Q Which of the following festivals is celebrated on the Makar Sankranti day in Assam ?
1 Kati Bihu
2 Magh Bihu
3 Bohag Bihu
4 Raksha Bandhan
Q Who is known as the father of Indian Census?
1 Thomas Jefferson
2 Henry Walter
3 Yuzo Morita
4 Chandra Sumsher Rana
Q The Central Institute of Indian Languages was set up in the year _.
1 1979
2 1949
3 1969
4 1959
Q The Bhaja Caves are located in ______.
Ans 1. Uttar Pradesh
2. Maharashtra
3. Rajasthan
4. Bihar
Q Who among the following had written the ‘Kamayani’?
1 Mahadevi Verma
2 Jaishankar Prasad
3 Sumitranandan Pant
4 Amrita Pritam
Q Which is the highest peak of South India ?
1 Kudremukh
2 Mahendragiri
3 Doddabetta
4 Anaimudi
Q What is meant by “Victoria Regia” ?
1 Biggest Flower
2 Former Queen of the United Kingdom
3 Smallest Flower
4 The plant with the largest leaves
Q The Fundamental Rights can be suspended during the operation of a National
Emergency except the rights guaranteed by _.
1 Articles 14 and 15
2 Articles 20 and 21
3 Article 23 and 24
4 Articles 18 and 19
Q Which of the following states of India is the abode of the Tharu tribe?
1 Kerala
2 Uttarakhand
3 Maharashtra
4 Himachal Pradesh
Q In which year the practice of “Sati “ was declared prohibited?
1 1805 AD
2 1891 AD
3 1872 AD
4 1829 AD
Q Who was the founder of the Satavahana dynasty in India ?
1 Menander
2 Simuka
3 Chandragupta II
4 Pushyamitra Sunga
Q Red algae gets its colour from the pigment _.
1 chlorophyll d
2 chlorophyll a
3 phycoerythrin
4 fucoxanthin
Q Tattvabodhini Sabha was founded in __.
1 1866
2 1822
3 1875
4 1839
Q In which state is “Yeshwant Sagar” located?
1 Madhya Pradesh
2 Odisha
3 Karnataka
4 Tamil Nadu
Q Which of the following Sun temples is built by Raja Bhimdev I of the Solanki dynasty?
Ans 1. Martand Sun temple
2. Modhera Sun Temple
3. Surya Narayana Temple
4. Shri Surya Narayana Swami Temple
Q Harmika is one of the features of __ in Buddhist architecture.
1 chaityas
2 pillars
3 viharas
4 stupas
Q Which of the following folk dance is associated with Goa ?
1 Lava
2 Kolkali
3 Dekhni
4 Lama
Q Kailasanathar Temple is located in which of the following states of India?
1 Tamil Nadu
2 Odisha
3 Karnataka
4 Telangana
Q Who was the first Indian to get the Oscar for lifetime achievements in cinema in 1992?
Ans 1. Tarun Majumdar
2. Satyajit Ray
3. T Rama Rao
4. K Viswanath
Q Who is called the father of the modern Indian dance ?
1 Uday Shankar
2 Ambui Singh
3 CV Chandrasekhar
4 Raja Reddy
Q The federal scheme, Judiciary and Governors system of the Constitution of India are
drawn from the _______.
1 Government of India Act, 1919
2 Government of India Act, 1935
3 Government of India Act of 1942
4 Government of India Act of 1945
Q Kuchipudi dance form is named after a village, which exists in which of the following
district of Andhra Pradesh?
1 Guntur
2 Tirupati
3 Krishna
4 Kurnoo
Q In which of the following years was the Brahmo Samaj established by Raja Ram Mohan Roy?
Ans 1. 1825
2. 1820
3. 1818
4. 1828
Q The Power of Judicial Review was taken from the Constitution of which of the
following countries?
1 Ireland
2 South Africa
3 United States of America
4 United Kingdom
Q Which of the following newspapers in British India was founded by Bal Gangadhar Tilak ?
Ans 1. Swadesamitran
2. Indian Mirror
3. Kesari
4. The Hindu
Q Which state celebrated the 45th Kokborok Day?
Ans 1. Mizoram
2. Nagaland
3. Tripura
4. Assam
Q Which of the following is the highest peak of Western Ghats?
1 Anai Mudi
2 Doda Betta
3 Javedi Hills
4 Mahendra Giri
Q Which Article of the Constitution of India grants protection to persons who are
arrested or detained?
1 Article 23
2 Article 20
3 Article 22
4 Article 21
Q In 8th century India, Nagabhatta I established which of the following Rajput dynasties in Malwa region?
1 Tomara
2 Gurjara-Pratihara
3 Chauhan
4 Parmara
Q The Fundamental Duties are encapsulated under which Article of the Constitution?
1 Article 51 C
2 Article 51
3 Article 51 B
4 Article 51 A
Q Which of the following Indian classical dance forms is known to be ‘ekaharya’?
1 Kathak
2 Bharatnatyam
3 Kathakali
4 Manipuri
Q Zainul Abidin was one of most famous rulers of which kingdom in India?
