Q Who is considered as the father of geography ?
1 Aristotle
2 Theophrastus
3 Eratosthenes
4 Alexander von Humboldt
Q Which college was established in Banaras in 1791 ?
1 Hindu College
2 Sanskrit College
3 Banaras Hindu University [ BHU ]
4 Mahila Mahavidyalaya
Q Who inaugurated the first ever corridor of the Delhi Metro ?
1 E Sreedharan
2 Madan Lal Khurana
3 Atal Bihari Vajpayee
4 Manmohan Singh
Q On 18th May 1974, under the direction of Kannadiga scientist Raja Ramanna , India succesfully conducted an underground Nuclear Test at Pokhran in the Rajasthan desert [ Pokhran II ] . What was the code name ?
1 Shakti
2 Smiling Buddha
3 Operation Ginger
4 Operation Bandar
Q The Sakraat festival is celebrated with the ‘Budigali’ or ‘Kalasi’ dance in _,
where women take part in this dance, carrying decorative pots on their heads.
1 Odisha
2 Nagaland
3 Madhya Pradesh
4 Manipur
Q Kati Bihu, one of the three Bihu festivals of Assam, is celebrated in the month of
__.
1 April
2 October
3 January
4 December
Q Hinayana and Mahayana are the branches of which of the following religion?
1 Buddhism
2 Sikhism
3 Jainism
4 Hinduism
Q Which of the following states of India has the highest reserves of Chromite ?
1 Bihar
2 Maharashtra
4 Odisha
4 Rajasthan
Q What is the scientific name of the ‘Touch-Me-Not’ plant ?
1 Mimosa loxensis
2 Mimosa pudica
3 Mimosa verrucosa
4 Mimosa townsendii
Q ‘My Story’ is the autobiography of which female writer?
1 Amrita Pritam
2 Pratibha Ray
3 Kamala Das
4 Ashapurna Devi
Q Where is Pakhal Wildlife Sanctuary located ?
1 Lakhimpur
2 Chandauli
3 Warangal
4 Seoni
Q ___ is the first reserve forest of India.
1 Gir National Park
2 Satpura National Park
3 Ranthambore National Park
4 Jim Corbett National Park
Q Who is regarded as the ‘Mother of Indian Revolution’?
1 Annie Besant
2 Usha Mehta
3 Madame Cama
4 Kasturba Gandhi
Q The Arthashastra, consists of __.
1 15 books
2 9 books
3 11 books
4 13 books
Q Who was the Founder of Khilji Dynasty?
1 Ala-ud-din-Khilji
2 Nasir-ud-din Khusrav Shah
3 Jalal-ud-din Firoz Khilj
4 Qutb-ud-din Mubarak Shah
Q Who was the first woman of Indian origin to go to Space ?
1 Sunita Williams
2 Kalpana Chawla
3 Nalini Ramarajan
4 Shawna Pandya
Q Harappa of Harappan civilization was situated on the banks of river _.
1 Ravi
2 Indus
3 Chenab
4 Ganga
Q A needle floating on the surface of water is an example of:
1 Force of Cohesion
2 Buoyancy
3 Surface tension
4 Adhesive force
Q In which year did the All-India Muslim League move a resolution demanding
‘Independent States’ for Muslims in the north-western and eastern areas of the
country?
1 1942
2 1940
3 1939
4 1941
Q Which Schedule of the Indian Constitution deals with the division of powers between the Union and the states?
1 9th
2 7th
3 5th
4 2nd
Q The Indian Military Academy was established at Dehradun in which of the following years?
1 1925
2 1932
3 1935
4 1905
Q Which article has been described as the ‘very heart and soul’ of Indian Constitution by Dr .B.R Ambedkar ?
1 Article 32
2 Article 40
3 Article 44
4 Article 48
Q Which type of coal has the highest percentage of carbon ?
1 Peat
2 Lignite
3 Anthracite
4 Bituminous
Q The first author to receive the ‘Bharatiya Jnanpith Award’ was ?
