which state?

1 Chhattisgarh

2 Punjab

3 Karnataka

4 Kerala

Q The border line which separate India and Pakistan is known as ______

1 Radcliffe line

2 Delhi line

3 Durand line

4 McMahon line

Q Lake Kolleru is situated in which of the following states?

Ans 1. Andhra Pradesh

2. Tamil Nadu

3. Karnataka

4. Kerala

Q According to census 2011, Density of population is __ persons per square km.

1 382

2 362

3 412

4 392

Q The Legislative Council of a state assembly __ of the total number of
members in the legislative of the state and in no case fewer than 40 members.

1 one-eighth

2 one-tenth

3 one-sixth

4 one-third

Q Isolines joining places of equal rainfall are called ?

1 Isohyets

2 Isobars

3 Isotherms

4 Isochores

Q The largest committee of Parliament of India is ______

1 Committee on Estimates

2 Committee on public undertakings

3 Public Account Committee

4 Business Advisory Committee

The Estimates Committee is the largest committee of the Parliament . It consists of 30 members

Q Who was the first Englishman to appear in the Mughal Court during Jahangir’s reign ?

1 Captain William Hawkins

2 Sir Thomas Roe

3 Francis Day

4 John Fryer

Q Which country is called the ‘Land of the Rising Sun‘ ?

1 Japan

2 Norway

3 Finland

4 Thailand

Q Clove is obtained from :

1 Flower buds

2 Root

3 Stem

4 Fruit

Q Siderosis is a disease caused by the inhalation of :

1 Iron dust

2 Zinc

3 Aluminium

4 Coal

Q The term ‘bully’ is connected with which sport ?

1 Hockey

2 Cricket

3 Football

4 Golf

Q Who is the writer of the famous book ‘Kabuliwala’ ?

1 Rabindranath Tagore

2 Munshi Premchand

3 Mohan Rakesh

4 Bankim Chandra

Q Viticulture is known as the cultivation and harvesting of what?

1 Peanuts

2 Grapes

3 Flowers

4 Wheat

Q Hari Prasad Chaurasia played which musical instrument ?

1 Flute

2 Sarod

3 Shehnai

4 Sarangi

Q Sandstone is which type of rock ?

1 Sedimentary rock

2 Metamorphic rock

3 Igneous rock

4 Calcareous rock

Q Which dynasty came to power in India after Tughlaq dynasty ?

1 Sayyid dynasty

2 Slave dynasty

3 Lodi dynasty

4 Khalji dynasty

Delhi Sultanate

Q Which writ of the High Court or the Supreme Court issued to restrain a person from holding a public office which he is not entitled to ?

1 Quo-Warranto

2 Mandamus

3 Habeas Corpus

4 Prohibition

Q What is the minimum age to become vice-president of India ?

1 35 years

2 25 years

3 30 years

4 27 years

Q Which Article cannot be suspended even during emergency ?

1 Article 20 and 21

2 Article 14 and 15

3 Article 19 and 20

4 Article 21 and 22

Q Who wrote Nyaya Sutra ?

1 Gautam

2 Vyasa

3 Kapila

4 Charaka

Q With which body organ is ‘pace-maker’ associated ?

1 Heart

2 Liver

3 Brain

4 Lungs

Q Anaemia is caused because of deficiency of :

1 Iron

2 Calcium

3 Sodium

4 Potassium

Q What is the minimum distance required to hear an echo ?

1 17 m

2 34 m

3 51 m

4 68 m

Q Which metal is used for galanvanization ?

1 Zinc

2 Copper

3 Tin

4 Aluminium

Q Who invented Bluetooth ?

1 Jaap Haartsen

2 G Marconi

3 Theodore Maiman

4 Zacharis Jannsen

Q Battle of Chanderi [ 1928 ] was fought between Babur and ________

1 Medini Rai

2 Rana Sanga

3 Ibrahim Lodi

4 Sher Shah Suri

Q In which year was Communist Party of India -Marxist [ CPI-M ] founded ?

1 1964

2 1980

3 1984

4 1998

Q Who is the author of the novel ‘The Grapes of Wrath’ ?

1 John Steinbeck

2 Jane Austen

3 VS Naipaul

4 John Hicks

Q Who invented the vacuum pump ?

1 Otto van Guericks

2 G Marconi

3 Theodore Maiman

4 Zacharis Jannsen

Q __ is a mask dance popular in South Malabar.

1 Dhangar

2 Kummattikali

3 Parichakali

4 Zemmado

Q The Northeast Canyons and Seamounts Marine National Monument is located in the
__.

1 Arctic Ocean

2 Arabian Sea

3 Atlantic Ocean

4 Red Sea

Q Which dance form is associated with Natwari Dance?

1 Kathak

2 Kuchipudi

3 Odissi

4 Kathakali

Q Why did Mother Teresa establish the ‘Nirmal Hriday’ Hospice?

1 To provide a place where the terminally ill could die in peace

2 To provide a home for orphan girl-children

3 To provide a refuge for patients of leprosy

4 To provide a home for young widows

Q Who among the following was appointed as the first minister of the Ministry of
Disinvestment during the tenure of the Vajpayee Government?

1 Yashwant Sinha

2 Arun Shourie

3 George Fernandes

4 Jaswant Singh

Q The process of removing government-imposed limits or impediments is known as:

1 liberalisation

2 financial investments

3 privatisation

4 globalisation

Q Which of the following is NOT a Maharatna company ?

1 Power Finance Corporation [ PFC ]

2 Bharat Heavy Electricals Limited [ BHEL]

3 Gas Authority of India Limited [ GAIL]

4 Hindustan Copper Limited

There are 13 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 [ POWERGRID ] , Bharat Heavy Electricals Limited [ BHEL ] ,  Power Finance Corporation [ PFC ] and Rural Electrification Corporation [ REC ] and Oil India Limited [ OIL ]

Q The Ghoomar dance of Rajasthan was originally performed by which tribal
community?

1 Kathodi

2 Mina

3 Bhil

4 Kanjar

Q How many rock-cut caves and temples are there at Ajanta?

1 15

2 31

3 30

4 20

Q Andaman and Nicobar Islands is a group of _____ island / islets.

1 572

2 275

3 450

4 750

Q Before being renamed , Mount Everest was simply known as ____

1 Peak VI

2 Peak IX

3 Peak XV

4 Peak XII

Before being renamed , Mount Everest was simply known as Peak XV . The other name of Mount Everest is ‘Sagarmatha’ in Nepal and ‘Chomolungma’ in Tibet

Q The Phool Dei festival is primarily celebrated by the people of ________ in India. 

Ans 1. Gujarat 

2. Sikkim 

3. Uttarakhand 

4. Karnataka

Q National Doctor’s day is observed every year on __.

1 1st July

2 27th June

3 27th July

4 2nd Jul

Q Which of the following is a book written by Nirad C. Chaudhari?

1 The Autobiography of an Unknown Indian

2 A Suitable Boy

3 A Train to Pakistan

4 Discovery of India

Q Burrakatha is a highly dramatic form of ballad of __.

1 Tamil Nadu

2 Madhya Pradesh

3 Andhra Pradesh

4 Uttar Pradesh

Q Emergency Provisions are contained in which Part of the Constitution of India?

1 Part X

2 Part I

3 Part XX

4 Part XVIII

Q The Thomas Cup is a trophy that signifies world supremacy in some sport . Name the sport .

1 Hockey

2 Badminton

3 Football

4 Cricket

Q The ‘Loor dance’ is a traditional folk dance, performed only by women, in the state of:

Ans 1. Haryana

2. Madhya Pradesh

3. Punjab

4. Rajasthan

Q Orange juice contains __ acid due to which it tastes sour

1 citric

2 oxalic

3 formic

4 acetic

Q Which of the following states is known for the practice of Mithila style of painting?

1 Kerala

2 Karnataka

3 Bihar

4 Uttar Pradesh

Q Who introduced ‘Objective Resolution’ in the Constituent Assembly?

1 Mahatma Gandhi

2 Jawaharlal Nehru

3 B.R Ambedkar

4 Rajendra Prasad

Q Which river is also known as ‘Sorrow of Bihar’?

1 Gomati

2 Yamuna

3 Chambal

4 Kosi

 Q The Indian National Congress was established when 72 delegates from all over the country met at Bombay in December in the year :

1 1885

2 1887

3 1876

4 1872

Q The Jhaveri sisters– Nayana, Suverna, Ranjana and Darshana are famously associated with which style of dance?

 Ans 1. Kathakali 

2. Bharatnatyam 

3. Kuchipudi 

4. Manipuri

Q Who among the following did Babur defeat in the year 1528 at Chanderi?

Ans 1. Muhammad Lodhi

2. Ibrahim Lodi

3. Bappa Rawal

4. Medini Rai

Q Who was the founder of the Ramakrishna Mission?

1. Debendranath Tagore

2 Atmaram Pandurang

3 Swami Vivekananda

4 Swami Dayanand

Q Who was the Chairman of the Advisory Committee on Fundamental Rights, Minorities and Tribal and Excluded Areas of the Constituent Assembly of India.

1 BR Ambedkar

2 Jawaharlal Nehru

3 Vallabhbhai Patel

4 Rajendra Prasad

Q Which of the following is the state flower of Manipur?

