Month: July 2021

Q Who was the chairman of the States Committee of the Constituent Assembly?

1 B.R. Ambedkar

2 Jawaharlal Nehru

3 Rajendra Prasad

4 Gopinath Bardoloi

Q Phulaich festival is celebrated in which of the following states of India?

1 Andhra Pradesh

2 Uttar Pradesh

3 Arunachal Pradesh

4 Himachal Pradesh

Q Which of the following is highest quality coal?

1 Lignite

2 Bituminous

3 Peat

4 Anthracite

Q Who is the author of the novel ‘Sea of Poppies’?

1 Jeet Thayil

2 Aravind Adiga

3 Amitav Ghosh

4 Shashi Tharoor

Q What are the grasslands found in the internal parts of North America known as?

1 Steppe

2 Prairies

3 Veld

4 Savanna

Q Who was the first Chief Justice of Supreme Court of Independent India?

1 Justice Harilal Jekisundas Kania

2 Justice Bhuvaneshwar Prasad Sinha

3 Justice M. Patanjali Sastri

4 Justice Mehr Chand Mahajan

Q Who among the following composers won the Grammy in 2015 for his album ‘Winds of
Samsara’ – a collaboration with South African flautist Wouter Kellerman?

1. Mano Murthy

2 Raghu Dixit

3 Subhashish Ghosh

4 Ricky Kej

Q __ part of xylem tissue in plants stores food.

1 Vessels

2 Xylem fibres

3 Xylem parenchyma

4 Tracheids

Q Indravati river is the tributary of which of the following rivers?

1 Godavari

2 Mahanadi

3 Krishna

4 Narmada

Q The bile juice secreted by the liver and stored in the gall bladder, mainly helps in the breakdown of .

1 Vitamins

2 Proteins

3 Minerals

4 Fats

Q The SI unit of acceleration is __.

1 m2/s

2 m2/s2

3 m/s

4 m/s2

Q Rani ki Vav or ‘Queen’s Stepwell’ is a unique stepwell located in which of the following states?

1 Maharashtra

2 Madhya Pradesh

3 Gujarat

4 Tamil Nadu

Q Who among the following was the founder of the Chalukya Dynasty?

1 Aditya I

2 Pulakeshin I

3 Kokalla I

4 Krishna I

Q Which among the following lines separates India and Pakistan?

1 Radcliffe Line

2 Hindenburg Line

3 Durand Line

4 MacMohan Line

 Q ‘Arunachal Pradesh’ and ‘Mizoram’ celebrate their statehood day on :

1 20 February

2 21 January

3 16 May

4 1 December

Q Which of the following dance forms is associated with the state of Arunachal Pradesh?

Ans 1. Panwariya

2. Dhaman

3. Buiya

4. Garba

Q Harihara and Bukka established an independent state in Karnataka and established the capital city Vijayanagar on the banks of river _____________ in 1336.

Ans 1. Betwa

2. Tungabhadra

3. Mahanadi

4. Tapi

Q Minamata disease was first observed in which country?

1 Sri Lanka

2 Japan

3 India

4 England

Q In which season is Sarhul celebrated in Jharkhand?

1. Spring

2 Autumn

3 Monsoon

4 Winter

Q Identify the correct chemical formula of chloroform.

1. CHCl3

2 CHCl

3 CHCl2

4 CH2Cl2

Q Where is National Remote Sensing Centre (NRSC) located?

1 Patna

2 Hyderabad

3 Shimla

4 Allahabad

Q Who among the following is known as ‘Sarod Samrat’ in Indian Classical Music?

1 Pandit Ravishankar Prasad

2 Aamir Ali Khan

3 Amjad Ali Khan

4 Kishan Mahara

Q Who moved the Objective Resolution that was later adapted as the Preamble of the
Constitution of India?

1. Rajendra Prasad

2 JB Kripalani

3 Jawaharlal Nehru

4 BR Ambedkar

The Objective Resolution introduced by Jawaharlal Nehru on 13th December , 1946 . The Resolution was adopted by the Constituent Assembly on 22 January , 1947

Q In India census is held regularly every __ year.

1. 8th

2 10th

3 12th

4 5th

Q Article 371 A of the Indian Constitution refers to special to the state of :

1 Nagaland

2 Assam

3 Manipur

4 Sikkim

Q Stone tools found during mesolithic period are generally tiny and called as :

1 Microliths

2 Biface

3 Microblade

4 Macroliths

Q The National Academy of Agriculture Research Management is located in :

1 Hyderabad

2 Lucknow

3 Patna

4 New Delhi

Q Which state is called ‘Falcon capital of the world’ ?

1 Nagaland

2 Odisha

3 Karnataka

4 Rajasthan

Q Where is Indian Institute of Soil Science [ IISS ] located ?

1 Bhopal

2 Shimla

3 Cuttack

4 Karnal

Q Who was the first test captain of independent India ?

1 Lala Amarnath

2 CK Nayudu

3 Kapil Dev

4 Sunil Gavaskar

Q Who wrote ‘Bandi Jeevan’ ?

1 Sachindra Nath Sanyal

2 Chandra Shekhar Azad

3 Bhagat Singh

4 SC Bose

Q The measurement of a kho-kho field must be __.

1 28 × 15 m

2 29 × 16 m

3 30 × 15 m

4 27 × 16 m

Q Panchayati Raj inaugurated by the then Prime Minister Jawaharlal Nehru on 2 October 1959 at Nagaur in ?

1 Rajasthan

2 Maharashtra

3 Gujarat

4 Madhya Pradesh

Q Who is known as the ‘Father of the Indian Space Programme’ ?

1 Vikram Sarabhai

2 Homi J . Bhabha

3 Satyendranath Bose

4 APJ Abdul Kalam

Q Who said that ‘the Constitution of India is quasi-federal in nature and nor strictly federal’ ?

1 KC Wheare

2 BR Ambedkar

3 Jennings

4 Morris Jones

Q The concept of “Freedom of trade and commerce” in the Indian Constitution is borrowed from the constitution of which of the following countries?

1 Australia

2 United States

3 Japan

4 Canada

Q The BRICS New Development Bank [ NDB ] was founded in which year ?

1 2014

2 2015

3 2016

4 2017

Q General Agreement on Trade and Tariff [ GATT ] was established in which year ?

1 1948

2 1958

3 1968

4 1975

Q Which city in South India is known as the ‘shrimp capital of India’ ?

1 Nellore

2 Kurnool

3 Srikakulam

4 Madurai

Q Where is the Headquarters of World Trade Organization ?

1 Geneva

2 Rome

3 Newyork

4 Paris

Q Parrot belongs to which of the following classes of vertebrates?

1 Aves

2 Pisces

3 Reptilla

4 Amphibia

Q Rickets is caused due to the deficiency of which of the following vitamins?

1 Vitamin C

2 Vitamin D

3 Vitamin E

4 Vitamin A

Q_____ = GDP (Gross Domestic Product) + NFIA (net factor income from abroad).

1 Gross National Product

2 Net national expenditure

3 Net Domestic Product

4 Net National Product

Q Who among the following was known as the ‘Frontier Gandhi’ ?

1 Bal Gangadhar Tilak

2 Motilal Nehru

3 Abdul Ghaffar Khan

4 Subhas Chandra Bose

Q Where was the first municipal corporation of India established?

1 Madras

2 Calcutta

3 Bombay

4 Surat

Q When was ‘Vayudoot’ airline setup in India?

1 1981

2 1991

3 1971

4 1969

Q Common name of the compound CaOCl2 is __.

1 bleaching powder

2 washing soda

3 baking soda

4 gypsum

Q In which year was NABARD established?

1. 1978

2 1979

3 1981

4 1982

Q How many teams participated in the 1975 Cricket World Cup?

1 10

2 14

3 12

4 8

8 Teams

England , India , Australia , Pakistan , West Indies , New Zealand , Sri Lanka and East Africa .

Q Which Article of the Indian Constitution mentions that the laws inconsistent with or in
derogation of the fundamental rights will be void?

1 Article 15

2 Article 13

3 Article 14

4 Article 16

Q Who was the Minister of Finance when the economic reforms of 1991 took place in
India?

1 Mr. Bimal Jalan

2 Mr. P Chidambaram

3 Mr. Pranab Mukherjee

4 Dr. Manmohan Singh

Q Which of the following pairs of musicians and their instruments is INCORRECT?

Ans 1. K Vaidyanathan – Sitar

2. Pt. Ram Narayan – Sarangi

3. Ustad Vilayat Khan – Sitar

4. Bismillah Khan – Shehnai

K Vaidyanathan [ Violin ] , Pt. Ram Narayan [ Sarangi ] , Ustad Vilayat Khan [ Sitar ] , Bismillah Khan [ Shehnai ]

Q In which of the following states is the ‘Jhora’ dance performed as a springtime
celebration?

1 Maharashtra

2 Tripura

3 Karnataka

4 Uttarakhand

Q The first National Games known as the Indian Olympic Games were hosted before
independence in the year _ .

1 1924

2 1926

3 1930

4 1928

Q The LPG model of development was introduced in 1991 by the then Finance Minister
__.

1 P Chidambaram

2 PV Narasimha Rao

3 Pranab Mukherjee

4 Dr Manmohan Singh

Q Bhatiali is the folk music of which of the following states ?

1 Kerala

2 West Bengal

3 Karnataka

4 Tamil Nadu

Q Which of the following novels of Shashi Tharoor is a satirical verse on the epic
Mahabharata?

1 Why I Am A Hindu

2 The Hindu Way: An Introduction to Hinduism

3 The Great Indian Novel

4 Tharoorosaurus

Q Which of the following dance forms originated in Kuchelapuri or Kuchelapuram, in the
3rd century BC in South India?

1 Odissi

2 Kuchipudi

3 Kathakali

4 Bharatnatyam

Q In which of the following years was the Election Commission of India established?

1 1954

2 1957

3 1950

4 1960

Q Who among the following is a famous veena player?

1 Gopal Das

2 N. Rajam

3 Sultan Khan

4 V. Dhannamal

Q ‘Files and Ranks’ are used in which of the following games?

1 Cricket

2 Chess

3 Badminton

4 Hockey

Q The terms, ‘Aus’, ‘Aman’ and ‘Boro’, are associated with which crop ?

1 Maize

2 Rice

3 Tea

4 Wheat

Q During the Mughal period, what were the farmers called who cultivate their own land?

1 Zamindar

2 Muzarain

3 Khud kashta

4 Pahi Kasht

Q Uraiyur , a place famous for cotton, was the political centre (capital) of the:

1 Chalukyas

2 Cholas

3 Pandyas

4 Cheras

Q Dhanuyatra is a great mass festival of Odisha which is based on the noble deeds of Lord
__.

1 Ram

2 Ganesh

3 Krishna

4 Hanuman

Q In which state constituency, the Electronic Voting Machine was first used in India?

1 Andhra Pradesh

2 Tamil Nadu

3 Delhi

4 Kerala

Q The proclamation of Constitutional Emergency must be approved by both the houses
of parliament within __ from the date of its issue.

1 2 months

2 3 months

3 6 months

4 12 months

Q Which of the following soil varieties is favourable for the growth of mangroves and
deltaic vegetation?

1 Desert soil

2 Fine clay and alluvial soil

3 Black soil

4 Laterite soil

Q When did the Chittagong Armory Raid take place and who was its chief organizer ?

1 1930 , Surya Sen

2 1929 , Batukeshwar Datta

3 1929 , Sachindra Nath Sanyal

4 1930 , Ram Prasad Bismil

Q The Drafting Committee of the Constituent Assembly was consisted of __
members.

1 8

2 14

3 9

4 7

On 29 August, 1947, the Constituent Assembly set up a Drafting Committee under the Chairmanship of Dr. B.R. Ambedkar to prepare a Draft Constitution for India. The Drafting Committee had seven members : Alladi Krishnaswami Ayyar , N Gopalaswami , BR Ambedkar , KM Munshi , Mohammad Saadulla , BL Mitter and DP Khaitan

Q As per Census 2011, the Buddhist Religious community constituted _ percent
of the total population of India.

