Q Who discovered Antarctica ?
1 James Cook
2 Christopher Columbus
3 Vasco da Gama
4 Roald Amundsen
Q Trishulganga is a stream of the river:
Ans 1. Beas
2. Gandak
3. Ghaghara
4. Godavari
Q The land mass of India has an area of ___ million square km.
1 3.28
2 4.28
3 1.28
4 2.28
Q Which of the following festivals is celebrated in honour of Hidimba Devi in Himachal Pradesh?
1 Shorai Festival
2 Maghi Festival
3 Bisua Festival
4 Doongri Festival
Q ‘Senani’, ‘Kulapa’ and ‘Gramani’ are some of the functionaries mentioned primarily inwhich Veda?
Ans 1. Rigveda
2. Samaveda
3. Yajurveda
4. Atharvaved
Q An instrument used for measuring growth in plants is known as a :
1 cardiograph
2 bolometer
3 crescograph
4 chronometer
Q Who among the following devoted his life for the upliftment of widows and established the Widow Remarriage Association in 1893 ?
1 DK Karve
2 Annie Besant
3 KC Sen
4 BM Malabari
Q How many planets are terrestrial planets?
1 3
2 6
3 4
4 5
| Terrestial Planets | Mercury | Venus | Earth | Mars |
| Jovian Planets | Jupiter | Saturn | Uranus | Neptune |
Q Which odourless, colourless, tasteless and chemically unreactive gas was invented by Daniel Rutherford in 1772 and was independently isolated at the same time by CW Scheele and H Cavendish?
1 Nitrogen
2 Argon
3 Fluorine
4 Oxygen
Q ‘A Grain Of Sand In The Hourglass of Time’ is an autobiography of which Indian politician?
1 IK Gujral
2 Arjun Singh
3 Manmohan Singh
4 LK Advani
Q In which of the following cases the Supreme Court , while laying out the ‘basic structure’ of the Constitution held that the democratic character of the polity was an essential component of the ‘basic structure’?
1 Sajjan Singh vs State of Rajasthan
2 Kesavananda Bharati vs State of Kerala
3 Romesh Thappar vs State of Madras
4 A K Gopalan vs State of Madras
Q Who among the following Bahmani sultans transferred his capital from Gulbarga to Bidar?
1 Humayun
2 Mujahid Shah
3 Ahmad Shah
4 Firuz Shah
Q The Beating Retreat ceremony is held at which of the following places?
1 Chandni Chowk
2 Connaught Place
3 India Gate
4 Vijay Chowk
Q During the British rule in India, which of the following Governor Generals devised the ‘Doctrine of Lapse’, a policy of annexation?
1 Lord Cornwallis
2 Lord Canning
3 Warren Hastings
4 Lord Dalhousie
Q Who among the following is the author of the book ‘Not Only The Things That Have Happened’?
1 Arshia Sattar
2 Sushmita Banerjee
3 Mridula Koshy
4 Rashmi Bansal
Q ‘Kabuli Bagh Mosque’ of Panipat was constructed by which Mughal ruler?
Ans 1. Babur
2. Jahangir
3. Humayun
4. Akbar
Q Who among the following was the first president of IOC?
1 Lord Killanin
2 Pierre, Baron de Coubertin
3 Demetrius Vikelas
4 Avery Brundage
Q The Olympic Winter Games 2026 would be played in_______.
1 Brisbane
2 Los Angeles
3 Milano Cortina
4 Paris
Q Which east-flowing river basin covers the states of Jharkhand, Chhattisgarh and Orissa and has a Drainage area of 39,033 sq km?
1 Baitarni
2 Brahmani
3 Nagavali
4 Sarada
Q Who among the following has written the biography of Buddha, Buddhacharita?
1 Vasumitra
2 Charaka
3 Ashvaghosha
4 Nagarjuna
Q Onam is celebrated as the homecoming of which Ausura King?
1 Mahabali
2 Kansa
3 Devadutta
4 Yama
Q Who succeeded to the throne of Ferghana in 1494 when he was only 12 year old ?
