Q ‘Raja Parba’, the festival which celebrates menstruation and conveys the message of empowerment against societal taboos, is celebrated in the state of ______.
Ans 1. Assam
2. Gujarat
3. Bihar
4. Odisha
Q Who is the author of ‘My Unforgettable Memories’?
1 Jawaharlal Nehru
2 Mamata Banerjee
3 Narendra Modi
4 Shashi Tharoor
Q Sudirman Cup, a bienniel event, is associated with:
1 badminton
2 table tennis
3 hockey
4 shooting
Q Who among the following was the leader of ‘Paika Rebellion’ of 1817?
1 Baba Ram Singh
2 Veer Surendra Sai
3 Tirath Singh
4 Bakshi Jagabandhu Bidyadhara
Q Who among the following is the author of the book ‘The Glassblower’s Breath’?
Ans 1. Shobha De
2. Bharati Mukherjee
3. Sunetra Gupta
4. Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni
Q The Car Festival or Festival of Chariots (Rath Yatra) of Puri is a famous festivalassociated with which God?
Ans 1. Jagannath
2. Shiva
3. Kartikeya
4. Ganesh
Q The Service Tax , a tax on service like telephone services , stock brokers , health clubs beauty parlors , dry cleaning services etc , was introduced in ___
1 1993-94
2 1994-95
3 1991-92
4 1992-93
Q The commonly used Vitamin B Complex is constituted of how many vitamins?
1 8
2 12
3 10
4 6
| Vitamin B complex is composed of eight vitamins | B1 [ Thiamine ] , B2 [ Riboflavin ] , B3 [ Niacin ] , B5 [ Pantothenic acid ] , B6 [ Pyridoxine ] , B7 [ Biotin ] , B9 [ Folic acid ] , B12 [ Cobalamin ] |
Q Pin valley National park is situated in:
1 Andhra Pradesh
2 Arunachal Pradesh
3 Himachal Pradesh
4 Madhya Pradesh
Q Subsidiary Alliance was a system devised by ____ in 1798
1 Lord Wellesley
2 Lord Hastings
3 Lord Dalhousie
4 Lord Bentinck
Q Which age group of children was considered to find the child sex ratio in Census
2011?
1 2 to 5 years
2 0 to 6 years
3 0 to 4 years
4 2 to 6 years
Q Which of the following state is the Highest Percentage of Population Below the
Poverty Line by states – 2011-12 based on the Tendulkar Method?
1 Manipur
2 Jharkhand
3 Dadra & Nagar Haveli
4 Chhattisgarh
Q __ is used to remove the temporary and permanent hardness of water.
1 Hydrogen sulphide
2 Sodium carbonate
3 Potassium oxide
4 Calcium oxide
Q Kisan Ghat is the memorial site of :
1 Chaudhary Charan Singh
2 Rajiv Gandhi
3 Mahatma Gandhi
4 Lal Bahadur Shastri
Q Which king of Magadha was called ‘the destroyer of all Kshatriyas’?
1 Ajatashatru
2 Bindusara
3 Mahapadma Nanda
4 Chandragupta
Q Who is the author of the book named ‘Ignited Minds’ ?
1 APJ Abdul Kalam
2 Chetan Bhagat
3 Shashi Tharoor
4 Anita Desai
Q Phulkari , Kantha and Chikankari are famous forms of :
1 dance
2 music
3 painting
4 embroidery
Q In 2021, which of the following festival of India has been included in the Intangible
Cultural Heritage List by UNESCO?
1 Kolkata’s Durga Puja
2 Cuttack‘s Bali Jatra
3 Patna’s Chhath Puja
4 Jaipur’ Teej
Q The Barabati Fort built by the Ganga dynasty is situated in the Indian state of
__.
1 Karnataka
2 Telangana
3 Madhya Pradesh
4 Odisha
Q Which of the following villages is related to the ‘Bhoodan Movement’ initiated by Vinoba Bhave?
