Q Who founded Arya Women’s Society/Arya Mahila Samaj at Pune in 1882?
1 Tarabai Shinde
2 Pandita Ramabai Saraswati
3 Savitribai Phule
4 Fatima Sheikh
Q What is the height of Kanchenjunga peak of the Himalayas?
1 8868 metres
2 8598 metres
3 7655 metres
4 8024 metres
Q Pradhan Mantri Mudra Yojana (PMMY) is a scheme launched by the Hon’ble Prime Minister of India on April 8, 2015 for providing ______ to the non-corporate enterprises.
1. skill training
2. House
3. Subsidy
4. loan
| Pradhan Mantri Mudra Yojana [ April 8, 2015 ] | Shishu [ 0 – 50,000 ] , Kishore [ 50 ,000 – 5,00,000 ] , Tarun [ 5,00,000 – 10,00,000 ] |
Q Which of the following deities is worshipped on the occasion of the Malayalam New Year ?
1 Lord Vishnu [ Vishu ]
2 Lord Indra
3 Lord Ganesha
4 Lord Brahma
Q The SI unit of mutual inductance is ____
1 Henry
2 Weber
4 Farad
4 Tesla
Q ‘GOAL’ is an autobiography of which famous Indian player?
Ans 1. Major Dhyan Chand
2. Sunil Chetri
3. Balbir Singh
4. Roop Singh
Q The ‘Gotipua’ dance is associated with which of the following states ?
1 Odisha
2 Jharkhand
3 Rajasthan
4 Uttarakhand
Q Who was the first musician to be awarded the prestigious Bharat Ratna, India’s highest civilian honour?
Ans 1. M S Subbulakshmi
2. Pt Hari Prasad Chaurasia
3. Begum Akhtar
4. Pt Ravi Shankar
Q Which of the following countries will host the 35th Summer Olympics games?
Ans 1. China
2. Brazil
3. Australia
4. The US
| 33th Summer Olympics [ 2024 ] | Paris [ France ] |
| 34th Summer Olympics [ 2028 ] | Los Angeles [ USA ] |
| 35th Summer Olympics [ 2032 ] | Brisbane [ Australia ] |
Q The Indian Government annexed ______ in 1948 under the code name ‘Operation Polo’.
Ans 1. Hyderabad
2. Gwalior
3. Mysore
4. Baroda
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 Who built the Gangaikondacholapuram temple ?
1 Rajendra Chola
2 Rajaraja Chola I
3 Aditya Chola I
4 Vijaylaya Chola
Q Boori-Boot Yullo is a festival celebrated by the __ tribe of Arunachal Pradesh.
1 Lotha
2 Sumi
3 Nyishi
4 Angami
Q Which of the following personalities started the Young Bengal Movement in India?
Ans 1. William Butler Yeats
2. Charles W Leadbeater
3. Emily Lutyens
4. Henry Louis Vivian Derozio
Q The artificially created element Tennessine [ts] atomic number ?
1 117
2 99
3 82
4 104
Q Bishan Das was the most gifted painter of the time of which of the below king ?
1 Jahangir
2 Babur
3 Humayun
4 Akbar
Q Who is regarded as the ‘Political Guru’ of Mahatma Gandhi ?
Ans 1. Gopal Krishna Gokhale
2. Rabindranath Tagore
3. Lala Lajpat Rai
4. Bal Gangadhar Tilak
Q The legend Vempati Chinna Satyam was associated with which dance form ?
1 Kuchipudi
2 Kathak
3 Manipuri
4 Odissi
Q Karaga festival is celebrated in which of the following states ?
1 Kerala
2 Karnataka
3 Maharashtra
4 Tamil Nadu
Q Pele came to play in Kolkata in 1977 for a football club. What is that club ?
1 Cosmos
2 Real Madrid
3 FC Barcelone
4 Man United
Q Which is the lowest point of India, lying at an elevation of 2.2m below sea level ?
1 Kuttanad
2 Varkala
3 Kumarakom
4 Vagamon
Q Which river originates from the Rakshastal Lake ?