1 1.7

2 0.4

3 2.3

4 0.7

Q The average elevation of the eastern ghat is _.

1 300 metres

2 1200 metres

3 900 metres

4 600 metres

Q Nomura Cup is associated with which sport ?

1 Golf

2 Polo

3 Hockey

4 Badminton

Q The Five Kingdom Classification of living organism was first proposed by:

1 James A White

2 Charles Darwin

3 RH Whittaker

4 Aristotle

Q For which of the following films did Bhanu Athaiya receive an oscar for the best costume
designer?

1 Swades

2 Slumdog Millionaire

3 Lagaan: Once Upon a Time in India

4 Gandhi

Q Who among the following holds the record of presenting the most number of financial
budgets as of 2024?

1 Pranab Mukherjee

2 Morarji Desai

3 Nirmala Sitharaman

4 Yashwant Sinha

Q ‘Talatal Ghar’ is a historical monument situated in which of the following Indian states ?

1 Assam

2 West Bengal

3 Odisha

4 Maharashtra

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 Beighton Cup is associated with which of the following sports?

1 Cricket

2 Golf

3 Table Tennis

4 Hockey

Q Who among the following Indian women has scored the highest aggregate runs in the
Women’s ODI cricket format as of 2024 ?

1 Harmanpreet Kaur

2 Mithali Raj

3 Smriti Mandhana

4 Deepti Sharma

Q The autobiography ‘Unbreakable: An Autobiography’ is written by which of the
following sportspersons of India?

1. Sachin Tendulkar

2 M C Mary Kom

3 P T Usha

4 Yuvraj Singh

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

Ans 1. Jhumpa Lahiri

2. Alberto Vourvoulias

3. Anita Desai

4. Amitav Ghosh

Q The Bengal Sati Regulation which banned the Sati practice in all jurisdictions of British India was passed in _.

11850

2 1792

3 1838

4 1829

Q Which Indian cartoonist’s autobiography is titled ‘The Tunnel of Time’?

1. Ajit Ninan

2 OV Vijayan

3 RK Laxman

4 Mario Miranda

Q Article 29 and 30 of the Indian Constitution deals with the __.

1 Right to Equality

2 Cultural and Educational Rights

3 Right Against Exploitation

4 Right to Freedom

Q Which of the following biosphere reserve is extended in three states of India?

1 Nilgiris

2 Gulf of mannar

3 Nanda Devi

4 Sundarbans

Q The Simla Conference of _ was a meeting between the Viceroy of India Lord Wavell
and the major political leaders of British India at Simla.

1 1919

2 1945

3 1928

4 1936

Q During the making of Indian Constitution from which country’s constitution the feature , ‘Procedure for amendment in the Constitution’ is taken ?

1 South Africa

2 Australia

3 Germany

4 Ireland

Q The Indian Council Act passed in 1909 was popularly known as ____.

1 Charter Act

2 Morley Minto Reforms

3 Pitt’s India Act

4 Wavell Plan

Q Who is the author of the novel ‘Fire on the Mountain’?

1 Mulk Raj Anand

2 Anita Desai

3 R.K. Narayan

4 Bhabani Bhattacharya

Q Which of the following hormone helps in regulating blood sugar levels of human
body?

1 Thymus

2 Adrenalin

3 Testosteron

4 Insulin

Q Khalsa College, Amritsar Was established in _ by the leaders of the Singh
Sabha movement.

1 1882

2 1892

3 1886

4 1896

Q Arundhati Roy won the Booker Prize in 1997 for which of the following books?

1 The God of Small Things

2 The Inheritance of Loss

3 Midnight Children

4 A Bend in the River

Q Where was the first session of United Nations held?

1 New York

2 Paris

3 London

4 Geneva

The first session of the United Nations General Assembly was convened on 10 January 1946 at the Methodist Central Hall in London

Q Who of the following is the author of the book ‘Kumarasambhava’ ?

1 Kalidasa

2 Kalhana

3 Bhavabhuti

4 Banabhatta

Q Absorption of water by plant roots is an example of _.

1 transpiration

2 guttation

3 osmosis

4 diffusion

Q Which Portuguese ruler abolished Sati in Goa?

1 Pedro Alvares Cabral

2 Francisco De Almeida

3 Afonso de Albuquerque

4 Vasco Da Gama

Q What is the name for the gestures used in Bharatnatyam?

1 Laya

2 Mudras

3 Tripatakas

4 Gatakas

Q Name the high court that has jurisdiction over the Union Territory of the Andaman and Nicobar Islands .

1 The Calcutta High Court

2 The Delhi High Court

3 The Madras High Court

4 The Andhra Pradesh High Court

Q Humayun Tomb, which is located in _ is an example of Mughal architecture
inspired by Persian architecture.

1 Bengaluru

2 Hyderabad

3 Jaipur

4 Delhi

Q Sri Akal Takht Sahib is located within the ____ complex .

1 Patna Sahib

2 Golden Temple

3 Gurudwara Bangla Sahib

4 Paonta Sahib

Q The Rourkela Steel Plant was developed with the collaboration of __.

1 France

2 Germany

3 Japan

4 Britain

Q ‘A Passage to India’ , a novel about the British Empire, was written by which of the
following authors?

1 James Joyce

2 Sinclair Lewis

3 Anita Loos

4 EM Forster

Q The Swaran Singh Committee had suggested the incorporation of a total of __
Fundamental Duties.

1 10

2 14

3 13

4 8

Q Which genus of the Rhodophyceae family possesses an erect series of branches and
a filamentous prostrate section attached to the substratum by means of unicellular
rhizoids?

1 Polysiphonia

2 Dictyota

3 Laminaria

4 Sargassum

Q ‘A Passage to India’, a novel about the British Empire, was written by which of the
following authors?

1 James Joyce

2 Sinclair Lewis

3 Anita Loos

3 EM Forster

Q Which of the following alternatives best describes the term ‘phamsana’ in context to
temple architecture?

1 A structure of flat round slab at the top of the temple

2 Temple roofs that are composed of several slabs

3 The distance between the Garbhagriha and mandapa

4 The top of the temple where the dhwaja (flag) is situated

Q For how many oilseeds does the Commission for Agricultural Costs and Prices recommends minimum support prices ?

1. Three

2 Seven

3 Five

4 Eight

As of 2024 , CACP recommends MSPs of 23 commodities , which comprises 7 cereals , 5 pulses , 7 oilseeds and 4 commercial crops

7 oilseeds	groundnut , rapeseed-mustard , soyabeen , seasmum , sunflower , safflower , nigarseed
5 pulses	gram , tur , moong , urad , lentil
7 cereals	paddy , wheat , maize , sorghum , pearl millet , ragi and barley
4 commercial crops	ugarcane , cotton , raw jute and copra

Q In which state the President rule was first imposed in India?

1 Maharashtra

2 Punjab

3 Gujarat

4 Kerala

Q Maimata is a popular folk dance of which of the following states?

1 Tripura

2 Uttarakhand

3 Haryana

4 Punjab

Q In the game of Ice hockey, during normal play how many players are there in each
team on the ice at any one time to compete?

1 12

2 6

3 10

4 5

Q Which among the following diseases is commonly known as ‘Lockjaw’?

1 Choler

2 Tetanus

3 Gonorrhoea

4 Syphilis

Q Which is the largest river of peninsular India?

1 Tapi

2 Tungabhadra

3 Krishna

4 Godavari

Q Which Portuguese Governor captured Goa from the Sultan of Bijapur in 1510?

1 Francisco De Almeida

2 Nino Da Cunha

3 Alfonso De Albuquerque

4 Vasco Da Gama

Q For how many days is the Hornbill festival held?

1 5

2 10

3 15

4 20

Q Where did the Indian National Congress in its 1927 session decide to boycott the Simon Commission?

1 Bombay

2 Madras

3 Calcutta

4 Lucknow

Q In which Indian state is the famous Nehru Trophy Boat Race held?

1 Gujarat

2 Odisha

3 Goa

4 Kerala

Q In the 15th century AD, the Sattriya dance form was introduced as a powerful medium
for the propagation of Vaishnavism by _.

1. Kalamandalam

2 Sivanandam

.4 Rama Varma

4 Sankaradeva

Q Where and in which year was the Congress of the Oppressed Nations held?

1. Brussels, in 1927

2 London, in 1926

3 Frankfurt, in 1925

4 London, in 1925

Q Which among the following national parks is located in Manipur?

1 Keibul Lamjao National Park

2 Coringa Wildlife Sanctuary

3 Jim Corbett National Park

4 Nagarhole National Park

Q In which town of India did James Prinsep conduct the census in 1824?

1 Banaras

2 Allahabad

3 Bombay

4 Calcutta

Q When was Export-Import Bank of India established?

1 1982

2 1996

3 1975

4 1970

Q The festival of Holi is celebrated in the Hindu month of _.

1. Magha

2 Phalguna

3 Sravana

4 Ashadha

Q Khajuraho dance festival is famously celebrated in which state of India?

1. Gujarat

2 Rajasthan

3 Uttarakhand

4 Madhya Pradesh

Q In which of the following sessions of the Indian National Congress, was it split into two
factions namely the Extremists and Moderates?

1. Calcutta Session, 1896

2 Lucknow Session, 1916

3 Nagpur Session, 1891

4 Surat Session, 1907

Q Which day was declared as the ‘Direct Action Day’ by the Muslim League as a means
to achieve its demand for Pakistan?

1. 16 August 1945

2 16 August 1946

3 14 August 1946

4 15 August 1945

Q ‘Revenue Stamp: An Autobiography’ is written by which of the following Indian poets, who was a prominent figure of Punjabi literature?

Ans 1. Amrita Pritam

2. Ajit Sahni

3. Anwar Masood

4. Mahasweta Devi

Q ______ of the Constitution deals with the amendment procedure of the Constitution.

Ans 1. Article 360

2. Article 363

3. Article 332

4. Article 368

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

Ans 1. Chhau

2. Manipuri

3. Kathakali

4. Odissi

Q The proposed Rowlett Act of 1919 allowed detention of political prisoners without trial
for________.

1. two years

2 six months

3 two months

4 one year

Q Who among the following is the author of the famous English classic novel ‘Pride and Prejudice’?

Ans 1. Jane Eyre

2. Mark Twain

3. Jane Austen

4. D H Lawrence

Q Which of the following is ‘George David Roberts’ thriller novel that is based on his own
experience in Mumbai?

1. Area of Darkness

2 Shantaram

3 Amrit Aur Vish

4 Kurukshetra

Q Whose autobiography is titled ‘Ace against Odds’?

1. PT Usha

2 Sania Mirza

3 Karnam Malleswari

4 Mary Kom

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 The title of the autobiography of actor Dev Anand is _________.

Ans 1. The Substance And The Shadow: An Autobiography

2. Actually … I Met Them

3. An Unfinished Story

4. Romancing With Life: An Autobiography

The Substance And The Shadow: An Autobiography	Dilip Kumar
Actually … I Met Them	Gulzar [ Sampooran Singh Kalra ]
An Unfinished Story	Guru Dutt
Romancing With Life: An Autobiography	Dev Anand

Q Who among the following was the founder of Bahmani sultanate?

1. Dawood Shah

2 Feroze Shah

3 Mujahid Shah

4 Hasan Gangu

Q Vilayat Khan is associated with which musical instrument?

Ans 1. Sitar

2. Bansuri

3. Santoor

4. Tabla

Q Who among the following Indian singers has written ‘Raag Sarita’?

1. Pandit Kumar Gandharva

2 Balasaheb Poonchwale

3 Chintaman Raghunath Vyas

4 Vishnu Narayan Bhatkhande

Q Who among the following rulers ruled over Delhi from 1296 to 1316?

