Q Who discovered Uranus ?
1 William Herschel
2 Clyde Tombaugh
3 Aristotle
4 Galileo Galileo
Q In a volleyball game, ‘libero’ is a __.
1 specialised defensive player
2 blocking expert
3 specialised attacking player
4 smashing expert
Q Who is the father of the modern ecology?
1 Robert Brown
2 Charles Darwin
3 E P Odum
4 Robert Hook
Q In which year did India make its One Day International [ ODI ] debut ?
1 1971
2 1974
3 1975
4 1972
Q In which state is ‘Tarnetar’ fair celebrated annually?
Ans 1. Gujarat
2. Telangana
3. Madhya Pradesh
4. Manipur
Q What is the standard weight of a hockey ball?
1 161 gm – 156 gm
2 162 gm – 156 gm
3 160 gm – 156 gm
4 163 gm – 156 gm
Q In Rashtrapati Bhavan, the painting titled ‘Invention of the Printing Press’ by Vivian Forbes depicts whom?
1 Johann Fust
2 William Caxton
3 Johannes
4 Richard M Hoe
Q How many temples and monasteries are there in Ellora caves?
1 18
2 29
3 34
4 23
Q Shifting agriculture is known as __ in the Western Ghats.
1 kumari
2 dahiya
3 koman
4 waltre
Q Shyamji Krishna Varma established India House at _ in 1905.
1 Bombay
2 Paris
3 London
4 New York
Q How many elements are listed in the modern periodic table?
1 107
2 111
3 117
4 118
Q Which of the following Prime Ministers released the stamp “Wheat Revolution” to appreciate the Green Revolution?
1 Jawaharlal Nehru
2 Indira Gandhi
3 Lal Bahadur Shastri
4 Narendra Modi
Q Which of the following is the largest District in India as per area?
1 Mumbai
2 Mahe
3 Kutch
4 Bangalore
Q Who discovered the vaccine for smallpox in 1798?
1 Edward Jenner
2 Alexander Fleming
3 Robert Koch
4 James Phipps
Q A follower of Gokhale, Narayan Malhar Joshi founded the Social Service League in Bombay, in which of the following years ?
1 1914
2 1913
3 1911
4 1912
Q Which of the following dance forms originating in Kerala , is a solo recital by women ?
1 Mohiniyattam
2 Odissi
3 Kathakali
4 Kuchipudi
Q The decadal growth rate of India’s population as per Census 2011 is ____
1 17.02 %
2 16.54 %
3 17.64 %
4 16.65 %
Q Which fibre is also called as artificial silk ?
1 Rayon
2 Nylon
3 Polyester
4 Acrylon
Q The ____ in Punjab is held to commemorate the warriors who laid down their lives in the battle between Guru Gobind Singh and the Mughals.
1 Rauza Sharif Urs
2 Hola Mohalla
3 Maghi Mela
4 Jor Mela
Q In which state is the Anantagiri Hills located ?
1 Karnataka
2 Kerala
3 Telangana
4 Andhra Pradesh
Q Who among the following was the last Viceroy of India?
1 Lord Curzon
2 Lord Mountbatten
3 Lord Canning
4 Lord Irwin
Q In which state of India is shifting cultivation known as Bringa?
1 Andhra Pradesh
2 Manipur
3 Odisha
4 Madhya Pradesh
Q Where was the first ever ICC Cricket World Cup organized?
1 West Indies
2 Australia
3 India
4 England
Q Which article of Indian constitution is related with bar to interference by courts in electoral matter?
1 312
2 329
3 335
4 341
Q Which of the following rivers has its source near Trimbakeshwar?
Ans 1. Godavari
2. Narmada
3. Kaveri
4. Krishna
Q Who is the author of the novel “A passage to India”?
1 Edward Gibbon
2 E M Forster
3 H G Wells
4 Pt. Jawaharlal Nehru
Q Which of t he following organizations in India is known as he “Lender of Last
Resort “?
1 Reserve Bank of India
2 Finance Ministry
3 Home Ministry
4 State Bank of India
Q Which of the following gave the British Indian government enormous powers to repress political activities, and allowed the detention of political prisoners without trial for two years?
1 Indian Slavery Act
2 Rowlatt Act
3 Indian Contract Act
4 Negotiable Instruments Act
Q Rudreshwara , popularly known as Ramappa Temple, is located in:
1 Telangana
2 Andhra Pradesh
3 Kerala
4 Karnataka
Q Which among the following rivers forms the famous Jog Falls?
1 Tapti
2 Sabarmati
3 Mahi
4 Sharavati
Q Emperor Akbar moved the capital to Lahore in 1585. When did he shift the capital back to Agra from Lahore?
1 1599
2 1591
3 1588
4 1595
Q Which of the following refrective defects of vision is also known as Short –
sightedness?
1 Hypermetropia
2 Cataract
3 Presbyopia
4 Myopia
Q Which of the following states is associated with the singing of ‘Pankhida’ by peasants while working in the fields?
