Q Which of the following is the state bird of Uttar Pradesh ?
1 Sarus Crane
2 Blue Jay or Indian Roller
3 Asian Koel
4 Black necked crane
Q Who among the following hockey players was a part of the Indian Constituent Assembly?
1 Harmik Singh
2 Balbir Singh Dosanjh
3 Jaipal Singh Munda
4 Dhyan Chand
Q In which year was the Jnanpith Award given for the first time ?
1 1965
2 1957
3 1961
4 1963
Q The Hazarduari Palace is located in _______.
Ans 1. Bikaner
2. Murshidabad
3. Mysuru
4. Jodhpur
Q Who among the following is best known for his plays ‘Yayati’ and ‘Tughlaq’?
Ans 1. Viju Khote
2. Shreeram Lagoo
3. Girish Karnad
4. Mohammed Zahur Khayyam
Q Which of the following newspapers was started by Raja Ram Mohan Roy?
Ans 1. Amrita Bazar Patrika
2. Karmayogin
3. Ananda Bazar Patrika
4. Sambad Kaumudi
Q Pandavani is a folk singing style popular in the state of :
1 Bihar
2 Jharkhand
3 Chhattisgarh
4 Uttar Pradesh
Q Who among the following is the author of the book ‘Selection Day’?
1 Vikram Seth
2 Aravind Adiga
3 Chetan Bhagat
4 Amish Tripathi
0 The disease ‘Myopia’ is also known as:
1 far-sightedness
2 near-sightedness
3 presbyopia
4 astigmatism
Q Sudirman Cup is related to which of the following games/sports?
Ans 1. Badminton
2. Baseball
3. Volleyball
4 Baseball
Q Shah-e-Hamadan Mosque is located on t he banks of t he river __.
1 Jhelum
2 Sutlej
2 Beas
4 Chenab
Q Which of the following Constitutional Amendments made Pondicherry (now
Puducherry) a Union Territory?
1 28th Constitutional Amendment
2 12th Constitutional Amendment
3 14th Constitutional Amendment
4 32nd Constitutional Amendment
Q The Indian rebellion started from Meerut on May 10 , 1857 , and when did it end ?
1 May 13, 1858 at Calcutta
2. June 20, 1858 at Gwalior
3. October 18, 1859 at Jhansi
4. August 15, 1860 at Delhi
Q Who among the following developed the smallpox vaccine?
1 Alexander Fleming
2 Albert Einstein
3 Edward Jenner
4 Louis Pasteur
Q The second Lok Sabha was constituted in:
1 1957
2 1954
3 1955
4 1951
Q ‘Mangiferaindica’ is the scientific name of __.
1 mango
2 pineapple
3 banana
4 papaya
Q Which of the following events did NOT happen during t he tenure of Lord Dalhousie?
1 Introduction of first telegraph line
2 Introduction of Doctrine of Lapse
3 Passing of Widow Remarriage Act
4 Introduction of Subsidiary Alliance System
| Subsidiary Alliance | It was introduced by Lord Wellesley |
Q In which of the following years was the Bharatiya Janata Party founded?
Ans 1. 1934
2. 1957
3. 1980
4. 1967
Q Mahesh Das from Akbar’s court was popularly known as ______.
Ans 1. Raja Man Singh
2. Raja Todar Mal
3. Tansen
4. Birbal
Q _ are known as powerhouses of the cell, as they are involved in releasing energy from food.
1 Lysosomes
2 Plastids
3 Mitochondria
4 Vacuoles
Q The chemical symbol of Molybdenum is __.
1 Mb
2 Mo
3 My
4 Md
Q The Radcliffe Line demarcates India’s border with which of the following countries?
1 Bangladesh
2 Nepal
3 Pakistan
4 China
Q The East India Company acquired a charter from the ruler of England, Queen Elizabeth I, granting it the sole right to trade with the East in the year:
1 1600
2 1800
3 1401
4 1500
Q The Jim Corbett National Park is situated in which state of India?
1 Karnataka
2 Bihar
3 Uttarakhand
4 Rajasthan
Q Ansupa lake is a sweet water lake located in which of the following districts of Odisha ?
1 Cuttack
2 Ganjam
3 Gajapati
4 Balangir
Q The Kudankulam Civilian Nuclear Power Plant was built by India in joint collaboration with__.
1 France
2 Russia
3 Japan
4 Germany
Q Regur Soil is another name of:
1 Black Soil
2 Alluvial Soil
3 Laterite Soil
4 Red and Yellow Soil
Q The _ receives blood from the right atrium and pumps it to the lungs, where it is loaded with oxygen.
1 right ventricle
2 left ventricle
2 left atrium
4 mitral valve
Q On which day does India observe National Consumer Day?
