Q Nehru Institute of Mountaineering is located at __.
1 Leh
2 Jammu And Kashmir
3 Uttarakhand
4 Himachal Pradesh
Q To which of the following states does the folk dance Khoria belong ?
1 Madhya Pradesh
2 Haryana
3 Jharkhand
4 Chhattisgarh
Q The first Chief Justice of the Supreme Court established in India at Calcutta in 1774 ?
1 Sir Elijah Impey
3 Barnes Peacock
3 John Hyde
4 HJ Kania
Q Who coined the word ‘Artifical Intelligence’ ?
1 John Berger
2 Charles Bachman
3 John McCarthy
4 David Bradley
Q Talaja Caves are located in the state of __.
1 Gujarat
2 Madhya Pradesh
3 Maharashtra
4 Andhra Pradesh
Q Which is the smallest bone of the human body ?
1 Femur
2 Stapes
3 Malleus
4 Humerus
Q Which power were the Badami (or Vatapi) Chalukyas originally subjects of?
1 Hoysalas
2 Pallavas
3 Pandyas
4 Kadambas
Q Which sport features the ”Breaststroke” as a technique ?
1 Pool
2 Horse riding
3 Swimming
4 Shooting
Q What is the distance between the goal line and the penalty spot in football ?
1 11 yards
2 12 yards [ 11 m ]
3 10 yards
4 9 yards
Q National Botanical Research Institute is located at ____
1 New Delhi
2 Lucknow
3 Chennai
4 Bangaluru
Q What is the crude birth rate of India as per Census 2011 ?
1 20.5 %
2 20 %
3 21.8 %
4 28 %
Q The festival of Navroj or nowroj is celebrated as new year of which community ?
1 Parsi
2 Sindhi
3 Jainism
4 Buddhist
Q Pandit Kishan Maharaj was a famous Indian ____ player .
1 Sarangi
2 Tabla
3 Flute
4 Sitar
Q What was the capital of Vajji Mahajanapada ?
1 Rajagriha
2 Hastinapur
3 Ujjain
4 Vaishali
Q Which language is known as ‘Italian of the East’?
1 Malayalam
2 Kannada
3 Telugu
4 Marathi
Q Muriatic acid is scientifically known as :
1 Sulphuric acid
2 Perchloric acid
3 Hydrochloric acid
4 Picric acid
Q When was the Tattvabodhini Sabha founded by Debendra Nath Tagore ?
1 1832
2 1854
3 1839
4 1845
Q Rani-Ki-Vav [ the Queen’s stepwell ] is situated on the banks of which river ?
1 Ganga
2 Yamuna
3 Saraswati
4 Krishna
Q Normally , A QWERTY keyboard has ___ keys.
1 98
2 100
3 104
4 120
Q Who among the following first conceived the idea of the Indian National Army ?
1 Lal Hardayal
2 Mohan SIngh
3 Rash Behari Bose
4 Subhash Chandra Bose
Q Which country do the ‘Veddas’ traditional forest dwellers who foraged, hunted and lived in close-knit groups in caves in the dense jungles?
1 Nepal
2 Bhutan
3 Sri Lanka
4 Myanmar
Q As enshrined in article 168 of Constitution of India , there was two Houses of the Legislature of a State , one shall be known as the ____ and the other as the Legislative Assembly
1 Council of States
2 Legislative Council
3 State Council
4 House of the People
Q The Barabar Hills, also known as the Lomas Rishi Cave is located in present day
_.
1 Bihar
2 Madhya Pradesh
3 Gujarat
4 Punjab
Q National Waterway 2 [ NW 2 ] is the Sadiya-Dhubri stretch of the ___ river .
1 Krishna
2 Son
3 Brahmaputra
4 Ganga
Q Which among the following novels is written by Indian author RK Narayan ?
1 The Dark Room
2 The Suitable Boy
3 Unaccustomed Earth
4 Half Girlfriend
Q Which Amendment of the Indian Constitution introduced ‘Fundamental Duties’ in the
Constitution?
1 20th
2 22nd
3 42nd
4 40th
Q As per 2011 census, which of the following States/Union Territories has the highest density of population?