Ans 1. Pink Rhododendron

2. Retusa

3. Foxtail Orchids

4. Shirui Lily

Q __ was called ‘Indraprastha’ during the rule of Pandavas.

1 Delhi

2 Agra

3 Calcutta

4 Jaipur

Q The highest civilian awards of the country, ‘The Padma Awards’ were instituted in which of the following years? 

Ans 1. 1954

 2. 1967 

3. 1952 

4. 1960

Q Which of the following books did the famous cricketer Sunil Gavaskar author?

Ans 1. Captain Cool

2. Runs ‘n Ruins

3. Democracy’s XI: The Great Indian Cricket Story

4. Playing It My Way

Q Hindon is the tributary of which of the following river?

1 Ganga

2 Kaveri

3 Krishna

4 Yamuna

Q With which of the following sports is the FedEx Cup associated?

Ans 1. Badminton

2. Tennis

3. Football

4. Golf

Q Mount Jopuno is situated in which of the following states?

1 Himachal Pradesh

2 Andhra Pradesh

3 Uttarakhand

4 Sikkim

Q How many recognised essential vitamins are there ?

1 13

2 8

3 10

4 9

Q Purna, Manjira and Pranhita are tributaries of:

Ans 1. Godavari

2. Indus

3. Chambal

4. Yamuna

Q Nephritis is a medical condition that affects the __.

1 muscle joints

2 brain

3 kidney

4 heart

Q As of 2024 , how many Olympic medals did India win in the sport of field hockey?

Ans 1. 8

2. 9

3. 11

4. 12

Field Hockey : 12 Medals [ 8 Gold + 1 Silver + 3 Bronze ]

Q Second generation computers (1955-1964) were made of:

Ans 1. transistors

2. vacuum tubes

3. small scale integrated circuit chips

4. large scale integrated circuit chips

First Generation computers [ Vacuum Tubes ] , Second Generation computers [ Transistors ] , Third Generation computer [ Integrated circuit chips ] , Fourth Generation computers [ Microprocessors ]

Q In which of the following states is the Shatrunjaya Hills located?

1 Karnataka

2 Gujarat

3 Madhya Pradesh

4 Andhra Pradesh

Q Who was the President of the Indian National Congress when India won its freedom in the year 1947?

Ans 1. Jawaharlal Nehru

2. J. B. Kripalani

3. Vallabhbhai Patel

4. Abul Kalam Azad

Q With which of the following musical instruments is the musician Pandit Shiv Kumar Sharma associated?

Ans 1. Dholak

2. Sarangi

3. Santoor

4. Sarod

Q Where is the Rumi Darwaza located?

Ans 1. Gwalior

2. Bhopal

3. Lucknow

4. Agra

Q In which of the following states is the Ajanta caves situated?

Ans 1. Uttar Pradesh

2. Madhya Pradesh

3. Maharashtra

4. Kerala

Q Which of the following festivals is called the month of merits and is celebrated
between May and June?

1. Losoong

2 Saga Dawa

3 Bhanu Jaati

4 Losar

Q Who among the following is the author of ‘The Brahma Sutra – The Philosophy of
Spiritual life’?

1. Indira Gandhi

2 Rajendra Prasad

3 Sarojini Naidu

4 Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan

Q Who among the following introduced the concept of electric field for the first time?

1 Michael Faraday

2 Charles Augustin de Coulomb

3 Joseph Henry

4 Blaise Pascal

Q Who was the Governor-General of Bengal when the Permanent Settlement was introduced there in 1793?

Ans 1. Sir John Macpherson

2. Lord Cornwallis

3. Sir John Shore

4. Warren Hastings

Q Which of the following hills is situated in Andhra Pradesh?

1 Kaimur Hills

2 Pachmarhi Hills

3 Girnar Hills

4 Nagari Hills

Q Who founded the famous Vikramashila University in the ninth century?

1 Gopala

2 Dharmapala

3 Ballala Sena

4 Samanta Sena

Q The Asiatic Society was established in Calcutta by ______ in 1784

1 William Jones

2 Robert Clive

3 Lord Canning

4 Lord Cornwallis

Q Where is the HQ of National Film Archives of India [ NFAI ] ?

1 Pune

2 Hyderabad

3 Chennai

4 Noida

Q The idea of Liberty , Equality and Fraternity , which influenced the Indian National Movement , was taken from _______

1 French

2 American

3 Indian

4 Russian

Q Goitre is caused by the deficiency of _________

1 Iodine

2 Protein

3 Iron

4 Vitamin D

Q Jawara dance is related to __ state.

1 Karnataka

2 Maharashtra

3 Madhya Pradesh

4 Andhra Pradesh

Q The chemical that is used to ripen mangoes ?

1 Calcium Carbide

2 Potassium bisulphate

3 Citric acid

4 Hydrogen peroxide

Q During whose Viceroyalty ,the capital of India was shifted from Calcutta to Delhi ?

1 Lord Hardinge

2 Lord Reading

3 Lord Irwin

4 Lord Canning

Q Eustachian Tube is located in which part of human body ?

1 Ear

2 Eyes

3 Nose

4 Throat

Q Ambubachi mela is a festival of which state?

1 Assam

2 Mizoram

3 Sikkim

4 Gujarat

Q It is the festival of Martial Dance is celebrated to mark the major victory of peace over
war. What is the name of the festival and where it is celebrated?

1 Kalinga Mahotsav, Odisha

2 Durga Puja, Kolkata

3 Vijayi Naach, Tamil Nadu

4 Chandan Yatra, Chattisgarh

Q Which of the following awards was instituted by the KK Birla Foundation in 1991 and carries a cash prize of ₹15 lakh, a plaque and a citation?

1 Vyas Samman

2 Sahitya Akademi Award

3 Jnanpith Award

4 Saraswati Samman

Q According to census 2011 , what is the population [ nearest value ] of tribals in India ?

1 10.42 crores

2 12.45 crores

3 16.45 crores

4 14.45 crores

Q Gugga dance is a traditional folk dance of which of the following state ?

1 Kerala

2 Assam

3 Tamil Nadu

4 Haryana

Q Onam is celebrated as the homecoming of which Ausura King?

Ans 1. Mahabali

2. Kansa

3. Devadutta

4. Yama

Onam or Thiruvonam is the harvest festival of Kerala . It is celebrated for 10 days during the Malayalam month of Chingam . It is celebrated to commemorate the arrival of King Mahabali

Q Budhaditya Mukherjee is associated with which of the following musical instuments ?

1 Veena

2 Sitar

3 Violin

4 Sarangi

Q ‘Deodhar Trophy’ is related to which sport ?

1 Football

2 Cricket

3 Hockey

4 Tennis

Q The Choliya dance is performed in ______.

Ans 1. Ladakh

2. Uttarakhand

3. Meghalaya

4. Tamil Nadu

Q With which of the following states is the ‘Mand’ or ‘Maand‘ style of singing associated

Ans 1. Gujarat

2. Uttar Pradesh

3. Madhya Pradesh

4. Rajasthan

Q ‘Ugadi’ is the famous festival of which of the following states?

Ans 1. Uttar Pradesh

2. Andhra Pradesh

3. Goa

4. Punjab

Poila Baishakh [ Bengali New Year ] , Ugadi/Yugadi [ Telugu New Year ] [ Karnataka , Telangana and Andhra Pradesh ] , Gudi Padwa [ Marathi New Year ] , Puthandu [Tamil New Year ] , Bohag Bihu/ Rongali Bihu [ Assamese New Year ] , Vishu [ Malayali New Year ] , Navroz [ Parsi New Year ] , Cheiraoba [ Manipuri New Year ] , Pana Sankranti [ Odia New Year ] and Jur Sital [ Maithili New Year 

 Q ‘Bauhche’ is a traditional bridegroom’s sword worn during a tribal wedding ceremony in:

Ans 1. Uttar Pradesh

2. Arunachal Pradesh

3. Andhra Pradesh

4. Madhya Pradesh

Q Who among the following was the first Indian to win the Miss World beauty pageant?

Ans 1. Diana Hayden

2. Reita Faria

3. Priyanka Chopra

4. Aishwarya Rai

First Indian Woman to become ‘Miss World’ : Miss Reita Faria [ 1966 ] , Aishwarya Rai [ 1994 ] , Diana Hayden [ 1997 ] , Yukta Mookhey [ 1999 ] , Priyanka Chopra [ 2000 ] and Manushi Chillar [ 2017 ]

Q Who among the following wrote the novel ‘Rangbhumi: The Arena of Life’?

1 Munshi Premchand

2 Mohan Rakesh

3 Rabindranath Tagore

4 Jyotiba Phule

 Q In which of the following countries is the headquarters of International Table Tennis Federation situated?

Ans 1. Japan

2. Thailand

3. Switzerland

4. England

Q In which year did the state of Himachal Pradesh come into existence?

1 1965

2 1956

3 1947

4 1971

Q ‘Bhand Pather’ is a form of theatre dance performed in ______.

Ans 1. Goa

2. Kashmir

3. Haryana

4. Sikkim

Q Kalbelia folk songs and dance forms are an expression of the Kalbelia community’s
traditional way of life. It is associated with which of the following states?

