Q Who among the following is popularly known as ‘the Frogman of India’?
Ans 1. Bindeshwar Pathak
2. Arunachalam Muruganantham
3. Satyabhama Das Biju
4. Rajendra Singh
Q Wo was the chairman of the States Committee of the Constituent Assembly ?
1 BR Ambedkar
2 Jawaharlal Nehru
3 Rajendra Prasad
4 Gopinath Bardoloi
Q Phooldei, a harvest festival, is primarily celebrated in which of the following states of India?
1 Meghalaya
2 Uttarakhand
3 Andhra Pradesh
4 Gujarat
Q Which of the following is the chemical formula of washing soda?
1 Na2CO3 .10H2O
2 Na2CO2
3 Na2CO3 .H2O
4 NaCO2 .H2O
Q In which festival of Maharashtra and Chhattisgarh, are the bullocks and other cattles used for agriculture worshipped?
Ans 1. Jiviti Puja
2. Ganga Dussehra
3. Vata Poornima
4. Pola festival
Q The International Olympic Committee was established in the year __.
1 1890
2 1894
3 1892
4 1896
Q ‘My Country, My Life’ is an autobiographical text of which of the following Indian politicians?
1 Narendra Modi
2 Atal Bihari Vajpayee
3 Lal Krishna Advani
4 Inder Kumar Gujral
Q Kadsa is a dance style performed by women in Jharkhand, carrying a __.
1 Kalasha
2 Kapala
3 Kumbha
4 Kamandalu’
Q Where is Amrabad Tiger Reserve located?
Ans 1. Bihar
2. Maharashtra
3. Rajasthan
4. Telangana
Q Which trek in Bhutan is considered to be the crown jewel of Bhutanese trekking?
1 Jumolhari Trek
2 Dagala Thousand Lakes Trek
3 Snowman Trek
4 Laya Gasa Trek
Q Who was the Defence Minister of India during the Indo-Pak war of 1965 ?
1 Yashwantrao Chavan
2 Jagjivan Ram
3 V.K. Krishna Menon
4 George Fernandes
Q ________Fundamental duties are listed in Article __ of Part IV A of the Indian Constitution.
1 11; 51A
2 11; 52A
3 13; 52A
4 13; 51A
Q Which is the smallest union territory of India area-wise?
1 Puducherry
2 Lakshwadeep
3 Andaman and Nicobar Island
4 Dadra & Nagar Haveli and Daman and Di
Q How many monasteries and temples are there in Ellora caves?
Ans 1. 34
2. 33
3. 31
4. 32
Q Who among the following invented the World Wide Web (www) in 1989?
Ans 1. Bill Gates
2. Steve Wozniak
3. Tim Berners-Lee
4. Charles Babbage
Q Who presides over the joint sitting of the two Houses of Parliament?
Ans 1. Prime Minister
2. The Speaker of the Lok Sabha
3. The Vice President
4. President
Q The hill station of Kalimpong is located in __________.
Ans 1. Himachal Pradesh
2. West Bengal
3. Arunachal Pradesh
4. Madhya Pradesh
Q Under which of the following articles is the abolition of titles recognised?
1 Article 19
2 Article 20
3 Article 18
4 Article 17
Q Who was the leader of the Pagal Panthi movement ?
1 Karam Shah
2 Sunderlal Bahuguna
3 Medha Patkar
4 Bakshi Jagabandhu
Q The first session of the first Lok Sabha commenced on ________.
Ans 1. 26th January 1950
2. 15th August 1947
3. 15th August 1951
4. 13th May 1952
Q Who proclaimed dams as the temples of modern India ?
1 Jawaharlal Nehru
2 Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel
3 Mahatma Gandhi
4 Indira Gandhi
Q In which state is ‘Tarnetar’ fair celebrated annually ?
1 Gujarat
2 Jharkhand
3 Bihar
4 West Bengal
Q Who was the founder of the Mamluk dynasty in India?
