Q Gogaji fair belongs to __.
1 Kerala
2 Andhra Pradesh
3 Rajasthan
4 Punjab
Q Who invented the computer mouse ?
1 Douglas Engelbart
2 Alan Turing
3 Bill Gates
4 Ivan Sutherland
Q ‘Castling’ is related to which of the following sports?
1 Chess
2 Billiards
3 Tennis
4 Table Tennis
Q The upper portion of the Earth is known as:
1 Mesosphere
2 Lithosphere
3 Troposphere
4 Stratosphere
Q In West Bengal, how many rice crops are grown in a year?
1 One
2 Two
3 Three [ Aus , Aman and Boro ]
4 Four
Q In which city was the first golf club of India situated?
1 Mysore
2 Kolkata [ Royal Calcutta Golf Club ]
3 Shimla
4 Gulmarg
Q Which plateaus are very fertile because they are rich in black soil that is very good for farming?
1 Deccan lava plateau
2 African plateau
3 Ethiopian plateau
4 Katanga plateau
Q ‘My Dateless Diary’ is a novel written by whom among the following authors?
1 Robin Singh
2 RK Narayan
3 Ruskin Bond
4 Chetan Bhagat
Q Who was the member of the Rajya Sabha when first appointed as the Prime Minister of India ?
1 Lal Bahadur Shastri
2 Indira Gandhi
3 Morarji Desai
4 Charan Singh
Q Which of the following dance forms was introduced by the great Vaishnava saint and reformer of Assam, Mahapurusha Sankaradeva?
1 Bagurumba
2 Sattriya
3 Deodhani
4 Jhumar
Q Who is the author of the tragic story , ”Othello’ ?
1 Charles Dickens
2 William Shakespeare
3 William Wordsworth
4 Johannes Gutenberg
Q National Doctor’s day is observed every year on __.
1 1st July
2 27th June
3 27th July
4 2nd July
Q In which of the following games is the ‘Baulk Line’ used?
1 Tennis
2 Kho-Kho
3 Kabaddi
4 Badminton
Q Emergency Provisions are contained in which Part of the Constitution of India?
1 Part X
2 Part I
3 Part XX
4 Part XVIII
Q Who among the following formed the Bihar Provincial Kisan Sabha in 1929?
1 Jayprakash Narayan
2 JM Sengupta
3 Kunwar Singh
4 Swami Sahajanand Saraswati
Q The ‘Lokranjan’ festival celebrates the folk and tribal culture of which Indian state?
1 Jharkhand
2 Rajasthan
3 Madhya Pradesh
4 Maharashtra
Q Who among the following was the shortest-serving Prime Minister of India?
1 Atal Bihari Vajpayee
2 Gulzarilal Nanda
3 Chandra Shekhar
4 Charan Singh
Q In the context of Mathura school of Art, during which of the following periods were a number of sculptures of Brahmanical deities, such as Kartikeya, Vishnu and Kubera carved?
1 Shaka
2 Parthian
3 Kushana
4 Satavahana
Q ‘Harmika’, a balcony-like structure that represented the abode of God was part of which architecture?
1 Buddhist
2 Mauryan
3 Mughal
4 Jainism
Q Who is the author of these books – “Why I Am A Hindu” and “An Era of Darkness”?
1 Shashi Tharoor
2 Khushwant Singh
3 Rajdeep Sardesai
4 Arvind Adiga
Q We must make our political democracy a social democracy as well.” Who had said this line?
1 Maulana Abul Kalam Azad
2 Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru
3 B.R. Ambedkar
4 Dr. Rajendra Prasad
Q The Hurka Baul dance is performed during the cultivation of paddy and maize in which of the following states ?
1 Sikkim
2 Mizoram
3 Uttarakhand
4 Himachal Pradesh
Q This diseases is caused by a pathogenic bacterium and affects the intestines. It can be confirmed by Widal Test. Identify the disease.
1 Pneuomonia
2 Malaria
3 Typhoid
4 Cholera
Q A monument was built by the British at the Apollo Bunder in Mumbai and was designed by the British architect, George Wittet. To commemorate whose visit was this monument built?
1 King Edward III
2 King George V
3 Prince Edward of Wales
4 Prince Phillip
Q Umayalpuram K Sivaraman is an eminent musician associated with which of the following musical instruments?
1 Dhol
2 Sitar
3 Mridangam
4 Guitar
Q The Bumchu festival is primarily celebrated in which of the following states of India ?
1 Sikkim
2 Himachal Pradesh
3 Uttarakhand
4 Arunachal Pradesh
Q Alauddin Khilji’s first military operation was against_______
1 Gujarat
2 Ranthambore
3 Devagiri
4 Chittaur
Alauddin Khilji’s first military operation was against Gujarat [ 1299 ] , Ranthambore [ 1301 ] , Chittor [ 1303 ]
Q In which Sport in Olympics , India has won maximum Gold Medals ?
1 Hockey
2 Wrestling
3 Badminton
4 Boxing
Q Battle of Kanauj in 1540 was fought between Sher Shah and ______
1 Humayun
2 Akbar
3 Babur
4 Shah Jahan
Q Kawal Tiger Reserve is located in which state ?
1 Telangana
2 Uttar Pradesh
3 Madhya Pradesh
4 Manipur
Q After which war did Babur hold the title of ‘Ghazi’ ?