1 Sutluj
2 Kaveri
3 Pamba
4 Nila
Q In which of the states is the festival ‘Saga Dawa’ traditionally associated ?
1 Sikkim
2 Rajasthan
3 Madhya Pradesh
4 Odisha
Q ‘Ghurehi’ is a traditional dance form of :
1 Arunachal Pradesh
2 Himachal Pradesh
3 Madhya Pradesh
4 Uttar Pradesh
Q Where is the Central AGMARK laboratory located in India ?
1 Chennai
2 New Delhi
3 Nagpur
4 Karnal
Q In the Eighth Schedule of the Indian Constitution,__ languages have been
specified.
1 23
2 22
3 21
4 24
Q ‘Dekhni’ is a traditional dance of which Indian state ?
1 Goa
2 Rajasthan
3 Madhya Pradesh
4 Jharkhand
Q When was the first coalition government formed in India at the centre ?
1 1977
2 1998
3 2004
4 1971
Q The ‘Sheesh Mahal’ or The ‘Palace of Mirrors’ in Punjab built by Maharaja Narinder Singh , is located in which of the following cities ?
1 Batala
2 Amritsar
3 Jalandhar
4 Patiala
Q The Centre for Cultural Resources and Training [CCRT] was set up in :
1 1979
2 1977
3 1986
4 1993
Q How many moons does the dwarf planet Pluto have ?
1 5
2 4
3 2
4 1
Q In which of the following cities is Guru Nanak Dev believed to have attained enlightenment ?
1 Sultanpur Lodhi
2 Amritsar
3 Talwandi
4 Manikarn
Q The mineral called carnotite is an important source of :
1 Uranium
2 Copper
3 Silver
4 Gold
Q How was Dhanpat Rai Shrivastava better known as _____
1 Munshi Premchand
2 Narendranath Dutt
3 Sampooran Singh Kalra
4 Bhanu Singha
Q Koya dance is associated with which of the following states ?
1 Odisha
2 Rajasthan
3 Uttarakhand
4 Jharkhand
Q How many hydrogen atoms are there in an one molecule of toluene ?
1 8
2 6
3 5
4 7
Q Which National Park is related to character ‘Mogli’ ?
1 Pench
2 Pin Valley
3 Jim Corbett
4 The Valley of Flowers
Q Who was the President of India during India’s 50 years of Independence ?
1 KR Narayanan
2 Dr. Abdul Kalam
3 Dr. Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan
4 Dr. Rajendra Prasad
Q Osakothi is a waning/dying form of mural painting from the state of :
1 Odisha
2 Rajasthan
3 Kerala
4 Maharashtra
Q Umiam Lake, popularly known as the Barapani Lake , located at ?
1 Meghalaya
2 Rajasthan
3 Uttarakhand
4 Maharashtra
Q In which of the following states is the festival ‘Pang Lhabsol’ traditionally celebrated ?
1 Sikkim
2 Mizoram
3 Manipur
4 Tripura
Q ‘Kalamezhuthu‘ is a unique art from the state of :
1 Kerala
2 Jharkhand
3 Odisha
4 Rajasthan
Q The ‘Xorai and Bota’ are the traditional objects belonging to the state of :
1 Assam
2 Rajasthan
3 Kerala
4 Odisha
Q ‘Anna Karenina’ is a novel by ____
1 Leo Tolstoy
2 Plato
3 Karl Marx
4 John Keynes
Q Kye Monastery is the oldest and biggest monastery situated in the state of :
1 Himachal Pradesh
2 Sikkim
3 Arunachal Pradesh
4 Karnataka
Q Which of the following is a sweet made from curd, popular in the western part of India ?
1 Shrikhand
2 Rabri
3 Gujia
4 Ghevar
Q Table Tennis made its Olympic debut in the year ?
1 1988
2 1908
3 1936
4 1948
Q The Ujjayanta Palace is located in :
1 Agartala
2 Lucknow
3 Jaipur
4 Kochi
Q The ‘Solung’ is indigenous festival of which state ?
1 Assam
2 Manipur
3 Arunachal Pradesh
4 Himachal Pradesh
Q Which of the following is a fire walking festival that originated in the state of Tamil Nadu ?
