Q Which phylum Bats belong to ;
1 Hemichordate
2 Chordata
3 Dinoflagellates
4 Onychophora
Q Which is India’s biggest football stadium?
1 Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium
2 Indira Gandhi Stadium
3 Salt Lake City Stadium
4 Chandrasekharan Nair Stadium
Q Under Pradhan Mantri Fasal Bima Yojana, the maximum premium payable by thefarmers will be _________ for horticulture crops.
Ans 1. 4%
2. 5%
3. 6%
4. 3%
| Pradhan Mantri Fasal Bima Yojana [ 2016 ] | 2% for Kharif crops , 1.5% for Rabi Crops and 5% for commercial/Horticultural crops. |
Q Which of the following festivals is celebrated for fertility and better fortune in Jharkhand?
1. Sohrai
2 Sarhul
3 Jawa
4 Karam
At the same time, the unmarried tribal girls celebrate the Jawa festival, which has its own kind of songs and dance. This is held mainly for the expectation of good fertility and better household.
Q The Jog Falls , one of the highest waterfalls in India is the cataract of which river ?
1 Narmada
2 Tungabhadra
3 Sharavati
4 Cauvery
Q ‘My Days’ is an autobiography written by whom among the following authors?
1 Vaijayantimala
2 RK Narayan
3 Shashi Kapoor
4 Hema Malini
Q In which of the following states of India is the Nokrek Biosphere Reserve located?
1 Nagaland
2 Meghalaya
3 Karnataka
4 Telangana
Q Name of the last ruler of the Mamluk dynasty who was thrown out by the Khilji ruler Jalal ud din Firuz Khilji in 1290.
1 Razia al-Din
2 Ghiyas-ud-din Balban
3 Nasiruddin Mahmud
4 Muiz ud din Qaiqabad
Q When was the Nuclear Power Corporation of India Limited (NPCIL) created?
1 1979
2 1982
3 1990
4 1987
Q Which of the following organization is the commercial and marketing arm of ISRO?
1 Antrix Corporation Limited
2 Matrix Corporation Limited
3 Space on Corporation Limited
4 Sigma Corporation Limited
Q Who proposed the theory of continental drift in 1912?
1 Antonio Pellegrini
2 Marcel Nicolet
3 Alfred Wegener
4 Alexander Friedmann
Q Where did Mangal Pandey refuse to use the greased cartridge?
1 Delhi
2 Kanpur
3 Meerut
4 Barrackpore
Q What does ‘Toran’ in the Stupa Architecture refers to?
1 Dome
2 Pillars
3 Entry gates
4 Umbrella
Q When does the Raksha Bandhan fall according to the Hindu calendar?
1 Kartika Poornima (Shukla)
2 Shravana Poornima (Shukla)
3 Phalguna Poornima (Shukla)
4 Bhadrapada Poornima (Shukla
Q Who among the following was the recruiter, caretaker and commander of the Rani of Jhansi Regiment?
1 Usha Mehta
2 Lakshmi Swaminathan
3 Bhikaiji Cama
4 Sucheta Kriplani
Q The part of the Peninsular plateau lying north of the Narmada river is known as:
1 Central Highlands
2 Western Ghats
3 Eastern Ghats
4 Deccan Plateau
Q Akbar’s half-brother Mirza Hakim was the ruler of _ and revolted against
Akbar.
1 Lahore
2 Kabul
3 Ferghana
4 Iran
Q Siri Fort at New Delhi of medieval times is an epitome of which of the following architectures?
1 Mauryan architecture
2 Dravidian architecture
3 Islamic Architecture
4 Kalinga architecture
Q Which is the most famous monuments in Vijayapura from the Adil Shahi era?
1 Bibi Ka Maqbara
2 Chota Imambara
3 Gol Gumbaz
4 Safdarjung’s Tomb
Q What are the building blocks of nucleic acids?
1 Nucleus
2 Nucleotide
3 Nucleoside
4 Ribosome
Q The process of removing silica from soil is known as:
1 salinisation
2 polarisation
3 leaching
4 desilication
Q For which discovery in 1932 was James Chadwick best known?
Ans 1.Electron
2. Wave theory of light
3. Neutron
4. Thermal ionizatio
Q Impeachment charges against the President can be initiated by either House of the Parliament, but the charges must be signed by _______ members of the
impeachment house.
1 one-sixth
2 one-fourth
3 one-third
4 one-tenth
Q Which mountain is located at an altitude of 1,501 meters as a major geographical landmark in the Gajapati district of Odisha?
1 Doda Betta
2 Deomali
3 Anai Mudi
4 Mahendragiri
Q Which Schedule of the Indian Constitution provides for validation of certain Acts and Regulations ?
1 Ninth Schedule
2 Tenth Schedule
3 Twelfth Schedule
4 Seventh Schedule
Q Who is considered as the highest law officer in the country?
1 Chief Election Commissioner
2 Chairman of NITI AAYOG
3 Attorney General of India
4 Chief Justice of India
Q Identify the element with an electronic configuration 2,8,1 from among the followingoptions.
Ans 1. Hydrogen
2. Chlorine
3. Sodium
4.Magnesium
Q Identify the precipitate formed when carbon dioxide gas is passed through lime water.
1 Zinc carbonate
2 Calcium oxide
3 Sodium oxide
4 Calcium carbonate
Q What is the name of the channel that separates the Andaman Islands and Nicobar Islands from each other in the Bay of Bengal?