1 Odisha
2 Kashmir
3 Sindh
4 Hyderabad
Q Where is the headquarters of the National Remote Sensing Centre (NRSC) situated?
1 Kolkata
2 Hyderabad
3 Mumbai
4 Bengaluru
Q Who succeeded Alivardi Khan as Nawab of Bengal in 1756?
Ans 1. Mir Qasim
2. Shuja-ud-daula
3. Siraj-ud-daula
4. Mir Jafar
Q Which state has the highest sex ratio in India as per the 2011 Census?
1 Meghalaya
2 Himachal Pradesh
3 Tamil Nadu
4 Kerala
Q Which of the following dances is performed by the Korku tribe?
1 Cheraw
2 Chatkora
3 Puli Kali
4 laho
Q The Mamallapuram Dance Festival was first introduced in the year _.
1 1998
2 1992
3 1996
4 1994
Q Mehtab Bagh is the part of the which of the following famous monuments of India?
1 Humayun’s Tomb
2 Taj Mahal
3 Rashtrapati Bhavan
4 Bibi Ka Maqbara
Q Which of the following rivers takes a ‘U’ turn at the Namcha Barwa and enters India in Arunachal Pradesh through a gorge?
1 Beas
2 Brahmaputra
3 Mahanadi
4 Alakananda
Q During whose reign was Devagiri renamed Daulatabad?
1 Muhammad-bin-Tughlaq
2 Iltutmish
3 Alauddin Khilji
4 Akbar
Q The first woman of Indian origin who undertook a space journey ?
1 Kalpana Chawla
2 Arunima Sinha
3 Santosh Yadav
4 Nora Polley
Q ‘______: From Cricket to Cancer and Back’ is an autobiography by Yuvraj Singh.
1 The Pitch of My Life
2 The Googly of My Life
3 The Match of My Life
4 The Test of My Life
Q The Supreme Court has special advisory jurisdiction in matters which may specifically be referred to it by the President of India under Article ___ of the Constitution.
1 141
2 143
3 142
4 144
Q The Dehing Patkai festival is named after which of the following?
1 River-Mountain
2 Butterfly-Flower
3 Forest-Animal
4 Bird-Tree
Q What process was discovered in the early 1990s that is currently used to remove ammonia from wastewater and contributes significantly to the loss of fixed nitrogen from the oceans?
1 Pervasion
2 Anammox
3 Coalescence
4 Volatilisation
Q Malala Yousafzai and Kailash Satyarthi were jointly presented with which award in 2014 ?
1 Nobel Peace Award
2 Abel Prize
3 Ramon Magsaysay Award
4 Pulitzer Prize
Q The First Buddhist Council was held at____
1 Rajagriha
2 Vaishali
3 Pataliputra
4 Kashmir
| Buddhist Councils | First Buddhist Council [ Rajagriha ] , Second Buddhist Council [ Vaishali ] , Third Buddhist Council [ Pataliputra ] , Fourth Buddhist Council [ Kashmir ] |
Q The First Woman President of the Indian National Congress ?
1 Annie Besant
2 Aruna Asaf ALI
3 Sarojini Naidu
4 Sucheta Kripalani
Q ‘The Deccan Sabha’ was founded by which of the following nationalists ?
1 Gopal Krishna Gokhale
2 Pherozeshah Mehta
3 Surendranath Banerjee
4 Dadabhai Naoroji
Q Including the island groups, India’s coastline measures a total of about _
kilometres.
1 7,516.6
2 7,328.8
3 7,183.3
4 7,964.4
Q The Bihar Provincial Kisan Sabha was a peasant organisation founded in _.
1 1918
2 1929
3 1921
4 1912
Q With which of the following festivals are ‘Dhaki’ drummers generally associated?
1 Pongal
2 Anant Chaturdashi
3 Gudi Padwa
4 Durga Puja
A drummer called ‘Dhaki’ in West Bengal plays a special drum called dhak durng the Durga Puja festival
Q Which writer was the first to be awarded the Jnanpith Award for English Literature?
1 R K Narayan
2 Amitabh Ghosh
3 Bishnu Dey
4 Kiran Desai
Q To which language family does Sanskrit language belong?
1 Indo-European
2 Sino-Tibetan
3 Dravid
4 Austric
Q Who among the following presided over the 1917 Calcutta session of the Indian National Congress?
1 Annie Besant
2 Hakim Ajmal Khan
3 Dr. M A Ansari
4 Pandit Jawahar Lal Nehru
Q According to the Census of India 2011, which is the second most literate state in India?
1 Mizoram
2 Karnataka
3 Odisha
4 Tripura
Q In which of the following years was the Election Commission of India established?
1 1954
2 1957
3 1950
4 1960
Q Which was the first 3D film of India ?
1 Kochadaiiyaan
2 My Dear Kuttichathan
2 Haunted
4 Kalai Arasai
| First Feature film | Raja Harishchandra |
| First talkie movie | Alam Ara |
| First color movie | Kisan Kanya |
| First 3D film | My Dear Kuttichattan |