1 Rajasthan

2 Haryana

3 Maharashtra

4 Punjab

Q When is the National Consumer Rights Day observed in India every year?

1 24 December

2 2 October

3 24 November

4 13 March

Q Which of the following Articles of the Constitution of India is related to the oath or
affirmation by the President?

1 Article 60

2 Article 66

3 Article 54

4 Article 57

Q Where is the Sariska Tiger Reserve located?

Ans 1. Karnataka

2. Haryana

3. Rajasthan

4. Gujarat

Q Which of the following states was popularly known as the ‘Land of Gods’? It got a separate identity as a state on 9 November 2000.

Ans 1. Karnataka

2. Goa

3. Uttarakhand

4. Telangana

Q Rickets and night-blindness are caused by the deficiency of ______ and ______, respectively.

Ans 1. Vitamin B1, Vitamin C

2. Vitamin D, Vitamin C

3. Vitamin E, Vitamin A

4. Vitamin D, Vitamin A

Q Kalbelia is a famous folk dance of which Indian state ?

1 Odisha

2 Bihar

3 West Bengal

4 Rajasthan

Q ‘Lona’ is related to which game ?

1 Kabaddi

2 Football

3 Hockey

4 Cricket

Q Which Schedule contains special provisions for the administration of tribal areas in the four north-eastern states of Assam , Meghalaya , Tripura and Mizoram ?

1 Sixth Schedule

2 Fourth Schedule

3 Third Schedule

4 Eight Schedule

Q Study of Fossils is called ?

1 Palaeontology

2 Pedology

3 Mycology

4 Micorbiology

Q Who coined the Chipko slogan ‘Ecology is Permanent Economy’ ?

1 Sunderlal Bahuguna

2 Salim Ali

3 Jadev Payeng

4 E Sreedharan

Q Who was the founder of Indian Reform Association in 1870 ?

1 Keshab Chandra Sen

2 Surrendra Nath Banerjee

3 Jyotiba Phule

4 Atmaram Pandurang

Q Prince of Wales Cup is associated with which sport ?

1 Golf

2 Hockey

3 Football

4 Badminton

Q Golden Quadrilateral Project for the development of National Highways was initiated by —

1 Atal Bihari Vajpayee

2 Manmohan Singh

3 Narendra Modi

4 IK Gujral

Q Who gave the title ‘Nightingale of India’ to Sarojini Naidu ?

1 Mahatma Gandhi

2 Subhas Chandra Bose

3 Jawaharlal Nehru

4 Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel

Q Which was India’s military offensive against Pakistan in the Kargil War ?

1 Operation Vijay

2 Operational Polo

3 Operation Ginger

4 Operation Bandar

Q Who was the first grammarian of the Sanskrit language ?

1 Panini

2 Vishnu Sharma

3 Asvaghosa

4 Chanakya

Q Which of the following books was written by Swami Vivekananda ?

1 Ancient India

2 River of Smoke

3 The East and the West

4 No secrets

Q What is Gol Gumbadh ?

1 Humayun

2 Akbar

3 Mausoleum of Mohammad Adil Shah

4 Shah Jahan

Q Who was the President of Indian National Congress at the time of Indian Independence ?

1 JB Kriplani

2 Jawahar Lal Nehru

3 George Yule

4 Badruddin Tyabji

Q What was the age of Babur, the first Mughal emperor (1526 –1530), when he succeeded to the throne of Ferghana in 1494?

1. 18 years

2. 13 years

3. 15 years

4. 12 years

Q Which is the largest gland in human body ?

1 Liver

2 Lungs

3 kidney

4 Stapes

Q The actinides series is a group of ____ metallic chemical elements .

1 12

2 15

3 9

4 18

Q Who wrote the novel ‘The God of Small Things’, which is a critical and realisticexamination of society’s double standard response towards different people according to their social status and power?

1. Jhumpa Lahiri

2. Arundhati Roy

3. Kiran Desai

4. Vikram Seth

Q How many drainage basins in India are major river basins with more than 20,000 km2
of catchment area?

1 36

2 19

3 14

4 24

Q Which Rajasthani dance form involves the women in flowing black skirts similar to the movements of a snake ?

1 Bhavai

2 Ghoomar

3 Kalbelia

4 Kachhi Ghodi

Q Who was India’s first National Security Advisor?

1 Shivshankar Menon

2 Brajesh Mishra

3 MK Narayanan

4 JN Dixit

Q Rast-Goftar , a newspaper , propagated the messages of socio-religious reforms for which of the following societies ?

1 Hindu

2 Muslim

3 Sikh

4 Parsi

Q Chaitrual and Phulaich are the festival of which of the following states ?

1 Gujarat

2 Himachal Pradesh

3 Uttarakhand

4 Haryana

Q Who is credited with creating the popular Raga Miya ki Malhar ?

1 Amir Khusrau

2 Tansen

3 Meera Bai

4 Zakir Hussain

Q Where was the first cement plant set up ?

1 Nagpur

2 Mumbai

3 Chennai

4 Lucknow

Q Hai-Hak dance is associated with which state ?

1 Rajasthan

2 Andhra Pradesh

3 Tripura

4 Sikkim

Q Which is the highest peak of South India?

1 Kudremukh

2 Mahendragiri

3 Doddabetta

4 Anaimudi

Q _______ is the smallest tiger reserve in India .

1 Jim Corbett Tiger Reserve

2 Bor Tiger Reserve

3 Nagarjunsagar-Srisailam Tiger Reserve

4 Veerangana Durgavati Tiger Reserve

Q Who among the following founded the Hindu Dharma Sabha in the 19th century ?

1 Radhakanta Deb

2 Raja Ram Mohan Roy

3 Dwarkanath Tagore

4 Keshab Chandra Sen

Q Which Indian state was the first to make it mandatory for all homes to have rooftop rainwater harvesting structures ?

1 Sikkim

2 Tamil Nadu

3 Odisha

4 Haryana

Q Which National Waterway runs from Haldia to Prayagraj ?

1 National Waterway 1

2 National Waterway 2

3 National Waterway 3

4 National Waterway 4

Q In which Olympics did Khashaba Jadhav , the first Indian win an individual Olympic
medal for India?

1 1972 Munich Olympics

2 1948 London Olympics

3 1952 Helsinki Olympics

4 1936 Berlin Olympics

Q Snail is an example of which of the following phylum of animal kingdom ?

1 Mollusca

2 Annelida

3 Protochordate

4 Arthropoda

Q Bhakti saints , Nayanars were devotees of which of the following gods ?

1 Murugan

2 Shiva

3 Vishnu

4 Indra

Q ”The Invisible Man” is a science fiction novel written by famous author ___

1 Herbert Georege Wells

2 William Shakespeare

3 Jules Verne

4 Agatha Christie

Q एक पारंपरिक खेल यूबी लक्पी [ Yubi Lakpi ] किस राज्य में खेला जाता है?

1 मणिपुर

2 अरुणाचल प्रदेश

3 हिमाचल प्रदेश

4 झारखंड

Q What is the calling code of Sri Lanka ?

1 +94

2 +975

3 +977

4 +92

Q Triton is the moon of which planet ?

1 Neptune

2 Saturn

3 Jupiter

4 Mars

Q ____ is a group folk dance of Sikkim performed in honour of Mount Khangchendzonga , the guardian deity of the Sikkimese people .

1 Zo Mal Lok

2 Chu-Faat

3 Tendong Lo Rum Faat

4 Kinchum Chu Bomsa

Q Who is the author of the book ‘Song of India’?

1 Shashi Tharoor

2 Meenakshi Lekhi

3 Anna Burns

4 Ruskin Bond

Q Which of the following historical caves of India are located in the state of Bihar?

Ans 1. Barabar Caves

2. Ellora Caves

3. Kanheri Caves

4. Ajanta Caves

Q The state of matter in which the electrons are free in a cloud rather than attached to individual atoms is called ______.

Ans 1. Liquid

2. Solid

3. Plasma

4. Gas

Q Who was Gulbadan Begum, writer of Humayun Nama?

Ans 1. Wife of Humayun

2. Daughter of Humayun

3. Sister of Humayun

4. Mother of Humayun

Q Who is the author of the book ‘India: From Midnight to the Millennium’ ?

1 Shashi Tharoor

2 Amitav Ghosh

3 Chetan Bhagat

4 Kiran Desai

Q The battle which marks the loss of Vijayanagar empire to the confederation of the Deccan Sultanates in 1565 was fought at:

1 Talikota

2 Bidar

3 Golconda

4 Mysore

 Q How many Assembly Constituencies does Rajasthan have ?

Ans 1. 200

2. 207

3. 205

4. 209

Q The United India Patriotic Association was founded by whom?

Ans 1. Siafudeen Kichlu

2. Maulana Shibli Numani

3. Sir Syed Ahmed Khan

4. Muhammad Ali

Q Which of the following schedules of the Constitution of India mentions the forms of oaths and affirmations?

1 Third Schedule

2 Fourth Schedule

3 First Schedule

4 Second Schedule

Q Jahanara, who is credited for designing the famous Chandni Chowk market of Old Delhi,
was the daughter of Mughal Emperor

1 Aurangazeb

2 Jahangir

3 Shah Jahan

4 Bahadur Shah

Q Which article of Indian constitution is related with qualifications for appointment as
Governor?