1 Ghiyasuddin Tughluq

2 Ghiyasuddin Balban

3 Alauddin Khalji

4 Jalaluddin Khalji

Q The word ‘budget’ is derived from the word ‘Bougette’. Bougette is a/an __ word.

1. German

2 French

3 Spanish

4 Arabic

Q The Dhamek stupa is located in which of the following states of India?

1. Bihar

2 Madhya Pradesh

3 Uttar Pradesh

4 Punjab

Q ‘Waiting for A Visa’ is a famous autobiography of __.

1. MC Rajah

2 Babu Jagjivan Ram

3 Swami Acchutanand

4 Dr. BR Ambedkar

Q Who among the following later came to be known as Sher Shah Suri?

1. Aadil

2 Nasir

3 Salim

4 Farid

Q Who among the following Viceroys of Portuguese India captured Goa in 1510?

1. Afonso de Albuquerque

2 Martim Alfonso de Sousa

D Francisco de Almeida

4 D Estevao da Gama

Q Who among the following was the Guru of Swami Vivekananda?

1. Ramakrishna Paramahansa

2 Mahavdev Govind Ranade

3 Dayanand Saraswati

4 Bal Shastri Jambhekar

Q Yamini Reddy, daughter of Raja Radha Reddy and Kaushalya Reddy is a __
dancer.

1. Manipuri

2 Kuchipudi

3 Bharatanatyam

4 Kathak

Q Lotia is the regional music of :

1 Rajasthan

2 Tamil Nadu

3 Punjab

4 Assam

Q Which Indian classical dance can the Odhra Magadha considered as the precursor of ?

1 Odissi

2 Kathakali

3 Kathak

4 Mohiniyattam

Q The festival of ‘Marabats and Badgyas’ is celebrated in which state of India ?

1 Punjab

2 Haryana

3 Himachal Pradesh

4 Maharashtra

Q Asikni , which was a part of Sapta-Sindhu, is the name of which of the following rivers
in present times?

1 Jhelum

2 Beas

3 Chenab

4 Ravi

Q This brilliant Indian scientist was a plant physiologist as well as physicist. His books include ‘Response in the Living and Non-Living’ [ 1902 ] and ‘The Nervous Mechanism of Plants’ [ 1926 ]. Identify the person

1 Jagdish Chandra Bose , Crescograph

2 CV Raman , Raman Effect

3 Meghnad Shah , Short Radio Waves

4 Satyendra Nath Bose , God Particles

Q After which US President’s name was Daulatpur Nasirabad , a village in Haryana , renamed in 1978 ?

1 Jimmy Carter

2 Bill Clinton

3 Ronald Reagan

4 Gerald Ford

Q Who was the founder of Kanva dynasty ?

1 Vasudev

2 Devabhuti

3 Pushyamitra Sunga

4 Susarman

Q In which state of India Kheer Bhawani Mela is held ?

1 Jammu and Kashmir

2 Gujarat

3 Bihar

4 Rajasthan

Q Who is the author of the book ‘Bookless in Baghdad’ ?

1 Shashi Tharoor

2 Chetan Bhagat

3 Kiran Desai

4 VS Naipaul

Q __ is the chemical process in which different types of chemical reactions involved in
controlling the living state of the cells in an organism

1 Transportation

2 Reproduction

3 Respiration

4 Metabolism

Q The first National Water Policy was adopted in the year _.

1 1972

2 1986

3 1987

4 1999

Q Cricket became an international game with the formation of the Imperial Cricket
Conference (ICC) in the year _.

1 1947

2 1951

3 1909

4 1921

Q After how many days of absence from Parliament without permission will a Member of
Parliament be disqualified?

1 30 days

2 50 days

3 20 days

4 60 days

Q Which of the following gland produces insulin hormone in human body?

1 Thymus

2 Pancreas

3 Thyroid

4 Adrenaline

Q Who among the following had written ‘The Dark Room’ that presents an Indian woman
in stiff opposition to male domination?

1 Kuldip Nayyar

2 RK Narayan

3 Kazi Nazrul Islam

4 Mulk Raj Anand

Q Which of the following statements is CORRECT regarding the Satyashodhak Samaj ?
I. It was established by Jyotirao Phule.
II. It was established in the Pune district of Maharashtra, in 1873.

1 Neither I nor II

2 Only II

3 Only I

4 Both I and II

Q Phag dance, also known as Faag or Phaag dance, is a popular folk-dance form of _

1 Haryana

2 Mahrashtra

3 Goa

4 Assam

Q Tribes of the Nicobar Islands pay their respects to the departed soul of the head of the
family during the __.

1 Ossuary Feast

2 Jagaddhatri Puja

3 Ganjan Festival

4 Kalpataru Utsav

Q On which day was the National Emblem of India adopted?

1 15th August 1952

2 26th January 1950

3 15th August 1947

4 26th January 1959

Q Which is the state animal of Uttar Pradesh?

1 Fishing cat

2 Red panda

3 Swamp deer

4 Spectacled monkey

Q Which of the tides have variations in height?

1 Mixed tide

2 Semi diurnal tide

3 Diurnal tide

4 Neap tide

Q Who was the founder of Grameen bank?

1 Amartya Sen

2 Mahbub Ul Huq

3 Netra Singh

4 Muhammad Yunus

Q When was the Delhi-Lahore Bus service first started?

1 2015

2 1999

3 2016

4 2010

Q The phrase “Procedure established by law” in the Indian Constitution is borrowed from:

1 Australian Constitution

2 Canadian Constitution

3 Japanese Constitution

4 United States of America Constitution

Q Which famous Chinese philosopher and scholar emphasised the importance of ethical
values, family relationships and social harmony in his teachings?

1 Confucius

2 Mao Zedong

3 Sun Tzu

4 Laozi

Q Who among the following is the author of the book ‘The Secret of the Veda’?

1 Sri Aurobindo

2 Annie Besant

3 Swami Vivekananda

4 J Krishnamurti

Q Which of the following days is celebrated as ‘World Water Day’?

1 22 March

2 29 March

3 18 February

4 5 April

Q Who among the following rulers succeeded to the throne of Ferghana in 1494?

1 Genghis Khan

2 Babur

3 Muhammad Adil Shah

4 Timur

Q Who was the first musician to be awarded the prestigious Bharat Ratna, India’s
highest civilian honour?

1. M S Subbulakshmi

2 Pt Hari Prasad Chaurasia

3 Begum Akhtar

4 Pt Ravi Shankar

Q Who among the following is India’s only publicly well-known woman shehnai player?

1. Bageshwari Qamar

2 Rasoolan Bai

3 Gauhar Jaan

4 Binodini Dasi

Q Jawed Karim is one of the co-founders of which of the following applications?

1 Gpay

2 Pinterest

3 Signal

4 YouTube

Q In which year the Central Information Commission was established by the Government of India?

1 2007

2 2001

3 2005

4 2003

Q At the 1992 Summer Olympics, ______ became the first woman to carry the flag of India at the opening ceremony of any Olympics.

Ans 1. Nilima Ghose

2. Karnam Malleswari

3. PT Usha

4. Shiny Abraham Wilson

Q The Vithal temple of Hampi has _ columns that produce musical notes.

1 75

2 63

3 56

4 49

Q Which of the following statements is correct regarding Pradhan Mantri Jeevan Jyoti
Bima Yojana?
I. This scheme is available to people in the age group 18 to 50 years.
II. Risk coverage under this scheme is for Rs. 2 Lakh in case of death of the insured,
due to any reason.

1 Only II

2 Only I

3 Both I and II

4 Neither I nor II

Q When was the Poona Pact signed between Gandhiji and Dr. BR Ambedkar?

1 September, 1932

2 July, 1932

3 August, 1932

4 November, 1932

Q With which of the following oceans would you associate the ‘Ring of Fire’?

1 Arctic

2 Atlantic

3 Indian

4 Pacific

Q How many districts are there in Uttar Pradesh for administrative convenience?

1 100

2 90

3 75

4 80

Q Hampi was declared as a World Heritage Site by UNESCO in which of the following years

Ans 1. 1980

2. 1999

3. 1986

4. 1990

Q In which of the following Indian states Nanda Devi Biosphere Reserve is located?

1 Punjab

2 Uttarakhand

3 Haryana

4 Himachal Pradesh

Q Who described Archimedes‘ method of finding the specific gravity of substances
using a balance in the treatise ‘The Little Balance’ [ La Balancitta ]?

1 Galileo Galilei

2 Michael Faraday

3 Daniel Bernoulli

4 Albert Einstein

Q In which of the following states is the Losoong festival celebrated?

Ans 1. Karnataka

2. Himachal Pradesh

3. Sikkim

4. Andhra Pradesh

Q Which Indian language was first accorded the status of a ‘Classical Language’ in India?

1 Odia

2 Tamil

3 Sanskrit

4 Telugu

Q In which of the following states is the Sambhar Lake located?

1. Rajasthan

2 Punjab

3 Gujarat

4 Mizoram

Q Which Indian holds the Olympic record for most goals scored by an individual in an Olympic men’s hockey final?

1 Balbir Singh Dosanjh

2 Dhanraj Pillai

3 Ajit Pal Singh

4 Dhyan Chand

Q In which of the following states is Kali Tiger Reserve located?

Ans 1. Assam

2. Telangana

3. Karnataka

4. Arunachal Pradesh

Q Who among the following authored the book ‘The Great Indian Novel’?

1. Khushwant Singh

2 Shashi Tharoor

3 Vikram Seth

4 Rohinton Mistry

Q In which of the following states are the snake boat races held in the months of August and September?

Ans 1. Telangana

2. Jharkhand

3. Kerala

4. Arunachal Pradesh

Q On which of the following dates is the Good Governance Day observed in India every year?

Ans 1. 25 December

2. 4 October

3. 5 July

4. 12 September

Q Trachoma is a preventable disease that results from poor hygiene and sanitation.
Which of the following body parts does it affect?

1. Ear

2 Stomach

3 Heart

4 Eye

Q Sultan Muhammad Bin Tughluq appointed __, a wine distiller, to a high
administrative post in the Delhi Sultanate.

1 Aziz Khummar

2 Manka Tabbakh

3 Ladha

4 Firuz Hajjam

Q Who among the following Sikh Gurus laid the foundation of ‘Khalsa Panth’?

1 Guru Teg Bahadur

2 Guru Nanak Dev

3 Guru Gobind Singh

4 Guru Arjan Dev

Q The average growth rate of population during the decade of 2001 to 2011 was _.

1 19.64%

2 29.64%

3 27.64%

4 17.64%

Q Kolhapur city is located on the banks of which of the following rivers?

1. Panchganga

2 Chambal

3 Sarau

4 Misu

Q Which among the following is the fifth state of matter?

1 Bose-Einstein Condensate (BEC)

2 Plasma

3 Liquid

4 Supersolid

Q Which of the following festival marks the Malayalam New Year ?

1 Ugadi

2 Losar

3 Vishu

4 Rongker

Q The Third Schedule of the Indian Constitution deals with:

1 Name of Union Territories and their extend

2 Forms of Oaths or Affirmations

3 Provisions relating to the administration and control of scheduled areas and scheduled tribes

4 Division of powers between the Union and the States

Q Which of the following novels is set in the background of life in New Delhi after the declaration of Emergency in the 1970’s?

1 Rich Like Us

2 Such a Long Journey

3 The Heart Has its Reason

4 The House of Blue Mangoes

Nayantara Sahgal was awarded the Sahitya Akademi Awards for her English novel ‘Rich Like Us’

Rich Like Us	Nayantara Sahgal
Such a Long Journey	Rohinton Mistry
The Heart Has its Reasons	Krishna Sobti
The House of Blue Mangoes	David Davidar

Q The Republic Day parade , in the year 1955, was organised at which of the following
places in Delhi?

1Rajghat

2 Old Fort

3 Rajpath

4 Parliament House Street

Q The Communist Party of India was formed in 1925 at the first Party Conference in
_ .

