Q ‘In the Afternoon of Time’ is an autobiographical book by ___
1 Gulzar
2 Satyajit Ray
3 Harivansh Rai Bachchan
4 Rabindranath Tagore
Q Which of the following scientists is known as the father of the Pink revolution in India?
1 Vishal Tewari
2 Durgesh Patel
3 Sam Pitroda
4 Hiralal Chaudhuri
Q The Sangeet Natak Akademi is India’s national academy for music , dance and drama . It was created by a resolution of the [ then ] _____ , Government of India , in 1952 with Dr P.V Rajamannar as its first Chiarman.
1 Ministry of Education
2 Ministry of Art
3 Ministry of Information and Broadcasting
4 Ministry of Development
Q Who was awarded the first Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar Prize for Physical Science ?
1 MN Saha
2 Birbal Sahni
3 KS Krishnan
4 CV Raman
Q Which of the following cultural festivals is celebrated by the tribal people of
Jharkhand ?
1 Sohrai
2 Ugadi
3 Sao Joao
4 Hareli
Q Which of the following institutes was founded by MG Ranade and GV Joshi ?
1 Poona Sarvajanik Sabha
3 Abhinav Bharat
3 The Indian National Congress
4 The Bombay Presidency Association
Q With which of the following states is the tribal festival named ‘Samakka Saarakka Jaathara’ traditionally associated?
1 Tripura
2 Telangana
3 Tamil Nadu
4 Kerala
Q The early Delhi Sultans, were preferring to appoint (in administration) their special slaves purchased for military service, called bandagan in __ language.
1 Urdu
2 Arabic
3 Persian
4 Sanskrit
Q In 1976, the Congress Party set up the __ Committee to make recommendations about fundamental duties.
1 Abid Hussain
2 Sardar Swaran Singh
3 Kelkar
4 Suresh Tendulkar
Q Which of is the regional music of Goa?
1 Sohar
2 Pandavani
3 Mando
4 Lotia
Q In which year did plague strike Bombay?
1 1892
2 1893
3 1896
4 1894
Q Who described the algae Spirogyra in 1674 and named the motile organisms
Animalcules, meaning ‘little animals’?
1 Maurice Wilkins
2 Anton Van Leeuwenhoek
3 Robert Remak
4 Barthelemy Dumortier
Q Famous book Arthashastra tell us that the north-west was important for blankets , and ___ for its gold and precious stones during the Mauryan period.
1 west India
2 north India
3 south India
4 east India
Q One of the major hubs of information technology is the Silicon valley which is situateed in ___
1 New York
2 London
3 Tokyo
4 California
Q Who among the following was the founding president of the Indian Olympic
Association ?
1 Dadabhai Naoroji
2 Jamsetji Tata
3 Dorabji Tata
4 AG. Noehren
Q The Nehru Trophy competition near Alappuzha , held on the second Saturday of August every , is the most competitive and popular of the ____ category.
1 horse races
2 boat races
3 buffalo race
4 bullock cart race
Q Which festival was initiated by Shivaji, in his reign, to channalise the patriotic spirit of Hindus?
1 Ram Navami
2 Durga Pooja
3 Karva Chauth
4 Ganesh Chaturthi
Q Ustaad Binda Khan is associated with which of the following instruments ?
1 Flute
2 Sarangi
3 Shehnai
4 Tabla
Q Which of te following Mughal emperors built Sheesh Mahal in Agra ?
1 Humayun
2 Babur
3 Shah Jahan
4 Akbar
Q What was the population of India as per the first census conducted in 1951 after independence?
1 251,321,213
2 439,234,771
3 318,660,580
4 361,088,090
Q Which of the following is the main active ingredient of clove oil?
1 Curcuma
2 Malic acid
3 Eugenol
4 Tartaric acid
Q The First Amendment Act of the Constitution of India came up in __.
1 1954
2 1951
3 1952
4 1953
Q In which of the following church, “Vasco da Gama” was laid to rest?
1 Malayatoor Church
2 St. Francis Church
3 Basilica of Bom Jesus
4 St. Paul Cathedral
Q Who invented the ‘world wide web’ [ www ] in 1989 ?
1 Tim Berners Lee
2 Robert E Kahn
3 Linus Torvalds
4 Ted Nelson
Q The Guptas were believed to have sprung from which varna?
1 Kshatriya
2 Brahman
3 Vaisya
4 Shudra
Q Ghumot is indigenous traditional percussion instrument of ______.
Ans 1. Andhra Pradesh
2. Goa
3. Punjab
4. Assam
Q Name the monument constructed by Akbar in 1575 to celebrate his victory over Gujarat.
