Q What is the duration of International hockey match?
1 50 min
2 55 min
3 60 min
4 70 min
Q The first sounding rocket, Nike-Apache was launched by India in ___
1 1990
2 1963
3 1973
4 1983
Q When was the ‘The Objective Resolution’ moved by Pt. Jawahar Lal Nehru?
1 15 August 1947
2 13 December 1946
3 16 November 1948
4 17 November 1946
Q Jhijhiya is famous folk dance of Bihar and is performed in the mythological town of Mithila . The dance is performed by women only . The whole Navratri ‘nine nights’ festival is celebrated to worship the three forms of Lord ___
1 Kali , Lakshmi , Durga
2 Lakshmi , Parvati and Saraswati
3 Sita , Kali and Parvati
4 Sita , Durga , Lakshmi
Q Mysuru Dasara Festival is a ten day festival celebrated in :
1 Karnataka
2 Kerala
3 Tamil Nadu
4 Andhra Pradesh
Q Which of the following Governor-Generals of British India was in favour of free press and repealed the press regulations of 1823?
1 Lord Lytton
2 Lord Metcalfe
3 Lord Ripon
4 Lord Ellenborough
Q _____ of the Indian Constitution mentions about office of Speaker of the House of the People .
1 Article 90
2 Article 92
3 Article 93
4 Article 91
Q In which year were the ‘Kalbelia‘ folk songs and dances of Rajasthan included in UNESCO’s representative list of Intangible Cultural Heritage [ ICH ] ?
1 2010
2 2016
3 2008
4 2012
Q Which of the following dance forms of Nagaland is performed as preparation for a hunting expedition?
Ans 1. Tapu
2. Sadal Kekai
3. Nati
4. Dhangar
Q Where is the deepest point on earth , the Mariana Trench , located ?
1 Atlantic Ocean
2 Pacific Ocean
3 Indian Ocean
4 Arctic Ocean
Q What is the maximum length of the tennis racquet for professional play?
Ans 1. 35 inches
2. 29 inches
3. 30 inches
4. 40 inches
Q When did Jharkhand becoem a State of the Republic of India ?
1 15 November 2005
2 15 November 2002
3 15 November 2000
4 15 November 2000
Q Which of the following festivals is celebrated as the birth anniversary of Guru Nanak Dev?
1 Hola Mohalla
2 Shaheedi Jor Mela
3 Gurpurab
4 Chappar Mela
Q The chemical formula of gluose is C6H12O6. The weight % of carbon in glucose is :
1 53
2 25
3 4O
4 72
Q Which of the following is the IUPAC name of m-Dichlorobenzene?
1 3,4-Dichlorobenzene
2 1,2-Dichlorobenzene
3 1,3-Dichlorobenzene
4 2,3-Dichlorobenzene
Q In case the President is satisfied with the Governor’s report, he may declare
President’s Rule under Article 356 but such proclamation is initially for a period of
__.
1 three months
2 six months
3 one month
4 two months
Q Barabar Cave, famously known for depicting Ashokas’ inscription, is situated
at_______.
1 Sanchi, Madhya Pradesh
2 Rampurva, Bihar
3 Gaya, Bihar
4 Sarnath, Uttar Pradesh
Q How many elements are present in the first period of the periodic table ?
1 Three
2 Five
3 Two [ Hydrogen and Helium ]
4 Four
Q Thiruvathira festival is mainly celebrated in which of these states?
1 Telangana
2 Andhra Pradesh
3 Kerala
4 Karnataka
Q The process in which metals are extracted from their ores by heating beyong the melting point is called ___
1 Spinning
2 Smelting
3 Heaving
4 Extracting
Q _____ is the father of the modern periodic table .
1 JJ Thomson
2 John Newland
3 Dmitri Mendeleev
4 Ernest Rutherford
Q In which year was the National Human Rights Commission established in India?
1 2005
2 1993
3 1995
4 2003
Q Megasthenes wrote about Pataliputra , saying that it is a large and beautiful city that is surrounded by a massive wall . It has 570 towers and ___ gates .
1 44
2 54
3 64
4 74
Q When was Khandesh merged into the Mughal empire by Akbar?