Ans 1. Bakhtiyar Khilji
2. Iltutmish
3. Qutb al-Din Aibak
4. Razia Sultan
Q ‘The Great Indian Novel’, a satirical novel that recreates the Hindu epic Mahabharata within the context of the Indian National Movement, is written by which of the following writers who is a member of the Indian Parliament?
Ans 1. Shashi Tharoor
2. Amiya Kumar Bagchi
3. Abhijeet Banerjee
4. Arun Shourie
Q Who had proposed the motto of Olympics?
Ans 1. Didon
2. Pierre de Coubertin
3. Hirohito
4. Moon Jae-in
Q The Parliamentary form of government is also referred to as the __ model.
1 Theocracy
2 Westminster
3 Plutocracy
4 Communist
Q Where is the Rumi Darwaza located?
Ans 1. Gwalior
2. Bhopal
3. Lucknow
4. Agra
Q Who among the following is the author of the book ‘Five Point Someone’?
Ans 1. Ravinder Singh
2. Amish Tripathi
3. Durjoy Dutta
4. Chetan Bhagat
Q The Hampi Utsav is celebrated every year in which of the following states?
1 Karnataka
2 Kerala
3 Tamil Nadu
4 Andhra Pradesh
Q The first Backward Classes Commission of India was headed by ______.
Ans 1. Gopal Krishna Gokhale
2. Kaka Kalelkar
3. Lokmanya Tilak
4. Nanaji Deshmukh
Q The Jhaveri sisters– Nayana, Suverna, Ranjana and Darshana are famously associated with which style of dance?
Ans 1. Kathakali
2. Bharatnatyam
3. Kuchipudi
4. Manipuri
Q Pakyong airport is located in __.
1 Assam
2 Nagaland
3 Sikkim
4 Arunachal Pradesh
Q Kalaripayattu is the martial art form prevalent in which Indian state ?
1 Kerala
2 Tamil Nadu
3 Karnataka
4 Odisha
Q _____ is India’s highest peacetime military decoration.
1 Ashok Chakra
2 Kirti Chakra
3 Param Vir Chakra
4 Shaurya Chakra
Q The tomb of Sher Shah Suri is situated in :
1 Sasaram
2 Jabalpur
3 Sikandara
4 Burhanpur
Q Who is the author of the book ‘The Discovery of India’ ?
1 Jawaharlal Nehru
2 Indira Gandhi
3 Mahatma Gandhi
4 Lal Bahadur Shastri
Q In which city would you find the Swami Vivekananda Airport ?
1 Raipur
2 Lucknow
3 Port Blair
4 Indore
Q With which sport is the Durand Cup related ?
1 Football
2 Cricket
3 Hockey
4 Tennis
Q __ is the highest peak of the Satpura range.
1. Amarkantak
2 Dhupgarh
3 Delwara
4 Jarga
Q Dona Paula beach is located in which state of India ?
1 Goa
2 Kerala
3 Karnataka
4 Odisha
Q Who among the following is NOT associated with the Rahnumai Mazdayasnan Sabha?
1 Naoroji Furdunji
2 SS Bengalee
3 Syed Ahmed Khan
4 Dadabhai Naoroji
| Rahnumai Mazdayasnan Sabha [ 1851 ] | Naoroji Furdunji | SS Bengalee | Dadabhai Naoroji |
Q Which of the following books did the famous cricketer Sunil Gavaskar author?
Ans 1. Cricket My Style
2. Runs ‘n Ruins
3. Straight From The Heart
4. Stargazing :The Players in My Life
Q The Cheriyal Scrolls is a dying art form of India practised by one family called the Nakashi family for many generations. Name the modern day state which owns this art form.
1 Telangana
2 Maharashtra
3 Bihar
4 Himachal Pradesh
Q Who pioneered binary logic and arithmetic in computers programming ?
1 Claude Shannon
2 John Backus
3 Bjarne Stroustrup
4 James Gosling
Q Who wrote Malatimadhava ?
1 Munshi Premchand
2 Bhavabhuti
3 Rabindranath Tagore
4 Bankim Chandra
Q Onam is celebrated in which Malayalam months ?
1 Kanni
2 Chingam
3 Thulam
4 Dhanu
Q Which state has the largest reserve of silver in India ?