1 Madras

2 Kanpur

3 Bombay

4 Delhi

Q Who among the following was the first Indian to conduct a major British orchestra in
1961? He was the Israel Philharmonic Orchestra’s ‘Music Director for Life’.

1 Zubin Mehta

2 Dr. Lakshminarayana Subramaniam

3 Ilaiyaraaja

4 AR Rahman

Q From which Indus Valley site was the bronze statue of ‘Dancing Girl’ discovered?

1 Kalibangan

2 Lothal

3 Harappa

4 Mohenjodaro

Q Which of the following Prime Ministers, is responsible for Liberalisation, Privatisation and Globalisation in India ?

1 A B Vajpayee

2 Rajiv Gandhi

3 I K Gujral

4 Narsimha Rao

Q Suez Canal connects which two water bodies?

1 Arabian Sea and Indian Ocean

2 Atlantic Ocean and Pacific Ocean

3 Black Sea and Mediterranean Sea

4 Mediterranean Sea and Red Sea

Q Which of the following Articles of the Indian Constitution is related with organisation
of village panchayats?

1 Article 40

2 Article 38

3 Article 39

4 Article 37

Q In which of the following years, UNESCO inscribed ‘Kumbh Mela’ on the ‘Representative list’ of intangible cultural heritage of Humanity?

1 2019

2 2015

3 2011

4 2017

Q Who among the following Rajput rulers defeated Muhammad Ghori in the First Battle
of Tarain in 1191 AD?

1 Rana Kumbha

2 Maldeo Rathore

3 Prithviraj Chauhan

4 Bappa Rawal

Q Rafael Nadal, one of the top male tennis players in the world hails from which European
country?

1. Spain

2 Switzerland

3 Serbia

4 Austria

Q In which of the following states is the Kolleru Lake located?

1. Kerala

2 Karnataka

3 Tamil Nadu

4 Andhra Pradesh

Q __ is a traditional Indian sport, whereby athletes perform various types of gymnastics
moves and hold various poses on a vertical wooden pole.

1. Kalaripayattu

2 Nadan Panthu Kali

3 Mallakhamb

4 Yubi Lakpi

Q As per Census 2011, the growth rate of population of the Christian religious
community in the decade 2001-2011 was _.

1 17.7 percent

2 15.5 percent

3 16.8 percent

4 24.6 percent

The growth rate of population in the decade 2001-2011 was 17.7 %. The growth rate of population of the different religious communities in the same period was as Hindus[ 16.8% ] , Muslim[ 24.6% ] , Christian [ 15.5% ] , Sikh[ 8.4% ] , Buddhist [ 6.1% ] and Jain [ 5.4% ] .

Q Ainchaliyan is a type of religious songs often sung to a newly wed bride or to an unmarried girl, who is expected to get married in near future. It is associated with which of the following states?

1 Uttar Pradesh

2 Himachal Pradesh

3 Haryana

4 Punjab

Q Fort of Kushalgadh is located in which Indian state?

1 Chhattisgarh

2 Maharashtra

3 Madhya Pradesh

4 Uttar Pradesh

Q Ranjeet Singh belonged to which Misal of the Sikh community?

1 Bhangi

2 Ahluwalia

3 Kanhaiya

4 Sukarchakia

Q Which is the state bird of Uttar Pradesh?

1 Monal

2 Sarus crane

3 King fisher

4 Emerald dove

Q Name the westernmost point of India .

1 Indira Col

2 Indira Point

3 Guhar Moti

2 Kibithu

Q With which of the following games is the Duckworth-Lewis-Stern method associated?

1. Football

2 Cricket

3 Hockey

4 Polo

Q Who is India’s first woman Grandmaster in Chess ?

1 Subbaraman Vijayalakshmi

2 Priyanka Nutakki

3 Divya Deshmukh

4 Judit Polgar

Q Which Article of the Constitution of India declares the Supreme Court to be a court of
record?

1 Article 126

2 Article 128

3 Article 125

4 Article 129

Q Who among the following rulers strengthened the Satavahana empire in the Deccan in
ancient India?

1 Simuka

2 Shiva Skanda Satakarni

3 Yajna Sri Satakarni

4 Gautamiputra Satakarn

Q The Cholas as a ruling power rose to eminence in the 9th century CE when __ seized Tanjavur from a feudatory chief of the Pallavas called Muttarayas.

1 Parantaka I

2 Rajaraja Chola I

3 Vijayalaya

4 Uttama Chola

Q Which of the following states celebrates a state festival named ‘Bathukamma’?

1 Tamil Nadu

2 Telangana

3 Kerala

4 Odisha

 Q Which vitamin is also known as riboflavin ?

1 Vitamin B-2

2 Vitamin B- 12

3 Vitamin B- 1

4 Vitamin B-6

Q Who among the following gave Tansen the title of ‘Mian’?

1 Shah Jahan

2 Akbar

3 Babur

4 Humayun

Q In which of the following years did young leaders in Satara in Maharashtra set up a
parallel government Parti Sarkar that ran People’s court and organised constructive
work?

1 1943

2 1934

3 1918

4 1904

Q During the freedom struggle , who was the only president of Indian National Congress who resigned from the presidency even after being elected ?

1 SC Bose

2 Dadabhai Naoroji

3 Rajendra Prasad

4 Mahatma Gandhi

Q What is the total duration of a hockey match as per the International Hockey Federation rules ?

1 120 min

2 70 min

3 90 min

4 60 min

Q Sir William Jones had founded the Asiatic Society of Bengal in which year ?

1 1794

2 1784

3 1764

4 1884

Q Which dance forms incorporates the most intricate makeup code , costume , face mask , headdress and brightly painted faces ?

1 Odissi

2 Kathakali

3 Sattriya

4 Kathak

 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 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 The tribal festival named ‘Yemshe’ is traditionally associated with:

1 Gujarat

2 Nagaland

3 Andaman and Nicobar Islands

4 Jharkhand

Q Chandragiri was the last capital of Vijayanagara Kings. Chandragiri Fort is located in which of the following states ?

1 Gujarat

2 Andhra Pradesh

3 Rajasthan

4 Bihar

Q ‘Kui’ language is mostly spoken in which state of India ?

1 Odisha

2 Tamil Nadu

3 Karnataka

4 Kerala

Q In which of the following states is the Chitrakoot waterfalls on Indravati river located?

1 Jharkhand

2 Uttar Pradesh

3 Maharashtra

4 Chhattisgarh

Q Which of the following writs is issued by a superior court to compel a lower court or a
government officer to perform mandatory or purely ministerial duties correctly?

1 Quo warranto

2 Certiorari

3 Habeas Corpus

4 Mandamus

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 Teachers’ Day is celebrated every year on 5th September, it commemorates the birthday of which of the following Indian Presidents? 

Ans 1. Dr. Abdul Kalam 

2. Dr. Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan 

3. KR Narayanan 

4. Dr. Rajendra Prasad

Q Which of the following acids is responsible for muscle fatigue in humans?

1 Acetic acid

2 Nitric acid

3 Lactic acid

4 HCL

Q In which year was the MUDRA Yojana for providing loan up to ₹10 lakh started?

 Ans 1. 2014 

2. 2015 

3. 2016 

4. 2017

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 In which of the following states are the Bamuni hills spread ?

1 Assam

2 Madhya Pradesh

3 Uttar Pradesh

4 Rajasthan

Q What is the name of the autobiography written by General VK Singh?

1 Epitome of Success

2 Courage and Conviction

3 Practice to Perfection

4 Duty of a Soldier

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 Sirohi National Park is located in which state of India ?

1 Assam

2 Mizoram

3 Manipur

4 Tripura

Q When was the Sampoorna Grameen Rozgar Yojana launched?

1 2000

2 2001

3 2003

4 2002

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

1 2010

2 2018

3 2012

4 2006

Q What is the total number of classical dance forms in India as per the Sangeet Natak Akademi? 

Ans 1. 5

2. 8 

3. 3

 4. 10

Classical Dance

Bharatanatyam , Kathak , Kathakali , Kuchipudi , Odissi , Manipuri , Mohiniyattam and Sattriya

Q In which year was the famous shehnai player Ustad Bismillah Khan awarded the Bharat Ratna? 

Ans 1. 2001

 2. 1996

 3. 1998

 4. 2005

Q In which of the following states is the Ranipur Wildlife Sanctuary located?

1 Bihar

2 West Bengal

3 Uttar Pradesh

4 Gujarat

Q 2024 Summer Olympics will be hosted by which of the following cities? 

Ans 1. Los Angeles

 2. Tokyo

 3. Brisbane

 4. Paris

Q Sawai Jai Singh , the ruler of Amber , is known to have constructed five astronomical observatories called ‘Jantar Mantar’ . Which of the following cities does not have any of these observatories .

1 Varanasi

2 Udaipur

3 Ujjain

4 Mathura

Sawai Jai Singh constructed astronomical observatories in five cities

Shahjahanabad [ Delhi ] , Jaipur , Ujjain , Mathura and Varanasi

Q The Statue of Unity in Gujarat is located on an island named ____

1 Sadhu Bet

2 Hanuwantia

3 Mandhata

4 Kabirwad

Q The book ‘India 2020’ is written by :

1 Dr APJ Abdul Kalam

2 Shashi Tharoor

3 Kiran Desai

4 Amitav Ghosh

Q Which is the smallest state of India ?

1 Goa

2 Sikkim

3 Assam

4 Himachal Pradesh

Q Who wrote the novel ‘Magic Seeds’ ?

1 VS Naipaul

2 Chetan Bhagat

3 Shashi Tharoor

4 Anita Desai

Q ‘Gora‘ , ‘The Post Office’ and ‘The Gardener’ book was written by _____

1 Rabindranath Tagore

2 Premchand

3 Mohan Rakesh

4 Bankim Chandra

Q Raj Ghat is the memorial of _____

1 Lal Bahadur Shastri

2 Mahatma Gandhi

3 Indira Gandhi

4 BR Ambedkar

Q Who among the following overthrew his Chalukya overlord and performed a ritual
called ‘hiranya-garbha’?

1 Indra III

2 Dantidurga

3 Amoghavarsha

4 Dhruva Dharavarsha

Q What is the National Sport of China ?

1 Table Tennis

2 Archery

3 Volleyball

4 Hockey

Q Which festival is known as “Jallikattu”?

1 Pongal

2 PanguniUthiram

3 Puthandu

4 Keda – Gauri Vrat

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 Which of the following dams is NOT built across the river Kaveri (Cauvery)? 

Ans 1. Maithon 

2. Mettur 

3. Kallanai

 4. Krishna Raja Sagara

Q Under the Indus Water Treaty , India has been given the exclusive right over the rivers of _________

1 Ravi , Indus and Beas

2 Ravi , Beas and Satluj

3 Chenab , Indus and Satluj

4 Chenab , Indus and Jhelum

Indus Water Treaty [ 19 September 1960 ]

between Indian Prime Minister Jawaharla Nehru and Pakistan President Ayub Khan in Karachi

Q The Bombay Presidency Association was started by Badruddin Tyabji, Pherozshah
Mehta and KT Telang in which of the following years?

1 1887

2 1885

3 1886

4 1888

Q Which among the following statements is CORRECT regarding the Permanent
Settlement?
I. The Permanent Settlement was introduced in India in 1793.
II. Warren Hastings was the Governor General of India when the Permanent Settlement
was introduced.

1 Both I and II

2 Neither I nor II

3 Only II

4 Only I

I	The Permanent Settlement was introduced in India in 1793.
II	. Lord Cornwallis was the Governor General of India when the Permanent Settlement was introduced

Q Which Country’s National Legislature is known as Duma ?