1 Jama Masjid
2 Buland Darwaja
3 Sheikh Salim Chisti Dargah
4 Panch Mahal
Q In which of the following places was the Indian Association founded in colonial India?
Ans 1. Poona
2. Calcutta
3. Surat
4. Lucknow
Q Raut Nacha, Panthi and Soowa / Suwa are famous dance styles of which of the following states?
Ans 1. Jharkhand
2. Rajasthan
3. Chhattisgarh
4. Gujarat
Q Which part of the bifocal lens facilitates near vision?
1 Lower part with concave lens
2 Upper part with convex lens
3 Lower part with convex lens
4 Upper part with concave lens
Q The Gochi festival is predominantly celebrated in which of the following states of India?
Ans 1. Himachal Pradesh
2. Assam
3. Tamil Nadu
4. Rajasthan
Q The easternmost point in India _____
Ans 1. Indira Col
2. Indira Point
3. Kibithu
4. Guhar Moti
Q 2-Methylpropan-2-ol is commonly known as:
1 tert-butyl alcohol
2 prim-propyl alcohol
3 ethyl alcohol
4 methanol
Q With how many countries does India share a sea border ?
1 2
2 1
3 4
4 3
| Neighbouring Countries | Afghanistan , Bangladesh , Bhutan , China , Maldives , Myanmar , Nepal , Pakistan and Sri Lanka |
| India share its land borders with seven countries | Pakistan , Afghanistan , Bhutan , Nepal , China , Bangladesh and Myanmar |
| India share its sea border with two countries | Sri Lanka and Maldives |
Q Jagoi and Cholom are the two main divisions in which of the following classical dance forms?
Ans 1. Kathak
2. Odissi
3. Manipuri
4. Sattriya
Q Which among the following festivals is also known as Dala Puja devoted to worshiping the sun is traditionally celebrated by the people of Bihar?
Ans 1. Bihula
2. Madhushravani
3. Chhath Puja
4. Sama Chakeva
Q The Shigmo festival is primarily celebrated in which of the following states of India?
1 Manipur
2 Karanataka
3 Goa
4 Bihar
Q Who invented Pencillin ?
1 F Banting
2 Alexander Fleming
3 Edward Jenner
4 John Salk
Q ‘Satyarth Prakash’ is a book written by __.
1 Raja Ram Mohan Roy
2 Ishwar Chandra Vidyasagar
3 Swami Dayanand Saraswati
4 Ramakrishna Paramhansa
Q What is the common name of the class of red algae?
1 Chlorophyceae
2 Xanthophyceae
3 Rhodophyceae
4 Phaeophyceae
Q Which Article of the Indian Constitution mentions about the salaries and allowances of members of the Legislative Assembly and the Legislative Council of a state?
1 Article 199
2 Article 198
3 Article 195
4 Article 194
Q What was the land donated to jaina institutions called as per chola inscriptions ?
1 Pallichchhandam
2 Shalabhoga
3 Devadana
4 Vellan Vakai
Q Which of the following awards is given by the K K Birla Foundation?
1 Sahitya Akademi
2 Vyas Samman
3 Jnanpith
4 Bharat Ratna
Q According to the Flag Code of India, the ratio of the length to the height (width) of the national flag shall be __.
1 3 : 4
2 4 : 3
3 3 : 2
4 4 : 2
Q The Constitution of India as adopted on 26 November 1949 contained a Preamble, 395 Articles and __ Schedules.
1 7
2 9
3 6
4 8
Q The Sanchi Stupa was discovered by _ in 1818.
1 Sir Henry Taylor
2 James Prinsep
3 James Burgess
4 John Marshall
Q __ is a festival for the worship of food grains in Western Odisha.
1 Sonam Lasor
2 Pongal
3 Onam
4 Nuakhai
Q Who among the following built the city of Tughlaqabad?
1 Firuz Shah Tughlaq
2 Tughluq Khan
3 Muhammad bin Tughlaq
4 Ghiyasuddin Tughlaq
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 Which unit is used to measure the concentration of contaminants in soil and
sediment?
1 PPBB
2 TDS
3 PPM [ Parts per million ]
4 DPMO
Q In a football match, the length of a pitch must be between_______ and 120m.
Ans 1. 105 m
2. 110 m
3. 100 m
4. 90 m
Q Which among the following dance forms is a unique dance form as the performers are dressed as women and is popular in the parts of Odisha?
Ans 1. Fugdi
2. Kud
3. Gotipua
4. Koli
Q Who of the following hill stations is located in the state of Uttarakhand ?
1 Saputara
2 Yuksom
3 Gulmarg
4 Almora
Q Devanampriya Piyadasi is another name for whom among the following Mauryan kings?
