Q In which state , the Sabrimala Sri Dham Shashtha temple dedicated to Lord Ayyappa is located ?
1 Kerala
2 Karnataka
3 Tamil Nadu
4 Maharashtra
Q In which of the following districts is Baira Siul Dam located?
1 Kinnaur
2 Mandi
3 Chamba
4 Bilaspur
Q Wightman Cup is associated with which of the following sports ?
1 Hockey
2 Tennis
3 Cricket
4 Golf
Q In 1900 , India participated in Olympics games which was held in ?
1 Paris
2 Athens
3 Berlin
4 Tokyo
Q How many Indian states celebrate their formation on November 1st ?
1 Five
2 Seven
3 Six
4 Eight
7 Indian states [ Andhra Pradesh , Haryana , Chhattisgarh , Kerala , Karnataka , Punjab , Madhya Pradesh ] and 2UTs [ Lakshadweep and Puducherry ] celebrate their formation day on 1st November
Q Who among the following is the author of ”River of Smoke’‘ novel ?
1 Amitav Ghosh
2 Jeet Thayil
3 Shashi Tharoor
4 Chetan Bhagat
Q Which disease is caused by the deficiency of protein in the diet ?
1 Jaundice
2 Scurvy
3 Rickets
4 Kwashiorkor
Q Kamala Lakshmi Narayanan is recognised all over the world as the foremostproponent of ________, a southern Indian classical dance form that combines artisticexpression with rhythmic footwork.
Ans 1. Kuchipudi
2. Mohiniyattam
3. Kathak
4. Bharatanatyam
Q Who among the following was the first to describe the nucleus as a cell organelle?
Ans 1. Robert Koch
2. LucioFontana
3. Robert Brown
4. Eduard Strasburger
Q Sitar maestro Pandit Ravi Shankar received the Lifetime Achievement Award
posthumously at the __ Grammy Awards ceremony.
1 46th Annual
2 55th Annual
3 57th Annual
4 59th Annual
Q Which of the following is an autobiography of Dr B.R. Ambedkar?
1 Courage And Conviction
2 Waiting for a Visa
3 My Truth
4 An Autobiography
Q Who was the Viceroy of India when the Indian National Congress was founded?
1 Lord Elgin II
2 Lord Dufferin
3 Lord Lansdowne
4 Lord Ripon
Q Which national park in India is known for its population of Royal Bengal tigers?
1 Periyar National Park
2 Sunderbans National Park
3 Bandipur National Park
4 Sariska National Park
Q The body of the phylum __ is unsegmented and dorsoventrally flattened.
1 Coelenterata
2 Mollusca
3 Platyhelminthes
4 Arthropoda
Q‘Bagurumba’ is a _____of the Bodo Community in Assam.
1 local sport
2 folk dance
3 painting style
4 ceremonial procession
Q Which Article of the Indian Constitution states that “There shall be a High Court for each state”?
1 Article 214
2 Article 125
3 Article 245
4 Article 275
Q In which of the following states is the Rowa Wildlife Sanctuary situated?
Ans 1. Tripura
2. Assam
3. Punjab
4. Haryana
Q Which Mughal emperor is renowned for the construction of the Red Fort and Jama Masjid in Delhi?
1 Akbar the Great
2 Shah Jahan
3 Humayun
4 Aurangzeb
Q How many days did the battle of Mahabharata last ?
1 18
2 10
3 17
4 15
Q ______ leaves are used to make bidis.
Ans 1. Neem
2. Betel
3. Tendu
4. Champa
Q What did the rulers of Vijayanagara call themselves?
1 Nayak
2 Chakravarthi
3 Raya
4 Maharaja
Q Which of these personalities is popularly known as the ‘father of Indian Cinema’ ?
1 Dadasaheb Phalke
2 Amitabh Bachchan
3 Dev Anand
4 Satyajit Ray
Q Malgudi Days was written by _____
1 RK Narayan
2 Shashi Tharoor
3 Amitav Ghosh
4 Chetan Bhagat
| RK Narayan books | Malgudi Days || The Guide || Swami and Friends || The English Teacher || Waiting For the Mahatma’ |
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Q Who was a renowned mathematician from India and often referred to as the “Man Who Knew Infinity“?
1 C.V. Raman
2 Satyendra Nath Bose
3 Srinivasa Ramanujan
4 Homi Bhabha
Q Where is Bishnupur , which is famous for terracotta temples , located ?
1 West Bengal
2 Kerala
3 Rajasthan
4 Odisha
Q Which famous Indian musician received the Bharat Ratna in the year 2001 ?
1 Pandit Shiv Kumar Sharma
2 Ustad Zakir Hussain
3 Pandit Ravi Shankar
4 Ustad Bismillah Khan
Q Who had the distinction of having scored the most goals at a single tournament in the entire history of FIFA World Cup ?
1 Just Fontaine
2 Lionel Messi
3 Pele
4 Cristiano Ronaldo
Q Who had the distinction of having the highest career batting average in One Day Internationals as of 2025 ?
1 Shubman Gill
2 Virat Kohli
3 Ryan ten Doeschate
4 Babar Azam
Q Which Article of the Constitution of India provides that there shall be a Council of Ministers with the Prime Minister as its head ?
