Q Whose work is ‘Ritusamhara’ ?
1 Kalidasa
2 Tulsidas
3 Jayadev
4 Surdas
Q Who was the first Indian to reach South pole ?
1 Colonel JK Bajaj
2 Ajeet Bajaj
3 Arun Nayyar
3 Neal Paramjeet
Q Shyama Sangeet is Bengali devotional music dedicated to which of the following deities?
1 Kali
2 Saraswati
3 Shiva
4 Vishnu
Q Theyyam dance, performed to appease and make peace with the Gods who ensure good harvest and prosperity, is popular in which of the following states?
1 Assam
2 Kerala
3 Jharkhand
4 Andhra Pradesh
Q Who among the following was the leader of 1857 revolt in Ramgarh state?
1 Zinat Mahal
2 Uda Devi
3 Jhalkaribai
4 Avantibai Lodhi
Q The record obtained by the measurement of earthquake is called a:
1 seismic wave
2 seismograph
3 seismology
4 seismogram
Q Who was the second individual to land on the surface of Moon?
1 Neil Armstrong
2 Edwin Aldrin
3 Pete Conrad
4 Alan Bean
Q When was the Provisional Government of Free India (Azad Hind) founded?
1 21st October, 1943
2 21st October, 1942
3 31st October, 1943
4 31st October, 1942
Q Which is the National Bird of Bhutan ?
1 Monal
2 Peacock
3 Raven
4 Red crowned crane
Q Where was the Durand Cup Tournament started in India in 1888?
1 Shimla
2 Mumbai
3 Calcutta
4 Delhi
Q South of the Bhabar Belt , the streams and rivers remerge and form a wet, muddy and marshy area known as the __.
1 Khadar
2 Terai
3 Bhangar
4 Bhabar
Q Which of the following string instruments is played by Braj Bhushan Kabra?
1 Mohan Veena
2 Sitar
3 Guitar
4 Violin
Q In which year did A.P.J. Abdul Kalam become the first Asian to receive the Hoover Medal?
1 2008
2 2006
3 2004
4 2000
Q Who was the Hindu ruler when Alauddin Khilji attacked Ranthambore in 1301?
1 Ramdev
2 Pratap Rudra Dev
3 Karna
4 Hammir Dev
Q In what year did the Great Economic Depression start?
1 1911
2 1931
3 1914
4 1929
Q Gammatiha is a folk dance drama of which of the following state :
1 Odisha
2 Rajasthan
3 Chhattisgarh
4 Jharkhand
Q Who built the Gangaikondacholapuram temple ?
1 Rajaraja I
2 Rajendra Chola
3 Karikala Chola
4 Marthana Varma
Q Indian Institute of Spices Research is located in ____
1 Tamil Nadu
2 Kerala
3 Andhra Pradesh
4 Karnataka
Q ‘Queensberry rules’ is related to which of the following games :
1 Swimming
2 Boxing
3 Wrestling
4 Lawn Tennis
Q What is the official name of the Nobel Prize in the field of Economics?
1 Nobel for Economics
2 Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Sciences
3 Sveriges Riksbank Prize in Economic Sciences
4 Nobel prize for excellence in Economics
Q How many Ratnas, including the prominent Musician Tansen, were there in the court of Akbar?
1 9
2 5
3 3
4 7
Q Humayun was defeated by Sher Shah Suri in the battle of Kannauj in the year ___
1 1539
2 1540
3 1545
4 1541
Q Sikkim became an Indian state in the year :
1 1975
2 1972
3 1970
4 1974
Q Who introduced Vernacular Press Act in 1878 , which subjected newspaper published in Indian language to a censorship ?
1 Lord Lytton
2 Lord Duncan
3 Lord Dalhousie
4 Clement Atlee
Q Which female athlete is nicknamed as ‘Dhing Express’ after her village’s name ?
1 PT Usha
2 Hima Das
3 Dutee Chand
4 Kamaljeet Sandhu
Q The official foundation day of the Indian Air Force is :
1 8th October
2 15th January
3 4th December
4 1 December
Q First National Security Advisor of India was ___
1 Brajesh Mishra
2 Ranganath Mishra
3 KM Cariappa
4 Ajit Doval
Q Where is Rumtek Monastery located ?
1 Jammu and Kashmir
2 Sikkim
3 Himachal Pradesh
4 Arunachal Pradesh
Q King Harsha’s rule was effective during the period :
1 606-647 CE
2 234-276 CE
3 111 -176 CE
4878-924 CE
Q Which river originates from the Rakshastal lake ?
1 Pamba
2 Sutlej
3 Nila
4 Kaveri
Q Which among the following festival marks the menstruation period of the Goddess Kamakhya in Assam?
