Q Losoong/Namsoong is the __ New Year, which marks the end of harvest season.
1 Manipuri
2 Sikkimese
3 Assamese
4 Odissi
Q Who founded the Abhinav Bharat Society?
1 P Mitra
2 Lala Hardayal
3 Savarkar Brothers
4 Madan Lal Dhingra
Q Dr. Jayanthi Kumaresh is famous for playing the ________.
Ans 1. Mridangam
2. Harmonium
3. Saraswati Veena
4. Ghatam
Q The Hill Palace Museum has how many buildings ?
1 59
2 49
3 69
4 39
Q The Teliaya Dam is located in which state of India?
1 Andhra Pradesh
2 Jharkhand
3 Karnataka
4 Rajasthan
Q In which of the following countries did the concept of Public Interest Litigation originate?
1 USA
2 Ireland
3 Russia
4 Canada
Q Who among the following is the writer of ‘Train to Pakistan’, ‘Good , Bad and
Ridiculous’ and ‘Delhi: A Novel’?
1 Ruskin Bond
2 Khushwant Singh
3 Vikram Seth
4 Amitav Ghosh
Q The Hindustan Socialist Republican Association was founded in __ by famous revolutionaries like Chandrasekhar Azad, Bhagat Singh, Batukeshwar Dutt and others.
1 19211
2 1928
3 1925
4 1919
Q Who invented the World Wide Web [ www ] in 1989 ?
1 Ted Nelson
2 Tim Berners Lee
3 Linus Torvalds
4 Robert E Kahn
Q Who coined the name ‘Pakistan’?
1 Aga Khan
2 Chaudhry Rehmat Ali
3 Md Iqbal
4 Md Ali Jinnah
Q Under the LERMS system, what percentage of foreign exchange earnings can be converted at the official rate?
1 35
2 40
3 25
4 20
Q ‘Slash and burn’ agriculture is known as _____ in Mexico and Central America.
1 roca
2 Masole
3 Milpa
4 conuco
Q Which of the following Delhi sultans introduced two coins, namely silver tanka and copper jital?
1 Bahlul Lodi
2 Qutbuddin Aibak
3 Iltutmish
4 Ghiyasuddin Balban
Q Which Article of the Indian Constitution makes it clear that Directive Principles of State Policy are fundamental in the governance of the country and it shall be the duty of the state to apply these principles in making laws?
1 Article 46
2 Article 37
3 Article 44
4 Article 40
Q Who was the President of India between the years 1982 and 1997?
1 Giani Zail Singh
2 R Venkataraman
3 Fakhruddin Ali Ahmed
4 Shankar Dayal Sharma
Q In which of the following years was the Telangana Legislative Assembly established?
1 2012
2 2013
3 2014
4 2010
Q श्यामजी कृष्ण वर्मा [ Shyamji Krishna Verma ] ने किस स्थान पर इंडिया होम रूल (India Home Rule) सोसाइटी की स्थापना की, जिसे इंडिया हाउस फॉर इंडियाज लिबरेशन (India House for India’s liberation) के नाम से जाना जाता है ?
1 बर्लिन
2 सैन-फ्रैन्सिस्को
3 लंदन
4 पेरिस
Q Which of the following was the revenue collecting officer (collector general of revenue) in the Mauryan administration?
1 Antapala
2 Samaharta
3 Sannidhata
4 Amatya
Q Who among the following designed the famous structure the Gateway of India ?
1 George Wittet
2 Edward Lutyens
3 James Miller
4 Alexander Thompson
Q The ‘Pattachitra’ style of painting is one of the oldest and most popular art forms of :
1 Odisha
2 Bihar
3 Maharashtra
4 Rajasthan
Q The present day city of Bhopal was built by which Pratihara ruler ?
1 Mihir Bhoja
2 Vijayasena
3 Rajyapala
4 Mahendra Bhoja
Q Part _______ of the Constitution of India deals with the Union Executive.
1 V
2 VI
3 I
4 III
Q ‘Tamasha’ is the traditional folk theatre of which state ?
1 Maharashtra
2 West Bengal
3 Himachal Pradesh
4 Madhya Pradesh
Q भारतीय संविधान के किस अनुच्छेद में यह उल्लेख है कि ‘मंत्रियों द्वारा राज्यपाल को दी गई सलाह की
किसी भी न्यायालय में जांच नहीं की जाएगी’?