1 Article 74 [1]
2 Article 54
3 Article 44
4 Article 40
Q Who is considered as the ‘Father of Indian Ecology‘ ?
1 Ramdeo Mishra
2 Salim Ali
3 Rajendra Singh
4 E Sreedharan
Q Which is India’s first ‘Mixed World Heritage Site’ on UNESCO’s World Heritage list ?
1 Khangchendzonga National Park
2 Keoladeo Ghana National Park
3 Manas Wildlife Sanctuary
4 The Great Himalayan National Park
Q In which year, for the first time, was a resolution on the National Sports Policy laid in both Houses of Parliament?
1 1948
2 2000
3 1984
4 2014
Q With which musical instrument was the musician Palghat Mani Iyer associated ?
1 Mridangam
2 Flute
3 Sarod
4 Shehnai
Q The blood platelets are also known as ___
1 leucocytes
2 thrombocytes
3 erythrocytes
4 thrombin
Q Who was the first recipient of the Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna Award [ now Major Dhyan Chand Khel Ratna ward ?
1 Viswanathan Anand
2 Sachin Tendulkar
3 Major Dhyan Chand
4 Chuni Goswami
Q Who is the Chief Executive Head of the State ?
1 Prime Minister
2 Governor
3 President
4 Chief Minister
Q In which state is the festival of Uttarayan uniquely celebrated?
Ans 1. Jharkhand
2. Gujarat
3. Uttar Pradesh
4. Kerala
Q Who headed the nine-judge constitutional bench that declared the right to privacy as a fundamental right ?
1 JS Khehar
2 Dipak Mishra
3 HJ Kania
4 TS Thakur
Q The Pritzker prize is an international award given to recognise contribution in the field of ______.
Ans 1. literature
2. mathematics
3. Medicine
4. Architecture
Q Who among the following is the author of the book ‘Those Pricey Thakur Girls’?
1 Anita Nair
2 Anuja Chauhan
3 Pratibha Ray
4 Preeti Shenoy
Q What is the traditional bamboo dance of Mizoram called ?
1 Cheraw dance
2 Nati dance
3 Gugga dance
4 Laho dance
Q Which of the following is the highest peak in the Western Ghats of India?
1 Kalsubai
2 Doddabetta
3 Anamudi
4 Kolaribetta
Q In which year did the Dalai Lama cross over into India and take asylum ?
1 1959
2 1977
3 1962
3 1980
Q Which nation won the FIFA World Cup most number of times ?
1 Brazil [ 5 ]
2 Germany
3 Italy
4 Argentina
Q Which of the following is a popular dance form of Lakshadweep Island ?
1 Kolkali
2 Laho
3 Loor
4 Terah Taali
Q Which among the following is the autobiography of Ravi Shankar, the famous Sitarist Of India?
1 My Country, My Life
2 Ente Katha
3 My Life, My Music
4 Atmakatha
Q As per the Sustainable Development Goals , India aims to provide all girls and boys complete free, equitable and quality primary and secondary education by which year?
1 2025
2 2050
3 2040
4 2030
Q What is the name of the physical feature that is the longitudinal valley lying between the Lesser Himalayas and the Siwalik in India?
1 Terai
2 Doab
3 Duns
4 Bhabhar
Q Which river originates from ‘Rakshastal north-western tip’ near Mansarovar?
1 Ravi River
2 Sutlej River
3 Narmada River
4 Tapti River
Q Who among the following established the Prarthana Samaj?
1 Dr. Atma Ram Pandurang
2 Bal Shastri Jambekar
3 Lal Bahadur Shastri
4 Ishwar Chandra Vidyasagar
Q The centre of a cyclone is a calm area . It is called the ___ of the storm.
1 eye
2 focus
3 arm
4 radius
Q The Directive Principles of State Policy in the Constitution of India were borrowed from the ______ Constitution.
Ans 1. Irish
2. Australian
3. Norwegian
4. Spanish
Q Freedom fighter Sucheta Kripalani, became the first woman chief minister of which state?
Ans 1. Andhra Pradesh
2. Uttar Pradesh
3. Gujarat
4. Rajasthan
Q With which of the following sports is Ezra Cup associated?
Ans 1. Hockey
2. Polo
3. Bridge
4. Badminton
Q ‘Daskathia‘ is a form of ballad singing prevalent in which state ?
1 Odisha
2 Assam
3 Rajasthan
4 Manipur
Q Tagore Centre for the Study of Culture and Civilization is located in :
1 Shimla
2 Karnal
3 Cuttack
3 Lucknow
Q To whom Mahatma Gandhi gave the title of ‘Deen Bandhu’ ?
1 CF Andrews
2 CR Das
3 Bal Gangadhar Tilak
4 Jawahar Lal Nehru
Q ‘Piklihai’ and ‘Utnur’ are important ____ sites .
1 Neolithic
2 Meghalithic
3 Paleolitic
4 Monolithic
Q The fifth incarnation of Vishnu is known as _____
1 Vamana [ The Dwarf ]
2 Varaha [ Boar ]
3 Narasimha [ The Man-Lion ]
4 Kalki [ The Mighty Warrior ]
Q The Aryans are considered to represent a linguistic group speaking which of thefollowing groups of languages?
Ans 1. Austronesian
2. Afro-Asiatic
3. Indo-European
4. Niger-Congo