Q Who founded the city of Agra ?
1 Alam Shah
2 Ibrahim Lodi
3 Sikander Lodhi
4 Bahlol Lodhi
Q In which city was the first golf club of India situated?
Ans 1. Mysore
2. Kolkata [ The Royal Calcutta Golf Club ]
3. Shimla
4. Ooty
Q The first woman to go in space was :
1 Valentina Tereshkova
2 Christina Koch
3 Anousheh Ansari
4 Svetlana Savitskaya
Q What is the annual average rainfall in the Indian Desert?
Ans 1. 200 mm to 500 mm
2. more than 1000 mm
3. Less than 150 mm
4. 500 mm to 1000 mm
Q The body of the phylum __ is unsegmented and dorsoventrally flattened.
1 Mollusca
2 Arthropoda
3 Platyhelminthes
4 Coelenterata
Q According to which of the following foreign travellers, people of Delhi used to write letters containing abuses to the Sultan, therefore, in order to punish them Sultan decided to shift the capital?
Ans 1. Hasan Nizami
2. Isami
3. Ibn Batuta
4. Al Biruni
Q The first Indian Olympic Games was hosted by which of the following cities?
1 Bombay
2 Madras
3 Lahore [ 1924 ]
4 Allahabad
Q The earlier name of Bhabha Atomic Research Centre was :
1 Bharatiya Nabhikiya Vidyut Nigam
2 Atomic Energy Establishment, Trombay [ AEET ]
3 Indira Gandhi Centre for Atomic Reseach
4 Nuclear Power Corporation of India Limited
Q Jhijhiya, a famous folk dance performed by women during Navratri, is a popular festival in which of the following states?
1 Gujarat
2 Bihar
3 Uttar Pradesh
4 Rajasthan
Q Kirti Kisan Party (KKP) was established on __ at Amritsar.
1 7th February 1927
2 13th March 1927
3 12th April 1927
4 10th May 1927
Q When was the Peacock declared as the National Bird of India ?
1 1952
2 1949
3 1959
4 1963
Q Which of the following Constitutions inspired the law-making process in India?
1 US Constitution
2 British Constitution
3 Irish Constitution
4 Canadian Constitution
Q The Ghadar Party was founded by Indians in the year 1913 . Where was its headquarters ?
1 Lahore
2 Bombay
3 San Francisco
4 Calcutta
Q What is the average sea level pressure, according to meteorologists?
1 1013 mb
2 1000 mb
3 1030 mb
4 870 mb
Q For the year 2011-12, the poverty line for a person was fixed at _ per month for the rural areas.
1 ₹915
2 ₹850
3 ₹970
4 ₹816
Q Which Article of the Constitution of India deals with the conduct of business of the Government of a state?
Ans 1. Article 164
2. Article 167
3. Article 166
4. Article 177
Q In which of the following districts of Rajasthan are the ‘Barchans’ found
1 Alwar
2 Jaisalmer
3 Udaipur
4 Bhilwara
Q Who is the author of the Panchatantra collection of fables ?
1 Vishnu Gupta
2 Vishnu Sharma
3 Ved Vyas
4 Tenali Rama
Q Which of the following books is an autobiography of the profession boxer Mike Tyson ?
1 Gloves Off
2 Undisputed Truth : My Autobiography
3 Raging Bull: An Autobiography
4 The Greatest : My Own Story
Q Demonetisation had occured in India in the years 1946 and 1978 . On which date did the third demonetisation occur ?
1 8th November 2015
2 8th November 2016
3 8th November 2017
4 8th November 2018
Q Which of the following Articles of the Indian Constitution is related with providing a living wage, conditions of work ensuring a decent standard of life and full enjoyment of leisure and social and cultural opportunities by the state?
1 Article 43
2 Article 44
3 Article 42
4 Article 45
Q Garia Puja is a festival celebrated in the third week of April. This festival is related to which of the following states?
1. Tripura
2 Arunachal Pradesh
3 Madhya Pradesh
4 Punjab
Q The first woman Chief Justice of High Court in India was ___
1 Fatimi Bibi
2 Leila Seth
3 Ruma Pal
4 BV Nagarthna
Q The First Backward Classes Commission was chaired by:
1. V.P. Singh
2 PG Shah
3 Kaka Kalelkar
4 Anup Singh
Q Who was the first lady Governor of an Indian State ?
