Q The ‘Bengal Gazette’ was the first ________
Ans 1. English play of India
2. English periodical of India
3. English journal of India
4. English newspaper of India
Q Saga Dawa celebrated by Buddhist communities falls between which two months?
1 May and June
2 January and February
3 August and September
4 October and November
Q Who is the author of the novel ‘A Passage to India’?
Ans 1. Amitav Ghosh
2. Chetan Bhagat
3. EM Forster
4. APJ Abdul Kalam
Q To which of the following states does the folk dance Khoria belong ?
1 Maharashtra
2 Haryana
3 West Bengal
4 Chhattisgarh
Q Who founded the Theosophical Society in New York in 1875?
1 Ramabai Ranade and GK Devadhar
2 Baba Dayal Das and Madan Lal
3 Madame HP Blavatsky and Colonel Olcott aryana
4 Naoroji Furdunji and Satyendra Nath Bose
Q In which year was the Ranji Trophy cricket event series launched?
1 1938
2 1955
3 1934
4 1930
Q ‘Slash and burn’ agriculture is known as _____ in Central Africa.
Ans 1. conuco
2. roca
3. masole
4. masole
| ‘Slash and burn’ agriculture | Milpa [ Mexico and Central America ] | Conuco [ Venezuela ] | Roca [ Brazil ] | Masole [ Central Africa ] | Ladang [ Indonesia ] | Ray [ Vietnam ] | Logan [ Western Africa ] , Chena [ Sri Lanka ] |
Q _ ___was the temporary Chairman of the first meeting of the Constituent
Assembly held on 9 December 1946.
1 Sachchidananda Sinha
2 Gopalaswami Ayyangar
3 Krishnaswamy Ayyar
4 Madhava Rao
Q In which year’s session of the Indian National Congress was Vande Mataram sang for the first time?
1 1896
2 1899
3 1898
4 1897
Q Which of the following rivers originates from the Naag Pahadi Ajmer district of Rajasthan?
1 Mahi river
2 Saraswati river
3 Luni river
4 Chambal river
Q Light falling on colloidal particles leads to scattering of light. This phenomena is called:
1 Tyndall effect
2 Mendel’s effect
3 Brownian effect
4 Bowl effect
Q Arubathu Moovar festival is annually celebrated in the Indian state of __________.
Ans 1. Telangana
2. Maharashtra
3. Tamil Nadu
4. Andhra Pradesh
Q The number of villages in India according to Census 2011 lies between:
1 570000 and 580000
2 640000 and 650000
3 590000 and 600000
4 620000 and 630000
Q The horizontal distance between two adjacent crests or troughs is known as the __.
1 wave speed
2 wave frequency
3 wave period
4 wave length
Q ____ of a substance is the temperature and pressure at which three phases [ gas , liquid and solid ] of that substance may coexist in thermodynamic equilibrium.
1 Allotropic
2 Triple-point
3 Amphibious
4 Tri-state
Q Which of the following Articles of Indian Constitution under the fundamental duties is related to the value and preservation of the rich heritage of our composite culture ?
1 Article 51A {e ]
2 Article 51A {f]
3 Article 51A {g}
4 Article 51A {c}
Q Which of the following states does NOT share its border with Myanmar?
Ans 1. Assam
2. Arunachal Pradesh
3. Mizoram
4. Manipur
| India – Myanmar [ 1643 km ] | Arunachal Pradesh | Nagaland | Mizoram | Manipur |
Q In which of the following years was Tipu Sultan killed?
Ans 1. 1867
2. 1690
3. 1734
4. 1799
Q The Buland Darwaza at Fatehpur Sikri was constructed by ____
1 Akbar
2 Humayun
3 Babur
4 Shah Jahan
Q Mudiyettu is a ritual dance drama from Kerala based on the mythological tale of a battle between the Goddess ______ and the demon Darika.
Ans 1. Saraswati
2. Lakshmi
3. Sharada
4. Kali
Q The Constitution of India deals with the citizenship rights from Articles 5 to 11 under part ______.
Ans 1. III
2. I
3. IV
4. II
Q In 1798 , who became the Governor General and built a massive palace , Government House , for himself in Calcutta ?
1 Lord Clive
2 Lord Bentinck
3 Lord Wellesley
4 Lord Cornwallis
Q How many oxygen atoms are there in a molecule of sodium peroxide?
1 Four
2 Two
3 Three
4 One
Q Which of the following trees are found in the Deciduous forests of India?
