Q Ulothrix is a _______ algae.
1 brown
2 red
3 green
4 blue-green
Q The unit of magnetisation is _____________.
Ans 1. weber/metre
2. weber
3. tesla
4. ampere/metre
Q Who had proposed the motto of Olympics?
Ans 1. Didon
2. Pierre de Coubertin
3. Hirohito
4. Moon Jae-in
Q What is the outermost range of the Himalayas called?
1 Himachal
2 Himadri
3 Shiwaliks
4 Karakoram
Q Which country is called the ‘Coffee Bowl of the World’?
1 Serbia
2 Mexico
3 Brazil
4 Vietnam
Q Dhimsa folk dance is performed by the Porja tribes of :
1 Solan Valley
2 Araku Valley
3 Ketti Valley
4 Parvati Valley
Q Who was the first president of the All-India Trade Union Congress?
1 Lala Lajpat Rai
2 MN Roy
3 NM Lokhande
4 Lokmanya Tilak
Q The first National Games known as the Indian Olympic Games were hosted before independence in the year _ .
1 1924
2 1926
3 1930
4 1928
Q The Ryotwari (Peasant) System of 1820 was implemented in which of the following regions?
1 Madras and Punjab
2 Rajasthan and Delhi
3 Madras and Bombay
4 Bengal and Bombay
Q Makaravilakku festival is celebrated as the sacred grove of Lord Ayyappa in :
1 Telangana
2 Kerala
3 Karnataka
4 Andhra Pradesh
Q To which state of India do the ‘Khuded’ folk songs belong ?
1 Chhattisgarh
2 Uttarakhand
3 Odisha
4 Jharkhand
Q Tropical grasslands of Brazil are known as ______.
Ans 1. Savanna
2. Campos
3. Pampas
4. Llanos
Q Emani Sankara Sastry is known for playing which of the following musical instruments in India?
Ans 1. Been
2. Tabla
3. Veena
4. Sitar
Q The famous ‘Sriharikota’ island of India is well known as _.
1 the largest island in India
2 a famous hill station
3 a Space centre
4 an IIM center
Q In which year was Awadh formally annexed to the British Empire?
1 1860
2 1852
3 1856
4 1854
Q In which city is the Central Institute of Indian Language located ?
1 Shimla
2 Mysuru
3 New Delhi
4 Varanasi
Q On 14 September 1949, the Constituent Assembly accepted Hindi, written in the Devnagari Script, as the Official Language of the Union of India based on which formula?
1 Mitter-Khaitan formula
2 Ayyar-Ambedker formula
3 Munshi-Iyenger formula
4 Munshi-Saadulla formula
Q In a dam, potential energy of water changes into ___________, which rotates the turbine.
Ans 1. kinetic energy
2. heat energy
3. electric energy
4. mechanical energy
Q Who developed the theory of combustion as a chemical reaction with oxygen in the 18th century, that excluded phlogiston theory?
1 Friedrich Wöhler
2 Antoine Lavoisier
3 Robert Boyle
4 Johann Becher
Q Which among the following is the Marathi newspaper that was edited by Bal Gangadhar Tilak?
1 Mook Nayak
2 Kesari
3 Som Prakash
4 Samvad Kaumudi
Q Which of the following is a tribe of Andaman and Nicobar Islands ?
1 Ainus
2 Fulani
3 Jawara
4 Tharu
Q In which of the following years had Bal Gangadhar Tilak founded the Home League?
1 1924
2 1912
3 1916
4 1934
Q In which year was the Twenty Point Programme [ TPP ] launched ?
1 2006
2 1975
3 1986
4 1982
Q In which language was the work of Raja Ram Mohan Roy , ”Gift to Monotheists” originally written ?
1 Arabic
2 Persian
3 Bengali
4 Sanskrit
Q The novel ‘Train to Pakistan’ was written by __.
1 Khushwant Singh
2 Nawaz Sharif
3 Zakir Hussain
4 Imran Khan
Q In which year did one-third of the members of the Rajya Sabha retire for the first time?