1 Sarojini Naidu
2 Sucheta Kripalani
3 Indira Gandhi
4 Vijayalakshmi Pandit
Q The Kunbi dance is performed by the tribal community of ______.
Ans 1. Sikkim
2. Goa
3. Jharkhand
4. Tamil Nadu
Q Where is Orang Tiger reserve located in India ?
1 Manipur
2 Nagaland
3 Assam
4 Mizoram
Q Who has written ”The History of British India” ?
1 James Mill
2 Dadabhai Naoroji
3 Romesh Chandra Dutt
4 William Bentinck
Q Who among the following was the first Finance Minister of Independent India?
1. Rajendra Prasad
2 BR Ambedkar
3 Abul Kalam Azad
4 RK Shanmukham Chetty
Q Who among the following is an Indian social activist associated with Narmada Bachao Andolan ?
1 Aruna Roy
2 Sunderlal Bahuguna
3 Medha Patkar
4 Amrita Devi Bishnoi
Q Details about Sudarshana lake is given in a rock inscription at Girnar (Junagarh), which was composed to record the achievements of the Shaka ruler _.
1 Maues
2 Chashtana
2 Rudradaman I
4 Rudrasimha III
Q Shah Jahan‘s daughter __ participated in many architectural projects of the new capital of Shajahanabad [ Delhi ] .
1 Roshanara
2 Gulbadan Begum
3 Jahanara
4 Begum Ishrat
Q Which of the following country other than India has Field Hockey as its National Sport ?
1 Netherlands
2 Pakistan
3 Germany
4 Belgium
Q Which of the following Articles of the Indian Constitution deals with the District Planning Committee?
1 243-XD
2 243-ZD
3 243-YD
4 243- WD
Q In which year was the Gandhi-Irwin pact – a political agreement between Mahatma Gandhi and the Viceroy of India, Lord Irwin – signed?
1 1924
2 1930
3 1931
4 1919
Q Who among the following freedom fighters wrote the epic ‘Gita Rahasya’ in jail?
1. Lokmanya Tilak
2 Mahatma Gandhi
3 Bhagat Singh
4 BR Ambedkar
Q _ is the harvest festival celebrated on the 13th or 14th of April in Punjab every year and it marks the birth of the Khalsa Panth of the Sikh community.
1. Karva Chauth
2 Lohri
3 Baisakhi
4 Hola Mohalla
Q The final event in decathlon is always:
1 110 m hurdle
2 1500 m race
3 javelin throw
4 800 m race
Q The first field Marshall of India was -_______
1 SHFJ Manekshaw
2 KM Cariappa
3 Bikram Singh
4 Bipin Singh Rawat
Q Which Article of the Indian Constitution mentions about the ‘Promotion of educational and economic interests of Scheduled Castes, Scheduled Tribes and other weaker sections’?
1 Article 45
2 Article 46
3 Article 47
4 Article 48
Q In which of the following cities are the marble carved Dilwara Jain Temples located that enshrine various Jain ‘Tirthankaras’?
1. Pune
2 Shimla
3 Jaipur
4 Mount Abu
Q Which plateaus are very fertile because they are rich in black soil that is very good for farming?
1 Deccan lava plateau
2 African plateau
3 Ethiopian plateau
4 Katanga plateau
Q Mohan Veena player, Pandit Vishwa Mohan Bhatt won the __ Award in the
year 1994.
1 Oscar
2 Grammy
3 Sangita Kalanidhi
4 Sangeet Natak Akademi
Q Who among the following founded the Harijan Sevak Sangh in 1932?
1. Maharshi VR Shinde
2 Mahatma Gandhi
3 BR Ambedkar
4 Swami Vivekanand
Q Which of the following Schedules of the Constitution of India embodies three lists: Union , State and Concurrent?
1 Second
2 Sixth
2 Seventh
4 Ninth
Q Which military officer led the British forces in the Battle of Chinhat fought in 1857 ?
1 Charles Elice
2 Robert Maclagen
3 Sir Henry Lawrence
4 James George Smith
Q Which of the following organization’s headquarters is NOT correctly matched ?