1 1601
2 1595
3 1597
4 1605
Q The famous Nauchandi Fair happens once a year in the state of __.
1 Rajasthan
2 Madhya Pradesh
3 Uttar Pradesh [ Meerut ]
4 Jharkhand
Q The Narmada river rises in which of the following place?
Ans 1. Satpura
2. Nasik
3. Amarkantak hills
4. Mahabaleshwar
Q Which among the following is an “S” shaped ocean?
1 Indian Ocean
2 Arctic Ocean
3 Atlantic Ocean
4 Pacific Ocean
Q In 1812, who described the hypothesis that equal volumes of different gases contain an equal number of molecules?
1 James Watt
2 John Dalton
3 Amedeo Avogadro
4 Albert Einstein
Q Which article of the Indian Constitution provides for right to education?
1 23
2 22
3 21A
4 20
Q What is the name of the largest waterfall in Kerala?
1 Dudhsagar falls
2 Vazhachal falls
3 Kunchikal falls
4 Athirappilly falls
Q Who among the following was the shortest-serving Prime Minister of India?
1 Atal Bihari Vajpayee
2 Gulzarilal Nanda
3 Chandra Shekhar
4 Charan Singh
Q Which Indian personality received the Nobel Prize in 1968 ?
1 CV Raman
2 Hargobind Khorana
3 Venkatraman Ramakrishnan
4 Subrahmanyan Chandrasekhar
Q Which revolutionary organisation was established at Feroz Shah Kotla in New Delhi in 1928?
1 Indian Home Rule Society
2 Bharat Naujawan Sabha
3 Hindustan Socialist Republican Association
4 Swadesh Bandhab Samiti
Q A constellation of the northern sky easily recognised by a group of five bright stars forming a slightly irregular ‘W’ is called:
1 Cygnus
2 Cassiopeia
3 Ursa Major
4 Orion
Q Who among the following is the author of the book ‘The Oath of the Vayuputras’?
1 Indrapramit Das
2 Vikram Chandra
3 Amish Tripathi
4 Ravi Subramanian
Q Kojagiri Poornima is a festival celebrated primarily in _ on the full moon day of
Ashwin month.
1 Bihar
2 Maharashtra
3 Andhra Pradesh
4 Kerala
Q Who coined the term ‘Evergreen Revolution’ to increase agriculture production in India ?
1 RV Rao
2 MS Swaminathan
3 Ram Manohar Lohiya
4 Mahatma Gandhi
Q Who was the founder of the Satavahana dynasty in India ?
1 Menander
2 Pushyamitra Shunga
3 Simuka
4 Chandragupta II
Q In February _, Mahatma Gandhi decided to withdraw the Non-Cooperation
Movement.
1 1925
2 1927
3 1922
4 1924
Q Duralumin is an alloy made up of aluminium and _.
1 nickel
2 tin
3 copper
4 zinc
Q Which among the following is the oldest vedas?
1 Samaveda
2 Yajurveda
3 Atharvaveda
4 Rigveda
Q Which of the following comes under Mollusca?
1 Turtle
2 Musca
3 Sting ray
4 Octopus
Q What are bases that are soluble in water called?
1 Alkanes
2 Acids
3 Alkalis
4 Alkenes
Q A typical freestyle wrestling bout , is divided into ___ periods of three minutes each with a 30-second break in between.
1 5
2 4
3 2
4 3
Q Which age group is typically considered as the working age population in India ?
1 20-64 years
2 16-65 years
3 15-59 years
4 18-64 years
Q Shri Ram Sahay Pandey is associated with which folk dance art ?
1 Nautanki
2 Rai
3 Lavani
4 Kalbelia
Q Which of the following is an exclusive martial dance form of Manipur?
1 Silambam
2 Kummi
3 Thang Ta
4 Danda-Jatra
Q The fundamental duties in the Indian Constitution are taken from which country’s Constitution?
1 USA
2 Canada
3 USSR (now Russia)
4 France
Q The football club Mohun Bagan was founded in which year?