1 Rajasthan
2 Jharkhand
3 Odisha
4 Chhattisgarh
Q Who was killed by Chhatrapati Shivaji in the Battle of Pratapgarh [ 1659 ]?
1 Afzal Khan
2 Hyder Ali
3 Tipu Sultan
4 Qamar-ud-din Khan
Q The First Health Minister of Independent India was ____
1 BR Ambedkar
2 Rajkumari Amrit Kaur
3 RK Shanmukham Chetty
4 Maulana Abul Kalam Azad
Q Who is the author of the book ‘Kamayani’ ?
1 Jaishankar Prasad
2 Munshi Premchand
3 Rabindranath Tagore
4 Mohan Rakesh
Q Which state is the largest producer of Mica ?
1 Andhra Pradesh
2 Madhya Pradesh
3 Uttar Pradesh
4 Himachal Pradesh
Q Where is the Headquarters of International Bureau of Weights and Measures located ?
1 France
2 Australia
3 Netherlands
4 Geneva
Q When is the World Thyroid Day observed every year ?
1 25th May
2 16th May
3 10th May
4 21st May
Q The ‘Hemis Festival’ is celebrated in Ladakh on the 10th day of the Tibetan Lunar month. To which of the following lords is the festival dedicated?
Ans 1. Lord Vishnu
2. Lord Shiva
3. Lord Padmasambhava
4. Lord Ganesha
Q Jadugora , in Singhbhum district , Jharkhand is an important mine for ______
1 Uranium
2 Bauxite
3 Chromite
4 Monoxite
Q Which state is the largest producer of Jute ?
1 Madhya Pradesh
2 West Bengal
3 Karnataka
4 Punjab
Q In which year Forest Conservation Act was passed in India ?
1 1980
2 1988
3 1976
4 1974
Q Rayala Elephant Reserve is located in which state of India ?
1 Andhra Pradesh
2 Assam
3 Nagaland
4 Meghalaya
Q Who Chairs the meeting of the Business Advisory Committee of the Rajya Sabha ?
1 Leader of the House
2 Leader of Opposition
3 Chairman , Rajya Sabha
4 Ministry of Parliamentary Affairs
Q Who among the following is the fourth Chief Election Commissioner of India?
1 T Swaminathan
2 Nagendra Singh
3 SP Sen Verma
4 KVK Sundaram
| First Chief Election Commissioner of India | Sukumar Sen |
| Second Chief Election Commissioner of India | Kalyan Sundaram |
| Third Chief Election Commissioner of India | SP Sen Verma |
| Fourth Chief Election Commissioner of India | Nagendra Singh |
Q Which state does NOT share its boundary with Myanmar?
Ans 1. Mizoram
2. Sikkim
3. Manipur
4. Arunachal Pradesh
| Indo – Myanmar boder [ 1,643 km ] | Arunachal Pradesh | Manipur | Mizoram | Nagaland |
Q As per the 2011 Census, what percentage of the total population in India lives in rural areas?
Ans 1. 58.8%
2. 66.8%
3. 67.8%
4. 68.8%
As per the 2011 Census , 68.84 % of the total population in India lives in rural areas while the 31.16 % of the population lives in urban areas
Q Match the following state/UTwise list of GI taggged handloom products of India :
| GI Tagged Handloom Products | State/UT |
| 1 Tangaliya Shawl | i Nagaland |
| 2 Chakheshnag Shawl | ii Gujarat |
| 3 Habaspuri Saree and Products | iii Odisha |
| 4 Kani Shawl | iv Jammu and Kashmir |
Choose the correct answer
A 1-iv, 2-ii, 3-iii, 4-i
B 1-ii, 2-i, 3-iii, 4-iv
C 1-ii, 2-iii, 3-i, 4-iv
D 1-iii, 2-iv, 3-i, 4-ii
| GI Tagged Handloom Products | Tangaliya Shawl [ Gujarat ] , Chakheshnag Shawl [ Nagaland ] , Habaspuri Saree and Products [ Odisha ] , Kani Shawl [ Jammu and Kashmir ] |