1 Iran

2 USA

3 Japan

4 Russia

List of Countries and their Parliament’s

Parliament of Norway [ Storting ], Parliament of Denmark [ Folketing ] , Parliament of Sweden [ Riksdag ] , Parliament of Iceland [ Althing ] [ Oldest Parliament in the world ] , Parliament of Spain [ Cortes ] , Parliament of Bhutan [ Tsogdu ] , Parliament of India : Sansad , Parliament of Iran [ Majlis ] , Parliament of Taiwan [ Yuan ] , Parliament of USA [ Congress ] , Parliament of Afghanistan [ Shora ] , Parliament of Bangladesh [ Jatia ] , Parliament of Mongolia [ Khural ] , Parliament of China [ National People’s Congress ] , Parliament of Croatia [ Sabor ] , Parliament of Germany [ Bundestag ] , Parliament of Israel [ Knesset ] , Parliament of Japan [ Diet ], Parliament of Myanmar [ Pyithu Hluttaw ] , Parliament of Poland [ Sejm ]

Q How many Fundamental units are there ?

1 9

2 8

3 7

4 6

7 Fundamental units

time [ seconds ] , length [ meter ] , mass [ kilogram ] , electric current [ ampere ] , temperature [ kelvin ] , amount of substance [ mole ] and luminous intensity [ candela ]

Q Which among the following committees recommended for the establishment of the Central Vigilance Commission?

1 U.K. Sharma Committee

2 S.N. Verma Committee

3 Y.V. Reddy Committee

4 K. Santhanam Committee

Q Which of the following festivals is celebrated in Jharkhand?
I. Jawa
II. Rohini

1 Both I and II

2 Only I

3 Neither I nor II

4 Only II

Q _ are known as the protein factory of the cell.

1 Ribosomes

2 Endoplasmic Reticulum

3 Nucleus

4 Mitochondria

Q Which city is known as Manchester of India?

1 Bhopal

2 Ahmedabad

3 Kanpur

4 Surat

Q The zig-zag movement of the small particles suspended in a liquid or gas is called .

1 Osmosis

2 Diffusion

3 Compressibility

4 Brownian motion

Q Which of the following diseases is commonly known as ‘Brain Fever’?

1 Encephalitis

2 Tetanus

3 Gonorrhoea

4 Cholera

Q The tribal festival named ‘Pawl Kut’ is traditionally associated with:

1 Odisha

2 Sikkim

3 Mizoram

4 Rajasthan

Q Carbon, diamond and graphite are together called .

1 Isotopes

2 Isomers

3 Isomorphs

4 Allotropes

Q N A Palkhivala, an eminent jurist and constitutional expert, called the as the ‘identity card of the Constitution’.

1 Citizenship

2 Directive Principles of State Policy

3 Preamble

4 Fundamental Rights

Q What is the standard weight of a lawn tennis ball?

1 56.0 – 59.4 grams

2 76.0 – 79.4 grams

3 46.0 – 49.4 grams

4 66.0 – 69.4 grams

Q Who among the following was the first Finance Minister of Independent India?

1 Rajendra Prasad

2 BR Ambedkar

3 Abul Kalam Azad

4 RK Shanmukham Chetty

Q Who was the first president of the All-India Trade Union Congress?

1. Lala Lajpat Rai

2. MN Roy

3. NM Lokhande

4. Lokmanya Tilak

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

1 Goa

2 Sikkim

3 Goa

4 Assam

Q Who among the following was elected as the Permanent Chairman of the Constituent Assembly in 1946?

Ans 1. Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel

2. Dr. Rajendra Prasad

3. Jawahar Lal Nehru

4. Lal Bahadur Shastri

Q With which of the following states is the tribal festival named ‘Samakka Saarakka Jaathara’ [ Medaram Jatara ] traditionally associated?

1 Tripura

2 Telangana

3 Tamil Nadu

4 Kerala

Q ‘Dhopkhel’ is a traditional ball game which is played in the Indian state of :

1 Assam

2 Tamil Nadu

3 Kerala

4 Karnataka

Q __ is related to football.

1 Irani Cup

2 Duleep Trophy

3 Ranji Trophy

4 Santosh Trophy

Q The total length land border of India is ___

1 15 , 106.7 km

2 14, 106.7 km

3 13, 106.7 km

4 16, 106.7 km

Q In which year did the first Amendment of the Constitution take place?

Ans 1. 1953

2. 1951

3. 1960

4. 1947

Q For how many days did Mahatma Gandhi and his team of volunteers walk for the Dandi March?

Ans 1. 31 days

2. 15 days

3. 24 days

4. 11 days

Q The Ganapati festival was introduced by __ in 1893.

1 Bipin Chandra Pal

2 Lala Lajpat Rai

3 Chandrasekhar Azad

4 Bal Gangadhar Tilak

Q With reference to dance forms from India, which of the following pairs is INCORRECT?

1 Kalbelia – Rajasthan

2 Gomira – Karnataka

3 Gotipua – Odisha

4 Sattariya – Assam

Kalbelia dance [ Rajasthan ] , Gomira dance [ West Bengal ] , Gotipua dance [ Odisha ] , Sattariya dance [ Assam ]

Q What is the maximum length of the tennis racquet for professional play?

1 35 inches

2 29 inches [ 73.66 cm ]

3 30 inches

4 40 inches

Q Abdul Hamid Lahori’s work titled ‘Badshah Nama’ is the official history of his patron:

1 Jahangir

2 Aurangzeb

3 Shah Jahan

4 Humayun

Q Which festival among the following is celebrated in Manipur?

1 Hornbill

2 Anthrium

3 Nongkrem

4 Yaoshang

Q Part XVII of the Constitution of India deals with the official language in Articles 343 to
__.

1 352

2 349

3 356

4 351

Q Tanya Hemant is related to which of the following sports?

1 Tennis

2 Chess

3 Badminton

4 Hockey

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 Who was appointed the temporary Chairman of the Constituent Assembly ?

1 SC Bose

2 Acharya Kriplani

3 Sachchidananda Sinha

4 C Rajagopalachari

Q The term ‘Regatta’ is associated with which of the following ?

1 Yacht

2 Cycle

3 Horse

4 Motor Car

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

1 Telangana

2 Rajasthan

3 Maharashtra

4 Meghalaya

 Q In which year ‘Project Elephant’ was launched in India ?

1 1991

2 1992

3 1993

4 1994

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

1. D H Lawrence

2 Jane Austen

3 Thomas Hardy

4 George Eliot

Q ‘Alpana’ is a traditional art form of which state of India?

1 West Bengal

2 Uttarakhand

3 Kerala

4 Rajasthan

irst full lenth film

Q Raja Harishchandra, a movie directed by Dadasaheb Phalke in 1913, is considered as
first full lenth film of _ .

1 India

2 Pakistan

3 Bangladesh

4 Nepal

Q Who invented ‘Power Loom’ ?

1 Edmund Cartwright

2 James Hargreaves

3 JL Baird

4 Wright Brothers

Q Who invented ‘Spinning Jenny’ ?

1 James Hargreaves

2 Alexander Fleming

3 JL Baird

4 Wright Brothers

Q ‘Murad Janjira’ fort is in which state ?

1 Maharashtra

2 Rajasthan

3 Madhya Pradesh

4 West Bengal

Q Nishagandhi dance festival is celebrated in which state of India ?

1 Kerala

2 Assam

3 Manipur

4 Tripura

Q Which is the only country to win FIFA World Cup , ICC Cricket World Cup and Rugby World Cup ?

1 England

2 Australia

3 New Zealand

4 South Africa

Q Central Salt and Marine Chemicals Research Institute is located in :

1 Bhavnagar

2 Shimla

3 Cuttack

4 Lucknow

Q Jawara dance is related to which state ?

1 Madhya Pradesh

2 Assam

3 Kerala

4 Manipur

Q Hill Palace Museum is located in which state ?

1 Kerala

2 Rajasthan

3 Tripura

4 Maharashtra

Q Who proposed the ‘Drain Wealth’ theory ?

1 Dadabhai Naoroji

2 Bal Gangadhar Tilak

3 Bipin Chandra Pal

4 Jyotiba Phule

Q Natyanjali Dance Festival is celebrated in which state of India ?

1 Tamil Nadu

2 Kerala

3 Rajasthan

4 Assam

Q Notre-Dame is located in __

1 Paris

2 Newyork

3 Rome

4 Geneva

Q Who coined the term “Judicial Activism” in 1947?

1 Arthur Schlesinger Jr.

2 Harlan F Stone

3 Pierce Butler

4 John Roberts

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

1. Kerala

2 Tamil Nadu

3 Odisha

4 Assam

Q Ben Silbermann is the co-founder and CEO of which of the following applications?

1 Signal

2 Twitter

3 Pinterest

4 Adobe

Q Which of the following festival marks the Telugu New Year ?

1 Ugadi

2 Vishu

3 Rongker

4 Losar

Q Who of the following was associated with the Young Bengal Movement?

1 Keshub Chunder Sen

2 Ishwarchandra Vidyasagar

3 Henry Derozio

4 Swami Vivekananda

Q As per Census 2011, females constituted __ of the total population of India.

1 38.5 percent

2 42.5 percent

3 48.5 percent

4 52.5 percent

The population of the country as per the provisional figures of Census 2011 is 1210.19 million of which 623.72 million [ 51.54% ] are males and 586.46 million [ 48.46% ] are females

Q Which of the following dynasty was associated with “tripartite struggle”?
I. Pala
II. Chola
III. Gurjara-Pratihara

1 I and III

2 I and II

3 I, II and III

4 II and III

The Tripartite struggle was between the Gurjara-Pratihara Empire , the Pala Empire and the Rashtrakuta Empire

Q The Ghode Modni dance, to celebrate the victory of warriors, is performed in which of
the following states of India?

1 Goa

2 West Bengal

3 Karnataka

4 Tamil Nadu

Q Who was the chairman of the House Committee of the Constituent Assembly of India?

1 B Pattabhi Sitaramayya

2 AV Thakkar

3 JB Kripalani

4 KM Munsi

Q Which is the first state in India to become fully organic?

1 Karnataka

2 Assam

3 Sikkim

4 Kerala

Q The National Rice Research Institute is located at __ in Odisha.

1 Cuttack

2 Puri

3 Sambalpur

4 Koraput

Q Where was the Fourth High Court established in India next to Calcutta, Bombay and Madras in 1866?

1 Chandigarh

2 Allahabad

3 Patna

4 Guwahati

Q Who was the leader of ‘Santhal Rebellion’ (1855-56)?

1 Nana Saheb

2 Kunwar Singh

3 Brisa Munda

4 Sidhu Murmu

Q Who proposed the Continental Drift Theory in 1912?

1 Abraham Ortelius

2 Alfred Wegener

3 Arthur Holmes

4 Thomas Edison

Q What was the secret society of revolutionaries organised by VD Savarkar in 1904 known as?

1 Yugantar

2 Abhinav Bharat

3 Sandhya

4 Kal

Q With which of the following states is the tribal festival named ‘Hal Punhya’ traditionally
associated?

1 Jharkhand

2 Assam

3 Puducherry

4 Rajasthan

Q Which Part was added to the Indian Constitution by 74th Constitutional Amendment Act of 1992?

1 Part IX-A

2 Part IV-A

3 Part VII

4 Part XII

Q The head office of National Bank for Agriculture and Rural Development (NABARD) is located at .

1 Bhopal

2 Chennai

3 Pune

4 Mumbai

Q Which Indian philosopher was the founder of ‘Advaita Vedanta’?

1 Brihaspati

2 Gautama Buddha

3 Adi Shankaracharya

4 Maharshi Kanada

Q ‘Aamar Jiban’, is the autobiography written by an Indian woman. Who was she?

1 Sarojini Naidu

2 Rassundari Devi

3 Sucheta Kriplani

4 Annie Besant

Q When is Guru Nanak Jayanti celebrated in India as per the Hindu lunar calendar?

1 Kartika Poornima

2 Paush Poornima

3 Paush Amavasya

4 Kartika Amavasya

Q Who among the following was re-elected in 1938 as the president of the Indian
National Congress session for 1939?