1 अनुच्छेद 167
2 अनुच्छेद 161
3 अनुच्छेद 168
4 अनुच्छेद 163
Q The English novel ‘The Rainbow’ was written by which of the following authors?
1 Thomas Hardy
2 Joseph Conrad
3 Emily Bronte
4 D. H. Lawrence
Q The highly viscous, mechanically-weak and ductile region of Earth’s upper mantle is called:
1 lithosphere
2 asthenosphere
3 mesosphere
4 exosphere
Q Tamor Pingla Wildlife Sanctuary is located in which state of India ?
1 Chhattisgarh
2 Assam
3 Jharkhand
4 Rajasthan
Q To which of the following states can the popular tribal and traditional dance of Dhemsa be attributed to?
1 Odisha
2 Andhra Pradesh
3 Rajasthan
4 Karnataka
Q How many oxygen atoms are there in a molecule of acetic acid?
1 2 [ CH3COOH ]
2 4
3 1
4 3
Q Part __ of the Constitution of India deals with Official Language.
1 XVII
2 XX
3 XIII
4 XVIII
Q Kami Rita Sherpa had climbed Mt Everest for the first time in which year ?
1 1994
2 1993
2 1992
4 1995
Q Kahwa chai is a traditional form of tea from:
1 Kashmir
2 Manipur
3 Assam
4 Goa
Q In which year did India qualify for the FIFA World Cup?
1 1958
2 1954
3 1946
4 1950
Q Karaikudi R Mani is India’s renowned player of the _.
1 santoor
2 mridangam
3 violin
4 sitar
Q Which Team won the ICC Under-19 World Cup maximum times ?
1 Australia
2 England
3 India [ 5 ]
4 New Zealand
Q Habeas Corpus is the writ issued by the Court to bring before a court _.
1 a person from illegal custody
2 a person to perform his legal duty
3 a tribunal from doing something in excess
4 a person who occupies a public office
Q Which of the following was first introduced in bacterial cells by the American
molecular biologist Joshua Lederberg in 1952?
1 Pili
2 Capsule
3 Plasmid
4 Cytoplasm
Q Mumbai’s famous Gateway of India was built in the memory of which British emperor’s first arrival in India?
1 Ani Stuart
2 William IV
3 Charles I
4 King George V
Q The famous tripartite struggle between the Gurjara-Pratihara , Rashtrakuta and Pala dynasties was fought for control over __.
1 Panipat
2 Manyakheta
3 Avanti
4 Kannauj
Q Gupta emperor Chandragupta I was the first ruler to adopt which of the following titles?
1 Parmeshvara
2 Maharajadhiraja
3 Mahendraditya
4 Vikramaditya
Q The Stupa sculptures found at Sanghol in Punjab belongs to which of the following schools?
1 Gandhara
2 Sarnath
3 Amravati
4 Mathura
Q Sangeet Natak Akademi is a society under which ministry of the Government of India?
1 Ministry of Home Affairs
2 Ministry of Tourism
3 Ministry of Culture
4 Ministry of Youth Affairs and Sports
Q Which of the following Articles of the Indian Constitution declares that all laws that are inconsistent with or in derogation of the Fundamental Rights shall be void?
1 Article 226
2 Article 14
3 Article 13
4 Article 12
Q Which of the following organisations has declared October 2 as the International Day of Non-violence to honour Gandhi’s ways?
1 International Federation Red Cross and Red Crescent
2 United National General Assembly
3 United Nations Development Fund
4 Amnesty International
Q Which of the following cricketers has written the autobiography titled ‘At the Close of Play’?
1 Matthew Hayden
2 Chris Gayle
3 Ricky Ponting
4 Kevin Pieterson
Q In the Harappan Civilisation, sculptures in _ are excellent examples of handling three-dimensional volumes.
1 stone
2 wood
3 granite
4 marble
Q As per Article 158, the Governor shall NOT be a member of either House of Parliament or of a House of the Legislature of any State specified in __ Schedule.
1 Seventh
2 Third
3 Fifth
4 First
Q In 1997, during her visit to India, Queen Elizabeth II visited the sets of which Kamal Haasan film that remains unfinished?