1 157

2 132

3 169

4 143

Q Which is a colourless, odourless gas of the alkane series of hydrocarbons with a
chemical formula of C3H8?

1 Pentane

2 Ethane

3 Propane

4 Butane

Q The Arya Samaj was founded by Swami Dayanand Saraswati in:

1 1875

2 1880

3 1888

4 1867

Q The ‘Solung’ is indigenous festival of which state ?

1 Arunachal Pradesh

2 Kerala

3 Rajasthan

4 Chhattisgarh

Q Who was the first woman of Indian descent to go to space ?

1 Kalpana Chawla

2 Nalini Ramarajan

3 Shawna Pandya

4 Sunita Williams

Q Kye Monastery is the oldest and biggest monastery situated in the state of :

1 Sikkim

2 Arunachal Pradesh

3 Himachal Pradesh

4 Karnataka

Q In Cricket, what is the distance between two wickets?

1 22 yards

2 21 Yards

3 23 yards

4 24 yards

Q Inamgaon village is located in which state of India?

Ans 1. Madhya Pradesh

2. Maharashtra

3. Punjab

4. Kerala

Q Which among the following festivals is also known as the festival of winter season?

1 Moatsu

2 Chakan Gaan-Ngai

3 Wangala

4 Chapchar Kut

Q _ is the first state in India which has made roof top rainwater harvesting structure compulsory to all the houses across the state.

1 Tamil Nadu

2 Haryana

3 West Bengal

4 Uttar Pradesh

Q In __ the Muslim League had moved a resolution demanding “Independent
States” for Muslims in the north-western and eastern areas of the country.

1 1942

2 1943

3 1940

4 1938

Q What is the name of the autobiography of Viswanathan Anand?

  1. Mind Master

 2. The Test of My Life 

 3. Playing It My Way

4. Ace Against Odds

Q Jalikattu is associated with which Indian festival ?

1 Pongal

2 Bihu

3 Onam

4 Ugadi

Q Ustad Asad Ali Khan played which of the following instruments ?

1 Algoza

2 Rudra Veena

3 Sitar

4 Ravanahatha

Q Wo among the following was given the charge of looking after the imperial household during the Mughal administration ?

1 Mir Saman

2 Mir Bahri

3 Mir Bakshi

4 ‘Mir-e-aatish’

Q How many countries are part of SAARC ?

1 8

2 7

3 6

4 9

SAARC members : Afghanistan , Bangladesh , Bhutan , India , Maldives , Nepal , Pakistan and Sri Lanka

Q राज्य विधानमंडल की सदस्यता के बिना किसी व्यक्ति को कितने माह तक मुख्यमंत्री नियुक्त किया जा
सकता है?

1 6 माह

2 2 वर्ष

3 15 माह

4 1 वर्ष

Q As on March 2024 , How many national laboratories does the Council of Scientific and Industrial Research [ CSIR ] have in India ?

1 47

2 37

3 27

4 17

Q In which state is the Kundang Lem Festival celebrated?

1 Assam

2 Tripura

3 Meghalaya

4 Nagaland

Q Who was the first Russian Prime Minister to visit independent India ?

1 Boris Yeitsin

2 Mikhail Gorbachev

3 Nikolai Bulganin

4 Vladimir Putin

Q From which of the following countries were the principles of liberty , equality and
fraternity taken in the Indian Constitution?

1 United Kingdom

2 France

3 Ireland

4 United States of America

Q The first edition of the ICC Women’s Cricket World Cup held in England in :

1 1975

2 1973

3 1983

4 1979

Q Name the king who built the famous Lingaraj Temple in Bhubaneswar?

1 Dharmaratha

2 Janmejaya I

3 Jajati Keshari

4 Bhimaratha

Q Who was the first chairman of ISRO [ Indian Space Research Organisaton ] ?

1 Satish Dhawan

2 M.G.K. Menon

3 Vikram Sarabhai

4 Udupi Ramachandra Rao

Q Who was the President of India during 1977 – 1982?

1 Giani Zail Singh

2 R Venkataraman

3 Neelam Sanjiva Reddy

4 Shankar Dayal Sharma

Q Which of the following authors has written the famous novel ‘Gulliver’s Travels’?

1 Oscar Wilde

2 Samueal Richardson

3 Jonathan Swift

4 Ruskin Bond

Q When was the National Action Plan on Climate Change [ NAPCC ] established in India ?

1 2009

2 2008

3 2007

4 2010

Q Osakothi is waning / dying form of mural painting from the state of :

1 Odisha

2 Himachal Pradesh

3 Maharashtra

4 Bihar

Q Bokajan is a cement plant located in which of the following states ?

1 Bihar

2 Assam

3 Madhya Pradesh

4 Andhra Pradesh

Q The length of the playing surface for Table Tennis is ____

1 2.74 m

2 3,74 m

3 4.74 m

4 5.74

Q Alha and Udal , who gave stiff resistance to the enemy , belonged to which of the following Rajput States ?

1 Parmar

2 Chandela

3 Gahadavala

4 Kalchuri

Q Which of the following type of biome have the subtype called as ‘Tropical Savannah’ ?

1 desert

2 forest

3 aquatic

4 grassland

Q Who among the following was the Governor General of India when the Permanent Settlement was introduced in Bengal for revenue collection by the East India Company ?

1 Lord Cornwallis

2 Lord Wellesly

3 Lord Canning

4 Lord Dalhousie

Q Kamarup is an ancient name of which region of India ?

1 Assam

2 BIHAR

3 Rajasthan

4 Karnataka

Q In which Indian state is the Barabati Fort located?

1 Kerala

2 West Bengal

3 Maharashtra

4 Odisha

Q Which instrument is used for measuring humidity of atmosphere ?

1 Hygrometer

2 Hydrometer

3 Pyrometer

4 Lactometer

Q Lady Ratan Tata Trophy is related to which game ?

1 Hockey

2 Boxing

3 Hockey

4 Badminton

Q Ragini is a popular form of folk song belonging to the state of :

1 Haryana

2 Bihar

3 Kerala

4 Odisha

Q Meibomian glands are located in ______

1 Eye

2 Ear

3 Nose

4 Skin

Q Which newspaper was edited by Gandhiji in South Africa ?

1 Indian Opinion

2 Young India

3 Kesari

4 Udant Martand

Q Which of the following festivals celebrates the belief in the resurrection of Jesus Christ?

1 Christmas

2 Good Friday

3 Easter

4 Halloween

Q Edmund Hillary , one of the first persons to climb Mount Everest , is from which country ?

1 New Zealand

2 Russia

3 Australia

4 Nepal

Q In which state is the ‘Sonepur Cattle Fair’ a well-known cultural event?

1. Rajasthan

2 Gujarat

3 Punjab

4 Bihar

Q While performing the Suwa folk dance of Chhattisgarh, women act like which of the following birds?

Ans 1. Peacock

2. Pigeon

3. Parrot

4. Hornbill

Q ‘Kharchi Puja’ is primarily celebrated in which of the following states of India?

1 Bihar

2 Rajasthan

3 Tamil Nadu

4 Tripura

Q Which of the following pairs is INCORRECTLY matched?

1 Shudraka : Mrichchhakatika

2 Kalhana : Ramacharitam

3 Harshacharita : Banabhatta

4 Firdausi : Shahnama

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

Ans 1. Kuchipudi

2. Nati

3. Kathak

4. Kolkali

Q When a Kabaddi game is on, how many players are there on each side? 

Ans 1. 7 

2. 8 

3. 6 

4. 5

Q To which of the following states does the Kodava community traditionally belong?

1 Madhya Pradesh

2 Chhattisgarh

3 Karnataka

4 Rajasthan

Q As on 2024 , which of the following states has a bicameral system?

1 Maharashtra

2 Gujarat

3 Arunachal Pradesh

4 Kerala

6 out of 28 states have a State Legislative Council . These are Andhra Pradesh [ 58 ] , Karnataka [ 75 ] , Telangana [40 ] , Maharashtra [78 ] , Bihar [ 75 ] and Uttar Pradesh [ 100 ]

Q On the bank of which river was the Battle of Dharmatpur fought on 15 April 1658 between Aurangzeb and Maharaja Jaswant Singh?

1 Yamuna

2 Krishna

3 Narmada

4 Satluj

Q Bumchu’ is a unique cultural festival celebrated in the Indian state of:

Ans 1. West Bengal

2. Odisha

3. Assam

4. Sikkim

Q 1° latitude is equal to approximately __ km.

1. 111

2 145

3 133

4 122

Q Chhau , identified by the Ministry of Culture as a classical dance, is prevalent in eastern India and has three distinct forms. Which of the following is NOT one of them? 

Ans 1. Seraikela Chhau of Jharkhand 

2. Marwahi Chhau of Chhattisgarh 

3. Purulia Chhau of West Bengal 

4. Mayurbhanj Chhau of Odisha

Q During whose reign did the Moroccan traveller Ibn Battuta visit India in the 14th century?