1 of Kannada literature
2 of Malayalam literature [ G Sankara Kurup ]
3 of Hindu literature
4 of Bengali literature
Q The Ganapati festival was introduced by _______ in 1893.
1. Bipin Chandra Pal
2 Lala Lajpat Rai
3 Chandrasekhar Azad
4 Bal Gangadhar Tilak
Q Digestion of food is an important function of the animal body. In animals like lions, cows, humans, etc., the process involves use of various organs starting from the mouth and ending with the anus. The longest part of this canal is known as the __.
1 small intestine
2 stomach
3 oesophagus
4 large intestine
Q Big Indian industrialists got together in 1944 and drafted a joint proposal for setting up a planned economy in the country after attaining Independence was called :
1 The Delhi Plan
2 The Madras Plan
3 The Bombay Plani
4 The Calcuttta Plan
Q Which state in the United States of America was once Russian land ?
1 Nevada
2 Alaska
3 Hawaii
4 California
Q Which of the following is NOT a monument in Tamil Nadu ?
1 Valluvar Kottam
2 Bekal Fort
3 Padmanabhapuram Palace
4 Meenakshi Amman Temple
Q Who was the captain of Indian Hockey team that won the Gold Medal in 1948 ?
1 Kishan Lal
2 Major Dhyan Chand
3 Jaipal Singh Munda
4 Balbir Singh
Q Which of the following vitamins prevents major birth defects of the brain and spine of a newborn baby?
1 Vitamin E
2 Vitamin A
3 Vitamin C
4 Folic acid
Q At which Sikh Guru’s invitation did the Sufi Saint Hazrat Mian Mir lay the foundation stone of Golden Temple [ Harmandir Sahib ] in Amritsar ?
1 Guru Hari Rai Ji
2 Guru Arjan Dev
3 Guru Hargovind
4 Guru Tegh Bahadur
Q Which of the following states has the giant squirrel as its state animal ?
1 Himachal Pradesh
2 Andhra Pradesh
3 Maharashtra
4 Karnataka
Q Who was the first recorded child born to English parents in North America in 1587?
1 William Nash
2 Virginia Dare
3 Caroline Mikkelsen
4 Emilio Marcos Palma
Q Who among the following was the first woman classical dancer in independent India to be nominated as a member to the Rajya Sabha?
1 Rukmini Devi Arundale
2 Kalamandalam Kalyanikutty Amma
3 Niveditha Arjun
4 Vidyagauri Adkar
Q The conversion between the solid and the gaseous phases of matter, with no
intermediate liquid state is called?
1 Sublimation
2 Deposition
3 Solidification
4 Vaporisation
Q ‘Waiting for a Visa’ is an autobiographical work of which of the following leaders of India?
1. Bipin Chandra Pal
2 Bhimrao Ramji Ambedkar
3 Lala Lajpat Rai
4 Bhagat Singh
Q Who was the chief architect of Taj Mahal ?
1 Ahmad Lahauri
2 Mohammad Quli Qutb Shah
3 Yaqut of Dabul
4 William Emerson
Q Papanasam Ramayya Sivan was an Indian composer of which music style?
1 Bhajan
2 Folk music
3 Qawwali
4 Carnatic music
Q The Indian space programme is said to have begun in __ with the setting up INCOSPAR by the Indian government.
1 1959
2 1962
3 1969
4 1972
Q Who is the author of the book named ‘An Introduction of the Dreamland’ ?
1 Bhagat Singh
2 Jawaharlal Nehru
3 Mahatma Gandhi
4 Rajendra Prasad
Q Which caves in Madhya Pradesh are the finest example of pre-historic cave paintings and murals.
1 Bhimbetka
2 Ellora
3 Ajanta
4 Kanheri
Q Who is the writer of ‘Revolution 2020’?
1 Chetan Bhagat
2 Amish Tripathi
VS Naipaul
4 Vikram Seth
Q Which is the largest continental shelf in the world?