1 Moatsu
2 Chapchar Kut
3 Wangala
4 Ambubachi Mela
Q In which month is the Inter Tropical Convergence Zone (ITCZ) located around 20°N25°N latitude (over the Gangetic plain)?
1 June
2 July
3 May
4 August
Q How many types of writs can be issued under Article 32 and 226 of the Constitution of India?
1 Four
2 Six
3 Five
4 Seven
Q The legend Vempati Chinna Satyam was associated with which dance form?
1 Kucipudi
2 Kathakali
3 Bharatanatyam
4 Mohiniyattam
Q When a ray of light is passed through a prism , it splits into its constituent colours . This phenomenon is called :
1 Dispersion of light
2 Reflection of light
3 Distortion of light
4 Disbursement of light
Q In which state is Gir Forest National Park situated ?
1 Gujarat
2 Madhya Pradesh
3 West Bengal
4 Jharkhand
Q The ‘Method of Election of the president’ in the Indian Constitution has been borrowed from the __ constitution.
1 Irish
2 South African
3 German
4 United States of America
Q Swami Dayanand Saraswati founded the _, an organisation that attempted to
reform Hinduism.
1 Arya Samaj
2 Adi Hindu Samaj
3 Vedant Samaj
4 Adi Dharam Samaj
Q The first session of the Indian National Congress was presided over by __
1 Surendra Nath Banerjee
2 Narendra Nath Banerjee
3 Dinesh Nath Banerjee
4 Womesh Chandra Banerjee
Q When did a States Reorganisation Commission was set up, which recommended the creation of linguistic States on the basis of larger linguistic groups?
1 December 1953
2 December 1963
3 December 1958
4 December 1956
Q ‘Arunachal Pradesh‘ and ‘Mizoram’ celebrate their statehood day on :
1 20 February
2 21 January
3 16 May
4 1 December
Q The Bandhavgarh Tiger Reserve is located in the state of ______.
Ans 1. Rajasthan
2. Uttarakhand
3. Andhra Pradesh
4. Madhya Pradesh
Q The New Moore Island is in geographic proximity to:
1 Bangladesh
2 Myanmar
3 Pakistan
4 Sri Lanka
Q H2SO4 is the chemical formula for __.
1 Oil of Vitriol
2 Green Vitriol
3 Muriatic Acid
4 Blue Vitriol
Q Famous traveller Fa Hien came during the reign of ;
1 Chandragupta II
2 Kanishka
3 Akbar
4 Babur
Q Which of the following player was the highest scorer in the final match of cricket world cup 1983?
1 Krishnamachari Srikkanth
2 Mohinder Amarnath
3 Sunil Gavaskar
4 Kapil Dev
Q ‘Mother of Mohiniyattam’ is a docu-fiction based on __.
1 Shovana Narayan
2 Kalamandalam Kallyanikutty Amma
3 Mahaboob Subhani
4 Anuradha Pandey
Q Who is the author of the well known text Kamasutra ?
1 Patanjali
2 Katyayana
3 Vatsyayana
4 Varahamihir
Q Pulakeshin II assumed the title of ‘Dakshinapatheshvara’ (lord of the south) after defeating which of the following rulers of north India?
1 Harshavardhana
2 Rudrasena II
3 Dhruvasena II
4 Prabhakarvardhana
Q Ishwari Prasad is credited to have introduced the __ Gharana of Kathak.
1 Raigarh
2 Jaipur
3 Banaras
4 Lucknow
Q The secretariat of International Solar Alliance is located in :
1 India [ Gurugram ]
2 France
3 USA
4 Germany
Q The mode of nutrition in which organisms take in nutrients from dead and decaying matter is called __ nutrition.
1 Monotrophic
2 Saprotrophic
3 Autotrophic
4 Heterotrophic
Q Bromine is related to Halogen in the same way as Neon is related to :
1 Inert Gas
2 Radioactive element
3 Metal
4 Fluorescent Liquid
Q Bishan Das was the most gifted painter of the time of which of the below king ?
1 Jahangir
2 Babur
3 Akbar
4 Tipu Sultan
Q The National Press Day is celebrated every year on ____
1 November 16
2 October 1
3 November 1
4 October 31
Q What kind of music is sung in Goa during a wedding ?
1 Ovi
2 Sohar
3 Suvari
4 Khongjom
Q World Rhino Day is celebrated every year on :
1 22 September
2 12 September
3 20 September
4 02 September
Q Raja Ravi Varma was a famous painter from the princely state of :
1 Travancore
2 Cochin
3 Mysore
4 Malabar
Q Lack of vitamin D can lead to ____ , in which weakness is observed in children , whereas aches and pains are observed in adults owing to calcium-deficiency in bones , called osteomalacia
1 Rickets
2 Scurvy
3 Beriberi
4 Anemia
Q Satyamev Jayate , the phrase written on the National Emblem is taken from which of the following texts?
