Q Who invented the ‘world wide web‘[ www ] ?
1 Douglas Englebart
2 Tim Berners Lee
3 Alan Turing
4 Raymonf Samuel Tomilson
Q The Virupaksha temple at Hampi is dedicated to ___
1 Lord Vishnu
2 Lord Shiva
3 Lord Brahma
4 Lord Ganesha
Q Ashadhi Bij, or the __, is a distinguished cultural festival wherein the arrival of
rain is celebrated.
1 Andhra New Year
2 Kutchi New Year
3 Gond New Year
4 Tamil New Year
Q ICAR–Indian Institute of Wheat and Barley Research is located in:
1 Ambala
2 Karnal
3 Rohtak
4 Kurukshetra
Q Which is the world’s largest freshwater lake in terms of volume ?
1 Lake Superior
2 Lake Baikal
3 Caspian Sea
4 Lake Michigan-Huron
Q Which one of the following is a nuclear research reactor operated by Bhabha Atomic Research Centre ?
1 Maitri
2 Dakshin Gangotri
3 Dhruva
4 Bharati
Q Which of the following was the first development bank in India?
1 National Housing Bank
2 Export Import Bank of India
3 Industrial Finance Corporation of India
4 Industrial Development Bank of India
Q Who among the following Indian freedom fighters was fondly called Gandhi Buri (Old Lady Gandhi) for her dedication towards Gandhian principles?
1 Kamla Chaudhary
2 Leela Roy
3 Matangini Hazra
4 Dakshayani Velayudhan
Q Udaipur was founded by ___ after the fall of Chittor to Akbar in 1568 .
1 Sawai Jai Singh
2 Man Singh
3 Rana Udai Singh
4 Raja Bharmal
Q Raut Nacha is a famous folk dance form of ____state in India .
1 Karnataka
2 Sikkim
3 Chhattisgarh
4 Rajasthan
Q Which of the following books was written by Jawaharlal Nehru?
1 A Bunch of Old Letters
2 Riddles in Hinduism
3 Ranade, Gandhi and Jinnah
4 Waiting For A Visa: Autobiographical Notes
Q Normally, there is a __ day interval between spring tides and neap tides.
1 nine
2 two
4 seven
4 four
Q A circular coil having ‘n’ turns produces a field __ times large as that produced by a single turn
1 2n
2 n
3 4n
4 3n
Q In the context of the Revolt of 1857, Mangal Pandey belonged to which Bengal native
Infantry?
1 34
2 52
3 70
4 64
Q The Directive Principles of State Policy in the Constitution of India were borrowed from the __ Constitution.
1 Spanish
2 Norwegian
3 Irish
4 Australian
Q Where is Birsa Munda International Hockey Stadium located?
1 Ranchi
2 Rourkela
3 Jamshedpur
4 Bhubaneswar
Q ‘Aaluyattu’ is a folk-dance form from the state of __.
1 Assam
2 Nagaland
3 Sikkim
4 Tripura
Q Which of the following British officers issued the infamous ‘crawling order’ whereby Indians had to crawl on all fours to pass an alley?
1 General Dyer
2 Warren Hastings
3 Lord Irwin
4 Lord Curzon
Q In which year did Yuri Gagarin take the first travel in space ?
1 1961
2 1965
3 1969
4 1975
Q ‘Playing It My Way’ is the autobiography of which player ?
1 Sachin Tendulkar
2 Sourav Ganguly
3 VVS Laxman
4 Kapil Dev
Q Which type of soil is found on about 40% of the total area of India?
1 Black soil
2 Alluvial soil
3 Laterite soil
4 Red and Yellow soil
Q ‘Punisher’ and ‘The Las Vegas Kid’ is the nickaname of _____
1 Pete Sampras
2 Andre Agassi
3 Rod Laver
4 John McEnroe
Q Which of the following is the maximum file size that can be attached to an email message in Gmail?
1 25 MB
2 100 MB
3 200 MB
4 50 MB
Q ‘Godan’ , ‘Gaban’ and ‘Karmabhumi’ are the famous novels written by ______
1 Munshi Premchand
2 Rabindranath Tagore
3 Bankim Chandra
4 RK Narayan
Q Who is the first Asian to receive the prestigious Nobel Prize ?