1 Babur
2 Akbar
3 Humayun
4 Jahangir
Q Who is the first ever Indian recipient of a Nobel Prize?
1 Rabindranath Tagore [ 1913 ]
2 CV Raman
3 Amartya Sen
4 Mother Teresa
Q ______ is a major festival of Tripura wherein the deity of livestock and wealth is worshipped.
1 Lampra Puja
2 Ker Puja
4 Garia Puja
4 Kharchi Puja
Q In the context of Indian agriculture , the terms ‘Bewar , Dahiya and Podu are the local names of :
1 primitive form of cultivation
2 species of cow
3 species of buffalo
4 varieties of soil
Q ‘Daskathia’ is a form of ballad singing prevalent in __.
1 Rajasthan
2 Odisha
3 Telangana
4 Jharkhand
Q Where , in India , would you find the rock paintings dating back to the stone age ?
1 Nalanda
2 Elephanta
3 Bhimbetka
4 Bagh Caves
Q Which famous landmark is present between Lake Ontario and Lake Erie ?
1 Angel Falls
2 Niagara Falls
3 Rhine Falls
4 Iguazu Falls
Q As of 2024 , who among the following had the distinction of having scored the most goals at a single tournament in the entire history of FIFA World Cup?
Ans 1. Just Fontaine
2. Pele
3. Zinedine Zidane
4. Diego Maradona
Q Who is the author of the book ‘My country My Life’ ?
1 LK Advani
2 Manmohan Singh
3 Narendra Modi
4 IK Gujral
Q Who among the following invented the aeroplane?
Ans 1. Auguste and Louis Lumière
2. Alexander Graham Bell
3. Orville and Wilbur Wright
4. Louis Pasteur and Alexander Fleming
Q Mein Kampf’ has been written by which of the following politicians?
1 Benito Mussolini
2 Hirohito
3 Adolf Hitler
4 Clement Attlee
Q What is the traditional bamboo dance of Mizoram called?
1. Maanch
2 Cheraw dance
3 Thang ta
4 Yak Chaam
Q Which of the following parks is India’s first ‘Mixed World Heritage Site’ on UNESCO’s World Heritage list?
1. Gir National Park
2 Kanha National Park
3 Nagarhole National Park
4 Khangchendzonga National Park
Q Which of the following books is written by Sanjiv Sahota, a winner of the European Union Prize for Literature?
Ans 1. The Serpent and the Rope
2. Rich Like Us
3. The Year of the Runaways
4. Scholar Extraordinary
Q The ‘International Day of the Unborn Child‘ is observed every year on :
1 8 March
2 12 March
3 25 March
4 21 March
Q Who among the following was popularly known as ‘Frontier Gandhi‘ ?
1 Abdul Ghaffar Khan
2 Maulana Abul Kalam Azad
3 Hasrat Mohini
4 Ashfaqulla Khan
Q Reserve Bank of India, which acts as a banker to the Central Government, was established on:
1. 1st April 1935
2. 1st April 1948
3. 1st April 1950
4. 1st April 1945
Q To whom did Mahatma Gandhi give the title ‘Deen Bandhu’?
1. Rabindra Nath Tagore
2. CF Andrews
3. Abdul Ghaffar Khan
4. Rajendra Prasad
Q Which of the following gases is referred to as ‘laughing gas’ ?
1 Nitrous Oxide
2 Carbon dioxide
3 Carbon monoxide
4 Sulfur dioxide
Q In which year did the Dalai Lama cross over into India and take asylum?
Ans 1. 1957
2. 1959
3. 1962
4. 1952
Q In terms of area, which is the smallest Union Territory of India?
1. Ladakh
2 Jammu and Kashmir
3 Lakshadweep
4 Daman and Diu
Q Which of the following nations won the FIFA World Cup most number of times?
1 Argentina
2 France
3 Brazil
4 Germany (including West Germany)
Q Who among the following was the first recipient of the Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna Award?
1. Vijay Amritraj
2 PT Usha
3 Sachin Tendulkar
4 Viswanathan Anand
Q What is the maixmum time gap between two successive sessions of the parliament ?