1 Satyendra Prasanna Sinha

2 Subhash Chandra Bose

3 Lal Mohan Ghosh

4 Pattabhi Sittaramayya

Q In which year did the Morarji Desai Government appoint the Second Backward Classes Commission under the chairmanship of BP Mandal?

1 1979

2 1984

3 1982

4 1975

Q The Securities and Exchange Board of India was established in the year:

1 1991

2 1993

3 1992

4 1994

Q Who was the first Speaker of Lok Sabha?

1 Hukam Singh

2 GV Mavalankar

3 Bali Ram Bhagat

4 Ananthasayanam Ayyangar

Q Who was the director of the first indigenous Indian silent film – ‘Raja Harishchandra’?

1 Dadasaheb Phalke

2 Ardeshir Irani

3 N.G.Chitre

4 Amartya Sen

Q Where is the headquarters of International Solar alliance located ?

1 Gurugram

2 New Delhi

3 Bangalore

4 Chennai

Q Who issued the silver rupee , which remained a standard coin for centuries after the
ruler?

1 Babur

2 Sher Shah Suri

3 Humayun

4 Akbar

Q Which among the following is the Marathi newspaper that was edited by Bal Gangadhar Tilak?

1 Bombay Samachar

2 Statesman

3 Swadesamitran

4 Kesari

Q The Concept of “Justice” in the preamble of the Indian Constitution is taken from:

1 American Revolution

2 Russian Revolution

3 Glorious Revolution

4 French Revolution

Q How many teams participated in the 1975 Cricket World Cup?

1 10

2 14

3 12

4 8

Q The _____ dam is built across the Subarnarekha river .

1 Bhairwa

2 Chandil

3 Barhi

4 Malay

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 Who among the following was the first recipient of ‘Param Vir Chakra’, India’s highest
military decoration?

1. Somnath Sharma

2 Dhan Singh Thapa

3 Piru Singh

4 Jadunath Singh

Q Among the following, whose autobiography is ‘Daughter of Destiny: An Autobiography’?

Ans 1. Benazir Bhutto

2. Malala Yousafza

i 3. Urvashi Butalia

4. Kamala Das

Q The first Backward Classes Commission of India was headed by ______.

Ans 1. Gopal Krishna Gokhale

2. Kaka Kalelkar

3. Lokmanya Tilak

4. Nanaji Deshmukh

Q Who among the following was the author of the famous work “Sangita Ratnakara”?

1. Lochan Kavi

2 Sharngadeva

3 Jaidev

4 Ramamatya

Q In which language was the newspaper ‘Kesari’ published by Bal Gangadhar Tilak?

1 Bengali

2 Telugu

3 Marathi

4 Punjabi

Q The first Indian satellite , Aryabhatta , was launched on 19 April ______

1 1975

2 1977

3 1979

4 1973

Q In which year did India officially join the Shanghai Cooperation Organization [ SCO ] as a full-fledged member ?

1 2017

2 2016

3 2015

4 2014

Q What is the maximum possible strength for a Legislative Assembly of a state in India as per Indian Constitution?

1 550 seats

2 500 seats

3 300

4 400 seats

Q Article 371-B gives special provision to which state of India ?

1 Assam

2 Nagaland

3 Sikkim

4 Manipur

Q Which Schedule of the Indian Constitution was added by the 1st Constitutional Amendment Act of 1951?

1 Eleventh Schedule

2 Ninth Schedule

3 Seventh Schedule

4 Fifth Schedule

Q Who composed the Amuktamalyada, a work on statecraft in Telugu?

1 Krishnadeva Raya

2 Rama Raya

3 Harihara Raya

4 Praudha Raya

Q Stainless steel cookware contains ___.

1 chromium

2 magnesium

3 calcium

4 manganese

Q In which year did the Bhopal Gas Tragedy take place?

1 1986

2 1982

3 1980

4 1984

Q In the seventeenth century, Peter Mundy, a foreign traveller from __ visited
India.

1 France

2 Italy

3 Germany

4 England

Q Which of the following social reform organisations was established in Madras in 1864?

1 The Veda Samaj

2 The Arya Samaj

3 The Brahmo Samaj

4 The Prarthana Samaj

Q Which of the following was used as the main electronic component in the second generation computers?

1 Microprocessor

2 Transistors

3 Vacuum Tubes

4 Integrated Circuits

First generation computers [ Vacuum Tubes ] , Second generation computers [ Transistors ] , Third generation computers [ Integrated Circuits ] , Fourth generation computers [ Microprocessor ]

Q Which state has two headquarters of Indian Railway Zones?

1 Rajasthan

2 Uttar Pradesh

3 Bihar

4 Assam

Railway Zones in India	Headquarters
Eastern Railway	Kolkata
Central Railway	Mumbai
East Central Railway	Hajipur
Northern Railway	New Delhi
East Coast Railway	Bhubaneshwar
North Eastern Railway	Gorakhpur
North Central Railway	Allahabad
North Western Railway	Jaipur
North Frontier Railway	Maligaon, Guwahati
Southern Railway	Chennai
South Eastern Railway	Garden Reach, Kolkata
South Central Railway	Secunderabad
South Western Railway	Hubli
South East Central Railway	Bilaspur
West Central Railway	Jabalpur
Western Railway	Church Gate , Mumbai

Q Mundari dance is associated with the tribal community of which Indian state ?

1 Jharkhand

2 Mizoram

3 Karnataka

4 Arunachal Pradesh

Q By which name was the Head of the Panchayat or the Village Headman called in
Mughal India?

1 Samant

2 Mahant

3 Muqaddam

4 Khoran

Q The word ‘Swaraj’ was first used by Dadabhai Naoroji in the Congress session held in
which place?

1 Madras

2 Surat

3 Calcutta

4 Lucknow

Q What is the width of the court for double matches in Lawn Tennis ?

1 38 feet

2 36 feet

3 34 feet

4 32 feet

Lawn Tennis court dimensions [ Double matches ]	The lenght of the court is 78 feet [ 23.77 m ] and the width of the court is 36 feet [ 10.97 m ]
Lawn Tennis court dimensions [ Single matches ]	The lenght of the court is 78 feet [ 23.77 m ] feet [ 23.77 m ] and the width of the court is 27 feet [ 8.23 m ]

Q Which of the following fair is held in Gujarat to share its connection with Mishmi tribe of Arunachal Pradesh , this fair celebrates the immortal journey with Rukmini undertook from Arunachal Pradesh to Gujarat with Lord Krishna ?

1 Madhavpur Fair

2 Nauchandi Fair

3 Pushkar Fair

4 Toshali Mela

Q Panchpatmali deposits in Koraput district are the deposits of which of the following minerals ?

1 Iron Ore

2 Bauxite

3 Manganese

4 Copper

Q Who among the following is the first Chief Election Commissioner of India?

1 Nagendra Singh

2 Sukumar Sen

3 O. P. Rawat

4 K.V.K. Sundaram

Q Which of the following options is a martial arts form associated with Tamil Nadu ?

1 Thoda

2 Silambam

3 Kalari Payattu

4 Thang-ta

Q With which of the following states is the tribal festival named ‘Divaso’ traditionally
associated?

1 Mizoram

2 Gujarat

3 Kerala

4 Odisha

Q Who among the following was the first ruler of the Sunga dynasty?

1 Parammitra Sunga

2 Pushyamitra Sunga

3 Parasmitra Sunga

4 Pashupatinath Sunga

Q Which of the following palaces is located in Thiruvananthapuram , Kerala ?

1 Kowdiar Palace

2 Amba Vilas Palace

3 Ujjayanta Palace

4 Kangla Palace

Q Sonal Mansingh was awarded the Sangeet Natak Akademi Award for which of the
following classical dance forms?

1 Mohiniyattam

2 Manipuri

3 Odissi

4 Kathakali

Q What is the standard height of a volleyball net from the ground for the men’s team?

1 2.53 metres

2 2.43 metres

3 2.23 metres

4 2.33 metres

Q Which Schedule of the Constitution of India deals with Union , State and Concurrent
lists?

1 11th

2 7th

3 9th

4 5th

Q Which of the following folk dances is associated with Jammu and Kashmir?

1 Kud

2 Jawara

3 Bhavai

4 Hojagiri

Q The sole temple of Lord Brahma is located in which city of India ?

1 Pushkar

2 Udaipur

3 Jaipur

4 Delhi

Q Bastar Rebellion in central India broke out in __.

1 1905

2 1910

3 1915

4 1918

Q Indian Olympic Association was formed in which year?

1 1927

2 1934

3 1928

4 1943

Q When was the Supreme Court of India inaugurated?

1 26 January 1952

2 28 January 1952

3 26 January 1948

4 28 January 1950

Q What is the literacy rate among the males in India as per the Census 2011?

1 80.65%

2 82.14%

3 81.17%

4 84.35%

Q Eden Gardens cricket ground is located in which of the following city?

1 Chennai

2 Lucknow

3 Jaipur

4 Kolkata

Q In the context of the culture of Uttarakhand, ‘Kafuli’ is the name of a:

1 cuisine

2 festival

3 style of painting

4 folk dance

Q Which of the following Articles of the Indian Constitution deals with the Right against
Exploitation?

1 Article 33 – 34

2 Article 37 – 38

3 Article 23 – 24

4 Article 27 – 28

Q Identify the element that is NOT a metalloid.

1 Xenon

2 Polonium

3 Tellurium

4 Germanium

Example of Metalloids

Germanium [ Ge ] , Silicon [ Si ] , Arsenic [ As ] , Antimony [ Sb ] and Tellurium [ Te ]

Q Identify the acid that convert zinc into zinc sulphate.

1 Hydrochloric acid

2 Nitric acid

3 Sulphuric acid

4 Acetic acid

Q Which team has won the highest number of Ranji Trophy titles?

1 Uttar Pradesh

2 Mumbai

3 Tamil Nadu

4 Karnataka

Q As on March 2024 , how many states have a Legislative Council?

1 5

2 6

3 7

4 4

As of March 2024 , 6 out of 28 states have a State Legislative Council . These are Andhra Pradesh , Karnataka , Telangana , Maharashtra , Bihar and Uttar Pradesh

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

Ans 1. Rajasthan

2. Gujarat

3. Punjab

4. Bihar

Q During the Chaliha Sahib festival, Sindhis observe a __-day fast to show their
devotion to Lord Jhulelal.

1 20

2 10

3 40

4 30

Q The famous Losoong festival is celebrated in which of the following states ?

1 Assam

2 Sikkim

3 Manipur

4 Rajasthan

Q Karkidaka Vavu Bali of _ is a Hindu ritual to appease ancestors.

1 Kerala

2 Maharashtra

3 Meghalaya

4 Goa

Q Who among the following established the Arya Samaj and in which year?

1 Swami Dayananda Sarasvati in 1875

2 Swami Vivekananda in 1785

3 Swami Vivekananda in 1875

4 Swami Dayananda Sarasvati in 1785

Q State legislature has the concurrent powers enumerated in List __ of the Seventh
Schedule of the Constitution of India.

1 1

2 II

3 III

4 IV

Q From which among the following countries Independence of judiciary has been
borrowed in the Indian Constitution ?

1 France

2 USSR

3 United Kingdom

4 United States Of America

Q Economic reform measures in India were formally introduced in __.

1 1990

2 1991

3 1980

4 1947

Q The First Formula 1 Race in India was held in __.

1 2015

2 2011

3 2012

4 2013

Q The first chairman of the Planning Commission in India was __.

1 Jaiprakash Narayan

2 Sriman Narayan

3 Jawaharlal Nehru

4 Radha Mohan Singh

Q Which ceremonial folk dance of Puducherry is related to the Hindu epic Ramayana , performed at the Villianur temple in Puducherry ?

1 Garadi

2 Hulivesha

3 Dalkhai

4 Tippani

Q How many days did the battle of Mahabharata last ?