1 1954
2 1958
3 1960
4 1956
Q Who among the following is the first Indian to win Pulitzer Prize ?
1 Arundhati Roy
2 Gobind Behari Lal
3 Vijay Seshadri
4 Jhumpa Lahiri
Q Who wrote the autobiography ‘Toward Freedom’?
1 BR Ambedker
2 Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel
3 Jawaharlal Nehru
4 Gopal Krishna Gokhale
Q In which of the following cities is the ‘Saptak Music Festival’ to celebrate Indian classical music usually held in the first week of January every year?
1 Chennai
2 New Delhi
3 Ahmedabad
4 Kolkata
Q National Dairy Research Institute is located at:
1 Karnal
2 Anand
3 Lucknow
4 Palampur
Q Ganga Dussehra takes place every year on the ______ day of Shukla Paksha of Jyeshtha month.
Ans 1. 8th
2. 12th
3. 6th
4. 10th
Q In 1917, which Irish woman along with Annie Besant and Sarojini Naidu founded the Women’s Indian Association (WIA) in Adyar, Madras, to bring awareness among women?
Ans 1. Margaret Cousins
2. Eilish Cousins
3. Myrna Cousins
4. Tierney Cousins
Q In 1930, who in his most famous speech stressed the creation of a Muslim state in North West India?
Ans 1. Ali Kutty Musliyar
2. Sir Muhammad Iqbal
3. Syed Ali Akhtar Rizvi
4. Khuzaima Qutbuddin
Q With which of the following coloured sandstones was a Male Torso found in Harappa?
1 Green
2 Red
3 Yellow
4 Brown
Q In which year was the East India Company granted ‘Diwani rights‘ [ right to collect revenues and decide civil cases of Bengal , Bihar and Orissa ] by Mughals ?
1 1761
2 1965
3 1784
4 1799
Q “Living root bridges” is an iconic structure found in which state?
1 Assam
2 Meghalaya
3 West Bengal
4 Himachal Pradesh
Q Which among the following lakes connects the twin cities of Hyderabad and Secunderabad?
Ans 1. Periyar
2. Kanwar
3. Hussain Sagar
4. Salim Ali
Q Which of the following states will you go to enjoy the famous Gaura-Gauri Puja that is celebrated every year?
Ans 1. Gujarat
2. Chhattisgarh
3. Rajasthan
4. Uttarakhand
Q In which layer of atmosphere does the meteorites burn up on entering from the space?
1 Exosphere
2 Mesosphere
3 Thermosphere
4 Stratosphere
Q What is the duration of a Kabaddi match ?
1 40 minutes
2 60 minutes
3 70 minutes
4 90 minutes
Q Which Gupta emperor established his capital at Sakala?
1 Chandragupta
2 Ashoka
3 Mihirakula
4 Samudragupta
Q Who was the first chairman of National Human Rights Commission ?
1 Justice Ranganath Mishra
2 Justice Arun Kumar Mishra
3 Justice HL Dattu
4 Justice Prafulla Chandra Pant
Q Khuang‘ is a traditional musical instrument of which state?
1 Assam
2 Mizoram
3 Himachal Pradesh
4 Arunachal Pradesh
Q Arvind Parikh is associated with which of the following musical instruments ?
1 Sitar
2 Tabla
3 Shehnai
4 Mridangam
Q The isotope used in atomic clocks for precise time measurement is:
1 Cesium-133
2 Uranium-235
3 Strontium-90
4 Cobalt-60
Q How many days are taken by the moon to complete a single rotation on its axis ?
1 20 earth days
2 25.6 earth days
3 27.3 earth days [ 27 days , 7 hours , 43 minutes ]
4 29.8 earth days
Q Which state in India was the first to introduce the ‘Mid-day Meal Scheme’ for school children?
1 Maharashtra
2 Gujarat
3 Tamil Nadu
4 Kerala
Q Which Article of the Constitution of India states the directive principles of state policy on ‘promotion of international peace and security’?
