Q Which of the following is the first bank to introduce ATM in India?
1 HSBC Bank
2 HDFC Bank
3 ICICI Bank
4 SBI Bank
Q Who was the Indian Army Chief at the time of Bangladesh Liberation War ?
1 Sam Manekshaw
2 Roy Bucher
3 KM Cariappa
4 Rob Lockhart
Q The Constitution of India was hand-written by __.
1 Prem Behari Narain Raizada
2 Shyama Prasad Mukherjee
3 Balasaheb Gangadhar Kher
4 Kanaiyalal Maneklal Munshi
Q Kumaon Himalayas lies between which of the following two rivers?
1 Between Tista and Dihang rivers
2 Between the Kali and Tista rivers
3 Between Satluj and Kali rivers
4 Between Indus and Satluj rivers
Q A hockey match consists of four quarters of __ minutes.
1 20
2 15
3 7.5
4 10
Q Gogaji fair belongs to __.
1 Chhattisgarh
2 Andhra Pradesh
3 Rajasthan
4 Haryana
Q Who wrote the book, Devdas ?
1 Rabindranath Tagore
2 Sarat Chandra Chattopadhyay
3 Bankim Chandra Chattopadhyay
4 Tarashankar Bandopadhyay
Q When did India win its last gold medal in Hockey in the Olympics?
1 1972
2 1976
3 1968
4 1980
Q With which game is the Swaythling Cup associated ?
1 Table Tennis
2 Cricket
3 Hockey
4 Football
Q The famous caves of Udayagiri and Khandagiri are located in ____
1 Uttarakhand
2 Chhattisgarh
3 Odisha
4 Tripura
Q One of the popular folk-songs of __ is Bhaleri, which is sung by farmers while
working in their fields.
1 Rajasthan
2 Bihar
3 Maharashtra
4 Himachal Pradesh
Q Which was the first country to allow women to vote ?
1 Australia
2 New Zealand
3 Denmark
4 Finland
Q Who among the following revolutionaries was popularly known as ‘Master Da‘?
1 Ram Prasad Bismil
2 Surya Sen
3 Batukeshwar Dutt
4 Ashfaqulla Khan
Q What is the name of the small strip of land that connects the North America and the South America ?
1 Adam’s Bridge
2 Isthmus of Panama
3 Bermuda Strip
4 Suez Canal
Q To which form of dance, one of the five great epics of Tamil Literature, ‘Silappatikaram’ (2nd Century CE) has a direct reference?
1 Kuchipudi
2 Mohiniyattam
3 Kathak
4 Bharatanatyam
Q What does Herpetology deal with?
1 Study of birds
2 Study of fish
3 Study of reptiles and amphibians
4 Study of insects
Q Traditional singing style ‘Nat’ is related to which of the following dances ?
1 Chhau
2 Manipuri
3 Kathak
4 Odissi
Q Which country has the most time zones in the world?
1 Russia
2 France
3 United Kingdom
4 United States of America
Q Which of the following celestial bodies has a natural satellite named ‘Charon’?
1 Pluto
2 Haumea
3 Saturn
4 Mars
Q Which of the following sportspersons won a silver medal at the 2012 London Olympics?
Ans 1. MC Mary Kom
2. Sushil Kumar
3. Saina Nehwal
4. Gagan Narang
Q Who discovered the TB vaccine?
1 Leon Calmette and Camille Guerin
2 Jonas Salk and Camille Guerin
3 Louis Pasteur
4 Edward Jenner
Q Which region is the source of basaltic magma ?
1 Lower mantle
2 The core
3 Upper mantle
4 Transition region
Q Which Article of the Constitution is often called the “Residuary Article” because it empowers Parliament to make any law on residuary subjects?
1 Article 243
2 Article 245
3 Article 248
4 Article 249
Q Which of the following waterfalls is located in Madhya Pradesh?
1 Shivasamudram
2 Dhuandhar
3 Dudhsagar
4 Khandadha
Q Who was the author of the three-act play, ‘Post Office’?
1 Vishnu Sharma
2 Rabindranath Tagore
3 MK Gandhi
4 Karan Singh
Q In which state of India is the Terai Elephant reserve located?
Ans 1. Andhra Pradesh
2. Kerala
3. Uttar Pradesh
4. Karnataka
Q President nominates how many members to the Rajya Sabha having special
knowledge in the field of literature, science, art and social service?
