Q Which river is known as the Yellow River ?
1 Nile
2 Amazon
3 Huang Ho
4 Yangtze
Q Who gave the term ‘homo sapiens‘ ?
1 Stanley Miller
2 Charle Darwin
3 Carl Linnaeus
4 Gregor Mendal
Q In which year was Ujala Yojana launched?
1 2016
2 2015
3 2014
4 2017
Q Which of the following is related to neem?
1 Pinnately
2 Palmately
3 Spines
4 Tendril
Q What is the duration of monsoon in India?
1 100-120 days
2 150-200 days
3 40-60 days
4 50-80 days
Q ___ is known as ”Saffron town” of Kashmir.
1 Sopore
2 Pampore
3 Jammu
4 Srinagar
Q In which year was Service Tax first imposed in India ?
1 1992
2 1994
3 2001
4 2005
Q ___ in Punjab was earlier known as Ramdaspur .
1 Kapurthala
2 Ludhiana
3 Amritsar
4 Jalandhar
Q The National Youth Policy was launched in:
1 2015
2 2014
3 2013
4 2012
Q Which part of the Constitution deals with the Panchayats?
1 Part IV
2 Part X
3 Part IX
4 Part VII
Q When is National Pollution Prevention Day observed in India ?
1 2 October
2 2 November
3 2 December
4 2 January
Q Which Indian state was the first to establish the institution of Panchayati Raj ?
1 Bihar
2 Rajasthan
3 Uttar Pradesh
4 Madhya Pradesh
Q Rabindranath Tagore won the Nobel Prize for Literature for which book ?
1 Gora
2 Gaban
3 Gitanjali
4 Geet Govinda
Q A computer program that converts an entire program into machine language is called a [n] :
1 Interpreter
2 Simulator
3 Compiler
4 Converter
Q The process of seeping of water into the ground is known as __-
1 well
2 bawris
3 aquiger
4 infiltration
Q Who holds the record for the longest long jump in India as of 2025?
1 Murali Sreeshankar
2 Nayana James
3 Jeswin aldrin [ 8.42 m ]
4 TC Yohannan
Q Articles 52 to 78 in Part V of the Indian Constitution deal with __.
1 National emergency
2 Union Executive
3 Amendment of the Constitution
4 Finance Commission of India
Q ‘Atla Taddi’ is the widely celebrated festival of which Indian state?
1 Kerala
2 Andhra Pradesh
3 Karnataka
4 Tamil Nadu
Q Which national park in the Andaman and Nicobar Islands is home to species like Megapode, crab-eating Macaque, Nicobar Pigeon, and Giant Robber Crab?
1 Campbell Bay National Park
2 Raimona National Park
3 Mouling National Park
4 Papikonda National Park
Q Which of the following battles was fought between Babur and Rana Sanga in 1527?
1 Battle of Chanderi
2 Battle of Bayana
3 Battle of Khanwa
4 Second battle of Panipat
Q Which among the following was NOT a part of the three sections of the Rigvedic tribe?
1 Warriors
2 Priests
3 Craftsman
4 Ordinary people
| The three sections of the Rigvedic tribe | Warriors , Priests and Ordinary people |
Q Which coal is low-grade, brown and soft with high moisture content?
1 Metallurgical
2 Lignite
3 Anthracite
4 Bituminous
Q Who founded the Visva Bharati which later became a Central University ?
1 Sri Aurobindo
2 Sarojini Naidu
3 Rabindranath Tagore
4 Raja Ram Mohan Roy
Q Which of the following has been declared as a Marine National Park by the Government of India for marine conservation in 1982 ?
1 Mahim Bay
2 Gulf of Kutch
3 Gulf of Mannar
4 Gulf of Khambat
Q Clement Atlee who later became Prime Minister of Britain came to India as a member of ___
1 Wavell Plan
2 Cripps Mission
3 Simon Commission
4 Cabinet Mission
Q Which of the following is also known as the ‘tree frog‘ ?
1 Toad
2 Hyla
3 Salamandar
4 Rana tigrina
Q How much time is taken by sunlight to reach Earth ?
1 7 min 20 sec
2 8 min 20 sec
3 9 min 20 sec
4 10 min 20 sec
Q What is the motto of the Supreme Court of India ?
1 Satyamev Jayate
2 Equal Justice for All
3 Yato Dharmastato Jayah
4 Yogakshemam Vahamyaham
Q Name the phenomenon where an opaque object on the path of light becomes very small and where light has a tendency to bend around it and not walk in a straight line.
1 Reflection of light
2 Angle of incidence
3 Diffraction of light
4 Angle of refraction
Q Who among the following was the President of the Belgaum Session of the Indian National Congress held in 1924?
1 Vallabhbhai Patel
2 Mahatma Gandhi
3 Subhas Chandra Bose
4 Jawaharlal Nehru
Q Guru Ghasidas led which of the following movements to improve the social condition of leather workers in British India?
1 Satyashodhak Samaj
2 Satnami Movement
3 Aravipuram Movement
4 Nirankari Movement
Q Which award was started by the Government of Madhya Pradesh in 1980 to the exponents of Hindustani classical music?