1 Article 49
2 Article 51
3 Article 69
4 Article 62
Q Who is the author of the book ‘Elephant in the Womb’?
1 Kalki Koechlin
2 Twinkle Khanna
3 Farhan Akhtar
4 Konkana Sen Sharma
Q The Kanger Valley National Park is located in which of the following states ?
1 Gujarat
2 Chhattisgarh
3 Assam
4 Arunachal Pradesh
Q In which of the following states of India is the Bomdi-La Pass located?
1 Sikkim
2 Arunachal Pradesh
3 Assam
4 Himachal Pradesh
Q Which scientist/s proposed the theory of relativity?
1 Watson and Crick
2 Albert Einstein
3 John Dalton
4 Charles Darwin
Q What is the name of the first research station in Antarctica built by the Government of India?
1 Vaishali
2 Maitri
3 Bharati
4 Dakshin Gangotri
Q According to Basic Road Statistics in India-2018-19, National Highways constitutes __ of the total road network in the country.
1 12.90%
2 02.09%
3 22.10%
4 08.40%
Q How many players are there on each side of the Kabaddi Team in the field?
1 9
2 10
3 7
4 8
Q When was the Jawaharlal Nehru Manipur Dance Academy established?
1 1954
2 1951
3 1952
4 1953
Q When was the United States Environmental Protection Agency established ?
1 December 1980
2 December 1970
3 March 1980
4 March 1970
Q Which community of Rajasthan has been following block printing since the last three centuries ?
1 Khatri
2 Bishnois
3 Chippa
4 Khatik
Q Who gave the slogans ‘Dilli Chalo’ and ‘Give me blood and I will give you Freedom’?
Ans 1. Sardar Vallabh Bhai Patel
2. Bipin Chandra Pal
4. Subhash Chandra Bose
4 Bal Gangadhar Tilak
Q Both men and women take part in this popular dance of Sikkim ; men hang large drums called ‘Chyapbrungs’ at waist level and play it rhythmically while dancing. There is no song except the rhythmic drum beats . Identify the dance form.
1 Lu Khangthamo
2 Rechungma
3 Limboo
4 Mask dance
Q The Taj Mahal is called ‘a dream in marble’ . Which monument is called as ‘ a dream of stone’ ?
1 The Panch Mahal
2 Char Minar
3 Ajanta Caves
4 Hawal Mahal
Q In which year Kakori conspiracy case take place ?
1 1925
2 1920
3 1927
4 1923
Q The silver coin ‘Tanka’ and the Copper coin ‘Jital’ was introduced by ______
1 Iltutmish
2 Balban
3 Qutubuddin Aibak
4 Bahram Khan
Q Which country hosted the first ever Commonwealth Games in 1930?
1 Australia
2 New Zealand
3 England
4 Canada
Q Which Constitutional Amendment Act is known as the ‘Right to Education’ Amendment?
1 101st Amendment
2 61st Amendment
3 44th Amendment
4 86th Amendment
Q Guru Purnima, a festival celebrated by Hindus, Jains and Buddhists in India falls in which month of Hindu calendar?
1 Kartika
2 Vaisakha
3 Sravana
4 Ashadha
Q Government of India introduced the gender budget statement for the first time in the year __.
1 2001-2002
2 2002-2003
3 2005-2006
4 2004-2005
Q In which year was the Second Anglo-Mysore war fought between the Kingdom of Mysore and the British East India Company?
1 1785-1789
2 1769-1775
3 1780-1784
4 1766-1769
First Anglo Mysore War [ 1767 – 1769 ] , Second Anglo Mysore War [ 1780 -1784 ] , Third Anglo Mysore War [ 1790 – 1792 ] , Fourth Anglo Mysore War [ 1798-99 ]
Q Chapchar kut festival , is a famous festival of ____ state of India .