1 Uttar Pradesh
2 National capital territory of Delhi
3 Maharashtra
4 Chandigarh
Q With which of the following states is the folk dance Tarangmel associated?
Ans 1. Goa
2. Madhya Pradesh
3. Tamil Nadu
4. Kerala
Q What is the distance between the rail tracks in a broad gauge?
1 1.76 m
2 1.79 m
3 1.67 m
4 1.59 m
Q Rohini Bhate , Pandit Munnalal Shukla, Kumudini Lakhia and Uma Sharma are famous exponents of which of the following classical dance forms?
1 Bharatanatyam
2 Kathakali
3 Kathak
4 Kuchipudi
Q Who was the first woman Chief Minister of Independent India ?
1 Sarojini Naidu
2 Aruna Asaf Ali
3 Sucheta Kriplani
4 Vijaya Lakshmi Pandit
Q In which of the following decades , there was a negative growth rate in Indian population ?
1 1911-1921
2 1921-1931
3 1941-1951
4 1961-1971
Q Which of the following ports is located in Odisha?
1 Haldia port
2 Kandla port
3 Paradip Port
4 Tuticorin Port
Q The Board of Control for Cricket in India [ BCCI ] was establised in ___
1 1926
2 1928
3 1922
4 1924
Q The Wangala festival is mainly celebrated by which tribe?
Ans 1. Munda
2. Tharu
3. Bheel
4. Garo
Q When was the Swarnajayanti Gram Swarozgar Yojana (SGSY) launched by the
Government of India?
1 1999
2 2000
3 1995
4 1991
Q Which of the following revolutionists was associated with the Anushilan Samiti?
1 Bhagat Singh
2 Jatindra Mohan Sengupta
3 Rajguru
4 Sukhdev
Q Which of the following organisms can initiate ecological succession even in bare
rocks?
1 Orchids
2 Lichens
3 Aspergillums
4 Lily
Q As per Census 2011, what is the percentage of rural population in India?
1 65.2%
2 68.8%
3 59.3%
4 52.4%
Q The Drafting Committee of the Indian Constitution had _______.
Ans 1. seven members
2. six members
3. eight members
4. nine members
Q Which of the following Indian mines is one of the world’s largest uranium mine ?
1 Bhatin mine
2 Narwapahar mine
3 Tummalapalle mine
4 Jaduguda mine
Q ______rejected the superstitious beliefs in Hinduism and gave the slogan ‘Go back to Vedas’.
1 Swami Sahajanand
2 Ishwar Chandra Vidyasagar
3 Atma Ram Pandurang
4 Swami Dayanand Sarasvati
Q The International Telecommunication Union [ ITU ] was founded in ___ to facilitate internation connectivity in communication networks.
1 1885
2 1865
3 1945
4 1895
Q Who among the following was the co-winner of Bharat Ratna with Lata Mangeskar in the year 2001 ?
1 Bhimsen Joshi
2 Asha Bhosle
3 Bismillah Khan
4 Ravi Shankar
Q India’s southern neighbours across the sea consist of the ____ island countries.
1 one
2 two [ Sri Lanka and Maldives ]
3 three
4 four
Q When and where was the first meeting of the Indian National Congress held?
1 1886, at Bombay
2 1885, at Nagpur
3 1885, at Bombay
4 1885, at Poona
Q From which of the following Viceroys of India did Hume obtain permission for the first session of the Indian National Congress?
Ans 1. Lord Dufferin
2. Lord Curzon
3. Lord Elgin
4. Lord Ripon
Q The __________Five-Year Plan was terminated by the new Janata Party government one year before its completion.
Ans 1. seventh
2. fourth
3. fifth
4. sixth
Q Elephantiasis is also known as lymphatic filariasis, it’s caused by parasitic worms, and can spread from person to person through __
1 Reptiles
2 Virus
3 Protozoa
4 Mosquitoes
Q Which types of mountains are created when large areas are broken and displaced vertically ?
1 Range
2 Block mountains
3 Fold mountains
4 Volcanic mountains
Q The movement for a separate Andhra was called :
1 Azad Andhra Movement
2 Visalandhra Movement
3 Hamara Andra Movement
4 Telugu Andhra Movement
Q Which of the following music directors is known as ‘Mozart of Madras’?