1 Teak
2 Ebony
3 Rosewood
4 Mahogany
Q The words “Equality, Liberty and Fraternity” which appear in the Preamble to the Constitution of India have been taken from the ______ Constitution.
Ans 1. Australian
2. French
3. Spanish
4. Canadian
Q Where is the Rumi Darwaza located ?
1 Lucknow
2 Bhopal
3 Agra
4 Gwalior
Q Which state has the longest coastline in India ?
1 Gujarat
2 Odisha
3 Tamil Nadu
4 Andhra Pradesh
Q ____ dance is performed only by the unmarried girls of the Malwa community .
1 Saila
2 Phulpati
3 Loor
4 Laho
Q Bylakuppe Monastery [ Namdroling ] is situated in which state of India ?
1 Karnataka
2 Sikkim
3 Himachal Pradesh
4 Arunachal Pradesh
Q In which festival of Maharashtra and Chhattisgarh, are the bullocks and other cattles used for agriculture worshipped?
1 Jiviti Puja
2 Ganga Dussehra
3 Vata Poornima
4 Pola festival
Q Name the person who was appointed as the first Surveyor General of India in 1815 ?
1 Ottoman
2 Abul Fazal
3 Bernier
4 Colin Mackenize
Q Who was the young economist involved in drafting the plan of the First Five Year Plan [ 1951 – 56 ] ?
1 Swarn Singh
2 BV Kesar
3 KN Raj
4 PC Mahalanobis
Q Which of the folowing CORRECTLY depicts Indian Standard Time ?
1 GMT -4 : 30
2 GMT – 5 : 30
3 GMT + 5 : 30
4 GMT – 4 : 30
Q Which of the following forms of martial arts is from Kerala?
1 Paika Akhada
2 Gatka
3 Kalarippayattu
4 Silambam
Q At the 1992 Summer Olympics, __ became the first woman to carry
the flag of India at the opening ceremony of any Olympics.
1 Nilima Ghose
2 Karnam Malleswari
3 PT Usha
4 Shiny Abraham Wilson
Q Which city of India is home to the famous Falaknuma Palace ?
1 Jaipur
2 Gwalior
3 Hyderabad
4 Chennai
Q Who is the author of the book ‘India’s Export Trends and Prospects for Self-Sustained Grwoth’ ?
1 Shashi Tharoor
2 Manmohan Singh
3 PV Narasimha Rao
4 Inder Kumar Gujral
Q The Second Five Year Plan which laid down the basic ideas regarding goals of Indian planning was based on the ideas of __.
1 PC Mahalanobis
2 BR Ambedkar
3 Sardar Patel
4 Lal Bahadur Shastri
Q Who started a workmanship’s club and newspaper Bharat Shramjeevi?
1 Sorabjee Shapoorji
2 Sarojini Naidu
3 Sasipada Banerji
4 Narayan Meghaji Lokhande
Q In which of the following UT/states is Hemkund Sahib located ?
1 Uttarakhand
2 Uttar Pradesh
3 Punjab
4 Chandigarh
Q Where was the Second Buddhist Council held in c.383 BCE?
1 Kannauj
2 Lumbini
3 Nalanda
4 Vaishali
| Buddhist Councils | First Buddhist Council [ Rajgriha ] || Second Buddhist Council [ Vaishali ] || Third Buddhist Council [ Pataliputra ] || Fourth Buddhist Council [ Kundalavana , Kashmir ] |
Q According to the Census of 2011, which of the following is the third most populated urban agglomeration?
1 Kolkata
2 Delhi
3 Chennai
4 Mumbai
As per the Indian Census of 2011, Mumbai is the most populated urban agglomeration in the country . Delhi was ranked second
Q Who among the following authored the book ‘The Great Indian Novel’?
1 Khushwant Singh
2 Shashi Tharoor
3 Vikram Seth
4 Rohinton Mistry
Q Article 32 of the Constitution of India deals with:
1. Right to Freedom
2 Right to Equality
3 Right to Freedom of Religion
4 Right to Constitutional Remedies
Q 22nd December is celebrated as ___
1 National Mathematics Day
2 National Sports Day
3 National Youth Day
4 National Engineers Day
| Important Days and Dates | National Mathematics Day [ 22nd December ] , National Sports Day [ 29th August ] , National Youth Day [ 12th January ] , National Engineers Day [ 15th September ] |
Q In 1991, India met with an economic crisis where the ___reserves fell so low that they were not sufficient for even a ___ .
