Q The Siberian shelf is largest continental shelf. In which ocean is it situated?
1 Pacific Ocean
2 The Arctic Ocean
3 Bay of Bengal
4 Indian Ocean
Q In shot put, the shot which is a metal ball weighs how many kg for men and women?
1 Men-7.5 kg Women-4.5kg
2 Men-7.3 kg Women-4.5kg
3 Men-7kg Women-4kg
4 Men-7.26 kg Women-4kg
Q Where was the first women’s international test cricket match hosted in India in 1976 ?
1 Mumbai
2 Bangalore [ vs West Indies ]
3 Kolkata
4 New Delhi
Q Which of the following is the first Indian woman Grandmaster in Chess?
Ans 1. Tania Sachdev
2. S Vijayalakshmi
3. Harika Dronavalli
4. R Vaishali
Q Who was the Chairman of Atomic Energy Commisssion at the time of India’s First nuclear Test at Pokhran in 1974 ?
1 APJ Abdul Kalam
2 Homi Sethna
3 Raja Ramanna
4 Vikram Sarabai
Q Which of the following committee’s recommendations led to the formation of NABARD?
1 Shri Homi Sethna Committee
2 Shri Naresh Chandra Committee
3 Shri Dharma Vira Committee
4 Shri B. Sivaraman Committee
Q As per the Census of India 2011, the increase in literacy rates for males and
females,respectively, as compared to 2001 Census was:
1 4.88% and 10.79%
2 5.88% and 12.79%
3 88% and 11.79%
4 3.88% and 13.79%
Q Folk dance of ‘Jatra’ is originated from the state of :
1 Haryana
2 West Bengal
3 Tamil Nadu
4 Maharashtra
Q Consider one of the best in India . Temi Tea garden is the only tea estate in the state of :
1 Sikkim
2 West Bengal
3 Assam
4 Odisha
Q Who was replaced by Lord Willingdon as viceroy in India just before the second round table conference?
1 Lord Irwin
2 Lord Reading
3 Lord Chelmsford
4 Lord Wavell
Q The Janjira Fort is situated on a small island in the Arabian sea, off the coast of __.
1 Karnataka
2 Kerala
3 Gujarat
4 Maharashtra
Q The first mechanical computer designed by Charles Babbage was called :
1 Abacus
2 Analytical Engine
3 Calculator
4 Processor
Q Who established Sera-i-Adl, an exclusive market in Delhi for manufactured and exported goods to be sold at prices fixed by administration ?
1 Sher Shah Suri
2 Alauddin Khilji
3 Muhammad Bin Tughlaq
4 Qutbuddin Mubarak Shah
Q In India, primitive form of cultivation is known as ‘Jhumming’ in the __.
1 Himalayan belt
2 south-eastern region
3 north-eastern region
4 Western Ghats
Q On 8 April , 1929 , Bhagat Singh and BK Dutt threw a bomb in the ____ The aim of the event as their leaflet explained , was not to kill but ”to make the deaf hear” .
1 Central Legislative Council
2 Central Executive Assembly
3 Central Legislative Assembly
4 State Legsslative Assembly
Q Bharhut Stupa depict the Jataka tales and stories. It is located in which of the
following states?
1 Andhra Pradesh
2 Uttar Pradesh
3 Madhya Pradesh
4 Bihar
Q Inamgaon, an important Archaeological site is situated on __ river.
1 Kukadi
2 Indrayani
3 Ghod
4 Ulhas
Q What is the tenure of members of State Legislative Council in India as per the Indian constitution?
1 4 years
2 10 years
3 6 years
4 3 years
Q What is the height of the goal-post according to FIFA ?
1 8 foot [2.4 m ]
2 6 foot
3 10 foot
4 12 foot
Q Who wrote the book ‘The Legend of Lakshmi Prasad’?
1 Twinkle Khanna
2 Raveena Tandon
3 Karishma Kapoor
4 Kajol
Q Who wrote the hymn ‘Vande Mataram’?