Ans 1. Punjab
2. Himachal Pradesh
3. Rajasthan
4. Haryana
Q The folk dance ‘Lambadi’ is associated with which Indian state?
1 Bihar
2 Assam
3 Karnataka
4 Andhra Pradesh
Q What is the height of Mahendragiri which is the highest peak in the Eastern Ghats?
1 1150 meters
2 1501 meters
3 1510 meters
4 1051 meters
Q Konark Temple in Odisha was built by which of the following kings?
1. Bhanu Deva
2. Anantavarman Chodagangadeva
3. Narasimha Deva I
4. Ananga Bhima Deva
Q How many alpha-numeric characters does an Indian Financial System Code contain?
1 9
2 10
3 11
4 12
Q Identify the crop based on the following information.It is known as the golden fibre. It grows well on well-drained fertile soils in the flood plains where soils are renewed every year.
1 Jute
2 Cotton
3 Wheat
4 Coffee
Q When did the Caliph of Baghdad , Mustansir Billah , bestow on Iltutmish the titles of ‘Sultan-i-Azam’ (Sultan the great) and ‘Nasir-Amir-al-Mommin’ (deputy of the leader of faithful)?
1 1220 AD
2 1210 AD
3 1224 AD
4 1229 AD
Q Which Japanese artist visited India in the 1930s and painted a celebrated series depicting the Taj Mahal, the Sanchi Stupa and the Ellora Caves?
1 Hiroshi Sugimoto
2 Hiroshi Senju
3 Hiroshi Yoshida
4 Hiroshi Nakajima
Q Which of the following festivals is celebrated in Manipur to celebrate the onset of spring?
1 Kut
2 Yaoshang
3 Lai-Haraoba
4 Gang-Ngai
Q Who is referred to as ‘Frontier Gandhi’ ?
1 Rajendra Prasad
2 Khan Abdul Gaffar Khan
3 Ashfaqullah Khan
4 Rajkumar Shukla
Q The later [ second ] formed primary xylem elements are called ?
1 Metaxylem
2 Protoxylem
3 Xylem parenchyma
4 Xylem fibres
Q Reserve Bank of India (RBI) was established on:
1 1 April 1925
2 1 April 1955
3 1 April 1935
4 1 April 1945
Q Who invented the electric tram ?
1 Fyodor Pirotsky
2 James Cook
3 Robert Boyles
4 William Harvey
Q Which of the following is the largest state in India in terms of area?
1 Madhya Pradesh
2 Maharashtra
3 Rajasthan
4 Uttar Pradesh
Q The parliamentary system of the Government in India is based on the pattern of which of the following Parliamentary Governments?
1 Russian
2 USA
3 British
4 Canadian
Q In which of the following languages did Jyotiba Phule write ‘Gulamgiri’ in 1873?
1 English
2 Marathi
3 Hindi
4 Gujarati
Q Which base in present in lime water ?
1 Calcium Hydroxide
2 Sodium Hydroxide
3 Magnesium hydroxide
4 Ammonium hydroxide
Q Which is the second largest animal phylum ?
1 Mollusca
2 Arthropoda
3 Chordata
4 Annelida
| Largest Animal Phylum | Arthropoda |
| Second Largest Animal Phylum | Mollusca |
Q When was Singer and Nicolson’s fluid mosaic model accepted as the foundational model for the interpretation of existing data on membrane proteins and lipids, and their dynamics?
1 1952
2 1972
3 1942
4 1982
Q Hindi in Devanagari Script is the official language of India according to which article of the Indian Constitution?
1 313
2 354
3 343
4 341
Q Which of these elements is named after the scientist who isolated Plutonium, the element that was used to make the first atomic bomb?
1 Bohrium
2 Seaborgium
3 Einsteinium
4 Meitnerium
Q Who among the following kings was given the title of ‘Andhra Bhoja’?
1 Krishnadeva Raya
2 Aliya Rama Raya
3 Rama Raya
4 Vira Narasimha Raya
Q Which of the following dances of South India is known as peacock dance?
Ans 1. Garadi
2. Padayani
3. Mayilattam
4. Kummi
Q In 2002, the number of Fundamental Duties in the Constitution of India was raised to:
1 13
2 11
3 10
4 12
Q Taenia [ Tapeworm ] , Fasciola [ Liver Fluke ] are examples of which Phylum ?
1 Platyhelminthes
2 Coelenterata
3 Annelida
4 Arthropoda
Q Who among the following was the first President of the Indian Olympic Association (IOA)?
1 Sir Dorabji Tata
2 Dr. AG Noehren
3 Raja Bhalender Singh
4 Maharaja Bhupinder Singh
Q Who amongst the following was the first woman to conquer Mount Everest twice ?
1 Santosh Yadav
2 Arunima Sinha
3 Bachendri Pal
4 Junko Tabei
| First woman to clim Mount Everest | Junko Tabei |
| First Indian woman to climb Mount Everest | Bachendri Pal |
| First Indian woman to climb the Mount Everest twice | Santosh Yadav |
| First female Amputee to climb Mount Everest | Arunima Sinha |