Q Chitti Babu is a well-known ________.
Ans 1. Sarod player
2. Tabla player
3. Veena player
4. Sitar player
Q In 1910, The United India House at Seattle, USA, was set up by _.
1 Tarak Nath Das and GD Kumar
2 Shyamji Krishna Varma
3 VD Savarkar and Ganesh
4 Khudiram Bose and Prafulla Chaki
Q The Dang Darbar Fair is held every year in which Indian state?
1 Madhya Pradesh
2 Rajasthan
3 Gujarat
4 Maharashtra
Q Corbillon Cup is associated with which of the following sports ?
1 Badminton
2 Golf
3 Table Tennis
4 Hockey
Q Which folk dance of Rajasthan is also known as ‘Sapera Dance’ ?
1 Chari
2 Kalbelia
3 Gair
4 Ghoomar
Q Who among the following founded Vedanta College at Calcutta in 1825?
1 Dinabandhu Mitra
2 Jyotiba Phule
3 William Bentick
4 Raja Rammohan Roy
Q In which of the following years Jal Jeevan Mission (JJM) was launched by the Prime Minister of India?
1 15 August, 2020
2 15 August, 2021
3 15 August, 2022
4 15 August, 2019
Q Which one of the following is a fire walking festival that originated in the state of Tamil Nadu?
Ans 1. Thaipoosam
2. Theemithi
3. Puli Kali
4. Bani Festival
Q Where is ICAR-Central Potato Research Institute [ CPRI ] located ?
1 Lucknow
2 Shimla
3 Cuttack
4 Karnal
Q Malgudi Days is a collection of short stories by ____
1 Chetan Bhagat
2 RK Narayan
3 Jhumpa Lahiri
4 Amish Tripathi
Q Monal is a National Bird of which country ?
1 Nepal
2 Bhutan
3 Pakistan
4 India
Q Mahatma Gandhi was nominated for the Nobel Peace Prize 5 times. In which of the following years was he NOT nominated?
1 1940
2 1947
3 1937
4 1948
| Mahatma Gandhi was nominated for the Nobel Peace Prize five times | 1937 , 1938 , 1939 , 1947 and 1948 |
Q In which year the Asian Games were held for the second time in India?
Ans 1. 1941
2. 2015
3. 1982
4. 1978
Q Who had assumed the title of Balban?
1 Ulugh Khan
2 Ayaz Khan
3 Kabir Khan
4 Farid Khan
Q The Constitution of India allows for a maximum of 550 members in the Lok Sabha, with _ members representing the States and _ representing the Union
Territories.
1 540, 10
2 535, 15
3 525, 25
4 530, 20
Q When was the None of the Above (NOTA) ballot option first implemented in India?
1 2010
2 2004
3 2013
4 2015
Q Who among the following was the President of the Indian National Congress during the 1915 session?
Ans 1. Madan Mohan Malaviya
2. Satyendra Prasanna Sinha
3. Ambica Charan Mazumdar
4. Bhupendra Nath Bose
Q Who was the first Indian architect to win the Pritzker Prize?
1 Balkrishna Doshi
2 Brinda Somaya
3 Chitra Vishwanath
4 Achyut Kanvinde
Q Chhau is a martial dance , which is popular for the mask used by the dancers . This dance form is popular in the state of :
1 West Bengal
2 Kerala
3 Tamil Nadu
4 Andhra Pradesh
| Chhau | Purulia Chhau [ West Bengal ] , Seraikella Chhau [ Jharkhand ] and Mayurbhanj Chhau [ Odisha ] |
Q Which officer under Alauddin Khilji was required to maintain a register of merchants to
ensure an adequate supply of goods?
1 Shahna-i-Mandi
2 Muhtasib
3 Rais Parwana
4 Nazir
Q Which President of India wrote the book ‘Ignited Minds’?
Ans 1. A.P.J.Abdul Kalam
2. Pratibha Patil
3. Pranab Mukherjee
4. Ram Nath Kovind
Q Anti-defection laws are listed in which Schedule of the Indian Constitution?
1 Tenth
2 Second
3 Twelfth
4 Fourth
Q Who among the following is India’s first Minister of Industry and Supply?