1 Bankim Chandra Chatterjee
2 Bhagat Singh
3 Bal Gangadhar Tilak
4 Mahatma Gandhi
Q In which of the following states of India is the Dree festival celebrated?
1 Nagaland
2 Arunachal Pradesh
3 Manipur
4 Assam
Q Which of the following is a temperate grassland in Russia?
1 Steppes
2 Congo
3 Prairies
4 Amazon
Q ‘Courage and Conviction : An Autobiography’ is the autobiography of which of the following persons?
1 Yogesh Kumar Joshi
2 Manoj Mukund Naravane
3 VK Singh
4 Dalbir Singh Suhag
Q Who among the following published the book ‘Stripurushtulna’?
1 Tarabai Shinde
2 Pandita Ramabai
3 Anita Desai
4 Shashi Deshpande
Q Indian constitution borrowed a cabinet form of governance from _.
1 South Africa
2 Australia
3 France
4 United Kingdom
Q Microbes like Rhizobium, Nitrosomonas and Nitrobacter are used for
1 carbon cycling
2 nitrogen cycling
3 water cycling
4 sulphur cycling
nitrogen cycling
Q The first railway line was from to _ in India in 1853.
1 Delhi to Kanyakumari
2 Chennai to Nagpur
3 Mumbai to Delhi
4 Mumbai to Thane
Q What is the distance between the stumps and the popping crease at the same end of a Cricket pitch?
1 1.22 m
2 1.62 m
3 1.50 m
4 1.34 m
Q Who was the ruler of Mysore in 1761?
1 Hyder Ali
2 Nizam-ul-Mulk
3 Baji Rao
4 Murshild Quli Jafar Khan
Q Who among the following Indian players is also known as ‘Dhing Express’?
1 Dutee Chand
2 Neeraj Chopra
3 PT Usha
4 Hima Das
Q Which rivers meet at Devprayag?
1 Beas and Satluj
2 Brahmaputra and Subansiri
3 Bhagirathi and Alaknanda
4 Chenab and Jhelum
Q Who defeated Prithviraj Chauhan in the second battle of Tarain in 1192 AD?
1 Alauddin Khalji
2 Babur
3 Muhammad Ghori
4 Iltutmish
Q Indravati Tiger Reserve is located in which state of India ?
1 Chhattisgarh
2 Arunachal Pradesh
3 Uttar Pradesh
4 Uttarakhand
Q Which of the following festivals marks the start of the Telugu New year?
1 Cheti Chand
2 Gudi Padwa
3 Vishu
4 Ugadi
Q What is the tenure of office for the Chief Election Commissioner?
1 5 years or up to the age of 60 years
2 6 years or up to the age of 60 years
3 6 years or up to the age of 65 years
4 5 years or up to the age of 65 years
Q Which article of the Indian Constitution states that India is a ‘Union of States’?
1 Article 1
2 Article 2
3 Article 10
4 Article 11
Q Who was the first Indian astronomer to calculate the time taken by earth to orbit the Sun ?
1 Bhaskaracharya
2 Aryabhata
3 Bishnu devtamapi
4 Ved Bhatnagara
Q “Radcliffe line” separate India with which country?
Ans 1. China
2. Pakistan
3. Nepal
4. Bangladesh
Q Which among the following festivals is also celebrated to remember King Mahabali in Kerala?
Ans 1. Onam
2. Vishu
3. Ugadi
4. Puthando
Q What is the chemical name of baking soda?
1 Calcium sulphate hemihydrate
2 Sodium hydrogencarbonate
3 Calcium sulphate
4 Sodium carbonate
Q Who among the following Indian cricketers is also known as ‘Master Blaster’?
1 Rahul Dravid
2 Sachin Tendulkar
3 Kapil Dev
4 Mahendra Singh Dhoni
Q Which of the following titles was held by Samudragupta, a ruler of the Gupta Dynasty?
1 Sahib-e-Qiran
2 Mahendraitya
3 Kaviraja
4 Jahan Panah
Q Makar Sankranti is celebrated as the __ long Pongal festival in Tamil Nadu and Andhra Pradesh.