Ans 1. Feroz Shah Tughlaq

2. Alauddin Khalji

3. Mohammad Bin Tughlaq

4. Jalaluddin Khalji

Q Which of the following scientists developed the Theory of Relativity?

1 Niels Bohr

2 JJ Thomson

3 Ernest Rutherford

4 Albert Einstein

Q With which musical instrument was the noted musician Pandit Kishan Maharaj associated?

Ans 1. Mridangam

2. Tabla

3. Santoor

4. Rudra Veena

Q Which of the following Articles of the Constitution of India has provisions for a joint sitting of both Houses of Parliament?

Ans 1. Article 110

2. Article 40

3. Article 108

4. Article 44

Q Which of the following vegetation type is found on eastern slopes of Western Ghats?

1 Montane forest

2 The thorn forest

3 Mangrove forest

4 Tropical deciduous forest

Q The Preamble of the Indian Constitution was amended in which year?

1 1986

2 1976

3 1972

4 1982

Q The eastern most point in India is ____

1 Kibithu

2 Indira Col

3 Indira Point

4 Ghuar Mota

Q Which among the following is the heaviest gas?

1 Radon

2 Hydrogen

3 Helium

4 Argon

Q ‘Piklihal’ and ‘Utnur’ are important __ sites.

1. Monolithic

2 Paleolithic

3 Megalithic

4 Neolithic

Q The last ruler of the Mauryan Empire was:

1 Dasharatha Maurya

2 Shalishuka

3 Samprati

4 Brihadratha

Q Who among the following wrote the book ‘Wise and Otherwise’?

Ans 1. Gita Piramal

2. Jhumpa Lahiri

3. Arundhati Roy

4. Sudha Murthy

Q Dhenka is a well-known musical instrument of which one of the following Indian state?

1 Odisha

2 Goa

3 Kerala

4 Maharashtra

Q The book ‘An Extraordinary life’ is based on whose biography?

1 Arun Jaitley

2 Manohar Parrikar

3 Atal Bihari Vajpayee

4 Sushma Swaraj

Q The Anglo-Mysore Wars were a series of _ wars fought during the 18th
century between the rulers of Mysore and the English East India Company.

1 three

2 six

3 two

4 four

Q Which of the following classical dances is associated with Saint Srimanta Sankardev?

1 Mohiniyattam

2 Odissi

3 Sattriya

4 Kathakali

Q As of 2024 , which of the following national parks is inscribed on the
UNESCO World Heritage List (Natural)?

1. Gir National Park

2 Dachigam National Park

3 Hemis National Park

4 Keoladeo National Park

There are 7 natural world heritage sites in India Kaziranga National Park , Keoladeo Ghana National Park  , Manas Wildlife Sanctuary , Nanda Devi National Park and Valley of Flowers  , Sunderbans National Park , Western Ghats  and Great Himalayan National Park 

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 fourth incarnation of Vishnu is known as:

Ans 1. Varaha

2. Krishna

3. Vamana

4. Narasimha

In Vaishnavism , Ten avatars or incarnation of deity were recognised . Lord Vishnu with his 10 avatars (incarnations) : Fish [ Matsya ] , Tortoise [ Kurma ] , Boar [ Varaha ] , Narasimha [ Man-Lion] , Vamana [ Dwarf ] , Parashurama [ Rama-with-the-Ax] , King Rama , Krishna , Buddha, and Kalki

Q Which of the following is the thanksgiving festival of Maharashtra, where bulls are honoured as they are considered indispensable to farming? 

Ans 1. Mangala Gauri

2. Pola Festival 

3. Gudi Padwa 

4. Kala Ghoda Arts Festival

Q Who emphasized the worship of God as Nirankar (Formless) in Punjab?

Ans 1. Baba Dayal Das

2. Maharaja Ranjit Singh

3. Guru Gobind Singh

4. Baba Ram Singh

Q Which of the following is a famous folk dance of Bihar?

1 Jhijhiya

2 Naga dance

3 Maharas

4 Khel gopal

Q The new symbol of Indian currency is designed by _____

1 Uday Kumar

2 Prem Behari Narain Raizada

3 Edwin Lutyens

4 Pingali Venkayya

Q In the northern hemisphere, summer solstice occurs on:

1 21st June

2 21st May

3 21st April

4 21st March

 Q Who was the first Indian Air Force Officer to be awarded the Ashoka Chakra ?

1 Naik Narbahadur Thapa

2 Lt Suhas Biswas

3 Havildar Bachittar Singh

4 Neerja Bhanot

Q ‘My Music, My Life’ is an autobiography by which of the following Indian musicians?

1 Ustad Amjad Ali Khan

2 Pandit Hariprasad Chaurasia

3 Pandit Shivkumar Sharma

4 Pandit Ravi Shankar

Q The origin of Directive Principles of State Policy can be traced back to
______.

1 Government of India Act 1919

2 Second Round Table Conference

3 Karachi Resolution

4 Pune Pact

Q Which Article of the Constitution of India is associated with the protection and
improvement of the environment and safeguarding of forests and wild life?

1 Article 39 A

2 Article48 A

3 Article 43 A

4 Article 51 A

Q In which year , hockey was introduced for the first time in the Commonwealth Games ?

1 1930

2 1998

3 1908

4 1958

Q ‘Kaiser-i-Hind’ is a ____________ found mainly in Eastern Himalayas (West Bengal, Meghalaya, Assam, Sikkim and Manipur) in India.

1. crane

2. frog

3. butterfly

4. duck

Q ‘Rig Veda’ consists of how many hymns ?

1 1018

2 1028

3 1038

4 1008

Q Who built the Pathar Ki Masjid in Patna, Bihar?

Ans 1. Alauddin Khilji

2. Feroz shah Tughlaq

3. Aurangzeb

4. Parwez Shah

Q Where is the Salar Jung Museum located?

1 Hyderabad

2 Kanpur

3 Bengaluru

4 Bhopal

Q Amaravati Stupa is located in which of these states?

1 West Bengal

2 Andhra Pradesh

3 Gujarat

4 Madhya Pradesh

Q Which crop is also known as ‘golden fibre’?

1 Cotton

2 Wheat

3 Rice

4 Jute

Q The amphibians of plant kingdom are __.

1 Pteridophytes

2 Bryophytes

3 Algae

4 Fungi

Q मंदिर वास्तुकला की निम्नलिखित में से किस शैली में शिखर को देउल [ Deula ] कहा जाता है?

1ओडिशा

2 द्रविड़

3 नागर

4 वेसरा

Q Which Article provides for the Secretariat of Parliament ?

1 Article 98

2 Article 90

3 Article 93

4 Article 95

Q The ‘Mongmong festival’ is a harvest festival of which Indian state ?

1 Nagaland

2 Kerala

3 Rajasthan

4 Chhattisgarh

Q 1882 में , थियोसोफिकल सोसायटी [ Theosophical Society ] का मुख्यालय __ मेंस्थापित किया गया था।

1 ग्वालियर / Gwalior

2 कलकत्ता / Calcutta

3 अड्यार / Adyar

4 इलाहाबाद / Allahabad

Q The Dronacharya Award was first handed out in 1985, and the first Dronacharya Award winner was _______.

Ans 1. Hawa Singh

2. Bhalchandra Bhaskar Bhagwat

3. Karan Singh

4. Hansa Sharma

The Dronacharya Award was first handed out in 1985 and the first recipients of the award were Bhalchandra Bhaskar Bhagwat [ Wrestling ] , Om Prakash Bhardwaj [ Boxing ] and OM Nambiar [ Athletics ]

 Q Chakri’ is a type of traditional music that is popular in the Indian state of ______.

Ans 1. Rajasthan

2. Madhya Pradesh

3. Jammu and Kashmir

4. Punjab

Q In 1973, the Project Tiger was started in ________National Park.

Ans 1. Bhitarkanika

2. Sanjay Gandhi

3. Jim Corbett

4. Sunderbans

Q Which of the following rivers originates in Amarkantak Hill in Madhya Pradesh?

1. Periyar

2. Ravi

3. Narmada

4. Gomti

Q The border between India and Bhutan adjoins ________ Indian states.

Ans 1. Four

2. Three

3. Five

4. Two

The border between India and Bhutan adjoins Four Indian states [ Assam , Arunachal Pradesh , West Bengal and Sikkim ]

Q The ‘Pattachitra’ style of painting is one of the oldest and most popular art forms of _______.

Ans 1. West Bengal

2. Assam

3. Odisha

4. Rajasthan

Q Who wrote the book ‘An Era of Darkness: The British Empire in India’?

1 Sudha Murthy

2 Shashi Tharoor

3 Ramchandra Guha

4 A P J Abdul Kalam

Q What is the chemical name of slaked lime?

1 Calcium Nitrate

2 Sodium Chloride

3 Calcium Chloride

4 Calcium hydroxide

Q Who was the author of ‘Raag Darbari’ ?

1 Dharamvir Bharati

2 Suryakant Tripathi ‘Nirala’

3 Shrilal Shukla

4 Harivansh Rai Bachchan

Q Which of the following forts is located in GOA ?

1 Reis Magos Fort

2 Mehrangarh Fort

3 Bidar Fort

4 Sindhudurg Fort

Q Which of the following is the state bird of Tamil Nadu ?