1 Shyama Prasad Mukherjee
2 Chakravarti Rajagopalachari
3 Abul Kalam Azad
4 Jagjivan Ram
Q Zafar khan was a famous General of which of the following rulers of the Delhi
Sultanate?
1 Alauddin Khilji
2 Balban
3 Muhammad bin Tughluq
4 Iltutmish
Q On which day the Constituent Assembly of India had adopted Hindi, written in Devanagari script as one of the official languages of the Republic of India?
Ans 1. 15th August
2. 16th October
3. 14th September
4. 2nd October
Q Exactly how long did it take the Constituent Assembly to formulate the Constitution?
1 2 years, 9 months, 18 days
2 3 years, 9 months, 20 days
3 3 years, 11 months, 20 days
4 2 years, 11 months, 18 days
Q The population of India is _ according to Census 2011.
1 1.21 billion
2 1.11 billion
3 1.5 billion
4 1.4 billion
Q What was the distance (around in km) covered by the first-ever train between Bombay and Thane in 1853?
1 51
2 34
3 38
4 25
Q Which Article of the Constitution of India empowers a high court to issue a writ?
1 Article 132
2 Article 226
3 Article 32
4 Article 143
Q Highest peak in Nilgiri Hills is :
1 Kolibetta
2 Derbetta
3 Rallia Hill
4 Doddabetta
Q What was India’s annual exponential growth rate as per the 2011 Census?
1 1.64%
2 3.54%
3 1.10%
4 4.34%
Q Who explained the structure and reproductive system of algae in 1935?
1 William Henry
2 Carolus Linnaeus
3 MOP Iyengar
4 FE Fritsch
Q Which of the following is the state bird of Haryana?
Ans 1. Black Drongo
2. Barn Owl
3. Great Hornbill
4. Black francolin
Q Who gave the expanding universe hypothesis?
Ans 1. CV Raman
2. Galileo Galilei
3. Edwin Hubble
4. James Clerk Maxwell
Q The deficiency of which vitamin causes night blindness ?
1 Vitamin A
2 Vitamin B12
3 Vitamin B9
4 Vitamin K
Q Jarawa is a primitive tribe of ___ in India .
1 Tamil Nadu
2 Jharkhand
3 Telangana
4 Andaman and Nicobar Islands
Q In which year was the Netaji Subhas National Institute of Sports Patiala established?
1 1951
2 1961 [ Patiala ]
3 1971
4 1981
Q Pele came to play in Kolkata in 1977 for a football club. Which is that club?
1 Flemingo
2 Santos
3 Cosmos
4 Sao Paulo
Q In which of the following Performing Arts, Mizhavu is the major musical instrument?
1 Kuchipudi
2 Sattariya
3 Koodiyattam
4 Odisha
Q Who defeated Seleucus Nicator , a general of the Greek King , Alexander ?
1 Ashoka
2 Chandragupta Maurya
3 Kanishka
4 Bimbisara
Q Who is the author of the famous Arabic book ‘Kitab ul Hind’ ?
1 Al-Biruni
2 Birbal
3 Abul Fazl
4 Amir Khusrou
Q Which Indian received the Nobel Peace Prize in 2014 ?
1 Sam Pitroda
2 Mother Teresa
3 Kailash Satyarthi
4 Nadia Murad
Q ‘Loor’ dance is a popular dance form from the state of ______.
Ans 1. Punjab
2. Madhya Pradesh
3. Haryana
4. Rajasthan
Q Pushyamitra, who was the commander of Brihadratha, the last Mauryan emperor, killed the king and established a new dynasty. Which of the following was his dynasty?
1 Satavahana
2 Shunga
3 Chedi
4 Kanva
Q Hydrogen resembles the properties of which two groups of the periodic table?
1 Group 1 and group 17
2 Group 2 and group 4
3 Group 1 and group 3
4 Group 2 and group 17
Q Article 148 of the Constitution of India provides for an independent office of the __.
1 President of India
2 Advocate General of the State
3 Comptroller and Auditor General of India
4 Attorney General of India
Q Harihar and Bukka were founders of which one of the following empires?