1 Fifteen Degree Channel
2 Ten Degree Channel
3 Five Degree Channel
4 Twenty Degree Channel
Q _ is a membrane-bound cell organelle that contains digestive enzymes.
1 Lysosome
2 Ribosome
3 Golgi Body
4 Mitochondria
Q Who was the last Viceroy and the first Governor General of Independent India ?
1 Lord Wavell
2 Lord Reading
3 Lord Curzon
4 Lord Mountbatten
Q Who among the following Indian Players wrote the Autobiography named ‘Playing to Win’?
Ans 1. Sania Mirza
2. P V Sindhu
3. Saina Nehwal
4. Karnam Malleshwari
Q The phenomenon by which plant’s growth is directed towards light is known as _.
1 Phototropism
2 Transpiration
3 Thigmotropism
4 Osmosis
Q ‘Maand’ is primarily a traditional folk singing style from __.
1. Jharkhand
2 Rajasthan
3 Bihar
4 Madhya Pradesh
Q Mount Jopuno is situated in which of the following states?
1 Himachal Pradesh
2 Uttarakhand
3 Sikkim
4 Manipur
Q Which of the following is the state flower of Manipur?
1. Pink Rhododendron
2 Retusa
3 Foxtail Orchids
4 Shirui Lily
Q Which of the below is a psychological disorder of refusal to eat food, caused by under-nutrition?
1. Kwashiorkor
2. Anorexia Nervosa
3. Bulimia Nervosa
4. Marasmus
Q ‘Ranapa’, a folk dance form of Odisha, consists of enacting chapters from the life of Lord __.
1 Indra
2 Krishna
3 Ram
4 Hanuman
Q Which of the following was the first High Court established in India?
1 Madras
2 Calcutta
3 Bombay
4 Delhi
Q In which of the following years did the Muslim League demand Pakistan, a separate nation for Indian Muslims?
1 1932
2 1940
3 1937
4 1943
Q Which of the following is a dance form of West Bengal where there is a confluence of dancing, singing, drama and recital?
1 Tippani
2 Hudo
3 Bhavai
4 Alkap
Q ‘Birr’ is the currency of which country ?
1 Brazil
2 Ghana
3 Ethiopia
4 Belarus
Q Who wrote the book ‘War and Peace’ ?
1 Leo Tolstoy
2 Karl Marx
3 Plato
4 Aristotle
Q Who is the author of the book named ‘The Origin of Species‘ ?
1 Charles Darwin
2 Plato
3 Aristotle
4 Robert Hooke
Q The Harappan site Kalibangan is situated in the Indian state of :
1 Gujarat
2 Madhya Pradesh
3 Bihar
4 Rajasthan
Q The concept of Concurrent List in the Indian Constitution was borrowed from the constitution of _.
1 United Kingdom
2 Australia
3 Canada
4 France
Q Who discovered nucleus of a cell ?
1 Robert Brown
2 Purkinje
3 Robert Hooke
4 M Schleiden
Q Which dynasty’s king was the first ruler to issue gold coins on a large scale in India?
1 Shaka
2 Unani
3 Pahlava
4 Kushan
Q ‘Maitri’ and ‘Dakshin Gangotri’ are the research stations of India in which continent ?
1 Antarctica
2 Australia
3 Asia
4 Europe
Q In which schedule of the Indian Constitution ‘Names of the States and their territorial jurisdication’ has been told ?
1 First
2 Second
3 Third
4 Fourth
Q Which is the brightest star in the constellation of Scorpius lies about 550 light years away and also known as Alpha Scorpii?
1 Arcturus
2 Sirius
3 Canopus
4 Antares
Q Who is the author of the book named ‘Julius Ceasar’ ?
1 William Shakespeare
2 GB Shaw
3 Arthur Miller
4 Oscar Wilde
Q Who discovered the circulation of blood ?
1 William Harvey
2 David Baltimore
3 Charles Darwin
4 Rosalind Franklin
Q Who among the following is the author of the book ‘The House of Blue Mangoes’?
Ans 1. David Davidar
2. Durjoy Data
3. Arvind Adiga
4. Sekhar Bandyopadhyay
Q Which festival of Sikkim commemorates the enlightenment of Lord Buddha, during which people burn incense sticks and offer water at the monasteries dotting the state?
1 Dosmoche Festival
2 Hemis Festival
3 Losar Festival
4 Saga Dawa Festival
Q Bade Ghulam Ali Khan, a Hindustani classical vocalist, belonged to which of thefollowing Gharanas?
Ans 1. Gwalior
2. Patiala
3. Kirana
4. Agra
Q Which of the following processes occurs during decomposition in soil?
1 Defragmentation
2 Humification
3 Oxidation
4 Crystallisation
Q Harnaaz Sandhu is the _ Indian who has won the Miss Universe title in 2021.
1 Third
2 Fifth
3 Fourth
4 Second
| First Indian to win the Miss Universe title | Sushmita Sen [ 1994 ] |
| Second Indian to win the Miss Universe title | Lara Dutta [ 2000 ] |
| Third Indian to win the Miss Universe title | Harnaz Sandhu [ 2001 ] |
Q Where was Mahatma Gandhi’s first major public appearance in India after his return from South Africa?
1 At the Indigo Satyagraha at Champaran, in 1917
2 At the opening ceremony of the Banaras Hindu University, Banaras, in 1916
3 At the mill workers’ protest at Kheda, in 1917
4 At the protest against the King’s visit at Bombay, in 1916