1 Isa Upanishad
2 Mundaka Upanishad
3 Chhandogya Upanishad
4 Katha Upanishad
Q With which of the following instruments Ustad Bismillah Khan is related to ?
1 Sitar
2 Tabla
3 Guitar
4 Shehnai
Q When you take Lead nitrate powder in a boiling tube and heat it, you will observe the emission of brown fumes that are of _________.
1 Nitric oxide
2 Nitrous oxide
2 Nitrogen dioxide
4 Dinitrogen trioxide
Q In which Constitution Amendment Act were the seats of Lok Sabha increased from 525 to 545 ?
1 31st Amendment Act , 1973
2 21st Amendment Act , 1967
3 71st Amendment Act , 1992
4 92nd Amendment Act , 2003
Q Who wrote the lyrics of the song ‘Sare Jahan Se Achcha’ ?
1 Mohammed Iqbal
2 Subhadra Kumari Chauhan
3 Shyamlal Gupta
4 Ram Prasad Bismil
Q With which sport is Walker cup associated ?
1 Golf
2 Hockey
3 Football
4 Crickey
| Sports Cup and Trophies | Ryder Cup [ Golf ] , Nomura Cup [ Golf ] , Sudirman Cup [ Badminton ] , Beighton Cup [ Hockey ] , Sultan Azlan Shah Cup [ Hockey ] , Durand Cup [ Football ] , Santosh Trophy [ Football ] , Narang Cup [ Badminton ] |
Q Who founded the a weekly newspaper ‘Commonweal’ in 1914 ?
1 Annie Besant
2 Raja Ram Mohan Roy
3 Bal Gangadhar Tilak
4 Mahatma Gandhi
Q ‘Malti Madhav’ a sanskrit play written by ______
1 Bhavabhuti
2 Kalidas
3 Mohan Rakesh
4 Girish Karnad
Q On which organ of the body of the human body is angioplasty performed ?
1 Heart
2 Lungs
3 Kidney
4 Stomach
Q The first letter of a chemical symbol is always written in :
1 Capital letter
2 Bold
3 Italics
4 Small letter
Q Q What is the SI unit of Amplitude ?
1 metre
2 hertz
3 second
4 none of these
Q The Berlin Committee for Indian independence, under the Zimmerman Plan was established in Germany in the year:
1 1905
2 1914
3 1911
4 1907
Q The Green Revolution was commenced under the leadership of whom among the following Prime Ministers of India?
1 Gulzarilal Nanda
2 Charan Singh
3 Morarji Desai
4 Lal Bahadur Shastri
Q Which famous santoor player was honoured with the Ustad Hafiz Ali Khan Award in 1998?
1 Tarun Bhattacharya
2 Abhay Sopori
3 Satish Vyas
4 Shivkumar Sharma
Q Which essential amino acid enhances calcium absorption and also plays an important role in the formation of collagen?
1 Tyrosine
2 Histidine
3 Lysine
4 Arginine
Q Who among the following sent Megasthenes to the court of Chandragupta Maurya?
1 Alexander III
2 Seleucus I Nicator
3 Antiochus I Soter
4 Antiochus III
Q Which of the following states is one of those states that have NO Panchayati Raj Institution at all?
1 Assam
2 Nagaland
3 Gujarat
4 Punjab
Currently , the Panchayati System exists in all states except Nagaland , Meghalaya and Mizoram, and in all Union Territories except Delhi
Q According to the final data of 2011 census, which of the following states/union territories has a population density of 829 persons per square km?
1 West Bengal
2 Kerala
3 Uttar Pradesh
4 Bihar
Q According to Mendeleev’s Periodic Table, which elements’ properties matched up remarkably well with eka-silicon?
1 Scandium
2 Gallium
3 Titanium
4 Germanium
Q Which of the following Articles of the Indian Constitution mentions that ‘The State shall, in particular, direct its policy towards securing that the ownership and control of the material resources of the community are so distributed as best to subserve the common good’?
1 Article 39(b)
2 Article 39(a)
3 Article 39(c)
4 Article 39(d)
Q During the period of 1947 to 1990, how many five-year plans were completed?
1 7
2 6
3 8
4 9
| Seven five-year plans were completed in India between 1947 and 1990 | First five-year plan [ 1951–1956 ] , Second five-year plan [ 1956–1961 ] , Third five-year plan [ 1961–1966 ] , Fourth five-year plan [ 1969–1974 ] , Fifth five-year plan [ 1974–1979 ] , Sixth five-year plan [1980–1985 ] , Seventh five-year plan [ 1985–1990 ] |