1 Mizoram
2 Tamil Nadu
3 Assam
4 Meghalaya
Q Narayan Guru , a social reformer from Ezhava caste and who propagated an anti-caste movement , was born in which of the following states of India ?
1 Karnataka
2 Kerala
3 Tamil Nadu
4 Andhra Pradesh
Q Which of the following Indian musicians was called ‘Mallika-e-Ghazal’ ?
1 Prabha Bharti
2 Begum Akhtar
3 Chitra Singh
4 Farida Khanum
Q Swami Dayanand Saraswati founded a reform organisation in 1875 that attempted to reform Hinduism. What was it called?
1 Arya Samaj
2 Prarthna Samaj
3 Satyashodhak Samaj
4 Brahmo Samaj
Q The autobiography of sitar maestro Pandit Ravi Shankar is titled ‘_’.
1 My Melodies, My Life
2 The Melody of My Life
3 My Music, My Life
4 The Music of My Life
Q Under which movement was the slogan of ‘Do or Die’ given by Mahatma Gandhi?
1 Champaran Satyagraha
2 Quit India Movement
3 Civil Disobedience Movement
4 Against the Simon Commission
Q To which of the following linguistic groups does the majority of the Indian population
belong?
1 Indo-Aryan
2 Santhal Group
3 Dravidian
4 Austric
Q Who among the following social reformers of British India was known as Lokhitwadi?
1 VeeresalingamPantulu
2 Gopal Hari Deshmukh
3 Narayan Guru
4 Jyotiba Phule
Q For how many vaccine-preventable diseases are immunizations provided under the Universal Immunization Programme?
1 15
2 12
3 9
4 11
Q As per the Census of India 2011, the female population of the country increased by _ between 2001 and 2011.
1 9.67%
2 11.38%
3 24.95%
4 18.12%
Q Which Constitutional Amendment conferred the constitutional status upon the National Commission for Scheduled Tribes (NCST)?
Ans 1. 85th Amendment Act
2. 101st Amendment Act
3. 89th Amendment Act
4. 102nd Amendment Act
Q Tata Institute of Fundamental Research was set up under the vision of :
1 Dr APJ Abdul Kalam
2 Srinivasa Ramanujan
3 Dr. Homi J Bhabha
4 Dr CV Raman
Q From their mother’s side, Mughal rulers were the descendants of _.
1 Mahmud Ghazni
2 Iltutmish
3 Genghis Khan
4 Timur
Q In which of the following Articles of the Constitution of India is it mentioned that “it shall be the duty of every citizen of India to defend the country and render national service when called upon to do so”?
1 51A (i)
2 51A (k)
3 51A (d)
4 51A (j)
Q What is the name of the autobiography written by the 14th Dalai Lama?
1 My Country My Life
2 Living with the Himalayan Masters
3 Freedom in Exile
4 Long Walk to Freedom
Q What is the main focus of Article 356 of the India Constitution?
1 National emergency
2 Fundamental duties
3 President’s rule in states
4 Special provisions for Jammu and Kashmir
Q What is the name of India’s first Railway University ?
1 Rashtriya Rail Vishwavidyalaya
2 Institute of Rail Management of India
3 Indian Rail and Roadways Institute
4 National Rail and Transporation Institute [ Gati Shakti Vishwavidyalaya ]
Q Which of the following Indian classical dancers has been INCORRECTLY matched with her dance form?
1 Madhavi Mudgal – Orissi
2 Nandini Singh – Kathak
3 Radha Reddy – Kuchipudi
4 Saswati Sen – Bharatanatyam
| Indian classical dancers | Saswati Sen [ Kathak ] , Radha Reddy [ Kuchipudi ] , Nandini Singh [ Kathak ] , Madhavi Mudhgal [ Odissi ] , Jhaveri Sisters [ Manipuri ] |
Q Who among the following is popularly known as ‘the Forest Man of India’?
1 Bindeshwar Pathak
2 Jadav Payeng
3 Satyabhama Das Biju
4 Rajendra Singh