1 Black-necked crane

2 Kalij Pheasant

 3 Emerald Dove

4. Indian Roller

Q To which of the following states does the folk song ‘Bhawaiya’ belong?

Ans 1. Chhattisgarh

2. Odisha

3. West Bengal

4. Jharkhand

Q In which year did Lord Curzon arrive in India as Viceroy?

1 1898

2 1891

3 1899

4 1892

Q As of 2024 , Who is the longest serving Indian Chief Minister ?

1 Jyoti Basu

2 Pawan Kumar Chamling

3 Naveen Patnaik

4 Nandini Satapathy

Q At Rio Olympics , what was the final position of Dipa Karmakar [ Gymnast ] in her category ?

1 4

2 3

3 2

4 1

Q As per Census 2011, __ percent of the total population of India is aged 15–29
years.

1 23.5

2 27.3

3 37.3

4 32.5

Q In its revision, in January 2015 the Central Statistics Office (CSO) replaced GDP at
factor cost with the _.

1 GVA at factor cost

2 GVA at basic prices

3 GNP at factor cost

4 GDP at market price

In its revision , in January 2015 the Central Statistics Office (CSO) replaced GDP at
factor cost with the GVA at basic prices and GDP at market prices

Q Who among the following became the first Indian musician to be honoured with the
Ramon Magsaysay award, which is considered to be Asia’s Nobel Prize?

1 Lata Mangeshkar

2 MS Subbulakshmi

3 Pandit Ravi Shankar

4 Pandit Kumar Gandarva

Q Aurobindo Ghosh was born in Calcutta [ now Kolkata ] on _____

1 15th August , 1869

2 15th August , 1872

3 15th August , 1889

4 15th August , 1902

Q For which of the following folk music is Lalon Fakir famous?

1 Baul

2 Pandavani

3 Alha

4 Wanawan

Q WTO was formed in the year 1995 to replace which of the following institutions?

1 Industrial Board of Reconstruction and Development

2 World Bank

3 General Agreement of Trade and Tariff

4 International Monetary Fund

Q भारत के पश्चिमी तटीय क्षेत्रों में मानसून का मौसम समाप्त होने के उपलक्ष्य में हिंदू माह श्रावण के
आखिरी दिन कौन सा पर्व मनाया जाता है?

1 नराली पूर्णिमा

2 कोजागिरी पूर्णिमा

3 साम्बा दशमी

4 गुरु पूर्णिमा

Q The thickness of the continental crust beneath the Central Himalayas is of the order of
_ , marking the end of volcanic activity in the region.

1 35–37 km

2 60–65 km

3 50–63 km

4 70–72 km

Q Which of the following statements is correct regarding Cheiraoba festival?
I. This festival is celebrated every year in the month of July/August.
II. This festival marks the Manipuri New Year.

1 Only II

2 Both I and II

3 Only I

4 Neither I nor II

Q Which instrument is predominantly used in both, Hindustani and Carnatic music? It
does not play melody but supports the singer or another instrument.

1 Sitar

2 Mridangam

3 Tanpura

4 Veena

Q भारत का पहला महिला संगठन , भारत स्त्री महामंडल [ Bharat Stree Mahamandal ] की स्थापना __ के द्वारा की गई थी।

1 एनी बेसेंट

2 सरला देवी चौधरानी

3 सरोजिनी नायडू

4 सावित्रीबाई फुले

Q What is 25-Ponders with reference to the celebration at the Republic Day Parade?

1 March-past by the Cavalry

2 Salute by seven canons of the Indian Army

3 Salute to the National Flag by the President’s bodyguards

4 Presentation of the tableaus from different states

Q पाल वंश के धर्मपाल को निम्नलिखित में से किस राष्ट्रकूट शासक ने पराजित किया था?

1 अमोघवर्षद्वितीय

2 गोविंद द्वितीय

3 कृष्ण प्रथम

4 ध्रुव

Q निम्नलिखित में से किस नृत्‍यांगना ने प्रसिद्ध बैलेरीना अन्ना पावलोवा (Anna Pavlova) के अनुरोध पर
बैले सीखा ?

1 सितारा देवी

2 रुक्मिणी देवी अरुंडेल

3 सोनल मानसिंह

4 यामिनी कृष्णमूर्त

Q Who among the following was the Chief Guest in the Republic Day Parade organised
at Rajpath in the year 1955?

1 Abdel Fatah-al-Sisi

2 General Malik Ghulam Muhammad

3 Sukarno

4 Tribhuvan Bir Bikram Shah

Q Which of the following is NOT associated with Hockey ?

1 Thomas Cup

2 Ranji Trophy

3 Aga Khan Cup

4 Davis Cup

Q How many Assembly Constituencies does Karnataka have ?

1 200

2 224

3 205

4 209

Andhra Pradesh [ 175 ] , Arunachal Pradesh [ 60 ] , Assam [ 126 ] , Bihar [ 243 ] , Chhattisgarh [ 90 ] , Goa [ 40 ] , Gujarat [ 182 ] , Haryana [ 90 ] , Himachal Pradesh [ 68 ] , Jharkhand [ 81 ] , Karnataka [ 224 ] , Kerala [ 140 ] , Madhya Pradesh [ 230 ] , Maharashtra [ 288 ] , Manipur [ 60 ] , Meghalaya [ 60 ] , Mizoram [ 40 ] , Nagaland [ 60 ] , NCT Delhi [ 70 ] , Odisha [ 147 ] , Puducherry [30 ] , Punjab [ 117 ] , Rajasthan [ 200 ] , Sikkim [ 32 ] , Tamil Nadu [ 234 ] , Telangana [ 119 ] , Tripura [ 60 ] , Uttar Pradesh [ 403 ] , Uttarakhand [ 70 ] , UT of Jammu and Kashmir [ 90 ] , West Bengal [ 294 ]

Q The first woman to win the Dronacharya Award was weightlifting coach ______ in 2000.

Ans 1. Purnima Mahato

2. Hansa Sharma

3. Renu Kohli

4. Sunita Sharma

Q Who was the first person to reach North Pole ?

1 Robert Peary

2 Roald Amundsen

3 John Cobot

4 Captain Cook

Q Who country is known as the ‘Land of the Midnight Sun’ ?

1 Norway

2 Finland

3 Thailand

4 Japan

Q नलवाड़ी मेला [ Nalwari Fair ] किस भारतीय राज्य मेंआयोजित किया जा ता है?

1 पंजाब

2 उत्तर प्रदेश

3 हिमाचल प्रदेश

4 हरियाणा

Q The archaeological site of Inamgaon is situated at the bank of river Ghod which is a
tributary of __.

1 Bhima

2 Mahanadi

3 Periyar

4 Ganga

Q Dhupgarh peak is the highest point of which of the following States of India?

Ans 1. Jharkhand

2. Uttar Pradesh

3. Chhattisgarh

4. Madhya Pradesh

Q Mopin is an agricultural festival celebrated in the state of ____

1 Bihar

2 Arunachal Pradesh

3 West Bengal

4 Himachal Pradesh

Q Which method was used for making bronze statues during Harrapan Civilisation?

1 Lost wax casting

2 Ivory carving

3 Stone carving

4 Wood carving

Q Which Constitution Amendment Act added provisions related to Municipalities in the
Indian Constitution?

1 97th Amendment Act 2011

2 71st Amendment Act 1992

3 74th Amendment Act 1992

4 69th Amendment Act 1993

Q ‘My Country My life’, is the autobiography of which of the following ex-Deputy Prime
Minister of India?

1 Vallabh Bhai Patel

2 Jagjivan Ram

3 Lal Krishna Advani

4 Morarji Desai

Q Kalsubai peak is located in which of the following Indian states?

1 Maharashtra

2 Himachal Pradesh

3 Andhra Pradesh

4 Madhya Pradesh

Q Padayani is a folk dance of which state ?

1 Kerala

2 Karnataka

3 Andhra Pradesh

4 Karnataka

Q ‘Laman’ is a regional music of which state of India ?

1 Himachal Pradesh

2 Maharashtra

3 Uttar Pradesh

4 Rajasthan

Q The Kolar Gold Fields is located in which state of India?

1 Andhra Pradesh

2 Kerala

3 Karnataka

4 Jharkhand

Q Which of the following trophies are associated with the game of Basketball?

1 G.D.Birla Trophy

2 Basalat Jha Trophy

3 B.C.Raj Trophy

4 Begam Rasul Trophy

Q Which type of seeds played an important role in Green Revolution in India?

1 High Nutritional Variety

2 High Yielding Variety

3 Low Nutritional Variety

4 Low Yielding Variety

Q Who was the first woman of Indian origin to go to space?

1 Sirisha Bandla

2 Kalpana Chawla

3 Nagin Cox

4 Yogita Shah

Q Which among the following is an Indian martial art from Manipur?

1 Gatka

2 Kalaripayattu

3 Muay Thai

4 Thang-Ta

Q Which among the following international boundaries is the longest?

1 Indo-Pak

2 Indo-China

3 Indo-Myanmar

4 Indo-Bangladesh [ 4096 km ]

Q In 1809, Lord __ signed the Amritsar Treaty with Maharaja Ranjit Singh.