1 Pratihara
2 Rashtrakuta
3 Chola
4 Vijaynagara
Q Which Article of the Indian Constitution provides for protecting and improving the environment and safeguarding forests and wildlife?
1 Article 47-A
2 Article 47-B
3 Article 48-A
4 Article 49-C
Q The __ presides over the Lok Sabha when the Speaker is absent from the
sitting of the House.
1 Leader of the Opposition
2 Deputy Speaker
3 Prime Minister
4 Vice President
Q At the time of Sepoy Mutiny, in Kanpur, Nana Sahib was proclaimed as the Peshwa and __ led his troops.
1 Chandrashekhar Azad
2 Bakht Khan
3 Kanwar Singh
4 Tantya Tope
Q Which Indian Tennis player became the most successful Davis cup doubles player with 43 wins?
1 Yuki Bhambri
2 Mahesh Bhupati
3 Leander Paes
4 Rohan Bopanna
Q Blood in urine or stool can be caused by the deficiency of which of the following vitamin ?
1 Vitamin K
2 Vitamin D
3 Folate
4 Thiamine
Q ‘Asthadhyayi’, the famous book by Panini is associted to which of the following fields?
1 Play
2 Medicine
Poetry
4 Grammar
Q Who among the following spent four years (1615-1619) at the Mughal Court?
1 Father Pierre Du Jarric
2 Father Monsarratte
3 Sir Thomas Roe
4 John de Britto
Q The Norwegian Abel Prize is annually awarded in the field of __.
1 Space Research
2 Literature
3 Architecture
4 Mathematics
Q The human skull is a collection of __ bones.
1 18
2 22
3 30
4 25
Q Which of the following Articles mentions about a Uniform Civil Code throughout the
territory of India?
1 Article 50
2 Article 44
3 Article 40
4 Article 39
Q When did the Constitution of WHO come into force – a date which we now celebrate as World Health Day every year?
1 7 April 1948
2 6 April 1948
3 8 April 1948
4 5 April 1948
Q In which year did Tamerlane invade India?
1 1362
2 1287
3 1398
4 1249
Q What is the SI unit for measuring ‘Noise’?
1 Ampere
2 Kelvin
3 Decibel
4 Candela
Q ‘Pawnpui’ is a traditional textile variety in the state of __.
1 Punjab
2 Mizoram
3 Arunachal Pradesh
4 Himachal Pradesh
Q The hill town of Mahabaleshwar is situated in __.
1 Maharashtra
2 Tamil Nadu
3 Kerala
4 Himachal Pradesh
Q Lui-Ngai-Ni is celebrated as a seed sowing festival by the people of _.
1 Manipur
2 Assam
3 Arunachal Pradesh
4 Sikkim
Q The width of the lobby marked on the sides of the kabaddi playfield is:
Ans 1. 2.5 m
2. 1.5 m
3. 1 m
4. 2 m
| Dimension of the Kabaddi court | 13 x 10 meters [ Men ] , 12 x 8 meters [ Women ] |
Q Who was the first Indian woman to scale the Mount Everest?
1 Santosh Yadav
2 Bachendri Pal [ 1984 ]
3 Anshu Jamsenpa
4 Arunima Sinha
Q The folk dance ‘Lambadi’ is associated with which Indian state?
Ans 1. Rajasthan
2. Karnataka
3. Andhra Pradesh
4. West Bengal
Q The Medaram Jatara Festival is a __-day long festival celebrated by Koya tribe.
1 5
2 3
3 2
4 4
Q With which of the following teams ‘Ahmedabad Defenders’ , ‘Calicut Heores’ , ‘Chennai Spartans’ , ‘Black Hawks Hyderabad’ , ‘Kochi Blue Spikers’ and ‘U Mumba Volley’ ?
1 Volleyball
2 Football
3 Badminton
4 Cricket
Q With reference to the books and their authors, which of the following pairs is Incorrectly matched?
1 Oliver Twist-Thomas Hardy
2 King Lear-William Shakespeare
3 Things Fall Apart-Chinua Achebe
4 Paradise Lost-John Milton
| Books and their Authors | Oliver Twist [ Charles Dickens ] , King Lear [ William Shakespeare ] , Things Fall Apart [ Chinua Achebe ] , Paradise Lost [ John Milton ] |
Q What is the common name for the chemical compound Sodium bicarbonate?