1 five-day
3 four-day
3 two-day
4 seven-day
Q Which of the following novels was written by the famous Indian novelist Amrita Pritam?
1 Midnight’s Children
2 Satya ke Prayog
3 Train to Pakistan
4 Raseedi Ticket
Q In which of the following battles did Alexander the Great defeat Porus of Paurava in
326 BC?
1 Battle of Sakala
2 Battle of Plassey
3 Battle of Kalinga
4 Battle of Hydaspes
Q The Maharashtra Bhushan was conferred upon _____ in the year 2002.
1 Pandit Ravi Shankar
2 Pandit Jasraj
3 Pandit Bhimsen Joshi
4 Pandit Hari Prasad Chaurasia
Q Dhamek stupa is one of the most prominent Buddhist structures in India. It is situated in the __ district of Uttar Pradesh.
1 Mirzapur
2 Agra
3 Varanasi
4 Jaunpur
Q The first English factory was set up on the banks of the river Hugli in __.
1 1645
2 1640
3 1648
4 1651
Q Who was the founder of Brahmo Samaj in 1828, at Calcutta?
1 Ram Singh
2 Swami Dayanand Saraswati
3 Raja Ram Mohan Roy
4 HN Kunzru
Q Ajanta Caves and Ellora Caves are located in which state of India ?
1 Maharashtra
2 Bihar
3 Andhra Pradesh
4 Madhya Pradesh
Q Which scientist first coined the term, Ecosystem/Ecological System?
1 Arthur Tansley
2 Frederic Edward Clements
3 Charles Sutherland Elton
4 Eugene Odum
Q In 1866, who among the following founded the East India Association in London?
1 Raja Ram Mohan Roy
2 Dadabhai Naoroji
3 Satyendra Nath Tagore
4 Sayyid Ahmad Khan
Q In India Green Revolution was led by :
Ans 1. Norman Borlaug
2. M.S. Swaminathan
3. Jawahar Lal Nehru
4. Mahatma Gandhi
Q Who among the following was the court poet of Harshavardhana and the author of ‘Harshacharita’?
1 Rajashekhara
2 Kalidas
3 Aryabhatta
4 Banabhatta
Q The Hindustan Socialist Republican Association (HSRA) was founded at __ in Delhi.
1 Ferozeshah Kotla
2 Mughal Garden
3 Red Fort
4 Safdarjung Tomb
Q The tenure of the UPSC members is .
1 6 years or age of 65 whichever is earlier
2 6 years or age of 62 years
3 5 years or age of 65 years
4 4 years or age of 62 years
Q _____ is depiction of the Hindu God Shiva as the cosmic dancer who performs his divine dance called Tandavam .
1 Nataraja
2 Murugan
3 Vishnu
4 Venkateshwar
Q Pyrolusite is an ore/mineral of ______
1 manganese
2 nickel
3 uranium
4 zinc
Q Who wrote the book ‘As You Like It’ ?
1 William Shakespeare
2 Girish Karnad
3 George Bernard Shaw
4 Arthur Miller
Q In which state is Dandeli National Park located ?
1 Karnataka
2 Assam
3 Odisha
4 Madhya Pradesh
Q Where is the National Centre for Antarctica and Ocean Research located ?
1 Vasco-da-Gama , Goa
2 Karnal , Haryana
3 Cuttack , Odisha
4 Shimla , Himachal Pradesh
Q ‘Chithirai’ festival is celebrated in which state of India ?
1 Tamil Nadu
2 Jharkhand
3 Telangana
4 Maharashtra
Q Which of the following dance forms is associated with the state of Himachal Pradesh?
Ans 1. Rauf
2. Dhaman
3. Kunbi
4. Dhimsa
Q In 1929, Indian National Congress demanded complete independence under the presidentship of __.
1 Mahatma Gandhi
2 Jawaharlal Nehru
3 Chitta Ranjan Das
4 Dadabhai Naoroji
Q Who among the following rulers of Mewar was defeated by Babur in the Battle of Khanwa (1527 AD)?