1 James Andrew Ramsay – DalhousieMichael

2 John Hastings

3 William Bentinck

4 Charles T. Metcalfe

Q In which of the following Indian states is the “Hundred Drums Festival” observed?

1 Uttarakhand

2 Meghalaya

3 Himachal Pradesh

4 Punjab

Q ______ is a dance performed in West Bengal for the Durga Puja at the time of Dussehra .

1 Kikkli

2 Tera Tali

3 Dhunachi

4 Kolattam

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

1 18

2 20

3 24

4 28

Q Mayur Nritya or Peacock dance is a folk dance from the Braj region of ____

1 Uttar Pradesh

2 Odisha

3 Bihar

4 Andhra Pradesh

Q The birthday of Prophet Muhammad is also celebrated by the name of _____________.

Ans 1. Eid-ul-Fitr

2. Ramadan

3. Eid-ul-Adha

4. Mawlid al-Nabi

Q The ‘Sorrow of Bengal’ is _____

1 The Koshi

2 The Damodar

3 The Narmada

4 The Tapi

Q Who was world’s woman amputee to climb Mount Everest ?

1 Arunima Sinha

2 Santosh Yadav

3 Bachendri Pal

4 Premlata Agarwal

Q Who wrote the book titled ‘Gift to Monotheism’?

1. Swami Vivekanand

2 Dayanand Saraswati

3 Kehsavchand Sen

4 Rajaram Mohan Roy

Q In which state is the festival of Gudi Padwa specially celebrated?

Ans 1. Maharashtra

2. Punjab

3. Goa

4. Odisha

Q Which of the following line separates Pakistan and Afghanistan?

1. McMohan line

2 Jinnah line

3 Durand line

4 Radcliffe line

Q Warren Hastings became the first Governor General of India in which year?

Ans 1. 1767

2. 1757

3. 1773

4. 1783

Q Wood’s Despatch is related with __.

1. Education

2 Famine

3 Trade

4 Military

Q Which of the following bills can be initiated only in the Lok Sabha?

1. Private members bill

2 Constitution amendment bill

3 Government bill

4 Money bill

Q Which of the following sports was initially known as Poona?

1. Badminton

2 Baseball

3 Volleyball

4 Kho-Kho

Q The Choliya dance is performed in ______.

Ans 1. Ladakh

2. Uttarakhand

3. Meghalaya

4. Tamil Nadu

 Q In which of the following states is the Sirohi National Park located? 

Ans 1. Odisha 

2. Manipur 

3. West Bengal

 4. Assam

Q Which of the following cities became the capital of Bengal in 1704?

1. Howrah

2 Murshidabad

3 Kharagpur

4 Kolkata

Q The Sahitya Akademi Awards are given for best writings in how many Indian languages ?

1 24

2 20

3 22

4 14

Q Who introduced the term ‘Hindu’ rate of growth ?

1 Raj Krishna

2 Amartya Sen

3 Kaushik Basu

4 VKRV Rao

Q The Siachin Glacier’s melting waters are the main source of which river ?

1 Nubra

2 Beas

3 Sutlej

4 Shyok

Q Which is the warmest layer of the atmosphere ?

1 Thermosphere

2 Troposphere

3 Mesosphere

4 Stratosphere

Q At the 1996 Atlanta Olympics , who beat Fernando Meligeni to win the bronze medal ?

1 Leander Paes

2 Mahesh Bhupathi

3 Sania Mirza

4 Vijay Amritraj

Q Who was responsible for the integration of princely states into the Indian Union after Independence ?

1 Sardar Vallabh Bhai Patel

2 C Rajagopalachari

3 Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru

4 Maulana Abul Kalam Azad

Q Japanese folk tradition and ritual , with no founder or single sacred scripture , is popularly known as :

1 Shintoism

2 Taoism

3 Paganism

4 Zoroastrianism

Q By what name did Vinayak Savarkar form a secret organization of revolutionaries in the year 1904?

1 Hindustan Republican Association

2 Abhinav Bharat

3 Forward Bloc

4 Naujawan Bharat Sabha

Q Dampa Tiger Reserve is situated in which state of India ?

1 Mizoram

2 Bihar

3 Madhya Pradesh

4 Odisha

Q Bailadila range of hills are famous for which of the following minerals ?

1 Iron ore

2 Zinc

3 Bauxite

4 Manganese

Q Who composed ‘Shahnama’ ?

1 Abdulla

2 Alberuni

3 Ferdowsi

4 Utbi

Q In which year were the Commonwealth Games held in New Delhi?

1 2010

2 2018

3 2012

4 2006

Q National Human Rights Commission of India is an independent statutory body
established on 12 October __.

1 1996

2 2002

3 1999

4 1993

Q The Vyas Samman, started in 1991 is given for ‘outstanding literary work’ in __.

1 Rajasthani

2 Konkani

3 Hindi

4 Sanskrit

Q With which of the following soils are the terms ‘khadar’ and ‘bhangar’ associated?

1 Arid

2 Black

3 Alluvial

4 Laterite

Q Which of the following monasteries is NOT located in Sikkim?

1 Enchey

2 Ralong

3 Pemayangste

4 Tabo

Q Who among the following is the author of the book ‘The Shadow Lines’?

1 Amish Tripathi

2 Arundhati Roy

3 Amitav Ghosh

4 Ravish Kumar

Q Digboi Oil Refinery, commissioned on 11th December 1901, is India’s oldest operating
refinery and one of the oldest operating refineries in the world. It is located in __.

1 Gujarat

2 Uttar Pradesh

3 Assam

4 Odisha

Q The Bahujan Samaj Party was formed in 1984 under the leadership of __.

1 Kanshi Ram

2 Mayawati

3 Anil Agrawal

4 Vijay Bahuguna

Q __ was the Chairman of the Advisory Committee on Fundamental Rights, Minorities and
Tribal and Excluded Areas of the Constituent Assembly of India.

1 BR Ambedkar

2 Jawaharlal Nehru

3 Vallabhbhai Patel

4 Rajendra Prasad

Q What is the full form of KYC in the context of the banking sector?

1 Know Your Card

2 Know Your Contribution

3 Know Your Customer

4 Keep Your Credit

Q Who is the author of the Hindi play ‘Adhe Adhure’ ?

1 Mohan Rakesh

2 Girish Karnad

3 Habib Tanvir

4 Bhartendu Harishchandra

Q Which of these dances is commonly performed in Odisha?

1 Grida dance

2 Raas Leela

3 Ghumura

4 Chakyar Koothu

Q In the context of introducing the green revolution to Eastern India, a scheme called
BGREI was launched. When was this scheme launched?

1 2005-06

2 2009-10

3 2010-11

4 2008-09

Q Which of the following is a Buddhist festival that is celebrated in Sanchi , Madhya Pradesh in late November every year? It attracts hundreds of Buddhist monks and pilgrims, who come here to pay their respects to the relics of two of the Buddha’s foremost disciples, Sari Putta and Maha Moggallana.

1 Math Ghoghara Fair

2 Hira Bhumia Fair

3 Dhamoni Urs

4 Chethiyagiri Vihara Festival

Q The terms Mahari and Gotipua are associated with which Indian classical dance form?

1 Kuchipudi

2 Odissi

3 Sattriya

4 Manipur

Q The Ranjit Singh Gold Cup is associated with which of the following sports ?

1 Football

2 Hockey

3 Badminton

4 Gold

Q ‘Powa Mecca’ in Assam is the tomb of ____

1 Pir Giasuddin Auliya

2 Sheikh Salim Chisti

3 Khwaja Bande Nawaz

4 Shujauddin Mohammed Shah

Q Who pioneered the concept of microfinance?

1 Medha Patkar

2 Ela Bhatt

3 Mohammad Yunus

4 Anna Hazare

Q The ”Losar” festival , celebrated in Ladakh and Tibetan communities, marks the _____

1 Winter Solstice Festival

2 Harvest Festival

3 Monsoon Festival

4 New Year Festival

Q Which of the following is the first national park that was established in India?

1 Gir National Park

2 Kaziranga National Park

3 Jim Corbett National Park

4 Rajaji National Park

Q Solheim Cup is associated with which of the following games?

1 Golf

2 Cricket

3 Football

4 Hockey

Q Who was the first female nominated member of the Rajya Sabha?

1 Vyajayantimala Bali

2 Shakuntala Paranjpye

3 Maragatham Chandrasekhar

4 Rukmini Devi Arundale

Q Kamsale is the folk dance of which of the following Indian states ?

1 Jharkhand

2 Karnataka

3 Kerala

4 Bihar

Q ‘Lone Fox Dancing’ is an autobiography by which of the following novelists?

1 Arvind Adiga

2 Amitav Ghosh

3 Ruskin Bond

4 Khushwant Singh

Q Who among the following was appointed as the Defence Minister in the Interim Government in 1946?

1 Vallabhbhai Patel

2 Asaf Ali

3 Baldev Singh

4 C Rajagopalachari

Q Blackbuck is the ‘state animal’ of which Indian state?

1 Meghalaya

2 Arunachal Pradesh

3 Manipur

4 Andhra Pradesh

Q Which of the following puppet dance is performed in Orissa ?