1 Vinegar
2 Detergent
3 Baking powder
4 Salt
Q When does Sikkim celebrate its statehood ?
1 20 February
2 21 January
3 16 May
4 1 December
Q Under article 100(3) of the Constitution the quorum to constitute a sitting of Lok Sabha is __ of the total number of Members of the House.
1 One Fifth
2 One Fourth
3 Half
4 One Ten
Q Which is the smallest muscle in the human body ?
1 Stapedius
2 Gluteus Maximus
3 Masseter
4 Jaw
Q The terms Citadel and Lower town are associated with which city ?
1 Harappa
2 Mathura
3 Hampi
4 Magadh
Q How many Islands are there in Lakshadweep ?
1 36
2 572
3 106
4 84
Q The smallest blood vessel in the body is _____
1 Capillary
2 Artery
3 Vein
4 Vena Cava
Q Which former Indian Prime Minister was Deputy Prime Minister under Morarji Desai ?
1 Charan Singh
2 Jagjivan Ram
3 Chandrasekhar
4 Devi Lal
Q In which of the following amendments of the Constitution of India was Delhi designated as National Capital Territory [ NCT ] ?
Ans 69th Amendment Act
2 61st Amendment Act
3 74th Amendment Act
4 76th Amendment Act
Q Dialysis is used when a patient has serious trouble with _____
1 Kidneys
2 Lungs
3 Heart
4 Liver
Q ‘Uthagamandalam’ is the other name of which hill station ?
1 Ooty
2 Darjeeling
3 Nainital
4 Mussoorie
Q Through which park does the Ramganga River run ?
1 Corbett
2 Guru Ghasidas
3 Indravati
4 Kanger Valley
Q The first attempt to classify elements was made by______
1 Dobereiner
2 Newlands
3 Mendeleev
4 Lother Meyer
Q The little Rangeet river flows by which hill station of India ?
1 Darjeeling
2 Ooty
3 Mussorie
4 Chail
Q Which Indian state has the largest number of seats reserved for the Scheduled Tribes in the Lok Sabha ?
1 Madhya Pradesh
2 Rajasthan
3 Bihar
4 Punjab
Q Bhopal gas tragedy take place in which year ?
1 1984
2 1986
31993
4 1980
Q The 14 elements after actinium are called ______
1 Actinides
2 Lanthanides
3 D-Block Elements
4 P-Block Elements
Q In which dance form do performers wear a cylindrical skirt named ‘Potloi’ ?
1 Manipuri
2 Kathak
3 Sattriya
4 Kuchipudi
Q ‘Keibul Lamjao’ national park is located in which state of India ?
1 Manipur
2 Madhya Pradesh
3 Tamil Nadu
4 Odisha
Q In 1962, who published ‘The History of Ocean Basins’, which outlined the theory of how tectonic plates could move, later called ‘sea floor spreading’?
1 Louis Bauer
2 George Edward Backus
3 Harry Hammond Hess
4 Alfred Wegener
Q Which of the following is essential to form haemoglobin in blood?
1 Iron
2 Calcium
3 Fats
4 Protein
Q In India, who appoints the Advocate General of a State?
1 Chief Minister of the State
2 Governor of the State
3 Prime Minister of India
4 President of India
Q India was named ‘Bharat’ after the name of the Bharat tribe. In which of the following Vedas is this tribe first mentioned?
1 Yajurveda
2 Rigveda
3 Atharvaveda
4 Samaveda
Q When and where was the first Wimbledon tournament held?
Ans 1. 1888, Church Road site, Wimbledon
2. 1877, Worple Road Site, Wimbledon
3. 1887, Worple Road Site, Wimbledon
4. 1887, Church Road site, Wimbledon
Q An organic reaction used to convert an aryl diazonium salt into an aryl halide using a copper(I) halide catalyst is called:
1 Sandmeyer reaction
2 Balz-Schiemann reaction
3 Finkelstein reaction
4 Gattermann reaction
Q In which of the following year were the following languages Bodo and Dogri included in the 8th Schedule of the Indian Constitution?
1 2001
2 2004
3 2003
4 2000