1 AR Rahman
2 Madan Mohan
3 RD Burman
4 Himesh Reshammiya
Q Who among the following kings founded the Nalanda Mahavihara?
1 Chandragupta I
2 Kumargupta I
3 Kumargupta II
4 Samudragupta
Q Who among the following is the author of ‘Tarikh-i-Mubarak Shahi’?
1 Yahya Sirhindi
2 Ziauddin Barani
3 Abul Fazl
4 Abdul Malik Isami
Q What is the colour of the antenna used on the volleyball net?
1 Black and white
2 Red and white
3 Green and white
4 Yellow and black
Q Who is known as the ‘Father of Indian Football’ ?
1 Nagendra Prasad Sarbadhikari
2 PK Banerjee
3 Sailen Manna
4 Talimeren Ao
Q Trachea is a part of the ___ system of the human body.
1 excretory
2 respiratory
3 digestive
4 cardiac
Q The Chinaman style of bowling in Cricket has been named after :
1 an Indian bowler of Chinese origin
2 a West Indian bowler of Chinese origin [ #EllisAchong ]
3 an English bowler of Chinese origin
4 an Australian bowler of Chinese origin
Q The Thiksey Monastery, the famous Buddhist building is located in which State/UT of India?
Ans 1. Ladakh
2. Pondicherry
3. Himachal Pradesh
4. Kerala
Q Who introduced the Mahalwari Settlement ?
1 Holt Mackenzie
2 Thomas Munro
3 Lord Cornwallis
4 Robert Clive
Q Who was the Prime Minster of India when the Fundamental Duties were first
incorporated in the Constitution of India?
1 Jawaharlal Nehru
2 Indira Gandhi
3 Atal Bihari Vajpayee
4 Rajiv Gandhi
Q Which language of the Indian constitution deals with ‘languages recognized by constitution ?
1 Eigth
2 Seventh
3 Fourth
3 Third
Q Who is the author of the book named ‘Prison Diary’ ?
1 JP Narayan
2 Jawaharlal Nehru
3 Mahatma Gandhi
4 SC Bose
Q Who is popularly called the ‘Payyoli Express’ ?
1 PT Usha
2 Hima Das
3 Dutee Chand
4 Karnam Malleswari
Q Who invented the lightening conductor ?
1 Benjamin Franklin
2 John Dalton
3 Marconi
4 Edward Priestly
Q The famous Konark Sun Temple is attributed to :
1 King Rajaraja Chola
2 King Narsimhadeva I
3 King Ashoka
4 King Raghunath Singh
Q In how many Varnas people were divided in Ancient India ?
1 4
2 6
3 10
4 16
| 4 Varnas | Brahmins || Kshatriyas || Vaishya || Shudras |
Q Who is the author of book named ‘An Idealist View of Life’ ?
1 Dr S Radhakrishnan
2 Rajendra Pradesh
3 APJ Abdul Kalam
4 Manmohan Singh
Q Kalighat paintings derives its name from its place of origin in the _____
1 Kolkata
2 Kushinagar
3 Kanchipuram
4 Kathgodam
Q The First Asian Games took place in which city ?
1 New Delhi
2 Tokyo
3 Beijing
4 Doha
Q Who was the first Governor of RBI ?
1 CD Deshmukh
2 JB Taylor
3 BR Rau
4 Osborne Smith
Q What is the chemical formula for butane?
1 C2H10
2 C4H8
3 C4H10
4 C2H6
Q Langvir Nritya is a folk dance from the state of _.
1 Gujarat
2 Uttar Pradesh
3 Uttarakhand
4 Haryana
Q Which of the following is known as the steel city in India?
1 Cuttack
2 Ranchi
3 Patna
4 Jamshedpur
Q The expression ‘Aaya Ram, Gaya Ram‘ became popular in political vocabulary in India to describe :
1 Jaya Lal
2 Ram Lal
3 Gaya Lal
4 Durgesh Lal
Q In which year did Indian archers participate in the Olympics for the first time?