1 23rd August
2 24th December
3 1st January
4 5th January
Q During which of the following sessions of Indian National Congress did Subhash Chandra Bose resign from the Presidentship of INC?
1 Tripuri
2 Calcutta
3 Jaipur
4 Haripura
Q Which of the following Committees is associated with the ‘Ecology of Western Ghats’?
1 Gadgil Committee
2 Sarkaria Committee
3 Khan Committee
4 Mishra Committee
Q Article 300A of the Constitution of India deals with:
1 financial emergency
2 all-India services
3 right to education
4 right to property
Q Saila dance form is performed in the state of __________.
Ans 1. Jharkhand
2. Uttar Pradesh
3. Chhattisgarh
4. Uttarakhand
Q The play ‘Abhijnana Shakuntalam’ by Kalidasa is a love story between Shakuntala and King _______.
Ans 1. Dushasana
2. Dasharatha
3. Dhritarashtra
4. Dushyanta
Q Which of the following is a dance form in Mizoram participated exclusively by ‘village guests’?
1 Khullam
2 Nati
3 Laho
4 Loor
Q Which of the following states hosts the annual Surajkund crafts fair?
Ans 1. Uttar Pradesh
2. Himachal Pradesh
3. Haryana
4. Uttarakhand
Q Mount Siniolchu is located in which state of India?
Ans 1. Himachal Pradesh
2. Nagaland
3. Andhra Pradesh
4. Sikkim
Q Who among the following laid the foundation of independent Awadh dynasty?
Ans 1. Chin Qilich Khan
2. Marthanda Varma
3. Saadat Khan
4. Haider Ali
Q The Third Battle of Panipat between the Marathas and Ahmad Shah Durrani , the ruler of Afghanistan was fought in the year:
Ans 1. 1781
2. 1851
3. 1761
4. 1831
Q The first session of the Indian National Congress was held in Bombay in _______ under the Presidentship of Womesh Chandra Banerjee.
Ans 1. December,1885
2. November, 1906
3. January, 1884
4. October, 1882
Q In which of the following states is Lonar Lake, an official Ramsar site, located?
1. Gujarat
2. Maharashtra
3. Tamil Nadu
4. Manipur
Q How many Articles and Schedules, respectively, were there in the Constitution of India ?
Ans 1. 398 and 6
2. 395 and 8
3. 392 and 7
4. 396 and 8
Q Which of the following is a book by RK Narayan?
Ans 1. Angry River
2. Swami and Friends
3. Roads to Mussoorie
4. The Blue Umbrella
Q Who had handwritten the original Constitution of India?
Ans 1. Nandalal Bose
2. Dr Sachchidananda Sinha
3. Beohar Rammanohar Sinha
4. Prem Behari Narain Raizada
Q The Fourth Schedule of the Constitution of India contains the subject matter related to:
Ans 1. languages recognised by the Constitution
2. forms of oath or affirmations
3. power, authority and responsibilities of panchayats
4. allocation of seats in the Rajya Sabha
Q In which year , Shivaji was crowned as the Chhatrpati ?
1 1674
2 1764
3 1608
4 1761
Q Which of the following is the traditional bamboo dance of the Mizos?
Ans 1. Moyashai
2. Udoho
3. Cheraw
4. Aaluyattu
Q Who wrote the book ‘Pakistan the Gathering Storm’ ?
1 Benazir Bhutto
2 Imran Khan
3 Pervez Musharraf
4 Nawaz Sharif
Q Who is commonly known as ‘the Father of Microbiology’ ?
1 Antonie van Leeuwenhoek
2 Mathias Schleidan
3 Robert Hooke
4 Robert Brown
Q ‘Macbeth’ is a famous play of ______
1 William Shakespeare
2 George Bernard Shaw
3 Arthur Miller
4 Oscar Wilde
Q The number of parliamentary seats [ Lok Sabha ] in Chhattisgarh is _____
1 11
2 26
3 28
4 29
Q Who among the following introduced the ’Doctrine of Lapse’?
Ans 1. Lord Ripon
2. Warren Hastings
3. Lord Canning
4. Lord Dalhousie
Q ___ is known as viticulture.
Ans 1. growing vegetables, flowers and fruits
2. cultivation of grapes
3. breeding of fish
4. rearing of silkworms
Q As per FIFA Regulations, a football (soccer) match consists of two 45 minutes halves with a ______ rest period in between.
Ans 1. 20 minutes
2. 15 minutes
3. 10 minutes
4. 30 minutes
Q What is the average atomic mass of a chlorine atom ?
1 36 u
2 35 u
3 35. 5 u
4 37 u