Q The National Game of Bhutan is _____
1 Archery
2 Volleyball
3 Hockey
4 Chinlone [ Caneball ]
Q Which is the largest part of the northern plains and is formed of older alluvium?
1 Terai
2 Bhangar
3 Khadar
4 Bhabar
Q Makar Sankranti is celebrated as Pedda Panduga in which of the following states?
Ans 1. Andhra Pradesh
2. Tamil Nadu
3. Karnataka
4. Kerala
Q India accounts for what percent of total geographical area of the world ?
1 2.4 %
2 5.2 %
3 3.2 %
4 4.8 %
Q Karagam Folk Dance is associated with which state ?
1 Tamil Nadu
2 Rajasthan
3 Haryana
4 Assam
Q In which of the following states or union territories is the Hemis Monastery located?
Ans 1. Sikkim
2. Arunachal Pradesh
3. Ladakh
4. Jammu and Kashmir
Q In which of the following towns will you find the ‘Kachari Ruins’?
1 Shimla
2 Bilaspur
3 Dimapur
4 Gangtok
Q In which year was the first underground section (Vishwavidyalaya- Kashmere Gate) of the Golden Route opened in New Delhi?
1 2000
2 2004
3 1997
4 1998
Q Who is the only Indian to have won the United Nations Award in the field of human rights ?
1 Baba Amte
2 Ela Bhatt
3 Kanshi Ram
4 Verghese Kurien
Q Which is the tallest waterfall of India with a height of 1493 ft ?
1 Kunchikal falls , Karnataka
2 Meenmutty falls , Kerala
3 Barkana falls , Karnataka
4 Thalaiyar falls , Tamil Nadu
Q To which state does the traditional ‘Tapu Dance’ belong?
1. Uttarakhand
2 Nagaland
3 Arunachal Pradesh
4 Madhya Pradesh
Q Which Indian social activist and politician led the the Self Respect Movement or Dravidian Movement against Brahminism ?
1 EV Ramasamy
2 BR Ambedkar
3 Jyotiba Phule
4 Jawaharlal Nehru
Q ______ was a mentor to both, Mahatma Gandhi and Mohammed Ali Jinnah.
Ans 1. Gopal Krishna Gokhale
2. Rabindranath Tagore
3. Lala Lajpat Rai
4. Bal Gangadhar Tilak
Q The Indian Government annexed ______ in 1948 under the code name ‘Operation Polo’.
Ans 1. Hyderabad
2. Gwalior
3. Mysore
4. Baroda
Q ‘Aatish-i-Chinar’ [ Flames of Chinar ] is the autobiography of which politician ?
1 Sheikh Abdullah
2 Benazir Bhutto
3 M Hidyatullah
4 APJ Abdul Kalam
Q Who was best known for hoisting the Indian National Congress flag at the Gowalia Tank Maidan in Bombay during the Quit India Movement ?
1 Aruna Asif Ali
2 Kanaklata Barua
3 Bhikaiji Rustom Cama
4 Lakshmi Sahgal
Q In which of the following states is the Losoong festival celebrated?
1 Assam
2 Himachal Pradesh
3 Sikkim
4 Arunachal Pradesh
Q Which forest is also referred to as ‘Monsoon Forest’ ?
1 Tropical Deciduous Forest
2 Montane Forests
3 Tropical Evergreen Forest
4 Mangrove Forest
Q Which Article of the Constitution mentions that “the Parliament consists of the President and two Houses known as the Council of States (Rajya Sabha) and the House of the People (Lok Sabha)”?
1 82
2 79
3 70
4 73
Q ‘Rahide’ is a long scarf worn by the women of __ to protect their head from cool breeze as well as to show their traditional social affinity.
1. Madhya Pradesh
2 Himachal Pradesh
3 Uttar Pradesh
4 Arunachal Pradesh
Q ‘Bobbili Veena’ is a well-known musical instrument from the state of __.
1. Uttar Pradesh
2 Andhra Pradesh
3 Madhya Pradesh
4 Himachal Pradesh
Q ‘India wins Freedom’ is an autobiography written by whom among the following
Freedom Fighters?
1 Pattabhi Sitaramayya
2 Abul Kalam Azad
3 Lokmanya Tilak
4 Annie Besant
Q By which article of Fundamental Rights untouchability had been abolished in our
Constitution?
1 Article 18
2 Article 17
3 Article 24
4 Article 23
Q In which state will you find the hill station ‘Araku’?
1. Uttar Pradesh
2 Andhra Pradesh
3 Madhya Pradesh
4 Himachal Pradesh
Q Who is the author of the book ‘My Master’?
1 Rabindranath Tagore
2 Swami Vivekananda
3 Sri Aurobindo
4 Raja Ram Mohan Roy
Q In which of the following states is the famous Chitradurga Fort located?
1 Kerala
2 Karnataka
3 Rajasthan
4 Tamil Nadu
Q In which year did the Constituent Assembly set up a Drafting Committee under the
Chairmanship of Dr. BR Ambedkar to prepare a Draft Constitution for India?
1 1948
2 1946
3 1949
4 1947
Q In which of the following states is the Sirki Waterfall located?