1 Rabindranath Tagore
2 CV Raman
3 Mother Teresa
4 Har Gobind Khorana
Q The famous religious festival ‘Basant Panchami’ is dedicated to which India Goddess?
1 Saraswathi
2 Parvati
3 Laxmi
4 Annapurna
Q Which folk dance is performed only by men and originated by the Wattal tribe in the
Kashmir region?
1 Rouf Dance
2 Kud Dance
3 Dumhal Dance
4 Hafiza Dance
Q The Ghadar Party was founded in _ by Sohan Singh Bhakna, Kanshi Ram, Harnam Singh Tundilat, Lala Har Dayal and
others.
1 1901
2 1913
3 1905
4 1910
Q In which judgement did the Supreme Court extend the scope of Article 21 and observed that ‘the Right to education flows directly from the Right to life’?
1 Kharak Singh v State of UP
2 Malak Singh v State of Punjab
3 Mohini Jain v State of Karnataka
4 Neerja Choudhari v State of M. P.
Q Which of the following animals can change their gender during their life span?
1 Ascaris
2 Humans
3 Snail
4 nereis
Q The famous folk music ‘Hekialeu’ has its origin in which state?
1 Sikkim
2 Nagaland
3 Arunachal Pradesh
4 Manipur
Q What is the total number of districts in India by the time of 2011 census?
1 640
2 655
3 650
4 645
Q Which Mauryan ruler was known as ‘PIYADASI’ after he got converted into Buddhism?
1 Ashoka
2 Chandra Gupta
3 Samudra Gupta
4 Bindusara
Q The Revolver was invented by _____
1 Samuel Colt
2 John Browning
3 Henry Deringer
4 Theodor Bergmann
Q INTERPOL has its headquarters in __
1 Germany
2 Paris [ Lyon ]
3 Switzerland
4 Scotland
Q ‘Natyashashtra‘ the famous treatise on dramatic art was written by ___
1 Harsh Vardhan
2 Vishnu Sharma
3 Bharat Muni
4 Kalidasa
Q Which element is used as timekeeper in the atomic clocks?
1 Potassium
2 Magnesium
3 Cesium
4 Vanadium
Q What is the national game of Myanmar ?
1 Ping Pong
2 Archery
3 Chinlone
4 Volleyball
Q Who was the First Speaker of the First Lok Sabha ?
1 Ganesh Vasudev Mavalankar
2 Gurdial Singh
3 Bali Ram Bhagat
4 Sardar Hukam Singh
Q Which of the following dynasties’ genealogy was found in the Bijolia inscription?
1 Gahadavala
2 Parmara
3 Chahamana
4 Chandela
Q Amravati Stupa belongs to the 2nd century and is considered to be the largest in India
is located in?
1 Maharashtra
3 Andhra Pradesh
3 Karnataka
4 Madhya Pradesh
Q Which of the following Tribe lives in Arunachal Pradesh?
1 Bodo tribe
2 Chenchu tribe
3 Toto tribe
4 Nyishi tribe
Q In which year Vitamin A was discovered?
1 1910
2 1911
3 1912
4 1913
Q Which folk music of Jammu and Kashmir is sung in wedding ceremonies?
1 Baul
2 Alha
3 Wanawun
4 Panihari
Q Which of the following is celebrated as the “Tibetan New Year”?
Ans 1. Lohang
2. Losar
3. Myoko
4. Murung
Q The color of Tomato is red due to the presence of __.
1 Limonene
2 Lycopene
3 Fructose
4 Beta Carotene
Q Which of the following device measures depth of a sea?
1. Anemometer
2 Altimeter
3 Fathometer
4 Barometer
Q Which among the following festivals is the worship of 14 Gods and is celebrated in the month of July?
1 Bonalu
2 Losar
3 Kharchi Puja
4 Tripureshwari
Q Which of the following festivals in Punjab is celebrated to commemorate the formation
of the Khalsa Panth?
1 Lohri
2 Hola Mohalla
3 Teej
4 Baisakhi
Q The Lushai Hills are also known as __.
1 Khasi Hills
2 Mizo Hills
3 Patkai Hills
4 Naga Hills
Q Chang Lo tribal dance is performed by the Chang tribe of __.
1 Assam
2 Nagaland
3 Goa
4 Meghalaya
Q When was the Life Insurance Corporation [ LIC ] established ?