1 10 members
2 11 members
3 12 members
4 14 members
Q ‘Chad Sukra’, a popular traditional dance-festival of Meghalaya, is celebrated as a______
.Ans 1. birth festival
2. community marriage festival
3. sowing festival
4. thanksgiving festival
Q Which Part of the Constitution of India deals with finance, property, contracts and suits?
1 Part X
2 Part IX
3 Part XII
4 Part VIII
Q Which soccer player holds the distinction of having the most wins of the FIFA World Cup by any player?
1 Diego Maradona
2 Pele
3 George Best
4 Zinedine Zidane
Q To which state does the ‘Gheriya Nritya’ belong?
1 Haryana
2 Maharashtra
3 Gujarat
4 Punjab
Q Churahi, Mandeali and Keonthali are dialects spoken in the state of:
1 Uttar Pradesh
2 Madhya Pradesh
3 Himachal Pradesh
4 Arunachal Pradesh
Q Which Article of the Constitution of India provides that there will be Governors of
States?
1 136
2 148
3 153
4 124
Q Which newspaper was founded by Mahatma Gandhi in South Africa in 1903?
1 Young India
2 Navajivan
3 Swaraj Hind
4 Indian Opinion
Q The book ‘The Art of War‘ was written by __
1 JS Mill
2 Thucydides
3 Thomas Hobbes
4 Niccolo Machiavelli
Q The rivers, after descending from the mountains deposit pebbles in a narrow belt of about 8 to 16 km in width lying parallel to the slopes of the Shiwaliks. It is called as
__.
1 Terai
2 Khadar
3 Bhabar
4 Bhangar
Q When was the television service introduced for the first time in India ?
1 15 August 1959
2 15 September 1959
3 15 September 1957
4 15 August 1957
Q The Chairman of the State Public Service Commission can be removed by:
1 The President of India
2 The Prime Minister of India
3 The Governor of the State
4 The Chief Minister of the State
Q Which of the following acids is released by the gastric glands present in the stomach?
1 Hydrochloric acid
2 Acetic acid
3 Nitric acid
4 Citric acid
Q In which state of India does the ‘Weinia Falls’ lie?
1 Meghalaya
2 Goa
3 Sikkim
4 Himachal Pradesh
Q In which Indian state is the ‘Pookode Lake’ located?
1 Punjab
2 Kerala
3 Gujarat
4 Tamil Nadu
Q In which of the following cities is the head office of the Central Potato Research Institute located ?
1 Shimla
2 Amritsar
3 Gandhinagar
4 Karnal
Q The colour of the clear sky is blue due to the phenomenon of:
1 dispersion of light
2 scattering of light
3 reflection of light
4 refraction of light
Q Muhammad-bin-Tughlaq transferred his capital from Delhi to __.
1 Daulatabad
2 Murshidabad
3 Chunar
4 Jaunpur
Q Which of the following oceans is the third largest in the world?
1 Arctic Ocean
2 Atlantic ocean
3 Indian Ocean
4 Pacific Ocean
Q Who among the following was the prime minister of India in 1978?
1 Lal Bahadur Shastri
2 Gulzari Lal Nanda
3 Morarji Desai
4 Charan Singh
Q Which of the following is the oldest of the Vedas?
1 Rigveda
2 Atharvaveda
3 Samaveda
4 Yajurveda
Q Which of the following body parts is directly affected by the disease called
‘trachoma’?
1 Eyes
2 Liver
3 Lungs
4 Teeth
Q Who among the following is the ‘Visitor’ to all central universities of India?
1 Union Minister of Human Resources Development
2 President of India
3 Chairman, University Grants Commission
4 Vice-President of India
Q Which Indian author was awarded the John Llewellyn Rhys Prize for ‘The Room on the Roof’ in 1957, a book which he wrote at the age of 17?
1 Salman Rushdie
2 Amitav Ghosh
3 Ruskin Bond
4 Khushwant Singh
Q ‘Chethiyagiri Vihara‘ is a __ festival celebrated in Sanchi.
1 Sikh
2 Buddhist
3 Jain
4 Hindu
Q In which year was the State Bank of India created following the passage of the Imperial Bank of India into state ownership?
1 1950
2 1947
3 1955
4 1965
Q Bombay state was split along linguistic lines, forming Maharashtra and __, in the
year 1960.
1 Rajasthan
2 Gujarat
3 Karnataka
4 Goa
Q People who wear bifocal lenses have __.
1 myopia
2 cataract
3 presbyopia
4 hypermetropia
Q Who among the following made the first compound microscope?
