Q Name the King who built the famous Lingaraj Temple in Bhubaneshwar ?
1 Jajati Keshari
2 Dharmaratha
3 Janmejaya I
4 Bhimratha
Q Who headed the ‘Fundamental Rights Sub-Committee ‘ in the Constituent Assembly in 1946?
1 JB Kripalani
2 Gopinath Bordoloi
3 KM Munsi
4 GV Malavankar
Q The Gol Gumbad [ Gumbaz ] of _______ mausoleum of Muhammad Adil Shah .
1 Bijapur
2 Agra
3 Delhi
4 Allahabad
Q Who was the Secretary of Constituent Assembly ?
1 HVR Iyengar
2 Rajendra Prasad
3 HC Mookherjee
4 Hussain Imam
Q Who authored the book title ‘Barna Parichay’ ?
1 Ishwar Chandra Vidyasagar
2 Raja Ram Mohan Roy
3 Rabindranath Tagore
4 Swami Dayananda
Q Tutilawa Mela is a festival celebrated in the state of :
1 Jharkhand
2 Rajasthan
3 Gujarat
4 Telangana
Q Who among the following were hanged for killing British officers Walter Charles Rand and Charles Ayerst in the year 1897 ?
1 Chapekar Brothers
2 Bhagat Singh and Rajguru
3 Madan Lal Dhingra
4 Anant Laxman Kanhere
Q Raja Festival and Nuakhai festival are associated with Indian State ?
1 Kerala
2 Rajasthan
3 Odisha
4 Manipur
Q Who became the first CM of the National Capital Territory of Delhi in 1993 ?
1 Madan Lal Khurana
2 Sahib Singh Verma
3 Sushma Swaraj
4 Sheila Dixit
Q Madai festival is celebrated in which state of India ?
1 Jharkhand
2 Chhattisgarh
3 Rajasthan
4 Uttar Pradesh
Q Who was the founder of Vakataka Dynasty in the third century ?
1 Vindhyashakti
2 Nagabhata
3 Rudrasena
4 Pravarasena
Q ‘Bhaona’ is a traditional culture theatre form of :
1 Assam
2 Kerala
3 Maharashtra
4 Himachal Pradesh
Q The tribal festival named Pawl kut is traditionally associated with ?
1–Mizoram
2 Tripura
3 Meghalaya
4 Manipur
Q Varkala beach , also known as papanasham beach is in which state of India ?
1 Kerala
2 Odisha
3 Goa
4 Tamil Nadu
Q Ladang is the name given to shifting cultivation in :
1 Indonesia
2 Brazil
3 Sri Lanka
4 Conuco
| Slash and burn agriculture | Milpa [ in Mexico and Central America ] , Conuco [ in Venezuela ] , Roca [ in Brazil ] , Masole [ in Central Africa ] , Ladang [ in Indonesia ] , Ray [ in Vietnam ] , Chena [ in Sri Lanka ] |
Q With which of the following states are songs called ‘Lotia’ traditionally associated ?
1 Rajasthan
2 Assam
3 Tripura
4 Manipur
Q In which of the following states is the Chitrakoot waterfalls on Indravati river located ?
1 Chhattisgarh
2 Jharkhand
3 Maharashtra
4 Uttar Pradesh
Q The tribal festival named ‘Yemshe’ is traditionally associated with ?
1 Nagaland
2 Meghalaya
3 Mizoram
4 Himachal Pradesh
QWhich of the following monasteries is NOT located in Sikkim ?
1 Enchey
2 Ralong
3 Pemayangste
4 Tabo
| Monasteries | Enchey [ Sikkim ] , Ralong [ Sikkim ] , Pemayangste [ Sikkim ] , Tabo [ Himachal Pradesh ] |
Q Which of the following is a dance form of Haryana ?
1 Phaag
2 Velakali
3 Chaiti
4 Nati
Q With which of the following is the term ‘Vesara’ associated?
1 Temple architecture
2 Classical music
3 Folk dance
4 Tribal festival
Q The Burial site of Inamgaon lies along the river _____
1 Ghod
2 Mahi
3 Subarnarekha
4 Penner
Q Territory consumers make up for the ____ trophic level in the food chain.
1 first [ Producers ]
2 second [ Primary Consumer ]
3 third [ Secondary Consumer ]
4 fourth [ Tertiary Consumer ]
Q Garia Puja is a festival celebrated in the third week of April . This festival is related to which of the following states ?
1 Tripura
2 Punjab
3 Madhya Pradesh
4 Arunachal Pradesh
Q ______ is a tamil festival wherein temple idols are taken in a procession to a water body for a ceremonial bath.
1 Masi Magam
2 Mopin
3 Vettukad
4 Khuado Kut
Q Mopin festival is an agricultural festival celebrated by the Galo tribe of :
1 Tripura
2 Mizoram
3 Arunachal Pradesh
4 Himachal Pradesh
Q Who among the following is the author of the book ‘The Shadow Lines’ ?
1 Amitav Ghosh
2 VS Naipaul
3 Shashi Tharoor
4 Ruskin Bond
Q Digboi Oil Refinery , commissioned on 11 December 1901 , is India’s oldest operating refineries in the world . It is located in ____
1 Assam
2 Maharashtra
3 Gujarat
4 Kerala
Q Which of the following books was NOT written by MK Gandhi ?
