Q This is a harvest dance of Manipur performed by the Kabui Nagas to propitiate the Goddess of harvest.
1 Lai-Haraoba
2 Tandan Pheichak
3 Thang-Ta
4 ThabalChongba
Q When did the Pro Wrestling League start in India?
1 2015
2 2017
3 2010
4 2014
Q Who designed the first analog computer in India?
1. Samarendra Kumar Mitra
2 Deb Kumar Bose
3 Subodh Chandra Das Gupta
4 Bimal Kumar Bhattacharyya
Q By which of the following authors was the English novel ‘Jude the Obscure’ written?
1 Jane Austen
2 Arthur Conan Doyle
3 Charlotte Bronte
4 Thomas Hardy
Q 1 In 1596, who suggested in his work ‘Thesaurus Geographicus‘ that the continents of the earth were not always located in their present positions?
1 Dan Peter McKenzie
2 Abraham Ortelius
3 Georges Cuvier
4 Louis Agassiz
Q Who among the following Indian musicians is known for his contribution to the field of Hindustani music for the classification of Ragas into ten Thatas?
1 Pandit Vishnu Digambar Paluskar
2 Pandit Vishnu Narayan Bhatkhande
3 Allauddin Khan
4 Abdul Karim Khan
Q How many industries have been reserved for the public sector under the Industrial Policy Resolution, 1956?
1 17
2 21
3 2
4 15
Q Budhaditya Mukharjee, Vilayat Khan and Mustaq Ali Khan are associated with which musical instrument?
1 Surbahar
2 Sarod
3 Santoor
4 Sitar
Q In archery, what is the maximum time permitted to shoot an end of three arrows?
1 2 minutes
2 5 minutes
3 8 minutes
4 7 minutes
Q According to the Census of India 2011, the female literacy rate was recorded as
__.
1 75.35%
2 65.46%
3 55.84%
4 70.24%
Q Who was appointed as the first Chief Justice of Independent India ?
1 VS Ramadevi
2 Sukumar Sen
3 HJ Kania
4 RK Shanmukham Chetty
Q In which year was the Indian Railway nationalized ?
1 1924
2 1948
3 1960
4 1951
Q In which year was ‘Hind Swaraj’ published?
1 1909
2 1920
3 1908
4 1911
Q Who was the first speaker of the Lok Sabha?
1 NS Reddy
2 GV Mavalankar
3 Ananthasayanam Ayyangar
4 Mira Kumar
Q Yakshagana (song of Yaksha) which is a rare combination of dance, music, song, scholarly dialogues and colourful costumes belongs to __
1 Orissa
2 Tamil Nadu
3 Kerala
4 Karnataka
Q Truth, Love and a Little Malice is the autobiography of:
1 Phoolan Devi
2 Satyajit Ray
3 Khushwant Singh
4 Arjun Singh
Q Who among the following founded the Widow Re-Marriage Association ?
1 Pandit Vishnu Shastri
2 Keshab Chandra Sen
3 Swami Vivekananda
4 Raja Rammohan Roy
Q Who among the following was the last Pallava king ?
1 Aparajitavarman
2 Narasimhavarman I
3 Mahendravarman
4 Simhavishnu
Q When was the first time that Mahatma Gandhi appeared on a Congress platform?
1 1901 Calcutta Session
2 1899 Lucknow Session
3 1904 Bombay Session
4 1915 Bombay Session
Q What is the chemical formula of Benzene?
1 C6H8
2 C6H6
3 CH4
4 CHO3
Q Which river originates from the Brahmagiri hills ?
1 Kaveri
2 Sharavati
3 Krishna
4 Periyar
Q ‘Kitab-ul-Hind’, a book written in Arabic by Al-Biruni, is divided into __ chapters.
1 60
2 100
3 40
4 80
Q Who among the following was the founder of the Prarthana Samaj in Bombay?
1 Ishwar Chandra Vidyasagar
2 Keshab Chandra Sen
3 Mahadev Govind Ranade
4 Atmaram Panduranga
Q In how many categories are loans provided under the MUDRA loan scheme?
1 4
2 3 [ Shishu , Kishore and Tarun ]
3 1
4 2
Q In which state is the Yaoshang festival primarily celebrated?
1. Tripura
2 Sikkim
3 Arunachal Pradesh
4 Manipur
Q Who was the ‘Man of the Match’ at the 1983 Men’s World Cup Cricket Final?