1 Samprati
2 Ashoka
3 Shatadhanvan
4 Bindusara
Q Which part of Indian Constitution deals with ‘The Union and its territories’ ?
1 Part I
2 Part II
3 Part III
4 Part IV-A
Q Aipan is a traditional folk art of which state ?
1 Uttarakhand
2 Kerala
3 West Bengal
4 Rajasthan
Q Which of the following books was written in Arabic language?
1 Akbarnama
2 Tabaqat-i-Akbari
3 Shahnameh
4 Kitab-ul-Hind
Q To what phylum does a blood sucking leech belong?
1 Aschelmenthis
2 Cnidarian
3 Annelida
4 Platyhelminthes
Q In which state , ‘The Great Stupa of Sanchi’ located ?
1 Madhya Pradesh
2 Bihar
3 Uttar Pradesh
4 Rajasthan
Q Which of the following was the first hockey association of India?
1 Bengal Hockey Association
2 Bengaluru Hockey Association
3 Andhra Hockey Association
4 Mumbai Hockey Association
Q The first budget of independent India was presented in __.
1 1955
2 1952
3 1947
4 1950
Q Who among the following summoned the Fourth Buddhist Council in Kashmir?
1 Huvishka
2 Vima Kadphises
3 Vasudeva
4 Kanishka
Q The term ‘Arribada’ is associated with which of the following?
1 Olive Ridley turtle
2 Ganges dolphin
3 Tiger
4 Crocodile
Q Whic river is also known as Tsangpo ?
1 Ganga river
2 Gandak river
3 Kaveri river
4 Brahmaputra river
Q Who among the following is the author of the novel ‘Life of Pi’?
1 Aravind Adiga
2 Yann Martel
3 Anna Burns
4 Kiran Desai
Q ‘Shalabhoga’ land mentioned in Chola inscriptions was __
1 land gifted to Brahmanas
2 land gifted to temples
3 land for the maintenance of a school
4 land of non-Brahmana peasant proprietors
Q In which year was the Department of Sports transformed into the Department of Youth Affairs and Sports?
1 1984
2 1985
3 1983
4 1982
Q Who was the founder of Rashtrakuta dynasty ?
1 Dantidurga
2 Harshvardhan
3 Kadumba
4 Chandra Gupta I
Q Sachin Tendulkar played his last match in which stadium ?
1 Wankhede Stadium
2 Eden Gardens
3 Green Park Stadium
4 MA Chidambaram Stadium
Q What is the atomic number of Silver?
1 49
2 46
3 48
4 47
Q Largest gland in human body ?
1 Liver
2 Pancrease
3 Thyroid
4 Pituitary
Q Which Mughal emperor issued a ‘Farman’ granting the East India Company the right to trade duty free ?
1 Aurangzeb
2 Akbar
3 Humayun
4 Shah Jahan
Q Which of the Article of Indian Constitution tells about the election of President?
1 Article 51A
2 Article 54
3 Article 51
4 Article 61
Q How many fundamental duties does part IV-A of Indian constitution specifies ?
1 11
2 10
3 9
4 8
Q ‘Ashtadhyayi’, written by Sanskrit scholar Panini, is a book on __.
1 medicine
2 law
3 economy
4 grammar
Q In which of the following years did Antoine Lavoisier discover the law of conservation of mass and state that mass is conserved in a chemical reaction?
1 1786
2 1787
3 1788
4 1789
Q One mole of Aluminium Sulphate Al2(SO4)3 contains:
1 4 moles of oxygen atoms
2 3 moles of oxygen atoms
3 12 moles of oxygen atoms
4 6 moles of oxygen atoms
Q Pandit Birju Maharaj , Padma Bhushan awardee, was a globally renowned dancer of which of the following gharanas of Kathak?
1 Kalka-Bindadin
2 Raigarh
3 Janaki Prasad
4 Jaipur
Q ____ is a festival of sowing seeds in the field . It is a major festival celebrated in Jharkhand .
1 Karam
2 Jawa
3 Rohini
4 Bandana
Q Who is the writer of ‘Revolution 2020’?
1 Chetan Bhagat
2 Amish Tripathi
3 VS Naipaul
4 Vikram Seth
Q Which among the following is the coldest of the atmospheric layers ?
1 Mesosphere
2 Stratosphere
3 Thermosphere
4 Troposphere
| Warmest layer of atmospphere | Thermosphere |
| Coolest layer of atmosphere | Mesosphere |
Q Indian Classical Dance is an umbrella under which various performing arts whose theory and practice can be traced to the Sanskrit text, Natya-Shastra, the foundational treatise by:
1 Bhasa
2 Panini
3 Patanjali
4 Bharata Muni