1 Kandhei

2 Pavakoothu

3 Putul Nautch

4 Kathputli

Q Who was the first Acting President of India ?

1 BD Jatti

2 VV Giri

3 M Hidayatullah

4 Fakhruddin Ali Ahmed

Q ‘Both Feet on the Ground’ is an autobiography of which of the following players?

1 Cristiano Ronaldo

2 Lionel Messi

3 Bobby Moore

4 David Beckham

Q The Second Five Year Plan stressed rapid industrailization and the public sector . It was drafted and planned under the leadership of ____

1 PC Mahalanobis

2 C Rajgopalachari

3 Subramanian Swami

4 KV Sundaram

Q Pondicherry was captured by the Dutch in 1693 but was returned to French company
by which treaty in 1699?

1 Treaty of Amiens

2 Treaty of Paris

3 Treaty of Ryswick

4 Treaty of Versailles

Q Which bank was established as the Bank of Calcutta in the year 1806 ?

1 Axis Bank

2 Union Bank of India

3 State Bank of India

4 IDBI

Q In the Eleventh Five-Year Plan, the Planning Commission targeted reducing the gender
gap in literacy to _ percentage points by 2011-2012.

1 10

2 20

3 30

4 40

Q With which of the following states are songs called ‘Lotia’ traditionally associated?

1 Telangana

2 Rajasthan

3 Maharashtra

4 Meghalaya

Q What is the distance between the hurdles in 100 m women’s hurdles in metres ?

1 7.50

2 9.00

3 8.50

4 8.00

Q Ambubachi fair is held every year in which of the following states ?

1 Manipur

2 Assam

3 Nagaland

4 Arunachal Pradesh

Q Which of the following Articles of the Constitution of India states that the State shall take steps to organise village panchayats?

1 Article 48

2 Article 40

3 Article 36

4 Article 34

Q Who among the following authored the book titled ‘Barna Parichay’?

1 Ishwar Chandra Vidyasagar

2 Rabindra Nath Tagore

3 Ram Mohan Roy

4 Debendranath Tagore

Q Who among the following became the first Chief Minister of the National Capital Territory of Delhi in 1993?

1 Madan Lal Khurana

2 Sheila Dixit

3 Sushma Swaraj

4 Sahib Singh Verma

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 Who was the first to mention the incident of Jauhar in Persia ?

1 Ibn Batutah

2 Amir Khusrau

3 Ziauddin Barani

4 Hasan Nizami

Q The Indian National Association was established in 1876 by _____ in Calcutta .

1 Badruddin Tyabji

2 Anand Mohan Bose

3 VK Chiplunkar

4 Sisir Kumar Ghosh

Q The first Indian citizen to get commercial Pilot’s License was_____

1 JRD Tata

2 Vijay Mallya

3 Captain Gopinath

4 Vijaypat Singhania

Q The post of Vice President has been taken from the Constitution of __.

1 Australia

2 Germany

3 The UK

4 The US

Q The ”Make in India” was launched on September 25 , ______

1 2015

2 2014

3 2016

4 2017

Q What is the chemical formula for barium hydroxide ?

1 Ba(OH)2

2 Ba(OH)3

3 Ba(OH)2

4 Ba2(OH)

Q Which gas in its solid state is also known as dry ice ?

1 Carbon dioxide

2 Nitrogen

3 Oxygen

4 Hydrogen

Q Which biosphere was declared as India’s 16th Biosphere in 2009 , noted for the conservation of Red Fox , Blue Rock Pigeon and Lammergeier ?

1 Cold Desert

2 Seshachalam

3 Agasthyamalai

4 Dehang Debang

Q In which of the following states is the Chalcolithic culture site named Daimabad located

1 Odisha

2 Maharashtra

3 Punjab

4 Uttar Pradesh

Q In the context of Indian agriculture , the terms ‘Bewar’ , ‘Dahiya’ and ‘Podu’ are the local names of :

1 primitive form of cultivation

2 species of cow

3 species of buffalo

4 varieties of soil

Q Muzaffer Jang emerged victorious in the ___ (1749) and appointed
Dupleix as his deputy to all the lands to the South of the river Krishna.

1 Battle of Taiikota

2 Battle of Kovelakonda

3 Battle of Amboor

4 Battle of Bobbili

Q What is the total number of moons for the planet URANUS?

1 27

2 37

3 17

4 47

Q Where are the headquarters of NABFINS Limited (NABFINS) located?

1 Cochin

2 Hyderabad

3 Chennai

4 Bengaluru

Q Who among the following introduced the Sufi order named ‘Chishti Silsila’ in India?

1 Qutb-ud-Din Bakhtiyar Kaki

2 Shaikh Fariduddin

3 Khwaja Moinuddin

4 Usman Harooni

Q Who founded the newspaper titled ‘Kesari’ in the year 1881?

1 Gopal Krishna Gokhale

2 Bipin Chandra Pal

3 Bal Gangadhar Tilak

4 Lala Lajpat Rai

Q In which of the following states is the ‘Mim Kut’ festival traditionally celebrated?

1 Kerala

2 Bihar

3 Uttarakhand

4 Mizoram

Q Which acid is found in spinach ?

1 oxalic acid

2 tartaric acid

3 citric acid

4 lactic acid

Q In which of the following states is Dhamek Stupa situated?

1 Gujarat

2 Odisha

3 Uttar Pradesh

4 Karnataka

Q Who is the first Indian to win the All England Open Badminton Championships?

1 Jwala Gutta

2 Saina Nehwal

3 Prakash Padukone

4 Nandu Natekar

Q Which of the following pairs is NOT correctly matched?

1. Guru Bipin Singh – Kuchipudi

2 Pandit Birju Maharaj – Kathak

3 Uday Shankar – Fusion

4 Kelucharan Mohapatra − Odissi

Guru Bipin Singh [ Manipuri dance ] , Pandit Birju Maharaj [ Kathak ] , Kelucharan Mohapatra [ Odissi ]

Q Who among the following viceroys of India made the declaration known as ‘August Offer’?

1 Lord Reading

2 Lord Chelmsford

3 Lord Linlithgow

4 Lord Willingdon

Q Which of the following personalities is a well known Indian plant physiologist and physicist ?

1 JC Bose

2 CV Raman

3 CNR Rao

4 JRD Tata

Q रथ सप्तमी [ Ratha Saptami ] का सांस्कृतिक उत्सव मुख्य रूप से भारत के किस राज्य में मनाया जाता है?

1 पश्चिम बंगाल

2 बिहार

3 हिमाचल प्रदेश

4 आंध्र प्रदेश

Q What is the atomic number of Bohrium which is named after physicist Niels Bohr , one of the founders of quantum theory ?

1 117

2 107

3 113

4 101

Q What percentage of the Indian population was estimated to be living below the poverty line in 2011-12 ?

1 21.9 %

2 15.6 %

3 10.9 %

4 25.6%

Q The second annual session of Indian National Congress was held at which of the following places ?

1 Bombay

2 Calcutta

3 Delhi

4 Madras

QThe Dutch East India Company established its first factory at which place ?

1 Cambay

2 Nagapatinam

3 Petapuli

4 Masulipatnam

 Q Which of the following amendments to the Constitution of India put a cap on the number of ministers in the Union Cabinet?

1 74th

2 69th

3 83rd

4 91st

The 91st Constitutional Amendment restricted the size of council of ministers to 15 % of legislative members

Q Kajari festival which begins on the day of the shukla navami is related to the farmers
and celebrated in the state of __ at the beginning of the sowing season especially
by women.

1 Chhattisgarh

2 Odisha

3 Jharkhand

4 Bihar

Q Where did Dadabhai Naoroji establish the East India Company Association ?

1 Paris

2 Delhi

3 Lucknow

4 London

Q The Nizam Shahi dynasty of Ahmednagar was founded by __ in 1490.

1 Mohammed Shah I

2 Alauddin Bahman Shah

3 Tajuddin Firuz Shah

4 Malik Ahmed Nizamul Mulk Bahri

Q The Hindustan Republican Association was reorganised into Hindustan Socialist
Republican Association (HSRA) at Feroz Shah Kotla Ground in Delhi on 8th and 9th
September _.

1 1927

2 1930

3 1929

4 1928

Q Into how many distinctive types of territories was the Harshvardhan’s Dynasty divided ?

1 Five

2 Four

3 Three

4 Two

Q Conservation of biological diversity and sustainable use of its components are the
main objectives of which of the following treaties/protocols?

1 Nagoya protocol

2 Rio protocol

3 Geneva protocol

4 Montreal protocol

Q In which year was the National Rural Health Mission launched in India to provide
accessible, affordable and quality health care to the rural population?

1 2001

2 2005

3 2010

4 2007

Q Which Indian footballer is often nicknamed the Sikkimese Sniper because of his shooting skills in football ?

1 Bhaichung Bhutia

2 Sunil Chhetri

3 Neville D’Souza

4 Talimeren Ao

Q Who scored the first double century in Test Cricket ?

1 Bill Murdock

2 Don Bradman

3 Charles Bannerman

4 Andy Sandham

First batsman to score century in Test Cricket : Charles Bannerman

First batsman to score double century in Test Cricket : Bill Murdock

First batsman to score triple century in Test Cricket : Andy Sandham