1 1973
2 1980
2 1988
4 1975
Q Mohammad Yunus established which of the following banks in 1983?
1 Indian Bank
2 Union Bank
3 State Bank
4 Grameen Bank
Q Which among the followng invented the computer language , COBOL ?
1 Brendan Eich
2 John McCarthy
3 Grace Murray Hopper
4 Guido van Rossum
Q ___ is the first tagged Indian item under the Geographic Indicator tag through the TRIPS Agreemnent.
1 Bidri work
2 Darjeeling Tea
3 Phulkari
4 Kangra Paintings
Q The method of separating a mixture of soluble solids by dissolving them in a suitable hot solvent and then lowering the temperature slowly is called:
1 fractional crystallisation
2 dephlegmation
3 azeotropic distillation
4 sublimation
Q _ is one of the first criticism of the caste system written by Mahatma Phule and published in the year 1873.
1 Gulami Ki Kahani
2 Gulamgiri
3 Bharat Mein Jaati Evam Prajaati
4 Jati ka Unmoolan
Q Which is, by far, the closest dwarf planet orbiting at only 2.8 times Earth’s distance from the sun?
1 Pluto
2 Eris
3 Ceres
4 Makemake
Q Who among of the following is the author of the book Making India Awesome?
1 Aravind Adiga
2 Vikram Seth
3 Chetan Bhagat
4 Siddhartha Mukherjee
Q Hampi Utsava,’ which is celebrated in Karnataka, is also called __. The festival that captures the pomp, splendour and glory of the historical period of Karnataka is celebrated over a week.
1 Sarhul Mahotsava
2 Rajasi Utsava
3 Vijaya Utsava
4 Nritya Mahotsav
Q What do the words ‘aus’, ‘aman’ and ‘boro’ signify in the context of agricultural calendar in India?
1 Types of seasons of sowing rice in West Bengal
2 Types of traditional wells in Gujarat
3 Types of alluvial soils in the Gangetic plains
4 Types of harvest festivals in Assam
Q In which of the following parts of India are thorn forests and scrub forests found?
1 North-eastern India
2 South-western India
3 North-western India
4 South-eastern India
Q Kapil Dev lifted the 1983 World Cup [ then known as the Prudential Cup ’83 ] in the ___ stadium .
1 Old Trafford
2 Lord’s
3 Headingley
4 Edgbaston
Q Who was the founder of the Shunga Dynasty in India ?
1 Kanva
2 Vasumitra
3 Pushyamitra
4 Devabhuti
Q How many players are there on a standard ice hockey [ when their is no overtime or penalties ] team during a game ?
1 Five
3 Six
3 Four
4 Seven
Q GV Mavalankar was the Chairman of the __ of the Constituent Assembly of India.
1 Committee on the Functions
2 Order of Business Committee
3 Ad hoc Committee on the National Flag
4 Advisory Committee on Fundamental Rights, Minorities and Tribal and Excluded
Areas
| Name of the Committee | Chairman |
| Committee on the Rules of Procedure | Rajendra Prasad |
| Steering Committee | Rajendra Prasad |
| Finance and Staff Committee | Rajendra Prasad |
| Credential Committee | Alladi Krishnaswami Ayyar |
| House Committee | B. Pattabhi Sitaramayya |
| Order of Business Committee | K.M. Munsi |
| Ad hoc Committee on the National Flag | Rajendra Prasad |
| Committee on the Functions of the Constituent Assembly | G.V. Mavalankar |
| States Committee | Jawaharlal Nehru |
| Advisory Committee on Fundamental Rights, Minorities and Tribal and Excluded Areas | Vallabhbhai Patel |
| Minorities Sub-Committee | H.C. Mookherjee |
| Fundamental Rights Sub-Committee | J.B. Kripalani |
| North-East Frontier Tribal Areas and Assam Exluded & Partially Excluded Areas Sub-Committee | Gopinath Bardoloi |
| Excluded and Partially Excluded Areas (Other than those in Assam) Sub-Committee | A.V. Thakkar |
| Union Powers Committee | Jawaharlal Nehru |
| Union Constitution Committee | Jawaharlal Nehru |
| Drafting Committee | B.R. Ambedkar |