1 1956
2 1966
3 1976
4 1986
Q Kambala Festival is popularly celebrated in which Indian State?
1 Karnataka
2 Punjab
3 Odisha
4 Manipur
Q Who wrote the book ‘One Indian Girl’ ?
1 Chetan Bhagat
2 Arundhati Roy
3 Sudha Murty
4 Anita Desai
Q Corundum and Cryolite are important ores of which metal ?
1 Aluminium
2 Silver
3 Iron
4 Tin
Q Heating of rubber with Sulphur is known as ____
1 Vulcanization
2 Galvanization
3 Bessemerisation
4 Sulphonation
Q Chief component of first generation computer was _____
1 Vacuum tubes
2 Integrated Circuits
3 Transistors
4 Microprocessors
Q Who is the author of the famous poem ‘Kamayani’ ?
1 Jaishankar Prasad
2 Munshi Premchand
3 Rabindranath Tagore
4 Bankim Chandra
Q Who was the inventor of X-Rays ?
1 WC Roentgen
2 Edwin Hubble
3 JJ Thomsom
4 Galileo Galilei
Q Who was the first female Indian wrestler to win Gold at the Commonwealth Games?
1 Vinesh Phogat
2 Geeta Phogat
3 Babita Phogat
4 Sakshi Malik
Q In the 1939 Tripuri Congress Presidential Election, Pattabhi Sitaramayya was defeated by:
1 Mahatma Gandhi
2 Rajendra Prasad
3 Subhas Chandra Bose
4 Jawaharlal Nehru
Q A distinctive cross-shaped constellation best seen in the northern hemisphere during the summer and fall months around September is:
1 Pegasus
2 Cygnus
3 Ursa Major
4 Cassiopeia
Q In optics, which term refers to the opening of the diaphragm of a lens that spatially limits the propagation of light?
1 Collimator
2 Aperture
3 Apostilb
4 Meniscus
Q Which one of the given monuments was inaugurated in 1924?
1 Gateway of India
2 India Gate
3 Charminar
4 Amar Jawan Jyoti
Q In which year Bharat Nirman Yojana was launched ?
1 2005
2 2000
3 1999
4 2002
Q Which country won the first ICC Men’s T20 Cricket World Cup title ?
1 England
2 West Indies
3 India
4 Australia
Q Bhagat Singh and BK Dutt threw bomb in the central Legislative Assembly on ___
1 8 April 1929
2 10 April 1929
3 10 April 1930
4 8 April 1930
Q Who among the following is the author of the Hindi novel ‘Raag Darbari’?
1 Shrilal Shukla
2 Rahul Sankrityayan
3 Premchand
4 Kashinath Singh
Q In Kabaddi, a super tackle is when a raider is caught/self out/declared out with or less than how many defenders defending?
1 Four
2 Three
3 Six
4 Five
Q Deba Prasad Das, Pankaj Charan Das and Gangadhar Pradhan are associated with which of the following dance forms?
1 Odissi
2 Bharatanatyam
3 Manipuri
4 Kathak
Q The novel ‘God of Small Things’ is a creation of which novelist?
1 Kamala Das
2 Amrita Pritam
3 Arundhati Roy
4 Ashapurna Devi
Q Rajgir Mahotsav is a beautiful representation of history, religion, art and culture. It is a three-day celebration in __.
1 Bihar
2 Madhya Pradesh
3 Uttarakhand
4 Uttar Pradesh
Q Mathikettan Shola National Park is located in which state ?
1 Kerala
2 Maharashtra
3 West Bengal
4 Madhya Pradesh
Q The famous coal mining region ‘Korba’ is located in which state of India?
1 Kerala
2 Tamil Nadu
3 Chhattisgarh
4 Himachal Pradesh
Q Gugga is the famous ritualistic dance of __, which is performed in the procession taken out in memory of Gugga Pir.
1 Puducherry
2 Uttar Pradesh
3 Haryana
4 Jammu & Kashmir
Q The 61st Amendment to the Constitution of India __.
1 restricted the size of council of ministers to 15% of the number of legislative members
2 reduced the age for voting from 21 to 18 years
3 substituted ‘Odia’ for ‘Oriya’
4 exempted Arunachal Pradesh from reservation for Scheduled Castes in Panchayati Raj institutions