1 William Gilbert
2 Galileo Galilei
3 John Harington
4 Zacharias Janssen
Q A 7 metre high sculpture known as ‘Sadashiva’, representing three aspects of Lord Shiva is found at __ Caves.
1 Elephanta
2 Bhimbetka
3 Khandagiri
4 Udayagiri
Q Kaveri Sankramana is a festival celebrated in __ in the month of October.
1 Andhra Pradesh
2 Tamil Nadu
3 Karnataka
4 Telangana
Q ‘Akbar Nama’ is a __-volume history of Akbar’s reign, written by Abul Fazl.
1 two
2 three
3 five
4 four
Q The Hemkund Sahib Gurudwara is located in the state of:
1 Himachal Pradesh
2 Bihar
3 Punjab
4 Uttarakhand
Q Which schedule of the Constitution of India deals with the allocation of seats in the Council of States?
1 Eighth
2 Fourth
3 Sixth
4 Fifth
Q Dolomite is an ore of:
1 magnesium
2 aluminium
3 sodium
4 potassium
Q Who is the author of the book ‘An Equal Music’ ?
1 Vikram Seth
2 Ruskin Bond
3 Shashi Tharoor
4 VS Naipaul
| Vikram Seth books | A Suitable Boy | The Golden Gate | An Equal Music | Riot at Misri Mandi | Two Lives | Golden Gate |
Q Waiting for a Visa’ is an autobiographical work of which of the following leaders of India?
Ans 1. Bipin Chandra Pal
2. Bhimrao Ramji Ambedkar
3. Lala Lajpat Rai
4. Bhagat Singh
Q Where is the Salar Jung Museum situated in India ?
1 Lucknow
2 Patna
3 Hyderabad
4 Jaipur
Q The Tropic of Cancer does NOT pass through __.
1. Assam
2 Gujarat
3 Tripura
4 Rajasthan
| Tropic of Cancer passes through 8 states | Gujarat | Madhya Pradesh | Chhattisgarh | Jharkhand | West Bengal | Tripura | Mizoram |
Q In the context of Gupta administration, the term ‘vithi’ referred to a/an:
1 soldier
2 elephantry unit
3 administrative unit
4 personal guard of the king
Q _ Fundamental Duties were added in Part-IV of the Constitution under Article 51-A in the year 1976 through the 42nd Constitutional Amendment.
1 Eight
2 Ten
3 Twelve
4 Nine
Q From where does the Sone River originate ?
1 Amarkantak Hill
2 Trimbakeshwar
3 Sihawa
4 Brahmagiri
Q Who discovered the fact that sunlight consists of seven colours ?
1 Issac Newton
2 CV Raman
3 Michael Faraday
4 Albert Einstein
Q The isotope used to remove the brain tumours and treatment of cancer is ______
1 cobalt
2 Iodine
3 Arsenic
4 Uranium
Q The first match of the first edition of Ranji Trophy was held in the year ?
1 1934
2 1948
3 1930
4 1951
Q Pantothenic acid is commonly known as _______
1 Vitamin B5
2 Vitamin B2
3 Vitamin B9
4 Vitamin B12
Q According to Census of India 2011, which union territories have the lowest literacy rate?
1 Chandigarh
2 Lakshadweep
3 Andaman and Nicobar
4 Dadra and Nagar Haveli
Q The “Great Bengal Famine of 1770” occurred during the tenure of which Governor of Bengal?
1 Robert Clive
2 Henry Vansittart
3 John Cartier
4 Warren Hastings
Q On which of the following dates was the Indian Constitution was adopted?
1 26 November, 1947
2 15 August, 1947
3 26 November, 1949
4 15 August, 1949
Q Who among the following holds the record for scoring most goals in FIFA World Cup history ?
1 Miroslav Klose [ 16 ]
2 Pele
3 Kylian Mbappe
4 Lionel Messi
Q The First Buddhist Council is said to have been patronised by:
1 Porus
2 Ashoka
3 Ajatashatru
4 Chandragupta Maurya
Q In which of the following parts of the human body is the masseter muscle located?
1 Hand
2 Thigh
3 Jaw
4 Chest
Q Where did Lord Mahavira attain salvation?
1 Sonagiri
2 Pawapuri
3 Shravanabelagola
4 Mount Abu
Q The capital of the British Indian Empire was transferred from Calcutta to Delhi in:
1 1911
2 1905
3 1907
4 1909
Q Who among the following founded the organisation ‘East India Association’?
1 Gopal Krishna Gokhale
2 George Yule
3 Womesh Chandra Bonnerjee
4 Dadabhai Naoroji
Q Which of the following causative agents causes the disease ‘kala-azar’?
