Q To which of the following states of India does the dance form Mahasu belong ?
1 Tamil Nadu
2 Himachal Pradesh
3 West Bengal
4 Karnataka
Q The Santosh Trophy is named after Sir _____ , a legendary figure in Indian football .
1 Santosh Rath Roy Chowdhury
2 Devendhru Roy Chowdhury
3 Manmatha Nath Roy Chowdhury
4 Manek Nath Roy Chowdhury
Q In which of the following states in India is the Ganga Dussehra celebrated?
1 Uttar Pradesh
2 Bihar
3 Uttarakhand
4 West Bengal
Q Which of the following personalities is associated with the Sarvodaya Plan of 1950 ?
1 GD Birla
2 Jayaprakash Narayan
3 Jawaharlal Nehru
4 PC Mahalanobis
Q The Udyogmandal Canal is a part of which National Waterways ?
1 National Waterways 4
2 National Waterways 2
3 National Waterways 3
4 National Waterways 1
Q Who among the following led the rebels in Kanpur in the revolt of 1857?
1 Tatya Tope
2 Nana Saheb Peshwa
3 Kunwar Singh
4 Birjis Qadr
Q The Brihadisvara temple at Tanjavur was constructed by ___
1 Rajaraja I
2 Aditya I
3 Vijayalaya
4 Rajendra I
Q Who was the first winner of the Arjuna Award in Kabaddi?
1 Sahanand Mahadev Shetty
2 Manjeet Chhillar
3 BC Ramesh
4 Bholanath Guin
Q Malavikagnimitra , a drama of the 5th century CE, was written by _.
1 Pingala
2 Kalidasa
3 Harisena
4 Bhavabhuti
Q The concept of ”Republic” in the Indian Constitution was borrowed from the constitution of which of the following countries ?
1 Australia
2 France
3 Japan
4 Germany
Q Who among the following was the first President of Pakistan ?
1 Iskander Mirza
2 Ayub Khan
3 Zulfikar Ali Bhutto
4 Yahya Khan
Q Where was the first underground railway started in India ?
1 Pune
2 Mumbai
3 Chennai
4 Kolkata
Q Who used the term ‘United Nations‘ first time ?
1 Vladimir Lenin
2 Winston Churchill
3 Franklin D Roosevelt
4 Joseph Stalin
Q Sattriya was recognised in __ as a Classical Dance by Sangeet Natak Akademi.
1 2000
2 2010
3 2002
4 2005
Q Which of the following book is the autobiography of Dalai Lama ?
1 Touch Play
2 Freedom in Exile
3 Playing It M Way
4 Red Sari
Q Subsidiary Alliance was a system devised by ___ in 1798 .
1 Lord Wellesley
2 Lord Hastings
3 Lord Dalhousie
4 Lord Bentinck
Q What is the height of the badminton net?
1 6 feet
2 6.5 feet
3 5.1 feet
4 5.5 feet
Q Which festival in Tripura is held on the seventh day of the month of Vaishakha ?
1 Garia Puja
2 Kharchi Puja
3 Gaura Gauri Puja
4 Bathow Puja
Q Chu Faat is the folk dance of which of the following North-Eastern states of India?
1 Nagaland
2 Arunachal Pradesh
3 Sikkim
4 Assam
Q Which of the following countries has the highest peak named Keokradong?
Ans 1. Bhutan
2. Sri Lanka
3. Bangladesh
4 Myanmar
Q The next Kumbh Mela at Ujjain will be held in which year ?
1 2025
2 2028
3 2027
4 2026
Q The dance form ‘Chharhi‘ has originated from the state of :
1 Mizoram
2 Himachal Pradesh
3 Maharashtra
4 Arunachal Pradesh
Q Central Institute of Indian Language is located at which of the following places ?
1 Varanasi
2 Mysore
3 New Delhi
4 Chennai
Q How many players are there on a standard ice hockey [ when there is no overtime or penalties ] team during a game ?
1 Four
2 Five
3 Six
4 Seven
Q Bagurumba is a group dance performed by the ______ community .
1 Bodo
2 Varli
3 Majhi
4 Rathawa
Q Who made the use of Gun powder common in North India to defeat enemies?
1 Ibrahim Lodi
2 Babur
3 Daulat Khan Lodi
4 Rana Sanga
Q Where and When was SAARC [ South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation ] formed ?
1 India , 1987
2 Bangladesh , 1985
3 Sri Lanka , 1988
4 Pakistan , 1981
Q When was Pradhan Mantri Sansad Adarsh Gram Yojana launched ?