1 18 

2 10

3 17

4 15

Q Green Revolution was originated in _.

1 Brazil

2 Australia

3 Mexico

4 United State of America

Q Sodium hydrogen carbonate is called:

1 Washing soda

2 Baking soda

3 Gypsum

4 Plaster of Paris

Q Which form of art is celebrated at the Mando festival of Goa?

1 Painting

2 Literature

3 Sports

4 Music

Q Who is the author of the book ‘The Paradoxical Prime Minister’ ?

1 Shashi Tharoor

2 Manmohan Singh

3 Narendra Modi

4 IK Gujral

Q Who among the following was the last king of the Mauryan empire?

1 Ashoka

2 Bindusara

3 Chandragupta

4 Brihadratha

Q Kadsa is a dance style performed by women in ________, carrying a ‘Kalasha’ .

1 Jharkhand

2 Kerala

3 Karnataka

4 Tamil Nadu

Q Ashvaghosha who composed ‘Buddhacharita’ lived in the court of __

1 Kanishka

2 Vasudeva

3 Vasishka

4 Sadashkana

Q Identify the general formula for alkenes.

1 CnH6n

2 CnH3n

3 CnH4n

4 CnH2n

Q Name the suicidal bags of the cell.

1 Centriole

2 Lysosomes

3 Peroxisomes

4 Glyoxysomes

Q The Ashok Chakra Class-III was renamed as the ____ in 1967 .

1 Shaurya Chakra

2 Mahavir Chakra

3 Kirti Chakra

4 Vir Chakra

Q Lal Bahadur Shastri was born on :

1 2 October 1904

2 2 October 1906

3 2 October 1907

4 2 October 1905

Q Who among the following was the Governor General when the practice of Sati was
banned through a law in British India?

1 William Bentinck

2 William Butterworth Bayley

3 Charles Metcalf

4 Henry Hardinge

Q Bhootada Kola is a spiritual folk dance in which some rituals involve walking on a bed of hot coal and is practised in coastal districts of :

1 Karnataka

2 Rajasthan

3 Odisha

4 Bihar

Q The festival of Sekrenyi is celebrated in the month of February by the Angami tribe of :

1 Nagaland

2 Rajasthan

3 Madhya Pradesh

4 Odisha

Q The wetland of Ashtamudi is located in :

1 Kerala

2 Maharashtra

3 Manipur

4 Andhra Pradesh

Q Which is regarded as the southernmost point of India?

1 Indira Point

2 Gulf of Mannar

4 Port Blair

4 Kovalam

Q Where was the Supreme Court established under the Charter of 1774?

1 Bombay

2 Calcutta

3 Shimla

4 Madras

Q The term ‘ genocide’ was coined by _.

1 Raphael Lemki

2 Eleanor Roosevelt

3 Jefferson

4 Thornberry

Q As per Article 118 of the Constitution of India, who presides over the joint sitting of the
two houses?

1 Prime Minister

2 President

3 Chairman

4 Speaker

Q Who was the first Indian Fellow of the Royal Society of London ?

1 Ardaseer Cursetjee

2 Srinivasa Ramanujan

3 Jagdish Chandra Bose

4 CV Raman

Q Which state in India has the highest number of aluminium smelting plants ?

1 Odisha

2 Tamil Nadu

3 Maharashtra

4 Uttar Pradesh

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?

1 Seraikela Chhau of Jharkhand

2 Marwahi Chhau of Chhattisgarh

3 Purulia Chhau of West Bengal

4 Mayurbhanj Chhau of Odisha

Q After which incident did Mahatma Gandhi call off the non-cooperation movement?

1 Jallianwala Bagh massacre of 1919

2 Chauri Chaura killing in 1922

3 Chauri Chaura killing in 1925

4 Jallianwala Bagh massacre of 1922

Q As per Census 2011, the growth rate of population of the Muslim Religious community
in India in the decade 2001-2011 was _ percent.

1 22.8

2 26.4

3 28.2

4 24.6

The growth rate of population in the decade 2001-2011 was 17.7 %. The growth rate of population of the different religious communities in the same period was as Hindus [ 16.8% ] , Muslim [ 24.6% ] , Christian[ 15.5% ] , Sikh [ 8.4% ] , Buddhist [ 6.1% ] and Jain [ 5.4% ]

Q Which of the following Jyotirlingas is located on the Western Coast of India?

Ans 1. Somnath

2. Omkareshwar

3. Baidyanathdham

4. Mahakaleshwar

The 12 Jyotirlingas in India :  Somnath [ Gujarat ] , Nageshwar [ Gujarat ] , Bhimashankar [ Maharashtra ] , Trimbakeshwar [ Maharashtra ] , Grishneshwar [ Maharashtra ] , Vaidyanath [ Jharkhand ] , Mahakaleshwar [ Madhya Pradesh ] , Omkareshwar [ Madhya Pradesh ] , Kashi Vishwanath [ Uttar Pradesh ] , Kedarnath [ Uttarakhand ] , Rameshwaram [ Tamil Nadu ] and Mallikarjuna [ Andhra Pradesh ]

Q Which of the following is the Ladakhi dance that got its place in the Guinness Book of World Records?

Ans 1. Kathok Chenmo

2. Shon dance

3. Shondol dance

4. Spao dance

Q Who invented computer mouse?

1 Seymour Cray

2 Tim Berners Lee

3 Charles Babbage

4 Douglas Engelbart

Q Which of the following Articles of the Indian Constitution directs the state “to protect monuments of national importance”?

1 Article 55

2 Article 49

3 Article 53

4 Article 51

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

Ans 1. 1

2. 4

3. 2 [ H2O2 ]

4. 3

Q Which festival is celebrated in the month of February by the Angami tribe of
Nagaland?

1. Hornbill festival

2 Majuli festival

2 Losoong festival

4 Sekrenyi festival

Q Rani ki Vav, built in the 11th century CE is a stepwell located in the Indian state of
_.

1. Madhya Pradesh

2 Rajasthan

3 Gujarat

4 Uttar Pradesh

Q Kalashram, a dance school in New Delhi was started by __.

1. Sitara Devi

2 Shovana Narayan

3 Pandit Birju Maharaj

4 Pandit Durgalal

Q Loans upto what amount can be issued under the MUDRA Shishu Loan?

1. RS.50000

2 RS.60000

3 RS.30000

4 RS.10000

Q Daimabad, a Harappan site is presently located in which of the following places in
India?

1. Rajasthan

2 Gujarat

3 Haryana

4 Maharashtra

Q Select the option representing the given communities and their total population in
CORRECT percentage, according to Census of India 2011.

1. Hindu – 79.8%, Muslim – 14.2%, Christian – 2.3%

2 Hindu – 79.8%, Muslim – 14.2%, Christian – 6.3%

3 Hindu – 79.8%, Muslim – 16.2%, Christian – 2.3%

4 Hindu – 89.8%, Muslim – 14.2%, Christian – 2.3%

Q Which Article of the Constitution of India guarantees equality of opportunity in matters
of public employment?

1. Article 14

2 Article 16

3 Article 23

4 Article 21

Q Who was the Prime Minister of United Kingdom when the ‘Indian Independence Act’
was passed?

1. Clement Attlee

2 Ramsay MacDonald

3 Winston Churchill

4 Stanley Baldwin

Q Who among the following was hanged till death by the British Government in 1915 for
his involvement in the Ghadar Conspiracy?

1. Bhagwan Singh Gyanee

2 Sohan Singh Bhakhna

3 Tarak Nath Das

4 Kartar Singh Sarabha

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 Padma Bhushan awardee, Alarmel Valli is a __ dancer of India.

1. Kathak

2 Mohiniyattam

3 Kathakali

4 Bharatanatyam

Q In which year was the Central Rural Sanitation Programme launched in India?

1. 1984

2 1987

3 1986

4 1988

Q Which of the following was used as the main electronic component in the first generation computers?

1 Vacuum Tubes

2 Transistors

3 Microprocessor

4 Integrated Circuits

First generation computers :	Vacuum Tubes
Second generation computers	Transistors
Third generation computers	Integrated Circuits
Fourth generation computers	Microprocessor

Q The Vikramshila University was built during the rule of which of the following
dynasties?

1. Pallava

2 Pala

3 Chola

4 Chalukya

Q Mahavira Jayanti marks the birth anniversary of the _ tirthankara of Jainism.

1. twenty-second

2 second

3 first

4 twenty-fourth

Q In which year was the Congress Socialist party established?

1. 1934

2 1933

3 1935

4 1932

Q Rangeen Mahal, built in the 16th century CE is situated in which of the following cities
of Karnataka?

1. Udupi

2 Kolar

3 Bidar

4 Hubli

Q What was Swami Vivekananda’s birth name?

1. Narendranath Datta

2 Debendranath Datta

3 Surendranath Datta

4 Nagendranath Datta

Q Who was the last Deputy Chairman of the Planning Commission of India?

1. Pranab Mukherjee

2 Jaswant Singh

3 Montek Singh Ahluwalia

4 KC Pant

Q Who among the following became the first Indian female athlete to win two
Olympic medals?

1. Saikhom Mirabai Chanu

2 Saina Nehwal

3 MC Mary Kom

4 PV Sindhu

Q The Nanda Devi Biosphere Reserve is situated in:

1. Sikkim

2 Uttar Pradesh

3 Uttarakhand

4 Himachal Pradesh

Q Who won the Sultan Padamsee Playwright Award for his first play ‘Larins Sahib’ ?

1 Gurucharan Das

2 Ramcharan Guha

3 Amitav Ghosh

4 Shashi Tharoor

Q Kamyan wrote the Ramayana in which language ?

1 Tamil

2 Telugu

3 Malayalam

4 Kannada

Q What is the meaning of the Greek origin word ‘Elektron’ ?

1 Amber

2 Ebonite

3 Charge

4 Negative

Q Which part of brain is instrumental in making it possible for a person to perform activity such as picking up a pencil from the floor ?

1 Cerebellum

2 Cranium

3 Cerebrum

4 Hypothalamus

Q Which state is the largest producer of Groundnut ?

1 Gujarat

2 Madhya Pradesh

3 Bihar

4 Tamil Nadu

Q The ‘Kathasaritsagara’ is written by ____

1 Somadeva

2 Kalidasa

3 Jayadeva

4 Bhasa

Q The tomb of Itimad-ud-Daulah , Inlaid with Pietra during decoration , is located at____

1 Agra

2 Aurangabad

3 Alwar

4 Ajmer

Q Who is the founder of the social activist organisation called ‘Global March Against Child Labour’ ?

1 Kailash Satyarthi

2 Medha Patkar

3 Ramdeo Misra

4 Sunderlal Bahugana

Q National School of Drama was established in which year ?

1 1959

2 1965

3 1970

4 1984

Q The Silent Valley Movement was started in 1973 in the state of :

1 Kerala

2 Odisha

3 Uttarakhand

4 Madhya Pradesh

Q Who was the recipient of the inaugural Infosys Prize for Social Science [ History ] 2009 ?

1 Upinder Singh

2 Amlan Dutta

3 Krishna Kumar

4 Hari Vasudevan

Q The Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam [ LTTE ] was founded in which year ?

1 1976

2 1980

3 1984

4 2004

Q Who holds the record of serving as the Governor of a single state in India for the longest period of time ?

1 M M Jacob

2 Sarojini Naidu

3 ND Tiwari

4 Lakshmi Kant Jha

Q With reference to the United Nations ‘Sustainable Development Goals’ which is SDG 10 ?

1 Reduced inequalities

2 No Poverty

3 Zero Hunger

4 Good Health and Well Being

Q The approximate period between two consecutive new moon is __

1 29.5 days

2 15.5 days

3 20.5 days

4 24.5 days

Q Which Viceroy appointed the Hunter Commission in 1882 ?

1 Lord Rippon

2 Lord Lytton

3 Lord Canning

4 Lord Cornwallis

Q In which place Govardhan Math located ?