1 Pochampally
2 Amrapali
3 Hogenakkal
4 Kumbhari
Q Pattadakal, a UNESCO world heritage site, is located on the banks of River __.
1 Malaprabha
2 Tungabhadra
3 Ghataprabha
4 Bhima
Q _ wrote the first Sanskrit grammar book named ‘Ashtadhyayi’.
1 Panini
2 Tulsidas
3 Kabir
4 Valmiki
Q In which of the following states is Rumtek Monastery situated ?
1 Sikkim
2 Assam
3 Nagaland
4 Tripura
Q Which of the following devices is used for measuring distance?
1 Pyrometer
2 Manometer
3 Gnomon
4 Odometer
Q In which year did Debendranath Tagore establish the Tattvabodhini Sabha?
1 1839
2 1828
3 1868
4 1815
Q The Hill station of Matheran is located in ______.
Ans 1. Maharashtra
2. Manipur
3. Madhya Pradesh
4. Kerala
Q ‘Freedom in Exile’ is the autobiography of :
Ans 1. Mahatma Gandhi
2. Nelson Mandela
3. Dalai Lama
4. Jiddu Krishnamurti
Q The first complete census in India was held in the year __.
1 1881
2 1873
3 1891
4 1885
Q The Hirakud Dam is built across the river:
Ans 1. Damodar
2. Tungabhadra
3. Mahanadi
4. Koyna
Q In which year was the Khalsa tradition initiated?
1 1699
2 1692
3 1690
4 1696
Q Which of the following books is NOT authored by Amitav Ghosh?
Ans 1. Sea of Poppies
2. The Great Indian Novel
3. The Shadow Lines
4. The Hungry Tide
| Amitav Ghosh | Sea of Poppies | The Shadow Lines | The Hungry Tide | Gun Island | The Glass Palace | Flood of Fire | River of Smoke |
Q In which of the following states is the Sirohi National Park located?
Ans 1. Odisha
2. Manipur
3. West Bengal
4. Assam
Q Who among the following Sikh Gurus founded the Khalsa Panth?
1 Guru Gobind Singh
2 Guru Nanak Dev
3 Guru Arjan Dev
4 Guru Ram Das
Q In which of the following years did the first Amendment Act of the Constitution of India come into force?
Ans 1. 1989
2. 1948
3. 1951
4. 1971
Q Deepor Beel is a freshwater lake situated in:
1 Meghalaya
2 Uttarakhand
3 Assam
4 Bihar
Q Where are the Kanheri caves located?
1 Patna
2 Pune
3 Mumbai
4 Jaipur
Q The state bird of Ladakh is ;
1. Black-necked crane
2. Sparrow
3. Parrot
4. Kingfisher
Q Under which of the following Article of the Constitution of India is the Annual Financial Statement presented to the Parliament every financial year?
Ans 1. Article 234
2. Article 112
3. Article 134
4. Article 156
Q India has ___Km of land lorder and a costline of 7,516.6 Km including island territories .
1 25,106.7
2 9,106.7
3 15,106.7
4 5,106
Q In which of the following years did Albert Einstein receive the Nobel Prize in Physics?
Ans 1. 1915
2. 1921
3. 1905
4. 1920
Q The Strait of __ connects the Mediterranean Sea with the Atlantic Ocean.
1 Bonifacio
2 Kerch
3 Gibraltar
4 Messina
Q Cassowary, Kiwi and Rhea are examples of:
1 Pisces
2 Reptilia
3 Mammals
4 Aves
Q Which of the following dams is also known as ‘Pampa Sagar’?
1 Sardar Sarovar
2 Tehri
3 Tungabhadra
4 Hirakud
Q ‘Cricket Crusader’ is the autobiography of __.
1 Lala Amarnath
2 Sunil Gavaskar
3 Allan Border
4 Gary Sobers
Q The __ is the primary layer of the rainforest and forms a roof over the two
remaining layers.