1 WHO – Geneva , Switzerland
2 IMF – Washington DC , USA
3 OPEC – Vienna , Austria
4 Amnesty International – New York , USA
| International Organizations and their headquarters | WHO [ Geneva , Switzerland ] , IMF [ Washington DC , USA ] , OPEC [ Vienna , Austria ] , Amnesty International [ London ,United Kingdom ] , ILO [ Geneva , Switzerland ] , FAO [ Rome , Italy ] |
Q Who among the following was the first female Indian Police Service (IPS) Officer?
1. Kiran Bedi
2 Saina Bedi
3 Prem Mathur
4 Vimla Mehra
Q Rajgir Dance Festival attests to the wide popularity of classical dances related to which of the following states/union territories?
1 Goa
2 Bihar
3 Lakshadweep
4 Madhya Pradesh
Q In which of the following countries is the headquarters of ICC (International Cricket Council) situated?
1. Australia
2 New Zealand
3 UAE
4 UK
Q The Chola dynasty was founded by which of the following rulers?
1. Vijayalaya Chola
2 Aditya I
3 Rajaraja Chola
4 Rajendra Chola I
Q In which year was the Hunter Commission appointed by Lord Ripon for education reforms?
1. 1882
2 1857
3 1879
4 1867
Q In which of the following islands is India’s only active volcano found?
1. Neil Island
2 Barren Island
3 Agatti Island
4 Divar Island
Q Who among the following was appointed as the first Law Minister of Independent India in 1947?
1. Lokmanya Tilak
2 Dr. BR Ambedkar
3 Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel
4 Lal Bahadur Shastri
Q The first livestock census in India was conducted during :
1 1950-51
2 1992-93
3 1919-20
4 1960-61
Q From which Indian state did ‘Warli Art’ originate?
Ans 1. Maharashtra
2. Rajasthan
3. Kerala
4. Madhya Pradesh
Q Who among the following wrote the book ‘The Namesake’?
1 Arundhati Roy
2 Jhumpa Lahiri
3 Amitav Ghosh
4 Siddhartha Mukherjee
Q What is the minimum age required for the appointment of a person as a governor?
1 30 years
2 25 years
3 35 years
4 18 years
Q __ is the only continent through which the tropic of cancer, the equator and the tropic of capricorn passes.
1. North America
2 Africa
3 Europe
4 Asia
Q Vikram Era starts from which of the following years?
1 68 BC
2 78 BC
3 57 BC
4 78 AD
Q The vaccine for small pox was discovered by:
1. Robert Brown
2 Louis Pasteur
3 Edward Jenner
4 Robert Hooke
Q ‘Daskathia’, a form of ballad singing, is prevalent in:
1. Ladakh
2 Gujarat
3 Odisha
4 Assam
Q In which of the following states is the monument named ‘Bibi Ka Makbara’, the burial place of Aurangzeb’s wife Rabia-ud-Durrani, located?
1. Uttar Pradesh
2 Gujarat
3 Maharashtra
4 Karnataka
Q The small intestine is divided into the duodenum, jejunum and:
1 colon
2 ileum
3 anus
4 rectum
Q In which year was the foundation of the Gateway of India in Mumbai laid?
1. 1925
2 1911
3 1907
4 1920
Q ‘Beyond Religion: Ethics for a Whole World’ is a book by :
1. Dalai Lama
2 Sadhguru
3 Devdutt Pattanaik
4 Swami Gyanvatsa
Q Which of the following dances means ‘dance of the enchantress’?
1 Kathak
2 Sattriya
3 Kuchipudi
4 Mohiniyattam
Q In the Constituent Assembly of India, who among the following was the Chairperson of the Fundamental Rights Sub-Committee?
1. JB Kripalani
2 KM Munshi
3 Abul Kalam Azad
4 Vallabhbhai Patel
Q ‘Faster , More Inclusive and Sustainable Growth’ was the centre point of which FiveYear Plan?
1 Tenth
2 Twelfth
3 Ninth
4 Seventh
Q ”Earth provides enough to satisfy everyman’s need but not everyman’s greed” . Who said this ?
1 Mahatma Gandhi
2 Jawaharlal Nehru
3 Medha Patkar
4 Sunderlal Bahuguna
Q Who among the following alloys is a combination of gold and silver ?