1 28 August 2014
2 23rd July 2014
3 9 May 2015
4 11th October 2014
Q Which of the following endemic species is NOT found in Western Ghats ?
1 Nilgiri Langur
2 Hispid Hare
3 Brown Palm Civet
4 Nilgiri Tahr
Q Which of the following products received the first geographical indication [ GI ] in India ?
1 Darjeeling Tea
2 Joha Rice
3 Ratlami Sev
4 Mizo Chilli
Q How many dynasties ruled Delhi during the Sultanate period [ 1206 AD – 1526 AD ] ?
Ans 1. 6
2. 4
3. 5
4. 3
| Delhi Sultanate [ 1206 AD – 1526 AD ] | Slave / Mamluk dynasty [ 1206–1290 ] , Khalji dynasty [ 1290–1320 ] , Tughlaq dynasty [ 1320–1414 ] , Sayyid dynasty [ 1414–1451 ] and Lodi dynasty [1451–1526 ] |
Q The General of Alexander, who was defeated by Chandragupta Maurya after Alexander’s death, was named:
1 Antigonus
2 Seleucus Nikator
3 Ptolemy
4 Cassander
Q With which of the following regions is the theatre form named ‘Dashavatar’ traditionally associated?
Ans 1. Kalinga
2. Kutch
3. Konkan
4. Thar
Q Who among the following was the founder of Fort William College in the year 1800 in Kolkata?
1 Warren Hastings
2 Charles Cornwallis
3 John Shore
4 Richard Wellesley
Q Vasudeva I who issued coins in gold (dinars and quarter dinars) and copper (single denomination) was a _________king.
1 Shunga
2 Shaka
3 Kushana
4 Vakataka
Q In which wildlife sanctuary / national park do we find the ‘Hangul‘ ?
1 Kanha National Park
2 Dachigam Sanctuary
3 Mudumalai Sanctuary
4 Dudhwa National Park
Q ___ was the only Indian dance form present in Michael Jackson‘s 1991 music video for the hit single ‘Black or White‘.
1 Kathak
2 Odissi
3 Kathakali
4 Bharatanatyam
Q What is the root-like structure at the base of an algae (seaweed) that binds the algae to a hard substrate like a stone?
1 Holdfast
2 Midrib
3 Stipe
4 Frond
Q The famous Ambubachi Mela is held every year in which of the following cities of India ?
1 Cuttack
2 Guwahati
3 Jodhpur
4 Sonepur
Q Who was the founder of the Shunga dynasty in India ?
1 Kanva
2 Devabhuti
3 Pushyamitra
4 Vasumitra
Q Litti Chokha is a famous cuisine of which of the following states?
1 Bihar
2 Uttar Pradesh
3 Rajasthan
4 Gujarat
Q The temperate grasslands of South Africa are called :
1 Downs
2 Praries
3 Velds
4 Pampas
Q Which of the following festival has ‘Jalli Kattu‘ as a feature ?
1 Vishu
2 Pongal
3 Bihu
4 Onam
Q According to the 2011 Census , the total percentage of Muslims in India is :
1 14.2 %
2 16.6 % %
3 12.4 %
4 10.2 %
Q In alchemy, aqua fortis is the classical name of which chemical compound that is used chiefly in the manufacture of explosives and fertilisers, and in organic synthesis?
1 Nitric acid
2 Formic acid
3 Chloric acid
4 Hydrobromic acid
Q The _____ was / were founded by Sir William Jones in 1784 .
1 Fort William College
2 Asiatic Society of Bengal
3 Sanskrit College of Banaras
4 Calcutta Madrasas
Q In which of the following states is the Brihadeswara Temple, the world’s first temple built from granite, located?
1 Tamil Nadu
2 Gujarat
3 Maharashtra
4 Rajasthan
Q Annapurna Devi, the legendary musician awarded with Padma Bhushan in 1977, was associated with which of the following musical instruments?
1 Flute
2 Violin
3 Surbahar
4 Veena
Q Of which among the following is ‘parsec’ a unit?
1 Energy
2 Time
3 Mass
4 Length
Q Where is Devi Ahilya Bai Holkar Airport situated ?
1 Nagpur
2 Indore
3 Kanpur
4 Lucknow
Q Who made the world famous painting ‘Mona Lisa’ ?
1 Pablo Picasso
2 Leonardo da Vinci
3 Vincent Van Gogh
4 Salvador Dali
Q Who among the following introduced the practice of Sijda [ prostration ] and Paibos [ kissing the feet of monarch ] in the court ?