1 1 months
2 2 months
3 3 months
4 6 months
Q The centre of a cyclone is a calm area. It is called the __ of the storm.
1. heart
2 head
3 eye
4 arm
Q The famous Chinese traveller Hieun Tsang visited India during which Emperor’s reign?
1. Samudragupta
2 Ashoka
3 Harshavardhana
4 Chandragupta I
Q The ‘Diphu Pass‘ which is the tri-junction between India, Myanmar and China is on this border line ?
1 Durand line
2 Radcliffe line
3 Mcmahon line
4 38th Parallel
Q As per Article 80 of the Constitution of India, what can be the maximum strength of Rajya Sabha ?
1. 245
2 250
2 235
4 240
Q With which of the following musical instruments was the musician Palghat Mani Iyer associated?
Ans 1. Mridangam
2. Flute
3. Sitar
4. Shehnai
Q Television in India started in which year ?
1 1959
2 1979
3 1969
4 1949
Q Charminar was built by ?
1 Mohammad Quli Qutab Shah
2 Yaqut of Dabul
3 George Wittet
4 William Emerson
Q Where is Valmiki Tiger Reserve located?
Ans 1. West Champaran, Bihar
2. Chandrapur, Maharashtra
3. Ranthambore, Rajasthan
4. Lakhimpur Kheri, Uttar Pradesh
Q In which year was the International Labour Organisation [ ILO ] established ?
1 1909
2 1919
3 1921
4 1931
Q How many times did Mahmud of Ghazni invade India?
Ans 1. 5
2. 17
3. 15
4. 7
Q Whose birth anniversary is celebrated as National Sports Day every year on 29 August ?
Ans 1. Dhyan Chand
2. Ranjitsinhji Vibhaji Jadeja
3. Dilip Sardesai
4. PT Usha
Q __ was a poet and minister in the court of King Samudragupta.
1 Harisena
2 Banabhatta
3 Kamban
4 Vasumitra
Q Who was the last Viceroy of India who oversaw the creation of the independent states of India and Pakistan?
1. Lord Canning
2 Lord Mountbatten
3 Lord Hastings
4 Lord Irwin
Q The __ layer starts at Earth’s surface and extends 8 to 14.5 km high (5 to 9 miles). This part of the atmosphere is the densest and almost all weather is in this region.
1. Stratosphere
2 Troposphere
3 Mesosphere
4 Ionosphere
Q ‘Forests’ comes under in which list given in the Seventh Schedule in the Constitution of India ?
1 Concurrent List or List III
2 State List or List II
3 Union List or List I
4 None of the Above
Q Which of the following individuals is the author of the book “Anandamath”?
1 Bankimchandra Chatterji
2 Dr. Rajendra Prasad
3 Munshi Premchand
4 Rabindranath Tagore
Q The process of deposting a layer of zinc on iron is called ?
1 galvanisation
2 rusting
3 crystallisation
4 deposition
Q The female sex organ in a flower is the ______
1 Pistil
2 Stamen
3 Zoospores
4 Chlorophyceae
Q ‘Thullal‘ is a solo satiric dance form belonging to the state of ___
1 Telangan
2 Kerala
3 Andhra Pradesh
4 Karnataka
Q The longitudes of main land of India extends between ______
1 58° 7′ E and 87° 25′ E
2 68° 7′ E and 97° 25′ E
3 48° 7′ E and 77° 25′ E
4 78° 7′ E and 67° 25′ E
Q Saga Dawa celebrated by Buddhist communities falls between which two months?
Ans 1. January and February
2. August and September
3. October and November
4. May and June
Q Who were the signatories of the Tripartite Treaty signed in 1838 against Dost Muhammad Khan ?
1 Lord Ellenborough , Maharaja Ranjit Singh , Shuja ud-Daula
2 Lord Auckland , Maharaja Ranjit Singh , Shah Shuja
3 Lord Auckland , Maharaja Ranjit Singh , Shuja ud-Daula
4 Charles Metcalfe , Maharaja Ranjit Singh , Shah Shuja