1 gold; month
2 gold; year
3 foreign exchange; fortnight
4 foreign exchange; quarter
Q Who is the author of the book ‘From Plassey to Partition and After : A History of Modern India’?
1 Romila Thapar
2 Sumit Sarkar
3 Sekhar Bandyopadhyay
4 Devid Hardiman
Q Spinach contains unusually high percentage of ____acid is a natural product.
1 Oxalic acid
2 Citric acid
3 Lactic acid
4 Acetic acid
Q The Constitution of India contained how many articles at the time of commencement ?
1 395
2 380
3 390
4 400
Q Name the famous Indian cricketer who broke the book ‘A Century Is Not Enough’ ?
1 Sourav Ganguly
2 Virat Kohli
3 Steve Smith
4 Joe Root
Q In the context of administration under Akbar, which of the following terms denoted land that had been left out of cultivation for a time so that it may recover its strength?
1 Parauti
2 Chachar
3 Polaj
4 Banjar
Q In which state is the Phodong monastery situated ?
1 Sikkim
2 Karnataka
3 Himachal Pradesh
4 Arunachal Pradesh
Q The first Education Minister of Independent India was ____
1 Abul Kalam Azad
2 RK Shanmukham Chetty
3 BR Ambedkar
4 Baldev Singh
Q Sankranti , the harvest festival , is celebrated in the month of Magh of the Hindu calendar and is known by different names in different parts of India. What is called in Gujarat ?
1 Uttarayan
2 Pongal
3 Makaravilakku
3 Bihu
Q Kudankulam Nuclear Power Plant in Tamil Nadu is set up in collaboration with _____
1 Russia
2 Germany
3 Japan
4 USA
Q Where was the first Winter Paralympics Games held ?
1 Sweden [ 1976 ]
2 Korea
3 Russia
4 Italy
Q Who was the first Indian to join the Viceroy’s Executive Council ?
1 Satyendra Prasanna Sinha
2 Syed Ali Iman
3 Tej Bahadur Sapru
4 PS Siwaswami Iyer
Q When did Shuja-ud-daulah and Shah Alam sign treaties at Allahabad with Robert Clive ?
1 1765
2 1784
3 1757
4 1799
Q Which zone separates the crust and mantle ?
1 Moho
2 Stratosphere
3 Lithosphere
4 Asthenosphere
Q Velds are the grasslands of :
1 Africa
2 Australia
3 America
4 Asia
| Temperate grasslands | Velds [ South Africa ] | Pampas [ Argentina ] | Prairies [ North America ] | Downs [ Australia ] | Steppes [ Central Asia ] |
Q What is the atomic weight of Lithium ?
1 6.941 amu , g/mol
2 9.012 amu , g/mol
3 4.003 amu , g/mol
4 10.811 amu , g/mol
Q Who among the following is the author of the book ‘Nectar in a Sieve’?
Ans 1. Sarojini Naidu
2. Kamala Markandaya
3. Rajkumari Kaur
4. Aruna Asaf Ali
Q According to Arthasastra, Megasthenes was a Greek ambassador sent by which of the following rulers?
1 SeleucusI Nicator
2 Leonidas I
3 Peisistratos
4 Pericles
Q In which year the Soil Survey of India established to carry out scientific surveys of soils ?
1 1956
2 1982
3 1949
4 1969
Q Pablo Picasso , Claude Monet , Salvador Dali , Vincent Van Gogh were famous for their ____
1 painting / artwork
2 Social worker
3 ballet performance
4 western music
Q What is the normal air pressure at sea level ?
1 1013.25 millibars
2 985.14 millibars
3 886.13 millibars
4 1100.12 millibars
Q Which technology do third generation computers use ?
1 Integrated Chips
2 Vacuum tunes
3 Transistors
4 Microprocessors
Q Identify the first Gurjara Partihara ruler who successfully defeated the Arab invaders.
1 Nagabhata I
2 Vatsaraja
3 Mahendrapala I
4 Mahipala
Q Kailasa temple is made up of which of the following types of rock?
1 Basalt
2 Granite
3 Marble
4 Pumice
Q Arunima Sinha was the first ______ female to scale Mount Everest.
Ans 1. female haemophilic
2. hearing impaired female
3. visually impaired female
4. female amputee
| First woman to climb Mount Everest | Junko Tabel |
| First Indian woman to climb Mount Everest | Bachendri Pal |
| First Indian woman to climb Mount Everest twice | Santosh Yadav |
| First female amputee to climb Mount Everest | Arunima Sinha |