1. The Siberian shelf in the Arctic Ocean
2 The shelf in the Pacific Ocean
3 The shelf of India
4 The Indian Ocean shelf
Q Lake Baikal, the world’s largest freshwater lake (by volume) and the world’s deepest lake with a depth of 1620 m (5315 ft), is located in which country?
1. Uganda
2 Russia
3 Tanzania
4 Canada
Q Which Government of India Acts during British rule was known as regulating Act?
1 The Act of 1780
2 The Act of 1773
3 The Act of 1786
4 The Act of 1784
Q In which year was India the host of Commonwealth Games?
1 2009
2 2015
3 2010
4 2016
Q What is the distance of the Marathon race?
1. 43.195 km
2 46.195 km
3 42.195 km
4 44.195 km
Q The members of a Vidhan Parishad are elected for a term of __ years.
1 6
2 4
3 5
4 7
Q Which of the following is one of the favourite traditional ‘shabdam’ number in Kuchipudi dance form?
1 Jatiswaram
2 Dashaavataara
2 Ganesh Vandana
4 Krishna Leela
Q The famous Nabakalebara festival belongs to which state of India ?
1 Odisha
2 Rajasthan
3 Karnataka
4 Assam
Q Who among the following was the Governor-General of India when the ‘Doctrine of Lapse’ was issued?
1 Lord Canning
2 Lord Dalhousie
3 Lord Hardinge
4 Lord William Bentinck
Q The Headquarters of the International Criminal Police Organization [ INTERPOL ] are located in which of the places ?
1 Lyon , France
2 Madrid , Spain
3 Copenhagen , Denmark
4 Krakow , Poland
Q Who first discovered that the earth revolves around the Sun ?
1 Copernicus
2 Newton
3 Dalton
4 Einstein
Q Aayi Mandapam , a shining white monument built during the time of Napolean III , is locateed in which of the following palaces ?
1 Tamil Nadu
2 Puducherry
3 Andaman and Nicobar
4 Goa
Q In which state is the Bhitari temple situated?
1 Uttar Pradesh
2 Odisha
3 Jharkhand
4 Bihar
Q When is World Book and Copyright Day celebrated ?
1 23rd May
2 23rd June
3 23rd April
4 23rd March
Q ____ built the Taj Mahal Palace Hotel at Mumbai by integrating Indian and European styles.
1 Ratan Tata
2 JRD Tata
3 Jamsetji Tata
4 Ratanji Dadabhoy Tata
Q The most famous of all Jain festivals, Mahamastakabhisheka is performed every 12 years at the Digambara sacred complex at ___ in Karnataka.
1 Keelakuilkudi
2 Jinanathapura
3 Shravanabelagola
4 Puliyarmala
Q Bharhut Stupa is located in which of the following states?
1 Punjab
2 Madhya Pradesh
3 Uttar Pradesh
4 Bihar
Q Which two tribes of Meghalaya are collectively called ‘Hynniewtrep’ ?
1 Khasis and Jaintias
2 Jaintias and Garos
3 Garos and Khasis
4 Garos and Meitei
Q Microprocessors as switching devices are for which generation computers ?
1 First Generation
2 Second Generation
3 Third Generation
4 Fourth Generation
Q ‘Drain of Wealth’, a critique of the colonial exploitation, was given by which of the following nationalist leaders?
1 Chakravarti Rajagopalachari
2 Rajendra Prasad
3 Dadabhai Naoroji
4 Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel
Q Doddabetta is the highest peak of which of the following mountain ranges ?
1 Vindhya
2 Aravalli
3 Nilgiri
4 Satpura
| Highest peak of Satpura Range | Dhupgarh |
| Highest peak of Vindhya Range | Goodwill Peak / Sad-Bhawna Peak / Kalumar Peak |
| Highest peak of Aravalli range | Guru Shikhar |
| Highest peak of Nilgiri Hills | Doddabetta |