Q Who invented Neon Lamp ?
1 George Claude
2 Samuel Colt
3 Martin Copper
4 William Cullen
Q Who among the following is the author of the play ‘Wedding Album’?
Ans 1. Vijay Tendulkar
2. Girish Karnad
3. Badal Sarkar
4. Mahesh Dattani
Q When was the Atal Pension Yojana launched?
1 9th August, 2015
2 9th May, 2015
3 19th March, 2016
4 15th September, 2014
Q Monsoon is taken from the word ‘mausim’, which means seasons. “Mausim” is a _ word.
1 Persian
2 Arabic
3 Indonesian
4 Urdu
Q Identify the place where first rural session of India National Congress [ INC ] was held?
1 Faizpur
2 Baizapur
3 Tezpur
4 Faradpur
Q Which of the following personalities started the Young Bengal Movement in India?
1 William Butler Yeats
2 Charles W Leadbeater
3 Emily Lutyens
4 Henry Louis Vivian Derozio
Q Who is the author of the book ‘Exam Warriors’?
Ans 1. Vikram Seth
2. Bibek Debroy
3. Narendra Modi
4. Abhishek Manu Singhvi
Q Which of the following compounds chemical name is sodium hydrogencarbonate?
1 Washing soda
2 Plaster of Paris
2 Baking soda
4 Bleaching powder
Q The disease ‘Xerophthalmia’ is caused in children due to deficiency of which vitamin in their diet?
1 Vitamin B12
2 Vitamin A
3 Vitamin D
4 Vitamin C
Q Traditional folk musicians ‘Manganiyar’ and ‘Langa’ are related to which state of India from following?
1 Tamil Nadu
2 Odisha
3 Rajasthan
4 Assam
Q Cadmium pollution causes a disease called ‘Emphysema’. Which organ in the human body is/are primarily affected in ‘Emphysema’?
1 Kidneys
2 Lungs
3 Liver
4 Hear
Q Which of the following folk dances is known as ‘parrot dance’ in Chhattisgarh?
1 Kaksar Dance
2 Suwa Dance
3 Raut Nacha
4 Karma Dance
Q Which article of Indian constitution is related with qualifications for appointment as Governor?
1 157
2 132
3 169
4 143
Q In which of the following places, does the Hornbill Festival take place annually in the month of December?
1 Itanagar
2 Dispur
3 Kohima
4 Imphal
Q Chenab, the largest tributary of the Indus, is formed by which of the following two streams?
1 Mandakini and Prabha
2 The Chandra and the Bhaga
3 The Chandra and the Prabha
4 The Bhaga and the Mandakini
Q Who among the following received the Bharat Ratna in 2001 to become the third Indian Classical Musician to receive India’s highest civilian honour?
1 Ustad Vilayat Khan
2 Ustad Bismillah Khan
3 Pandit Birju Maharaj
4 Pandit Ravi Shankar
Q In 1893, Swami Vivekananda participated in the All-World Religious Conference
(Parliament of Religions) in __ in the United States of America.
1 Dallas
2 Chicago
3 Los Angeles
4 San Diego
Q In which of the following states is the famous Tawang monastery located?
Ans 1. Assam
2. Sikkim
3. Andhra Pradesh
4. Arunachal Pradesh
Q The Karni Mata temple in Deshnok (Deshnoke), Rajasthan is famous for the ______ that live, and are revered, in the temple.
Ans 1. monkeys
2. snakes
3. cows
4. rats
Q Who among the following is associated with Third Anglo Mysore War and introduction of civil services in India?
Ans 1. Lord Cornwallis
2. Lord Hastings
3. Lord William Bentinck
4. Lord Wellesley
Q ‘Aaluyattu’ is a folk-dance form from the state of __.
1 Nagaland
2 Kerala
3 Rajasthan
4 Madhya Pradesh
Q The Directive Principles of State Policy in the Indian Constitution was borrowed from which country?
1 Japan
2 Republic of Ireland
3 Austria
4 The UK
Q The aquatic plant __ which is one of the most invasive weeds found growing
wherever there is standing water. It drains oxygen from the water, which leads to death of fishes.
1 Water hyacinth
2 Common duckweed
3 Floating heart
4 Coontail
Q The atomic number of tungsten is:
1 74
2 72
3 73
4 71
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 Who was the Chairperson of the National Planning Committee in 1938?
1 Mahatma Gandhi
2 Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel
3 Jawaharlal Nehru
4 Motilal Nehru
Q As per the 2011 Census, what is the density of the population of India?
1 482 persons/km2
2 282 persons/km2
3 382 persons/km2
4 328 persons/km2
Q Which among the following was known as the Imperial Bank of India before 1955?
