Q The Hurka Baul dance is performed during the cultivation of paddy and maize in which of the following states ?
1 Uttarakhand
2 Assam
3 Odisha
4 West Bengal
Q India’s total area accounts for about _ of the total geographical area of the
world.
1 2.4 per cent
2 4.4 per cent
3.4 per cent
4 1.4 per cent
Q The first English newspaper in India ‘Bengal Gazette’ was started by_________.
1 Richard Wellesley
2 James Augustus Hicky
3 Subash Chandra Bose
4 John Adams
Q The Drafting Committee of the Indian Constitution had _.
1 seven members
2 six members
3 eight members
4 nine members
Q __ has the lowest record of population density having just 17 per square kilometre, as per census 2011.
1 Arunachal Pradesh
2 Goa
3 Sikkim
4 Mizoram
Q In which year was the last Fundamental Duty inserted in the list of duties in the Constitution?
1 2001
2 2003
3 2002
4 2004
Q__ was the Governor General of India when the Permanent Settlement was
introduced.
1 Lord Linlithgow
2 Lord Cornwallis
3 Lord Irwin
4 Lord William Bentinck
Q Who was the author of Buddhacharita?
1 Nagarjuna
2 Vasumitra
3 Hala
4 Ashvaghosha
Q Which article of the Constitution of India guarantees equality of opportunity for all citizens in matters relating to employment and appointment to any office under the state?
1 Article 18
2 Article 17
3 Article 19
4 Article 16
Q Which Emperor adopted the Zabat System of measurement of land?
1 Akbar
2 Jahangir
3 Bairam Khan
4 Sher Shah
Q Who among the following leaders called Bal Gangadhar Tilak as ‘the maker of modern India’?
1 Mahatma Gandhi
2 Lala Lajpat Rai
3 Jawaharlal Nehru
4 Subhash Chandra Bose
Q The prefix ‘ ____ ‘ is equal to a factor of 1018.
1 atto
2 peta
3 femto
4 exa
Q Who among the following built the Charminar of Hyderabad?
Ans 1. Mohammed Quli Qutub Shah
2. Humayun
3. Muhammad Adil Shah
4. Akbar
Q What is the stone-like disc seen at the top of the temple in Odisha and nearby district’s Temple architecture called?
1 Kalasha
2 Amalaka
3 Jagati
4 Antarala
Q In 1526, Babur defeated the Sultan of Delhi, Ibrahim Lodi, at __ and captured Delhi and Agra.
1 Lahore
2 Panipat
3 Mathura
4 Malwa
Q Who is the author of ‘Anna Karenina’?
1 Leo Tolstoy
2 EM Forster
3 Gabriel Garcia Marquez
4 George Eliot
Q Rajya Sabha is chaired by _ whereas Lok Sabha is chaired by _.
1 President, Prime Minister
2 Speaker, Vice-President
3 Vice President, Speaker
4 Vice – President, Prime minister
Q Who among the following founded the Mohammedan Anglo-Oriental college?
1 Khan Abdul Ghaffar Khan
2 Mohammad Ali Jinnah
3 Sir Syed Ahmad Khan
4 Sri Aurobindo
Q Which of the following cell organelles is also known as the ‘suicide bag’ of a cell?
1 Mitochondria
2 Vacuole
3 Lysosome
4 Ribosome
Q In which year was the Border Roads Organisation established?
1 1954
2 1966
3 1960
4 1958
Q One Astronomical Unit and one Parsec are units of _.
1 mass
2 length
3 current
4 volume
Q Who among the following was one of the founders of the Deccan Education Society (1884)?
1 V R Shinde
2 Dadoba Pandurang
3 G G Agarkar
4 Tulsi Ram
Q Who was the first ruler of Ilbari dynasty (Delhi Sultanate)?
1 Qutubuddin Aibak
2 Raziya Sultan
3 Iltutmish
4 Ghiyasuddin Tughlaq
Q The Indian constitution borrowed ‘procedure of amending the constitution’ from the constitution of __.