1 Thimithi
2 Shigmo
3 Saga Dawa
4 Madai
Q The ‘Mongmong festival’ is a harvest festival of which Indian state ?
1 Nagaland
2 Assam
3 Himachal Pradesh
3 Arunachal Pradesh
Q The Arvari river , considered the smallest river in India , is located in which state ?
1 Rajasthan
2 Madhya Pradesh
3 Haryana
4 Punjab
Q Gammatiha is a folk dance drama of Indian state ?
1 Chhattisgarh
2 Jharkhand
3 Rajasthan
4 Madhya Pradesh
Q What kind of music is sung in Goa during a wedding ?
1 Ovi
2 Maand
3 Panihari
4 Lotia
Q Kishangarh, a city in the state of _______, has come to be known as the marble city of India .
1 Rajasthan
2 Odisha
3 Gujarat
4 Chhattisgarh
Q Who is known as the ‘queen of track and field’ of India ?
1 PT Usha
2 Hima Das
3 Saina Nehwal
4 Aarti Shah
Q Ahiri dance is famous in which state of India ?
1 Rajasthan
2 Chhattisgarh
3 Madhya Pradesh
4 Jharkhand
Q Chakyar Koothu is the folk dance of which state of India?
1 Kerala
2 Telangana
3 Karnataka
4 Andhra Pradesh
Q Kamaicha , Morchang and Ravanhatha are the folk instrument of which state ?
1 Kerala
2 Rajasthan
3 Odisha
4 Goa
Q Swadesh Bandhab Samiti was founded by Ashwini Kumar Dutt in ?
1 Barisal
2 Calcutta
3 Lahore
4 Delhi
Q Bahmani Kingdom was established in 1347 by :
1 Alauddin Bahman Shah
2 Hasan Gangu
3 Firoz Shah Bahmani
4 Mahmud Gawan
Q Which festival in Tripura is held on the seventh day of the month of Vaishakha ?
1 Garia Puja
2 Madai
3 Gaura Gauri Puja
4 Bastar Dussehra
Q M Visvesvaraya served as the 19th Diwan of Mysore from ?
1 1912 to 1918
2 1918-1922
3 1922-1926
4 1909-1912
Q Pavakoothu puppet show is associated with which state ?
1 Kerala
2 Tamil Nadu
3 Karnataka
4 Andhra Pradesh
Q Who was the President of India when Anti-Defection Bill passed ?
1 Giani Zail Singh
2 KR Narayana
3 Dr. Rajendra Prasad
4 Dr. Abdul Kalam
Q FICCI was established in which year ?
1 1927
2 1965
3 1993
4 2005
Q Who of the following is known as ‘Waterman of India‘ ?
1 Rajendra Singh
2 Salim Ali
3 E Sreedharan
4 Jadav Payeng
| Nicknames | Iron Man of India [ Sardar Patel ] , Missile Man of India [ APJ Abdul Kalam ] , Birdman of India [ Salim Ali ] , Metro Man of India [ E Sreedharan ] , Forest Man of India [ Jadav Payeng ] |
Q Which of the following mountain ranges has Kalumar Peak as one of its highest peak ?
1 Vindhya
2 Satpura
3 Aravalli
4 Cardamon hills
Q Which of the following environmental movements/conflicts of India was directly related to the prevention of felling of trees?
Ans 1. Chipko Movement [ Sunderlal Bahugana ]
2. Tehri Dam Conflict
3. Narmada Bachao Andolan
4. Save Silent Valley Movement
Q The group 18 elements are also known as :
1 Noble gases
2 Halogen
3 Chalcogen
4 Pnictogen
Noble gases [ Group 18 ] elements : Helium , Neon , Argon , Krypton , Xenon and Radon
Halogen [ Group 17 ] elements : Fluorine , Chlorine , Bromine , Iodine , Astatine
Chalcogen [ Group 16 ] elements : Oxygen , Sulfur , Selenium , Tellurium and Polonium
Pnictogen [ Group 15 ] elements : Nitrogen , Phosphorus , Arsenic , Antimony , Bismuth and Moscovium