Q Planet Pluto was discovered by :
1 William Hershel
2 Clyde Tombaugh
3 John Adams
4 Johann Galle
Q Who was India’s first National Security Advisor?
1 Shivshankar Menon
2 Brajesh Mishra
3 MK Narayanan
4 JN Dixit
Q Nehru Institute of Mountaineering is located at __.
1 Ladakh
2 Uttarakhand
3 Jammu And Kashmir
4 Himachal Pradesh
Q Rast-Goftar , a newspaper , propagated the messages of socio-religious reforms for which of the following societies ?
1 Hindu
2 Muslim
3 Sikh
4 Parsi
Q In which year was the Raja Ramanna Centre for Advanced Technology established ?
1 1969
2 1981
3 1984
4 1989
Q Chaitrual and Phulaich are the festival of which of the following states ?
1 Assam
2 Himachal Pradesh
3 Uttarakhand
4 Arunachal Pradesh
Q Who is credited with creating the popular Raga Miya ki Malhar ?
1 Amir Khusrau
2 Tansen
3 Meera Bai
4 Zakir Hussain
Q Where was the first cement plant set up ?
1 Nagpur
2 Mumbai
3 Chennai
4 Lucknow
Q Hai-Hak dance is associated with which state ?
1 Rajasthan
2 Andhra Pradesh
3 Tripura
4 Sikkim
Q Which is the highest peak of South India?
1 Jindhagada peak
2 Doddabetta
3 Anaimudi
4 Mahendragiri
Q The Tibetan Plateau is the best example of a/an ___
1 Volcanic Eruption
2 Erosion Plateau
3 Doomed Plateau
4 Intermontane Plateau
Q The world’s first official airmail was sent from to __ to in February 1911.
1 Allahabad , Kanpur
2 Allahabad , Agra
3 Allahabad , Naini
4 Allahabad , Delhi
Q Where is the headquarters of International Labour Organization [ ILO ] located ?
1 Lyon , France
2 Washington DC , USA
3 Geneva , Switzerland
4 Helsinki , Finland
Q Which of the following temples was built by Raja Raja Chola I ?
1 Jagannath Temple
2 Meenakshi Temple
3 Brihadisvara Temple
4 Lingaraj Temple
Q With which of the following tournaments is hockey associated ?
1 Subroto Cup
2 Ryder Cup
3 Rangaswamy Cup
4 Cooch Behar Trophy
Q The Indian National Flag [ tricolour ] was unfurled by Bhikaji Cama in :
1 Russia , 1908
2 London, 1907
3 German, 1907 [ Stuttgart ]
4 Poland, 1907
Q Who among the following founded the Hindu Dharma Sabha in the 19th century ?
1 Radhakanta Deb
2 Raja Ram Mohan Roy
3 Dwarkanath Tagore
4 Keshab Chandra Sen
Q Which Indian state was the first to make it mandatory for all homes to have rooftop rainwater harvesting structures ?
1 Sikkim
2 Tamil Nadu
3 Odisha
4 Haryana
Q Which National Waterway runs from Haldia to Prayagraj ?
1 National Waterway 1
2 National Waterway 2
3 National Waterway 3
4 National Waterway 4
Q In which Olympics did Khashaba Jadhav , the first Indian win an individual Olympic medal for India?
1 1972 Munich Olympics
2 1948 London Olympics
3 1952 Helsinki Olympics
4 1936 Berlin Olympics
Q Snail is an example of which of the following phylum of animal kingdom ?
1 Mollusca
2 Annelida
3 Protochordate
4 Arthropoda
Q Bhakti saints , Nayanars were devotees of which of the following gods ?
1 Murugan
2 Shiva
3 Vishnu
4 Indra
Q ”The Invisible Man” is a science fiction novel written by famous author ___
1 Herbert Georege Wells
2 William Shakespeare
3 Jules Verne
4 Agatha Christie
Q एक पारंपरिक खेल यूबी लक्पी [ Yubi Lakpi ] किस राज्य में खेला जाता है?
1 मणिपुर
2 अरुणाचल प्रदेश
3 हिमाचल प्रदेश
4 झारखंड
Q What is the calling code of Sri Lanka ?
1 +94
2 +975
3 +977
4 +92
Q Triton is the moon of which planet ?
1 Neptune
2 Saturn
3 Jupiter
4 Mars
Q ____ is a group folk dance of Sikkim performed in honour of Mount Khangchendzonga , the guardian deity of the Sikkimese people .
1 Zo Mal Lok
2 Chu-Faat
3 Tendong Lo Rum Faat
4 Kinchum Chu Bomsa
Q Which freedom fighter started the newspaper Al-Hilal ?
1 Maulana Shaukat Ali
2 Hakim Ajmal Khan
3 Maulana Abul Kalam Azad
4 Chaudhry Khaleequzzaman
Q The amount of radiation being emitted by a radioactive material is measured using the conventional unit ___
1 watt
2 Curie [ Ci ]
3 pascal
4 ampere
Q Which of the following historical caves of India are located in the state of Bihar?
Ans 1. Barabar Caves
2. Ellora Caves
3. Kanheri Caves
4. Ajanta Caves
Q The state of matter in which the electrons are free in a cloud rather than attached to individual atoms is called ______.
Ans 1. Liquid
2. Solid
3. Plasma
4. Gas
Q Who was Gulbadan Begum, writer of Humayun Nama?