1 emergent layer
2 forest floor
3 understory layer
4 canopy layer
Q During the ancient India in the Tamil region , ordinary ploughmen were known as ___
1 adimai
2 uzhavar
3 kadaisiyar
4 vellalar
| In the Tamil region | large landowners were known as vellalar , ordinary ploughmen were known as uzhavar and landless labourers , including slaves , were known as kadaisiyar and adimai |
Q If a table tennis game does not go up to deuce, then what is the maximum point to be
earned by the winner?
1 10
2 14
3 15
4 11
A game is won by being the first player to win 11 points, and be at least 2 points ahead of his or her opponent . The standard size of table tennis size is 2.74 m in length and 1.525 m in width
Q The audible range of sound for an average adult human being is __.
1 Less than 20 Hz
2 20 Hz – 20000 Hz
3 21,000 to 50,000 Hz
4 100 to 120 kHz
Q The unit in which Electric Conductance is measured is _.
1 Ohm
2 Tesla
3 Farad
4 Siemens
Q In which language did Vardhaman Mahavira taught ?
1 Prakit
2 Pali
3 Hindi
4 Sanskrit
Q Which Amendment Act is also known as ‘Mini Constitution’ ?
1 42nd Amendment
44th Amendment
2 52nd Amendment
4 71st Amendment
Q Whose descendants were the Mughals from their father’s side ?
1 Timur
2 Genghis Khan
3 Sher Shah Suri
4 None of these
Q Under whose presidentship fight for Purna Swaraj resolution was passed ?
1 Jawaharlal Nehru
2 CR Das
3 Maulana Abul Kalam Azad
4 Gopal Krishna Gokhale
Q According to Indian Constitution , government has how many organs ?
1 3
2 4
3 5
4 2
Q The ‘Kachin Manaw Festival’ is associated with which of the following countries?
1 Maldives
2 Myanmar
3 Sri Lanka
4 Pakistan
Q Which of the following novels is NOT written by Amish Tripathi?
1 The Secret of the Nagas
2 Sita-Warrior of Mithila
3 The Immortals of Meluha
4 You Can Win
Q Which of the following kings of Vijayanagara took the title of ‘establisher of the Yavana kingdom’?
1 Krishna Deva Raya
2 Vira Narasimha Raya
3 Achyuta Deva Raya
4 Sada Siva Raya
Q Who amongthe following attacked Gujarat and plundered the Somnath Temple inthe 11th century?
1 Mahmud Ghazni
2 Qutubuddin Aibak
3 Muhammad BinQasim
4 Ahmad Shah Abdali
Q Which weather phenomenon is defined as the movement of large-scale winds around a central region of high atmospheric pressure?
1 Tropical cyclone
2 Extratropical cyclone
3 Polar cyclone
4 Anticyclone
Q Who among the following stated in 1902, India was not ruled for its benefit, but rather for the benefit of its conquerors?
1 Bal Gangadhar Tilak
2 Lala Lajpat Rai
3 Annie Besant
4 Sarojini Naidu
Q Which chemical compound is used in car batteries and has the formula PbSO4 ?
1 Lead sulphide
2 Lead sulfate
3 Lead oxide
4 Sulfuric acid
Q Who was the Governor-General during the Anglo-Nepal war?
1 Lord Auckland
2 Lord Hardinge
3 Lord Hastings
4 Lord Wellesley
Q Mariana Trench , the deepest part of Earth, lies in the __ Ocean.
1 Arctic
2 Pacific
3 Indian
4 Atlantic
Q Who invented battery ?
1 Alessandro Volta
2 Gallieo
3 Coulomb
4 Newton
Q What is Jantar Mantar ?
1 a city
2 a temple
3 a museum
4 an astronomical observatory
In the 18th century , Maharaja Jai Singh II of Jaipur constructed five Jantar Mantar in total , in New Delhi , Jaipur , Mathura , Ujjain and Varanasi , they were completed between 1724 and 1725