1 1892
2 1889
3 1873
4 1878
Q Who introduced the concept of poverty line in pre-independent India?
1 Manabendra Nath Roy
2 Amartya Sen
3 Dadabhai Naoroji
4 Mysore Narasimhachar Srinivas
Q How many players on each side are allowed on the field at a time in the game of Volleyball?
1 6
2 8
3 7
4 5
Q Father of Green Revolution in the world is :
1 Norman Borlaug
2 Adam Smith
3 Jawahar Lal Nehru
4 Kourien
Q The legislative Council of a state comprises not more than ___ of the total number of members in the Legislative Assembly of a State .
1 two-third
2 three-fourth
3 one-third
4 one-fifth
Q The famous Dhamek Stupa is located in which of the following states ?
1 Andhra Pradesh
2 Uttar Pradesh
3 Madhya Pradesh
4 Himachal Pradesh
Q In 1918, Mahatma Gandhi successfully led a strike of ____
1 Army Soldiers
2 Dalits
3 Mill workers
4 Traders
Q What is the minimum age required to be appointed as the Governor of State?
1 35 years
2 25 years
3 30 years
4 27 years
Q Which of the following dances is performed by women from the countryside villages of Malwa region in Madhya Pradesh?
Ans 1. Padyani
2. Matki dance
3. Thirayattam
4. Dandia Raas
Q The drainage system formed when rivers discharge their waters from all directions in a lake or depression, as in the case of Loktak Lake in Manipur, is called __.
1 centripetal
2 radial
3 trellis
4 dendritic
Q The first recipient of the Dadasaheb Phalke Award ?
1 Devika Rani [ 1969 ]
2 Aarti Saha
3 Sushmita Sen
4 Retia Faria
Q Which team, has won maximum FIFA World Cup ?
1 Brazil [ 5 ]
2 Germany
3 Italy
4 Argentina
Q How many tax slabs are classified in the GST Bill ?
1 Eight
2 Four
3 Seven
4 Three
Q Peking is the sacred place of :
1 Confucianism
2 Judaism
3 Taoism
4 Shintoism
Q Which State called the ‘Rice Bowl’ of India ?
1 Andhra Pradesh
2 Punjab
3 Uttar Pradesh
4 Haryana
Q The world’s largest Island is _____
1 Greenland
2 Ireland
3 Finland
4 Poland
Q The main watchdog of International Trade ?
1 World Trade Organization [ WTO ]
2 World Bank
3 World Customs Organization
4 International Trade Center
Q Who was called the ‘Father of Local Self government ‘ in India ?
1 Lord Ripon
2 Lord Lytton
3 Lord Canning
4 Lord Cornwallis
Q Who wrote the song ‘Sare Jahan Se Accha Hindustan Hamara’ ?
1 Muhammad Iqbal
2 Rabindranath Tagore
3 Bankim Chandra
4 Quazi Nazrul Islam
Q The author of ‘Harsha Charita’ ?
1 Banabhatta
2 Kalidasa
3 Vishakhadatta
4 Harsha
Q The Himalayas’ outermost range is called __.
1 Dhaula Dhar
2 Pir Panjal
3 Shiwaliks
4 Kanchenjunga
Q Who is known as the ‘Father of the India Renaissance’ ?
1 Raja Ram Mohan Roy
2 SC Bose
3 Bal Gangadhar Tilak
4 Mahatma Gandhi
Q Puli Kali, also known as Tiger dance is associated with which of the following states?
1 Puli Kali
2 Nati
3 Laho
4 Paika
Q The sepoy mutiny of 1857 occurred during the Governor Governorship ?
1 Lord Canning
2 Lord Dalhousie
3 Lord Cornwallis
4 Lord Lytton
Q A Portuguese explorer , Vasco da Gama discovered Sea route to India in :
1 1498
2 1600
3 1731
4 1444
Q Imperial Bank was constituted in the year ?
1 1955
2 1921
3 1965
4 1982
Q Amboli hill station is in which state of India ?
1 Maharashtra
2 Odisha
3 Himachal Pradesh
4 Uttarakhand
Q Who among the following was the first musician ever to be awarded the Bharat Ratna ?