Ans 1. Wife of Humayun
2. Daughter of Humayun
3. Sister of Humayun
4. Mother of Humayun
Q Who is the author of the book ‘India: From Midnight to the Millennium’ ?
1 Shashi Tharoor
2 Amitav Ghosh
3 Chetan Bhagat
4 Kiran Desai
Q The battle which marks the loss of Vijayanagar empire to the confederation of the Deccan Sultanates in 1565 was fought at:
1 Talikota
2 Bidar
3 Golconda
4 Mysore
Q How many Assembly Constituencies does Rajasthan have ?
Ans 1. 200
2. 207
3. 205
4. 209
Q The United India Patriotic Association was founded by whom?
Ans 1. Siafudeen Kichlu
2. Maulana Shibli Numani
3. Sir Syed Ahmed Khan
4. Muhammad Ali
Q Which of the following schedules of the Constitution of India mentions the forms of oaths and affirmations?
1 Third Schedule
2 Fourth Schedule
3 First Schedule
4 Second Schedule
Q Jahanara, who is credited for designing the famous Chandni Chowk market of Old Delhi, was the daughter of Mughal Emperor
1 Aurangazeb
2 Jahangir
3 Shah Jahan
4 Bahadur Shah
Q Which article of Indian constitution is related with qualifications for appointment as Governor?
1 157
2 132
3 169
4 143
Q Which is a colourless, odourless gas of the alkane series of hydrocarbons with a chemical formula of C3H8?
1 Pentane
2 Ethane
3 Propane
4 Butane
Q The Arya Samaj was founded by Swami Dayanand Saraswati in:
1 1875
2 1880
3 1888
4 1867
Q Who among the followng was the first Indian to qualify for the Indian Civil Service ?
1 Surendranath Banerjee
2 Lakshmi Kant Jha
3 Satyendranath Tagore
4 Subhash Chandra Bose
Q Who was the first woman of Indian descent to go to space ?
1 Kalpana Chawla
2 Nalini Ramarajan
3 Shawna Pandya
4 Sunita Williams
Q Kye Monastery is the oldest and biggest monastery situated in the state of :
1 Sikkim
2 Arunachal Pradesh
3 Himachal Pradesh
4 Karnataka
Q In Cricket, what is the distance between two wickets?
1 22 yards
2 21 Yards
3 23 yards
4 24 yards
Q Inamgaon village is located in which state of India?
Ans 1. Madhya Pradesh
2. Maharashtra
3. Punjab
4. Kerala
Q Who is the author of the book ‘Song of India’?
1 Shashi Tharoor
2 Meenakshi Lekhi
3 Anna Burns
4 Ruskin Bond
Q Which among the following festivals is also known as the festival of winter season?
1 Moatsu
2 Chakan Gaan-Ngai
3 Wangala
4 Chapchar Kut
Q _ is the first state in India which has made roof top rainwater harvesting structure compulsory to all the houses across the state.
1 Tamil Nadu
2 Haryana
3 West Bengal
4 Uttar Pradesh
Q In __ the Muslim League had moved a resolution demanding “Independent
States” for Muslims in the north-western and eastern areas of the country.
1 1942
2 1943
3 1940
4 1938
Q What is the name of the autobiography of Viswanathan Anand?
1. Mind Master
2. The Test of My Life
3. Playing It My Way
4. Ace Against Odds
Q Jalikattu is associated with which Indian festival ?
1 Pongal
2 Bihu
3 Onam
4 Ugadi
Q Rana Tigrina is the scientific name of which animal ?
1 Wolf
2 Asian Frog
3 Leopard
4 Tiger
Q Which part of the muscular system attaches bone to bone ?
1 Tendon
2 Muscle
3 Ligament
4 Cartilage
Q _______ is the smallest tiger reserve in India .
1 Jim Corbett Tiger Reserve
2 Bor Tiger Reserve
3 Nagarjunsagar-Srisailam Tiger Reserve
4 Veerangana Durgavati Tiger Reserve
Q Ustad Asad Ali Khan played which of the following instruments ?
1 Algoza
2 Rudra Veena
3 Sitar
4 Ravanahatha
Q Wo among the following was given the charge of looking after the imperial household during the Mughal administration ?
1 Mir Saman
2 Mir Bahri
3 Mir Bakshi
4 ‘Mir-e-aatish’
Q The currency of Malaysia is ___
1 Peso
2 Ngultrum
3 Ringgit
4 Krone
Q How many countries are part of SAARC ?
1 8
2 7
3 6
4 9
| SAARC members | Afghanistan , Bangladesh , Bhutan , India , Maldives , Nepal , Pakistan and Sri Lanka |
Q राज्य विधानमंडल की सदस्यता के बिना किसी व्यक्ति को कितने माह तक मुख्यमंत्री नियुक्त किया जा
सकता है?
1 6 माह
2 2 वर्ष
3 15 माह
4 1 वर्ष
Q As of 2024 , How many national laboratories does the Council of Scientific and Industrial Research [ CSIR ] have in India ?
1 47
2 37
3 27
4 17
Q Kamet , Namcha Barwa , Gurla Mandhata are the names of :
1 volcanoes in Himalayas
2 mountain peaks in Himalayas
3 tribes living in Himalayas
4 rivers flowing through Himalayas