1 Constantan
2 Electrum
3 Bronze
4 Solder
Q Identify the famous Indian music personality , In 2011 , the Guinness Book of World Records officially acknowledged her as the most recorded artist in music history
1 Alka Yagnik
2 Asha Bhosle
3 Shreya Ghoshal
4 Usha Uthup
Q Jagoi and Cholom are the two main divisions in ___ dance
1 Manipuri
2 Kathak
3 Kathakali
4 Bharatanatyam
Q Which among the following planets is also known as ”morning star” ?
1 Jupiter
2 Venus
3 Earth
4 Neptune
Q As per the standard census definition , main worker is a person who works for at least ___ in a year .
1 15O days
2 190 days
3 183 days
4 223 days
Q Which of the following ruler was the founder of the Pallava Dynasty ?
1 Simhavishnu
2 Vijayalaya
3 Uthiyan Cheralathan
3 Maravarman Sundara I
Q Which among the following National Parks is NOT located in Maharashtra ?
1 Tadoba National Park
2 Gugamal National Park
3 Navegaon National Park
4 Gorumara National Park
Q The longitudinal valley lying between lesser Himalaya and the Shiwaliks is known as _.
1 Brunds
2 Huns
3 Duns
4 Moans
Q Who heads the Prime Minister’s Office (PMO) administratively?
1 Chief Secretary
2 Primary Secretary
3 Cabinet Secretary
4 Principal Secretary
Q To prohibit the slaughter of cows is a Directive Principle mentioned in _ of the Indian Constitution.
1 Article 50
2 Article 48
3 Article 49
4 Article 44
Q Which of the following acts in India was based on report of a committee headed by the British Prime Minsiter Lord North ?
1 Charter’s Act 1793
2 Regulating Act 1773
3 Pitt India Act 1784
4 Government of India Act 1858
Q Subsidiary Alliance , through which the British were responsible for protecting their Indian allies from external an internal threats to their power , was devised by :
1 Lord Bentinck
2 Lord Wellesley
3 Lord Curzon
4 Lord Dalhousie
Q Which vitamin activates proteins and calcium esssential for blood clotting ?
1 Vitamin C
2 Vitamin D
3 Vitamin K
4 Vitamin B1
Q World Health Organization [ WHO ] is headquartered in ___
1 Vienna , Austria
2 New York , America
3 Geneva , Switzerland
4 Paris , France
Q Ernest Rutherford used about __ thick gold foil for alpha scattering
experiments.
1 1000 atoms
2 700 atoms
3 900 atoms
4 500 atoms
Q Which of the following is the edible part of a potato plant ?
1 Leaf
2 Seed
3 Stem
4 Root
Q In which of the following states is the Chitrakoot waterfalls on Indravati river located?
1 Jharkhand
2 Uttar Pradesh
3 Chhattisgarh
4 Maharashtra
Q The force of attraction applied between molecules of the same substance is called :
1 capillarity
2 surface tension
3 cohesive force
4 adhesive force
Q Which of the following companies stopped making personal computers in 2005 ?
1 Asus
2 Dell
3 IBM
4 Acer
Q In which year did Malayalam receive the status of Classical Language?
1 2013
2 2010
3 2004
4 2008
Q Which of the following books is authored by Indu Sundaresan ?
1 The Secret of the Nagas
2 The Feast of Roses
3 The One You Cannot Have
4 Ajaya : Rise of Kali
Q What was the captial of Hoyasala’s kingdom ?
1 Kalyani
2 Dvarasamudra [ Halebidu ]
3 Mysore
4 Devagiri
Q What is Nomophobia ?
1 Fear of being out of home contact
2 Fear of being out of cellular phone out
3 Fear of being out of computer contact
4 Fear of being out of television contact
Q Asia’s largest Indira Gandhi Memorial Tulip garden is situated in which city ?
1 Shimla
2 Manali
3 Srinagar
4 Gangtok
Q Which of the following organisations has been INCORRECTLY paired with the year in which it was founded?
1. Satyashodhak Samaj – 1873
2. Veda Samaj – 1864
3. Arya Samaj – 1875
4. Prarthana Samaj – 1885
| Social and Religious Reform Movements | Veda Samaj [ 1864 ] , Arya Samaj [ 1875 ] , Prarthana Samaj [ 1867 ] , Satyashodhak Samaj [ 1873 ] |