1 Tansen Samman
2 Kishore Kumar Samman
3 Iqbal Samman
4 Kumar Gandharva Samman
Q To which of the following deities is the Dilwara Temple in Mount Abu located ?
1 Adinath
2 Badrinath
3 Jagannath
4 Kedarnath
Q Which among these is known as the father of Indian Railways ?
1 Lord Ripon
2 Lord Minto
3 Lord Dalhousie
4 Lord Irwin
Q Which part of the human body is formed by the fusing of the illium, ischium and the pubis ?
1 Jaw
2 Feet
3 Hip bone
4 Cranium
Q Vikram Samvat calendar is ___ years ahead of the Gregorian calendar.
1 46.7
2 56.7
3 66.7
4 77.7
Q Through which of the following cities does Hudson River flow ?
1 London
2 New York
3 Washington DC
4 Berlin
Q A chemical reaction in which the rate of reaction is directly proportional to the first power of the concentration of the reacting substance is called:
1 second order reaction
2 first order reaction
3 zero order reaction
4 third order reaction
Q ___ of the Indian Constitution deals with the protection of interests of minorites.
1 Article 24
2 Article 27
3 Article 29
4 Article 30
Q From which country has the Indian Constitution derived the feature of a Five Year Plan ?
1 USA
2 USSR
3 Ireland
4 South Africa
Q The United Nations adopted the ‘Charter of Economic Rights and Duties of States’ in __
1 December 1971
2 December 1974
3 December 1976
4 December 1980
Q Which caves is a cultural mix of religious arts of Buddhism , Hinduism and Jainism ?
1 Karla
2 Ellora
3 Badami
4 Elephanta
Q Where is the headquarters of SAARC Development Fund [ SDF ] established by SAARC nations ?
1 Dhaka, Bangladesh
2 Thimphu,Bhutan
3 Kathmandu, Nepal
4 New Delhi, India
Q Who started the publication of Al-Hilal, a newspaper for propagating nationalism ?
1 MA Ansari
2 Mahatma Gandhi
3 Maulana Abul Kalam Azad
4 Khan Abdul Gaffar Khan
Q In the southern ranges of which hills is Mawsynram, which receives the highest rainfall in the world, located?
1 Mizo hills
2 Naga hills
3 Khasi hills
4 Shevaroy hills
Q Which of the following is mentioned in Article 1 of the Indian constitution?
1 India that is Bharat as parliamentary democracy
2 India that is Bharat as federation of states
3 India that is Bharat shall be a Union of states
4 India that is Bharat as presidential form of democracy
Q Which of the following books is INCORRECTLY paired with its respective author?
1 Hind Swaraj – Mahatma Gandhi
2 Why I am an Atheist – Bhagat Singh
3 Gitanjali – Rabindranath Tagore
4 The Discovery of India – Subhash Chandra Bose
| Books and Authors | Hind Swaraj [ Mahatma Gandhi ] , Why I am an Atheist [ Bhagat Singh ] , Gitanjali [ Rabindranath Tagore ] , The Discovery of India [ Jawaharlal Nehru ] , The Indian Struggle [ Subhash Chandra Bose ] |
Q The Jim Corbett National Park was established in 1936 to save the endangered species of :
1 Bengal Tiger
2 One-Horned Rhinos
4 Asian Elephants
4 Asiatic Lion
Q Whoo of the following banks became State Bank of India after nationalisation in the year 1955 and has the largest number of branches in the world ?
1 Bank of India
2 Indus Bank of India
3 State Bank of India
4 Central Bank of India
Q Who predicted ‘nuclear technology is going to be very essential and not just in the power sector but for other societal uses intended for betterment of life‘ ?
1 CV Raman
2 JC Bose
3 Homi J Bhabha
4 APJ Abdul Kalam
Q The Ministry of Environment and Forest launched Paryavahan Vahini Scheme in ___ with the basic objective of encouraging people’s participation in environmental protection.
1 July 1990
2 June 1992
3 July 1994
4 June 1996
Q The Flexible Inflation Targeting Framework (FITF) was introduced in India post the amendment of the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) Act, 1934 in __.
1 2010
2 2014
3 2016
4 2018
Q In order to encourage more young voters to take part in the political process, Government of India has decided to celebrate __ as ”National Voters Day” ?
1 21st January
2 25th January
3 28th January
4 24th January
Q Which of the following temples is CORRECTLY matched with its location?
Ans 1. Mallikarjuna : Andhra Pradesh
2. Somnath : Bihar
3. Trimbakeshwar : Karnataka
4. Baidyanathdham : Jharkhand
| 12 Jyotirlingas in India | Somnath [ Gujarat ] , Nageshwar [ Gujarat ] , Bhimashankar [ Maharashtra ] , Trimbakeshwar [ Maharashtra ] , Grishneshwar [ Maharashtra ] , Baba Baidyanath [ Jharkhand ] , Mahakaleshwar [ Madhya Pradesh ] , Omkareshwar [ Madhya Pradesh ] , Kashi Vishwanath [ Uttar Pradesh ] , Kedarnath [ Uttarakhand ] , Rameshwaram [ Tamil Nadu ] and Mallikarjuna [ Andhra Pradesh ] |