1 Golden Threshold
2 India of My Dreams
3 Indian Home Rule
4 Nature Cure
| Golden Threshold [ collection of poems ] | Sarojini Naidu |
Q Who discovered vaccination against anthrax ?
1 Louis Pasteur
2 Edward Jenner
3 Robert Koch
4 Maurice Hilleman
Q Name the Sikh Guru who developed the Gurmukhi script for writing the Punjabi language ?
1 Guru Angad
2 Guru Nanak Dev
3 Guru Gobind Singh
4 Guru Ram Das
Q Tuluni Festival is associated with which Indian State ?
1 Assam
2 Nagaland
3 Meghalaya
4 Manipur
Q Which of the following tribes of India celebrates the Baneshwar Festival?
1 Bhil
2 Gond
3 Kodava
4 Naga
Q The folk songs named ‘Pankhida’ traditionally belong to :
1 Rajasthan
2 Chhattisgarh
3 Odisha
4 Goa
Q In which of the following years was Article 21 A inserted in the Constitution of India ?
1 2002
2 2004
3 2006
4 2008
Q In how many books is ‘Akbar Nama’ written by Abul Fazal , divided ?
1 three
2 four
3 two
4 one
Q In which year was the 9th schedule added in the Constitution of India ?
1 1951
2 1956
3 1954
4 1959
Q In which of the following states are Dafla Hills mainly spread ?
1 Arunachal Pradesh
2 Odisha
3 Jharkhand
4 West Bengal
Q ‘ Maach’ is the traditional ____ of Madhya Pradesh
1 Folk dance
2 Puppet form
3 Theatre form
4 Classical dance
Q Who was the founder of the Bahmani Kingdom ?
1 Alauddin Hasan Gangu
2 Malik Kafur
3 Muhammad Ghori
4 Allauddin Khilji
Q ‘Vishu’ is one of the famous festivals of which of the following states ?
1 Kerala
2 Karnataka
3 Tamil Nadu
4 Maharashtra
Q In which of the following cities is the ‘Thirumalai Nayaka palace located ?
1 Madurai
2 Chennai
3 Mysuru
4 Kanyakumari
Q Itai-Itai disease is caused by the toxicity of which of the following elements ?
1 Cadmium
2 Mercury
3 Arsenic
4 Lead
Q Which of the following is the popular harvest festival of Meghalaya ?
1 Wangala [ Festival of 100 drums ]
2 Chapchar Kut
3 Bihu
4 Vishu
Q In which state will you find a monument called ‘Teen Darwaza’ ?
1 Gujarat
2 Madhya Pradesh
3 Karnataka
4 Haryana
Q The traditional art of embroidery unique to the weavers of Lucknow is called ____
1 Phulkari
2 Kashida
3 Chikankari
4 Zardozi
Q ‘Damane’ and ‘Hulki’ are popular traditional musical instruments from the state of?
1 Himachal Pradesh
2 Assam
3 Kerala
4 Odisha
Q What was the percentage of land revenue taken as tax in ‘Sardeshmukhi’ in the Maratha Empire ?
1 9-10 %
2 40-50 %
3 25-30 %
4 1-2 %
Q The ‘Modhera Dance Festival’ held every year during the third week of January belongs to the state of :
1 Gujarat
2 Odisha
3 Madhya Pradesh
4 Maharashtra
Q Jaggahalige Kunita , which includes the vachanas of Basavanna , is folk music from the Indian state of ___
1 Karnataka
2 Odisha
3 Madhya Pradesh
4 Rajasthan
Q On the bank of which river was the Battle of Dharmatpur fought on 15 April 1658 between Aurangzeb and Maharaja Jaswant Singh ?
1 Narmada
2 Krishna
3 Yamuna
4 Sutlej
Q The festival of Pang Lhabsol is celebrated mainly throughout _____
1 Sikkim
2 Nagaland
3 Arunachal Pradesh
3 Mizoram
Q While performing the Suwa folk dance of Chhattisgarh , women act like which of the following birds ?
1 Parrot
2 Pigeon
3 Peacock
4 Hornbill
Q Which of the following is a bowed instrument that Pandit Ram Narayan , an Indian musician popularlised and made him known internationally ?
1 Sarangi
2 Tabla
3 Sitar
4 Violin
Q Which region is the theatre form named ‘Dashavatar’ traditionally asssociated ?
1. Kalinga
2 Kutch
3 Konkan
4 Thar
Q _______ is held in memory of Forty Sikh martyrs in Punjab .
1 Maghi Mela
2 Holla Mohalla
3 Lohri
4 Teeyan
4 Baisakhi
Q The Highest peak of Bangladesh is ____
1 Keokradong
2 Mount Pedro
3 Gangkhar Puensum
4 Mount Hkakabo
Q How many Committees were set up by the Constituent Assembly for framing the Constitution?
1 22
2 18
3 14
4 8
Q The folk drama named ‘Therukoothu’ traditionally belongs to :
1 Tamil Nadu
2 Assam
3 Madhya Pradesh
4 Karnataka
Q Nyauli is a folk song form of the state of :
1 Uttarakhand
2 Maharashtra
3 Rajasthan
4 Chhattisgarh
Q Which of the following is the longest river in Nepal ?
1 Trishuli
2 Arun
3 Tamor
4 Karnali