1 Chamayam
2 Marudhanayagam
3 Markandeyan
4 Marmayogi
Q निम्नलिखित में से किस मंत्रालय के पास दिल्ली में गणतंत्र दिवस परेड आयोजित करने की जिम्मेदारी है?
1 संस्कृति मंत्रालय
2 नागरिक उड्डयन मंत्रालय
3 रक्षा मंत्रालय
4 गृह मंत्रालय
Q Which liberal Viceroy enacted local self-government for municipalities and repealed the unpopular Vernacular Press Act of 1878?
1 Lord Ripon
2 Lord Ilbert
3 Lord Dufferin
4 Lord Lytton
Q एलोरा का कैलाश मंदिर और महाबलीपुरम का रथ मंदिर किस प्रकार की मंदिर वास्तुकला के उदाहरण
हैं?
1 विशालकाय
2 पंचायतन
3 निम्न आधार
4 रॉक-कट
Q Which region of the Western Coastal Plains is known for its indented coastline with natural harbours?
1 Gujarat Coast
2 Konkan Coast
3 Karnataka Coast
4 Malabar Coast
Q Which of the following countries was the first to adopt the concept of Gross National Happiness Index?
1 India
2 Bhutan
3 Mauritius
4 Sri Lanka
Q As per Census of India 2011, towns with a population of over __ are categorised as cities.
1 1,00,000
2 20,000
3 50,000
4 75,000
Q Which Directive Principles of State Policy Article focuses on the organisation of village panchayats?
1 Article 36
2 Article 40
3 Article 43
4 Article 45
Q Who among the following scientists is credited with the discovery of the element radium?
1 Marie Curie
2 Wilhelm Roentgen
3 JJ Thomson
4 Dmitri Mendeleev
Q The process of removing introns and connecting the remaining exons in a specific sequence to form a mature mRNA molecule is known as _.
1 Splitting
2 Splicing
3 Tailing
4 Capping
Q Name the straight chain alkane having chemical formula C9H20, which is used as a research chemical and in making biodegradable detergents.
1 Nonane
2 Nonadecane
3 Dodecane
4 Icosane
Q In which year Gas Authority of India Limited was set up as a public sector undertaking to transport and market natural gas ?
1 1975
2 1973
3 1984
4 1952
Q After MK Gandhi’s returning to India in 1915 , who among the following advised him to travel around India to know the land and its people?
1 Gopal Krishna Gokhale
2 Chittaranjan Das
3 Bipin Chandra Pal
4 Bal Gangadhar Tilak
Q Which of the following educational institute was established by Raja Ram Mohan Roy with the cooperation of David Hare in 1817 in Calcutta?
1 Vedanta College
2 Sanskrit College
3 Hindu College
4 Calcutta Madrasa
Q Which of the following freedom fighters was NOT involved in the Kakori Train Robbery?
1. Bhagat Singh
2 Ashfaqullah Khan
3 Ram Prasad Bismil
4 Chandrashekhar Azad
Q The Indian state where the Chhau dance is NOT predominant is?
1 West Bengal
2 Orissa
3 Kerala
4 Jharkhand
| Chhau dance | Purulia Chhau [ West Bengal ] , Seraikella Chhau [ Jharkhand ] and Mayurbhanj Chhau [ Odisha ] |
Q Select the CORRECT combination of novelist and their works.
Ans 1. The Cat and Shakespeare – Rabindranath Tagore
2. Two Leaves and a Bud – Mulk Raj Anand
3. Waiting for Mahatma – Raja Rao
4. The Chess Master and His Moves – RK Narayan
| Novels | Two Leaves and a Bud [ Mulk Raj Anand ] , Waiting for Mahatma [ RK Narayan ] , The Chess Master and His Moves [ Raja Rao ] , The Cat and Shakespeare [ Raja Rao ] |
Q In Pradhan Mantri Gramin Awaas Yojana, the cost of unit assistance is shared betweenCentral and State Governments in the ratio _ for the North-Eastern and the Himalayan states.
1 60 : 40
2 90 : 10
3 45 : 55
4 50 : 50
Under PMAY, the cost of unit assistance is to be shared between Central and State Governments in the ratio 60:40 in plain areas and 90:10 for North Eastern and hilly states