1 Ahmed Shah I
2 Rana Sanga
3 Alauddin Khalji
4 Rana Kumbha Karan
Q Who was India’s first Olympian who went on to star in Hollywood and Broadway?
1 PT Usha
2 Norman Pritchard
Virat Kohli
4 Milkha Singh
Q Which of the following is the largest moon of Saturn?
1 Europa
2 Carme
3 Atlas
4 Titan
Q Who is the author of the book ‘Slumdog Millionaire’?
1 Kiran Desai
2 APJ Abdul Kalam
3 R K Narayan
4 Vikas Swarup
Q What was the capital of the Mauryan empire, the largest empire in India at the time of Ashoka spanning over 5 million square kilometres?
1 Taxila
2 Pataliputra
3 Ujjain
4 Kandahar
Q Which Indian musician was conferred with the Lifetime achievement Grammy Award?
1 Pandit Ravi Shankar
2 AR Rahman
3 Sonu Nigam
4 Zubin Mehta
Q Which freedom fighter of India composed the song, ‘Saare Jahan Se Achha’?
1 Jyotiba Phule
2 Jawaharlal Nehru
3 Muhammad Iqbal
4 Mahatma Gandhi
Q Who was the first Indian captain to lift the International Cricket Council (ICC) Cricket World Cup?
1 MS Dhoni
2 Kapil Dev
3 Virat Kohli
4 Mohinder Amarnath
Q Who used the ancient texts to suggest that widows could remarry?
1 Raja Ram Mohan Roy
2 Ishwar Chandra Vidyasagar
3 Pandita Ramabai
4 Narayan Guru
Q In which state of India are Buddhist cave temples, Barabar Caves, located?
1 Bihar
2 Sikkim
3 Uttar Pradesh
4 West Bengal
Q Which of the following persons was a slave-generals of Alauddin Khalji (1296-1316 AD)?
1 Nasiruddin Shah
2 Malik Kafur
3 Ulugh Khan
4 Jauna Khan
Q Mando festival is related to which state of India?
1 Jharkhand
2 Karnataka
3 Bihar
4 Goa
Q In which year did the Bhopal Gas Tragedy take place?
1 1986
2 1982
3 1980
4 1984
Q Who was the first Indian composer to win the Grammy Award?
1 AR Rahman
2 Zakir Hussain
3 Zubin Mehta
4 Pandit Ravi Shankar
Q Name the sodium compound which is used to permanently remove the hardness of water.
1 Sodium chloride
2 Sodium hydroxide
3 Sodium carbonate
4 Sodium hydrogen carbonate
Q In which of the following states is the Telaiya dam located?
1 Odisha
2 Bihar
3 Jharkhand
4 Chhattisgarh
Q Which of the following is present in chalk?
1 Sodium Hydroxide
2 Potassium Nitrate
3 Sodium Chloride
4 Calcium Carbonate
Q Which of the following line separates Pakistan and Afghanistan?
Ans 1. McMohan line
2. Jinnah line
3. Durand line
4. Radcliffe line
Q Which of the following festivals is associated with the Kamakhya temple of Guwahati?
1 Mando Festival
2 Majuli Festival
3 Ambubachi Festival
4 Sunburn festival
Q What is used to measure the magnitude of an earthquake?
1 Anemometer
2 Pressure sensors
3 Gravimeter
4 Richter Scale
Q ‘Guernica’ is the world famous painting painted by :
1 Claude Monet
2 Pablo Picasso
3 Salvador Dali
4 Vincent Van Gogh
Q What is the distance of the penalty mark from the midpoint of the goal post in football ?
Ans 1. 10 m
2. 15 m
3. 11 m
4. 13 m
Q Who reconciled Dalton’s atomic hypothesis with Gay-Lussac’s results on the
combination of volumes in 1811?
1 Robert Boyle
2 Fred Hoyle
3 Jacques Charles
4 Amadeo Avogadro