1. K Srikanth
2 Madan Lal
3 Kapil Dev
4 Mohinder Amarnath
Q Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar Prize for Science and Technology is awarded in all of the following disciplines except_______
1. Earth, Atmosphere, Ocean and Planetary Sciences
2 Social Sciences
3 Medical Sciences
4 Physical Sciences
Q In which year was the first-ever Asian Games organised in New Delhi?
1. 1947
2 1954
3 1949
4 1951
Q Which of the following pairs is INCORRECT?
1. Bhavai – Gujarat
2 Tamaasha – Uttarakhand
3 Mudiyettu – Kerala
4 Maach – Madhya Pradesh
| Folk Theatre | Bhavai [ Gujarat ] , Tamaasha [ Maharashtra ] , Mudiyettu [ Kerala ] , Maach [ Madhya Pradesh ] |
Q What is the pH of human blood ?
1 7.4
2 8.4
3 6.4
4 5.4
Q ‘Playing It My Way’ is the autobiography of _____
1 Sachin Tendulkar
2 VVS Laxman
3 Suresh Raina
4 Sourav Ganguly
Q Which was the first talkie feature film of India ?
1 Alam Ara
2 Raja Harishchandra
3 Kisan Kanya
4 Mother India
Q In which year was the Border Road Organisation (BRO) established?
1 1955
2 1960
3 1948
4 1964
Q Which is connected with transport of water in plants ?
1 Xylem
2 Phloem
3 Epidermis
4 Cambium
Q Night Blindness is caused due to deficiency of __
1 Vitamin A
2 Vitamin C
3 Vitamin D
4 Vitamin K
Q Which sultan shifted his capital from Delhi to Daulatabad ?
1 Muhammad Bin Tughlaq
2 Qutubuddin Aibak
3 Alauddin Khilji
4 Ibrahim Lodi
Q Which continent of the world is referred to as a ”Continent , Dedicated to Science” ?
1 North America
2 Antarctica
3 Africa
4 Asia
Q In the 15th century AD, the Sattriya dance form was introduced as a powerful medium for the propagation of Vaishnavism by _.
1 Kalamandalam
2 Sivanandam
3 Rama Varma
4 Sankaradeva
Q In hockey , yellow card refers to temporary suspension of player for a minimum of ___ minutes of playing time .
1 seven
2 three
3 nine
4 five
In hockey , yellow card refers to temporary suspension of player for a minimum of five minutes of playing time
Q On 8th April 1929, who among the following two revolutionists threw a bomb in the Central Legislative Assembly?
1 Bhagat Singh and Rajguru
2 Bhagat Singh and Ram Prasad Bismil
3 Bhagat Singh and Batukeshwar Dutt
4 Bhagat Singh and Sukhdev
Q The Ramakrishna Mission was founded by _ to regenerate Indian society by
promoting the Vedanta philosophy.
1 Swami Vivekananda
2 Swami Dayananda Saraswati
3 Debendranath Tagore
4 Raja Ram Mohan Roy
Q Who is credited with the establishment of Servants of India Society?
1 Lala Lajpat Rai
2 Gopal Krishna Gokhale
3 MG Ranade
4 CR Das
Q Chaoite, Buckminsterfullerene and Graphene are related to which element?
1 Arsenic
2 Carbon
3 Sulphur
4 Bromine
Q In India, the ‘Aus’, ‘Aman’ and ‘Boro’ terms are associated with which crop from the following?
1 Wheat
2 Gram
3 Sugarcane
4 Paddy
Q The first ICC Men’s T20 Cricket World Cup was won by __.
1 West Indies
2 India
3 England
4 Australia
Q With which of the following festivals are ‘Dhaki’ drummers generally associated?
1 Pongal
2 Anant Chaturdashi
3 Gudi Padwa
4 Durga Puja
Q The Central Institute of Indian Languages was set up in the year _.
1 1979
2 1949
3 1969
4 1959
Q To which state does the Gotipua folk dance belong?
1 Bihar
2 Odisha
3 Chhattisgarh
4 West Bengal
Q Name a genus of widely distributed floating aquatic plants that is the smallest
monocot plant known to date and has the highest total protein content.
1 Azolla
2 Pistia
3 Wolffia
4 Water Hyacinth
Q Which cricketer has the highest batting average in Test Cricket ?
1 Don Bradman
2 Steve Smith
3 Marnus Labuschagne
4 Sachin Tendulkar
| Highest batting average in Test Cricket | Don Bradman [ Australia ] |
| Highest batting average in ODI Cricket | Ryan ten Doeschate [ Netherlands ] |
| Highest batting average in T20 Cricket | Sami Muhammad Sohail [ Malawi ] |