1 Madhya Pradesh
2 Himachal Pradesh
3 Andhra Pradesh
4 Arunachal Pradesh
Q For which book has the Sahitya Akademi Award 2019 been awarded to Shashi Tharoor ?
1 Inglorius Empire
2 The Great Indian Novel
3 An Era of Darkness
4 Why I Am a Hindu
Q Who among the following is the author of ‘The Turbulent Years : 1980 – 1996’ ?
1 PV Narasimha Rao
2 Manmohan Singh
3 Pranab Mukherjee
4 Jaswant Singh
Q To which mineral group do galena , chalcopyrite and molybdenite belong?
1 Halides
2 Sulphides
3 Phosphides
4 Oxides
Q Whose autobiography is titled ‘The Substance and the Shadow’?
1 Rajesh Khanna
2 Dilip Kumar
3 Kishore Kumar
4 Raj Kapoor
Q Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar Prize is associated with which of the following disciplines?
1 Literature
2 Music
3 Science and Technology
4 Sports
Q With which of the following sports is Ezra Cup associated ?
1 Rugby
2 Polo
3 Foot volleyball [ Sepak Takraw ]
4 Equestrain show jumping
Q Shigmotsav is essentially a festival of the masses, celebrated on the full moon day in
the month of Phalguna (March). Which state celebrates this festival?
1 Meghalaya
2 Haryana
3 Goa
4 Sikkim
Q The December 1929 session of Congress , in which the resolution for ‘Poorna Swaraj’ was passed , was presided over by _____
1 Jawaharlal Nehru
2 Vallabhbhai Patel
3 Subhash Chandra Bose
4 CR Das
Q How many Rajya Sabha seats come from the state of Assam?
1 7
2 18
3 9
4 15
Q ‘Kati Bihu’ in Assam is celebrated by lighting a lamp in front of a __ tree / plant.
1 banyan
2 neem
3 tulsi
4 banana
Q ‘Bhagta Parab’ a tribal festival that is celebrated between the period of spring and summer , originate in the state of :
1 Jharkhand
2 Kerala
3 Karnataka
4 Tamil Nadu
Q H2SO4 is the chemical formula for __.
1 Oil of Vitriol
2 Green Vitriol
3 Muriatic Acid
4 Blue Vitriol
Q Which sport is related with AFC Challenge Cup ?
1 Tennis
2 Hockey
3 Football
4 Golf
Q In 1991, India met with an economic crisis due to _.
1 low inflation
2 political instability
3 huge debts burden
4 rise in foreign exchange reserves
Q ‘Tippani Nritya‘ is associated with which of the following states ?
1 Andhra Pradesh
2 Gujarat
3 Jharkhand
4 Karnataka
Q Which Article of the Constitution of India has a provision for the Constitution of Legislatures in States ?
1 Article 168
2 Article 148
3 Article 108
4 Article 48
Q What is the approximate speed of sound in distilled water at 25 degree Celsius [ 77 degree F ] ?
1 1498 m/s
2 1284 m/s
3 3698 m/s
41598 m/s
Q What was the magnitude of the Indian Ocean Tsunami in 2004 ?
1 9.1
2 7.4
3 5.6
4 8.4
Q When did the Sarkaria Commission submit its report ?
1 1988
2 1983
4 1986
4 1954
Q New Delhi’s Lotus Temple was designed by an architect from :
1 Iran [ Fariborz Sabha ]
2 USA
3 Japan
4 Germany
Q Which article of the Indian Constitution of India mentions that the Lok Sabha and must have a Speaker and a Deputy Speaker ?
1 Article 93
2 Article 108
3 Article 44
4 Article 148
Q Visva Bharati a famous educational institute was founded in 1921 by:
1 Rabindranath Tagore
2 Vinoba Bhave
3 Mother Teresa
4 Swami Chinmayananda
Q The Atrial Wall of the human heart secretes a very important peptide hormone . What is the name of that hormone ?
1 ANF [ Atrial Natriuretic Factor ]
2 GIF
3 CCK
4 ADH
Q In which year were the ‘Kalbelia’ folk songs and dances of Rajasthan included in UNESCO’s representative list of Intangible Cultural Heritage ?
1 2010
2 2016
2 2008
4 2017
Q In the year 1855, the first jute mill was set up at Rishra, which is located in:
1 Odisha
2 West Bengal
3 Andhra Pradesh
4 Bihar
Q The United Nations organisation was set up through the signing of the United Nations Charter by ___ states.
1 180
2 200
3 51
4 195
Q Who said the following ?
”No society can surely be flourishing and happy , of which the far greater part of the members are poor and miserable.”
1 Amartya Sen
2 Adam Smith
3 Alfred Marshall
4 John Maynard Keynes
Q During the phenomenon of aphelion , the approximate distance between the earth and the sun is ______
1 152 million km
2 147 million km
3 130 million km
4 120 million km
On 4th July , Earth is farthest from the Sun , at a position called aphelion and he approximate distance between the earth and the sun is 152 million km
The earth is nearest to the Sun on 4th January . When the Earth is closest to the sun , it is known as perihelion and the approximate distance between the earth and the sun is 147 million km