1 Bacteria
2 Fungus
3 Protozoa
4 Virus
Q Which of the following terms is associated with the ‘Bharatnatyam’ dance form?
1 Mangalacharan
2 Tillana
3 Tharijham
4 Batu nritya
Q Who among the following was the last ruler of Lodi dynasty of Delhi?
1 Ibrahim Lodi
2 Barbak Shah
3 Bahlul Lodi
4 Sikander Lodi
Q Which of the following parallels of latitude represent the Tropic of Capricorn?
1 66½° in the Southern Hemisphere
2 66½° in the Northern Hemisphere
3 23½° in the Northern Hemisphere
4 23½° in the Southern Hemisphere
Q Lady Ratan Tata trophy is associated with which sport ?
1 Hockey
2 Golf
3 Badminton
4 Football
Q The headquarters of the Indian Council of Agricultural Research [ ICAR ] is located at :
1 New Delhi
2 Bengaluru
3 Dehradun
4 Mumbai
Q When was World Wide Fund for Nature-India [ WWF-India] established ?
1 1969
2 1979
3 1989
4 1999
Q Ozone layer thickness is measured in _______
1 Dobson Unit
2 Light year
3 Richter scale
4 Decibels
Q Which part of the ear collects sound from the surroundings?
1 Pinna
2 Cochlea
3 Anvil
4 Hammer
Q Which of these scientist rediscovered DDT in 1939 ?
1 Paul Hermann Muller
2 William Harvey
3 Eugen Stainak
4 Karl Landsteiner
Q Which method is used to separate ribosomes from the cell?
1 Distillation
2 Filtration
3 Ultracentrifugation
4 Chromatography
Q Which folk music of Jammu and Kashmir is sung in wedding ceremonies?
1 Baul
2 Alha
3 Wanwun
4 Panihari
Q Who among the following constructed the Kailasanatha temple at Kanchi ?
1 Singha Vishnu
2 Pulakesin II
3 Narasimhaverman II
4 Jajti Keshari
Q Kuppuswamy Naidu trophy is associated with which sport ?
1 Hockey
2 Football
3 Cricket
4 Golf
Q The members of chlorophyceae are commonly called __ algae.
1 green
2 red
3 blue
4 brown
Q Narang Cup is associated with which sport ?
1 Badminton
2 Hockey
3 Golf
4 Football
Q When was the National Green Tribunal [ NGT ] established ?
1 2010
2 2001
3 2005
4 2009
Q The Headquarters of Biodiversity International is located at ?
1 Rome [ Italy ]
2 Geneva
3 Paris
4 New York
Q Which Mughal Emperor’s original name was Zahir-ud-Din Muhammad ?
1 Babur
2 Humayun
3 Akbar
4 Aurangzeb
Q Which of the following is the largest ethnic group of Myanmar ?
1 Bamar
2 Karen
3 Shan
4 Rohingya
Q In Indo Islamic construction, _________and lime mortar was an important factor in construction.
1 stone
2 mud
3 wood
4 concrete
Q Who was the first female Indian wrestler to win Gold at the Commonwealth Games?
1 Babita Phogat
2 Sakshi Malik
3 Geeta Phogat
4 Vinesh Phogat
Q Who among the following is the first ever recipient of Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna Award?
1 Vishwanathan Anand
2 Dhyan Chand
3 Virat Kohli
4 Sunil Chhetri
Q Which of the following parts of the Indian Constitution deals with the Directive
Principles of State Policy ?
1 Part XX
2 Part IV
3Part XI
4 Part XIV
Q Which of the following statements is CORRECT with respect to the Badminton game and match length?
1 A match consists of the best of five games of 21 points.
2 A match consists of the best of three games of 21 points.
3 A match consists of the best of two games of 21 points.
4 A match consists of the best of four games of 21 points.
Q Which of the following is the 15th language included in the 8th Schedule of the Indian Constitution?
1 Assamese
2 Odia
3 Bengali
4 Sindhi
| Language included in the Eight Schedule of the Indian Constitution | (1) Assamese , (2) Bengali , (3) Gujarati , (4) Hindi , (5) Kannada , (6) Kashmiri , (7) Konkani , (8) Malayalam , (9) Manipuri , (10) Marathi , (11) Nepali , (12) Oriya , (13) Punjabi , (14) Sanskrit , (15) Sindhi , (16) Tamil , (17) Telugu , (18) Urdu (19) , Bodo , (20) Santhali , (21) Maithili and (22) Dogri. |