1 Ghiyasuddin Balban
2 Muhammad Bin Tughlaq
3 Firoz Shah Tughluq
4 Allauddin Khalji
Q Doddabetta is the highest peak of which of the following mountain ranges ?
1 Nilgiri
2 Aravalli
3 Vindhya
4 Satpura
Q The Nagarjuna Sagar Dam is built across the river :
1 Krishna
2 Cauvery
3 Mahanadi
4 Narmada
Q The Jnanpith Award is given for excellence in which of the following fields ?
1 Medicine
2 Social Work
3 Literature
4 Cinema
Q The number of Pawn in chess is_______.
1 16
2 14
3 17
4 15
Q Who wrote the novel ‘Vanity Fair’?
1 Lewis Carroll
2 William Thackeray
3 Charles Dickins
4 George Eliot
Q In whose court did Heliodorus come as an ambassador during second century BCE?
1 Bhagabhadra
2 Dashratha
3 Pushyamitra
4 Brihadratha
Q Which of the following is also called the ‘suicide bag’ of a cell?
1. DNA
2 Lysosome
3 Golgi apparatus
4 Mitochondria
Q Where did Babur defeat Ibrahim Lodhi in 1526 ?
1 Panipat
2 Haldighati
3 Chausa
4 Kalinjar
Q The Treaty of Mangalore was signed in :
1 1784
2 1764
3 1757
3 1799
Q Who scored most runs in ICC World Cup 2011 ?
1 Tillakaratne Dilshan
2 Sachin Tendulkar
3 Virat Kohli
4 Kumar Sangakkara
Q Who is the author of the book named ‘A Prisoner’s Scrapbook’ ?
1 LK Advani
2 Jawaharlal Nehru
3 IK Gujral
4 Morarji Desai
Q Which Prime Minister faced the most ‘No confidence motion’ ?
1 Indira Gandhi [ 15 ]
2 Narendra Modi
3 IK Gujral
3 Morarji Desai
Q Who is the author of the book named ‘Life of Pi’ ?
1 Vikas Swaroop
2 Yann Martel
3 Ruskin Bond
4 VS Naipaul
Q ‘The Great Indian Novel’ is written by _ in which he based ‘The Mahabharata’ as a framework for his satirical novel.
1 Shashi Tharoor
2 Khushwant Singh
3 Sarojini Naidu
4 Kuldip Nayyar
Q In which of the following processes nutrients or contaminants are carried away by water or moved into the lower layer of the soil?
1 Ploughing
2 Leaching
3 Sowing
4 Bleaching
Q Who invented a single wire telegraph ?
1 Samuel Morse
2 JL Baird
3 Alexander Fleming
4 Samuel Colt
Q The Swachh Bharat Mission (SBM) was launched in the year __ to fulfil the vision of cleaner India as a tribute to Mahatma Gandhi.
1 2014
2 2015
3 2017
4 2016
Q Who among the following is the author of the book ‘Two Lives’?
1 Sudha Murty
2 Arundhati Roy
3 Vikram Seth
4 Chetan Bhagat
Q What is the power of ‘second’ in the SI unit of acceleration?
1 +1
2 –1
3 –2
4 0
Q Who was the first ecologist to describe the specific shape of eco trophic interactions , Which he called the pyramid of numbers, in the 1920s?
1. Charles Elton
2. Ernst Haeckel
3. Howard Thomas Odum
4. Edward O Wilson
Q The synthesis of which chemical is inhibited due to aspirin?
1 Pyrites
2 Prostaglandins
3 Histamines
4 Analgesics
Q By which Indian Constitutional Amendment Act was the 11th fundamental duty added in the Indian Constitution?
1 87th Constitutional Amendment Act
2 85th Constitutional Amendment Act
3 86th Constitutional Amendment Act
4 88th Constitutional Amendment Act
Q Which of the following is required by the aquatic animals to breathe under water ?
1 Dissolved Nitrogen
2 Dissolved CO₂
3 Dissolved Oxygen
4 Dissolved H₂S
Q ‘Sujani’ is a form of embroidery originating from the which state of India ?
1 Bihar
2 Punjab
3 Karnataka
4 Odisha
Q Who was the delegate who participated in all the three Round Table Conferences organized to consider the Simon Report?
1 B S Moonje
2 Tej Bahadur Sapru
3 M R Jayakar
4 Mahatma Gandhi
Q How many wars were fought by the East Indian Company against Mysore ?
1 4
2 6
3 5
4 3
| First Anglo-Mysore War | 1767-1769 |
| Second Anglo-Mysore War | 1780-84 |
| Third Anglo-Mysore War | 1790-92 |
| Fourth Anglo-Mysore Wa | 1798-99 |