1 South Africa
2 United Kingdom
3 Australia
4 France
Q The North-Eastern Areas (Reorganisation) Act was passed in the year __.
1 1963
2 1971
3 1952
4 1989
Q Which Schedule to the Constitution of India specifies allocation of powers and functions between Union and States?
1 7th
2 3rd
3 5th
4 10th
Q The statement of estimated receipts and expenditure of the Government of India is presented to the Parliament every year as per ________of the Indian Constitution.
1 Article 121
2 Article 110
3 Article 123
4 Article 112
Q Darrah Wildlife Sanctuary is in which state of India ?
1 Rajasthan
2 Odisha
3 Assam
4 Kerala
Q Sauria Lacertidae is the scientific name of _____
1 Lizard
2 Sheep
3 Goat
4 Cow
Q Gulzar won Oscars for the movie ”Slumdog Millionaire” in the category of ______
1 Best Original Song
2 Best Costume Design
3 Best Picture
4 Best Sound Mixing
Q Who wrote the book ‘Walking with Lions’ ?
1 K Natwar Singh
2 Khushwant Singh
3 Arundhati Roy
4 Shashi Tharoor
Q Who was the second woman speaker of Lok Sabha ?
1 Meira Kumar
2 Sumitra Mahajan
3 Vijay Laxmi Pandit
4 Tarkeshwari Sinha
| First speaker of Lok Sabha | G.V Mavalankar |
| First woman speaker of Lok Sabha | Meira Kumar |
| Second woman speaker of Lok Sabha | Sumitra Mahajan |
Q Narender Modi is the ____ Prime Minister of India ?
1 14th
2 13th
3 12th
4 11th
Q Organisms that use light to prepare food are known as _____
1 Autotrophs
2 Heterotrophs
3 Phototrophs
4 None of the Above
Q The Ozone layer is present in which atmospheric layer ?
1 Stratosphere
2 Mesosphere
3 Ionosphere
4 Troposphere
Q Name the scientist who proposed the cell theory ?
1 Schleiden and Schwann
2 Watson and Crick
3 Mendel and Morgan
4 Robert Hooke
Q The flower with the world’ s largest bloom is ______
1 Rafflesia arnoldii
2 Wolffia
3 Jasmine
4 Sunflower
Q Deficiency of which vitamin causes of night blindness ?
1 Vitamin A
2 Vitamin C
3 Vitamin D
4 Vitamin K
Q Who invented FM Radio ?
1 Edwin Howard Armstrong
2 John Barber
3 Nicholas Callan
4 Edwin Beard Budding
Q Kargil War against Pakistan started in the year ?
1 1999
2 1998
3 2000
4 2001
Q Who was the first to establish trade relations with India ?
1 Portuguese
2 Dutch
3 French
4 English
Q _____ is the time taken by the earth to return to a given point in its orbit with reference to a fixed star.
1 Sidereal year
2 Lunar year
3 Solar year
4 Tropical year
Q Name the International treaty designed to protect the ozone later from CFCs .
1 Sigma protocol
2 Montreal protocol
3 Ozone protocol
4 Green protocol
Q Which institution in India acts as ‘Lender of last resort’ ?
1 RBI
2 FICCI
3 NABARD
4 FCI
Q Melghat Tiger Reserve is in which state ?
1 Maharashtra
2 Rajasthan
3 Odisha
4 Uttar Pradesh
Q The leaning temple of Huma is in which state of India ?
1 Odisha
2 Tamil Nadu
3 Karnataka
4 Bihar
Q Khas Mahal and the Shish Mahal are built in which World Heritage Monument ?
1 Agra Fort
2 Qutub Minar
3 Humayun’s Tomb
4 Mahabodhi Temple Complex
Q In which year All India Trinamool Congress was founded ?
1 1998
2 1980
3 1984
4 1992