1 Puri

2 Dwarka

3 Rameswarama

4 Badrinath

Q The princely state of Hyderabad was brought under the Indian Union in the year ?

1 1948

2 1952

3 1956

4 1960

Q In 1564 , which queen died while protecting her kingdom Garha Katanga from the Mughal army ?

1 Rani Durgavati

2 Rani Ahilyabai

3 Rani Avantibai

4 Rani Rudrama Devi

Q Who is the first woman to win Nobel Prize in Economics ?

1 Elinor Ostrom

2 Marie Curie

3 Mother Teresa

4 Selma Lagerlof

Q Who holds the record for scoring most runs in a Calendar year in Test Cricket ?

1 Mohammad Yousuf

2 Joe Root

3 Sachin Tendulkar

4 Virat Kohli

Q Philosopher, Jiddu Krishnamurti and spiritual guru, Sathya Sai Baba are among the well known personalities from the state of __.

1 Andhra Pradesh

2 Rajasthan

3 Kerala

4 Madhya Pradesh

Q Which constitutional amendment reduced the voting age from 21 to 18 for Lok Sabha and Assembly elections?

1 51st Amendment

2 71st Amendment

3 41st Amendment

4 61st Amendment

Q Who among the following abolished sati in India?

1 Curzon

2 William Bentinck

3 Wellesley

4 Dalhousie

Q India’s only active volcano is located in _.

1 Western ghats

2 Andaman and Nicobar islands

3 Lakshadweep islands

4 Eastern ghats

Q Courage and Conviction: An Autobiography, is written by whom among the following
army generals turned politicians?

1 Bhuwan Chandra Khanduri

2 Vijay Kumar Singh

3 Joginder Jaswant Singh

4 Rajyawardhan Singh Rathod

Q Which is the traditional ‘glove puppet show’ of Kerala?

1 Yampuri

2 Kundhei

3 Pavakoothu

4 Gombeyatta

Q Which of the following festivals is celebrated in honour of Hidimba Devi (wife of
Bhima)?

1 Kajari

2 Halda

3 Doongri

4 Hareli

Q From the north most to south most point of India, what is the extent of India?

1 4109 km

2 3214 km

3 3785 km

4 2914 km

Q How many functional items have been placed in the 11th Schedule of the Indian Constitution?

1 29

2 20

3 59

4 39

Q Mahatma Gandhi abruptly called off the Non-Cooperation Movement when in __ a
crowd of peasants set fire to a police station in Chauri Chaura.

1 April 1922

2 February 1922

3 June 1922

4 December 1922

Q In ruminants like cattle, bacteria present in __ helps in digestion of cellulose.

1 oesophagus

2 small intestine

3 large intestine

4 rumen

Q Nashik is also known as __ capital of India.

1 Gold

2 Orange

3 Wine

4Cotton

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

1. Mahabali

2 Kansa

3 Devadutta

4 Yama

Q __ was the capital city of the Vijaynagar Empire.

1 Kalyani

2 Magadha

3 Kanchi

4 Hampi

Q How is the condition of land productivity defined for primitive subsistence agriculture
in India?

1. Medium

2 Very high

3 Low

4 High

Primitive subsistence agriculture is also known as shifting cultivation or slash and burn cultivation

Q The Servants of Indian Society was founded by _ in 1905.

1. Gopal Krishna Gokhale

2 Mahatma Gandhi

3 Subhas Chandra Bose

4 Lala Lajpat Rai

Q Ustad Mansur was a prominent painter in the court of which of the following Mughal
rulers

1. Aurangzeb

2 Shah Jahan

3 Humayun

4 Jahangir

Q Which of the following dance forms is most famous among the Bhil tribe?

1. Bhagoriya

2 Padayani

3 Nati

4 Laho

Q Alvars were devotees of which Indian deity ?

1 Lord Vishnu

2 Lord Shiva

3 Lord Ganesha

4 Lord Krishna

Q The three English missionaries, Carey, Marshman and Ward, lived and worked in

1. the Dutch enclave of Chinsurahthe

2 Danish enclave of Serampore

3 the French enclave of Chandernagore

4 the Portuguese enclave of Bandel

Q __ dance is introverted and restrained compared to most other dances of India –
the artist never establishes eye contact with the audience.

1 Manipuri

2 Bharatnatyam

3 Kathakali

4 Kuchipudi

Q ‘Ummatt-aat’ is a folk dance form performed in __.

1 Gangtok

2 Coorg

3 Itanagar

4 Kasauli

Q In which of the following Indian states will you find the Netarhat Mountains, also called
‘Queen of Chotanagpur’?

1. Odisha

2 Jharkhand

3 Chhattisgarh

4 West Bengal

Q The ‘Namami Gange Programme’ is an integrated Conservation Mission approved by the Union Government in :

1 June , 2014

2 June , 2015

3 June , 2016

4 June , 2017

Q The Government of India added the prefix ‘MG’ to the National Rural Employment Guarantee Act in the year _____

1 2009

2 1986

3 1993

4 2001

Q Who was associated with Vaisheshika School of Philosophy ?

1 Kanada

2 Gautama

3 Jaimini

4 Patanjali

Q ‘A Love Song From the North’ , ‘My Day Dream’ and ‘In the Forest’ are the poems written by_____

1 Sarojini Naidu

2 Ruskin Bond

3 Kiran Desai

4 Anita Desai

Q ‘The Banyan Tree’ poem written by ______

1 Rabindranath Tagore

2 Bankim Chandra Chatterjee

3 Sarojini Naidu

4 Ruskin Bond

Q The British annexed Punjab after defeating the Sikhs in the Anglo-Sikh War in the year ?

1 1849

2 1835

3 1839

4 1845

Q The first lot of 33 declassified files relating to Netaji Subhash Chandra Bose was handed over by the Prime Minister ‘s Office [ PMO ] to the National Archives of India on 4 December______

1 2015

2 2019

3 2014

4 2018

Q The discovery and understanding of electromagnetic induction is based on a long series of experiments carried out by _____

1 Faraday and Henry

2 Rutherford

3 Einstein

4 Planck and Fermi

Q Languages like Nyishi , Apatani and Bokar are widely spoken in :

1 Arunachal Pradesh

2 Kerala

3 Madhya Pradesh

4 Odisha

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

1 Sikkim

2 Odisha

2 Gujarat

4 Karnataka

Q Lord Hastings initiated the ____ where the East India Company claimed that its authority was supreme and hence its power was greater than that of Indian states ?

1 Policy of Paramountcy

2 Doctrine of Lapse

3 Imperial Policy

4 Government’s Stores Policy

Q Detritivores in the soil break down detritus into smaller particles. This process is called ___

1 fragmentation

2 mineralisation

3 catabolism

4 leaching

Q Which law states that for a solution of volatile liquids , the partial vapour pressure of each component of the solution is directly proportional to its mole fraction present in solution ?

1 Raoult’s law

2 Boyle’s law

3 Dalton’s law

4 Faraday’s law

Q Sagol Kangjei , an indigenous game of Manipur is similar to the modern day sports of :

1 Polo

2 Boxing

3 Cricket

4 Hockey

Q Hallisaka is a group dance native to which state of India ?

1 Gujarat

2 Goa

3 Rajasthan

4 Maharashtra

Q Birhor dance is a tribal folk dance from ____

1 Jharkhand

2 Karnataka

3 Himachal Pradesh

4 Punjab

Q In which state are the Sundargarh deposits of Manganese located ?

1 Odisha

2 Kerala

3 Gujarat

4 Maharashtra

Q Fondly called ‘Haryana Hurricane’ , who made his test debut in the year 1978 –

1 Kapil Dev

2 Sachin Tendulkar

3 Sunil Gavaskar

4 CK Naydu

Q The longest continuous wall in India , the second longest in the world , is at :

1 Kumbhalgarh Fort

2 Chittorgarh Fort

3 Kangra

4 Mehrangarh

Q ‘The Substance and the Shadow’ is the autobiography of :

1 Dilip Kumar

2 Dev Ananda

3 Priyanka Chopra

4 Karan Johar

Q Kalinjar Fort , which was strategically important during medieval times , is located in :

1 Uttar Pradesh

2 Goa

3 Kerala

4 Assam

Q ‘Bathukamma’ and ‘Bonalu’ are state festivals of :

1 Telangana

2 Rajasthan

3 Kerala

4 Punjab

Q ‘Marfati’ songs are the traditional folk songs of :

1 Bangladesh

2 Nepal

3 Afghanistan

4 Pakistan

Q The Article 371A deals with the special provision with respect to which of the following
states?

1 Assam

2 Nagaland

3 Manipur

4 Sikkim

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

1 Nitin Gokhale

2 Kabir Bedi

3 Amitav Ghosh

4 Anindya Dutta

Q What do the finger like outgrowths present in the inner walls of the small intestine known as?

1 Rumen

2 Intestinal juices

3 Villi

4 Pierce canal

Q Who among the following propounded the concept of ‘Rule of Law’?

1 Henri Fayol

2 A.V. Dicey

3 Max Weber

4 F.W. Taylor

Q When was the Asian Games organised in India for the second time?

1 1994

2 1986

3 1982

4 1998

Q Which of the following statements is correct regarding Kambala festival?
I. It is a festival associated with agriculture.
II. It is an annual event, which features buffalo race.

1 Only I

2 Both I and II

3 Only II

4 Neither I nor II

Q Who won the Sahitya Akademi Award for his satirical work ‘Viklang Shraddha ka
Daur’?

1 Hazari Prasad Dwivedi

2 Ramdhari Singh Dinkar

3 Rahul Sankrityayan

4 Hari Shankar Parsai

Q In which of the following state ruler Harichandra successfully established his
kingdom, who gave up his traditional profession and took to arms?

1 Kerala

2 Rajasthan

3 Karnataka

4 Awadh

Q The plant cell wall is mainly composed of _.

1 starch

2 proteins

3 lipids

4 cellulose

Q Who is the writer of the novel ‘Such a Long Journey’?

1 Vikram Seth

2 Shashi Deshpande

3 Rohinton Mistry

4 Cyrus Mistry

Q Which of the following statements is correct regarding the Veda Samaj?
I. It was founded in 1867.
II. It was founded in Madras.

1 Only II

2 Both I and II

3 Neither I nor II

4 Only I

Veda Samaj [ 1864 ]

Keshab Chandra Sen and K. Sridharalu Naidu

Q The Mughal emperor appointed the East India Company as the Diwan of Bengal in
_.

1 1765

2 1762

3 1768

4 1758

Q The area of northern plain of India is spread over _ lakh square kilometres.

1 8

2 7

3 10

4 9

Q ‘Pinjar’ is a novel by _____.

1 Kiran Desai

2 Kamala Das

3 Anita Desai

4 Amrita Pritam

Q Which of the following temples is located at the centre point of the world’s magnetic
equator?

1 Kailasanathar Temple

2 Meenakshi Temple

3 Chidambaram Temple

4 Srirangam Temple

Q What is the approximate circumference of a cricket ball?

1 Around 9 inches [ 8.81 inches – 9 inches ]

2 Around 6 inches

3 Around 5 inches

4 Around 12 inches

Q Which of the following industrial plants is supplied water from Bhadravati River?

1 Bokaro Steel Plant

2 Durgapur Steel Plant

3 Rourkela Steel Plant

4 Visvesvaraya Iron and Steel Plant

Q Which among the following languages was added in the Eighth Schedule of the Indian
Constitution in 1967?
I. Konkani
II. Sindhi

1 Only I

2 Both I and II

3 Only II

4 Neither I nor II

Q Which of the following statements is CORRECT with respect to basketball?

1 Each team is made up of 11 players, with only 7 allowed on the court at any time.

2 Each team is made up of 12 players, with only 5 allowed on the court at any time.

3 Each team is made up of 11 players, with only 4 allowed on the court at any time.

4 Each team is made up of 12 players, with only 8 allowed on the court at any time.