Ans 1. Union Bank of India
2. State Bank of India
3. Oriental Bank of Commerce
4. Central Bank of India
Q Which of the following rulers has been identified with King Milinda and mentioned in the famous Buddhist text Milinda Panha?
1 Alexander
2 Eucratides
3 Demetrius
4 Menander
Q In which of the following states is the Nahargarh Fort located?
Ans 1. Gujarat
2. Rajasthan
3. Punjab
4. Maharashtra
Q The number of parliamentary seats [ Rajya Sabha ] of Uttar Pradesh is _____
1 31
2 10
3 5
4 11
Q How many Indian states shares the border with Nepal ?
1 5
2 4
3 6
4 2
| Five Indian states shares border with Nepal [ 1850 km ] | Uttar Pradesh , Bihar , Uttarakhand , West Bengal and Sikkim |
| Four Indian states shares border with Bhutan [ 699 km ] | Assam , Arunachal Pradesh , West Bengal and Sikkim |
| Four Indian states shares border with Myanmar [ 1643 km ] | Arunachal Pradesh , Nagaland , Manipur , Mizoram |
Q Who among the following has written the ‘Arthashastra’?
1 Panini
2 Kautilya
3 Vishakhadatta
4 Kamandak
Q Who was the trusted General of the Mughal Emperor Akbar ?
1 Man Singh I
2 Asaf Khan
3 Bahadur Shah
4 Ajit Singh
Q Which is the largest part of the human brain ?
1 Cerebrum
2 Mid Brain
3 Medulla Oblongata
4 Cerebellum
Q Moti Masjid is situated in which Heritage Site ?
1 Red Fort Complex
2 Humayun’s tOMB
3 Mahabodhi Temple Complex
4 Qutub Minar
Q The Arya Samaj was founded by Swami Dayanand Saraswati in:
1 1875
2 1880
3 1888
4 1867
Q Which is a colourless, odourless gas of the alkane series of hydrocarbons with a
chemical formula of C3H8?
1 Pentane
2 Ethane
3 Propane
4 Butane
Q Who is the author of ‘My Truth’ ?
1 Indira Gandhi
2 Mahatma Gandhi
3 Narendra Modi
4 IK Gujral
Q Who is the Chairman of NITI Aayog ?
1 Prime Minister
2 President
3Vice-President
4 Finance Minister
Q In which of the following years, did Mahatma Gandhi propose the Wardha Scheme of Basic Education?
1 1942
2 1948
3 1937
4 1932
Q Who invented Universal Standard Time ?
1 Sandford Fleming
2 Enrico Fermi
3 Benoit Fourneyron
4 Adolf Gaston Eugen Fick
Q Who pioneered the guerrilla warfare methods ?
1 Shivaji
2 Aurangzeb
3 Akbar
4 Balaji Rao
Q In Akbar’s regime , who was the military head ?
1 Mir Bakshi
2 Suri Moja
3 Mir Khass
4 Sultan Ahmed Fawad
Q What is the full form of ATM ?
1 Automated Teller Machine
2 Automatic Teller Machine
3 Automated Teller Money
4 Automatic Teller Money
Q In which state is the Raimona National Park located ?
1 Assam
2 Odisha
3 Madhya Pradesh
4 Rajasthan
Q The common name of borax is _____
1 sodium tetraborate decahydrate
2 Sodium metaborate
3 Sodium tetraborate
4 Sodium tetraborate decahydrate
Q Which is a structural and functional unit of kidneys ?
1 Nephrons
2 Neuron
3 Bowman’s capsule
4 glomerulus
Q What is the study of the physical form and external structure of plants ?
1 Phytomorphology
2 Histology
3 Pomology
4 Mycology
Q Name the first woman from India to win the Nobel Prize ?
1 Mother Teresa
2 Aarti Saha
3 Indira Gandhi
4 Ashapurna Devi
Q Intestinal bacteria synthesizes which Vitamin in the human body ?
1 Vitamin K
2 Vitamin C
3 Vitamin D
4 Vitamin E
Q In which year was the National Highways Authority of India (NHAI) operationalized ?
1 1997
2 1993
3 1995
4 1991
Q Consider the following pairs
| Place of Pilgrimage | Location |
| 1. Srisailma | Nallamalla hills |
| 2. Omkareshwar | Satmala hills |
| 3. Pushkar | Mahadeo hills |
Which of the above pairs is/are correctly matchhed ?
{a} 1 only
{b] 2 and 3 only
{c} 1 and 3 only
{d} 1,2 and 3