1 MS Subbulakshmi
2 Girija Devi
3 Siddheswari Devi
4 Semmangudi Srinivasa Iyer
Q The Rampurva bull that was part of a Mauryan pillar found in Rampurwa , Bihar is now been placed at ___
1 Sansad
2 Rajpath
3 Rashtrapati Bhavan
4 Indian Museum
Q Which acid is predominantly present in tomatoes ?
1 Carbonic acid
2 Acetic acid
3 Oxalic acid
4 Tartaric acid
Q The term ‘inning’ is related to which of the following sports?
1 Volleyball
2 Kho-Kho
3 Hockey
4 Basketball
Q French possessions in India were restored after the Battle of Wandiwash by the Treaty of __ signed in the year 1763 between Britain and France.
1 Paris
2 Surat
3 Tordesillas
4 Purandar
Q Rangarajan Committee is associated with ___
1 Election reforms
2 Education reform
3 Estimation of poverty
4 Environment protection
Q ‘Agenda 21‘ was a set of practices recommended at the ____
1 Rio Summit, 1992
2 UNCHS, Stockholm, 1972
3 WSSD, Johannesburg,2002
4 Nairobi Earth Summit, 1982
Q Where is the headquarter of Indian Bureau of Mines ?
1 Kanpur
2 Nagpur
3 Jabalpur
4 Ranchi
Q Initially, which of the following was the capital of Magadha Mahajanapada?
1 Rajagaha
2 Vikramshila
3 Pataliputra
4 Vaishali
Q Who is the author of the historical fiction ‘Legend of Suheldev: The King Who Saved India’?
1 Ramchandra Guha
2 Ranjit Desai
3 Amish Tripathi
4 Nandini Sengupta
Q Which was the first State to be created on the basis of linguistic reorganization in post-independent India ?
1 Tamil Nadu
2 Andhra Pradesh
3 Kerala
4 Karnataka
Q Who of the following is famous for playing musical instrument Kanjira ?
1 SV Rajarao
2 Kishan Maharaj
3 Pudukkotai Dakshinamurthi Pillai
4 Pannalal Ghosh
Q When was the PIN Code [ Postal Index Code ] introduced in India ?
1 1969
2 1949
3 1972
4 1963
Q Dantivarman or Dantidurga was the founder of which of the following dynasties?
1 Chera
2 Pala
3 Rashtrakuta
4 Pratihara
Q The Brabourne Cricket Stadium is located in which of the following state of India?
Ans 1. Maharashtra
2. Karnataka
3. Tamil Nadu
4. Madhya Pradesh
Q Where was the first Buddhist Council held ?
1 Rajagriha
2 Vaishali
3 Patliputra
4 Kundalvana , Kashmir
Q Which artificial element has been provisionally named seaborgium by American researchers in honour of Nobel Laureate Glenn T Seaborg?
1 Element 103
2 Element 106
3 Element 90
4 Element 97
Q How many types of makeup (vesham) are used for the performers of Kathakali dance?
1 7
2 11
3 5
4 9
| The five major Veshams in Kathakali | Kathi [ Knife ] , Pacha [ Green ] , Thaadi [ Beard ] , Minukku [ radiant ] and Kari [ Black ] |
Q Which of the following pairs of physicists and their contributions/discoveries is INCORRECT?
1 Galileo Galilei – Wave theory of light
2 Heinrich Rudolf Hertz – Generation of electromagnetic waves
3 Albert Einstein – Explanation of photoelectric effect
4 Michael Faraday – Laws of electromagnetic induction
Q In the context of Mathura school of Art, during which of the following periods were a number of sculptures of Brahmanical deities, such as Kartikeya, Vishnu and Kubera carved?
1 Shaka
2 Parthian
3 Kushana
4 Satavahana
Q Which two steel plants were set up in collaboration with Russia [ former USSR ] ?
1 Rourkela Steel Plant and Bokaro Steel Plant
2 Bokaro Steel Plant and Bhilai Steel Plant
3 Durgapur Steel Plant and Bokaro Steel Plant
4 Rourkela Steel Plant and Bhilai Steel Plant