1 Battle of Khanwa
2 Battle of Panipat
3 Battle of Ghaghra
4 Battle of Kabul
Q ‘Sadir’ is name of which ancient dance style of India ?
1 Bharatanatyam
2 Kathak
3 Odissi
4 Mohiniattam
Q First time in which year did Edmund Hillary and Tenzing Norgay conquer the world’s highest mountain peak Mount Everest______
1 1953
2 1958
3 1965
4 1984
Q Hornbill festival is celebrated from _.
1 1st November
2 1st December
3 12th December
4 1st October
Q When was Arya Samaj divided on principles ______
1 1893
2 1895
3 1903
4 1913
Q Which ruler of Bengal had relations with China ?
1 Ghiyasuddin Azamshah
2 Sikandar Shah
3 Nusrat Shah
4 Hussein Shah
Q What is the National Bird of Bangladesh ?
1 Magpie Robin
2 Blue-throated barbet
3 Green-billed malkoha
4 Baya weaver
Q Who among the following has authored the play ‘Nil Darpan’?
1 Chittaranjan Das
2 Motilal Nehru
3 Dinabandhu Mitra
4 Sarojini Naidu
Q ‘A Shot At History : My Obsessive Journey to Olympic Gold‘ is the autobiography of which Indian Shooter ?
1 Abhinav Bindra
2 Neeraj Chopra
3 Jaipal Singh Munda
4 Kishan Singh
Q Which part of Indian Constitution deals with the election of the Vice President?
1 Part VI
2 Part IV
3 Part V
4 Part III
Q Which state in India was the first to introduce the ‘Mid-day Meal Scheme’ for school ?
1 Tamil Nadu
2 Rajathan
3 Odisha
4 Madhya Pradesh
Q Which Article of the Constitution of India states the directive principles of state policy on ‘promotion of international peace and security’ ?
1 Article 51
2 Article 44
3 Article 40
4 Article 18
Q ‘Khuang’ is a traditional musical instrument of which state ?
1 Mizoram
2 Goa
3 Odisha
4 Rajasthan
Q Which playback singer was honoured with the Nightingale of Asia Award in 1987?
1 Asha Bhosle
2 Mubarak Begum
3 Pulapaka Susheela
4 Kavita Krishnamurthy
Q To promote agriculture, Muhammad Tughlaq founded which of the following new ministries?
1 Diwan-i Amir-i kohi
2 Diwan-i-Risalat
3 Diwan-i-Arz
4 Diwan-i-Insha
Q The First Battle of Tarain was fought between Mohammad Ghori and __.
1 Rana Pratap Singh
2 Prithviraj Chauhan
3 Maharaja Hari Singh
4 Jai Singh
Q In which year was the Kaziranga National Park declared as a Reserved Forest ?
1 1908
2 1925
3 1940
4 1900
Q What is the height of Mt Godwin Austen , also known as Mt K2 ?
1 8611 m
2 8848 m
3 8586 m
4 8516 m
Q On whose birth anniversary did Kanshi Ram found the Bahujan Samaj Party ?
1 BR Ambedkar
2 Mahatma Gandhi
3 Bhagat Singh
4 Bal Gangadhar Tilak
Q In which state is the ‘Chapchar Kut’ festival celebrated in the month of March every year ?
1 Mizoram
2Tripura
3 Assam
4 Himachal Pradesh
Q The number of parliamentary seats [ Lok Sabha ] of Tamil Nadu is ____
1 39
2 40
3 42
4 48
Q Jayanthi Kumaresh is one of the foremost exponents of ___
1 veena
2 tabla
3 sitar
4 santoor
Q Which freedom fighter was also the first woman to become the Governor of Uttar Pradesh state ?
1 Sucheta Kripalani
2 Sarojini Naidu
3 Rajkumari Amrit Kaur
4 Kamaladevi Chattopadhyay
Q In the context of vernier calliper, an internal jaw is used to measure:
1 the depth of a beaker
2 the length correct up to 1 mm
3 the length of a rod and diameter of a sphere
4 the internal diameter of a hollow cylinder and pipes
Q The term ‘Microfinancing’ was first used in the 1970s during the development of Grameen Bank of Bangladesh, which was founded by __.
1 Alfred Marshall
2 Muhammad Yunus
3 Adam Smith
4 Jeremy Bentham
Q Who among the following Pallava kings occupied Vatapi (Badami) and defeated the Chalukyas?
1 Parameswaravarman
2 Sivaskanda Varman
3 Narasimhavarman
4 Simhavarman
Q In which of the following regions , a cyclone is known as ”Typhoon” ?
1 Japan
2 India
3 Brazil
4 Canada
Q With which of the following states / union territories is the Siddi Dhamal Dance associated ?
1 Gujarat
2 Ladakh
3 Andaman and Nicobar Islands
4 Nagaland
Q In the context of cell division, which chromosomal behaviour takes place at the leptotene stage?
1 Chromosomes begin to condense
2 Synapsis is complete
3 Homologous chromosomes pair
4 Chromosomes are un-synapsed
Q Who was the first T20 captain of the Indian women’s cricket team ?
1 Mithali Raj
2 Jhulan Goswami
3 Harmanpreet Kaur
4 Smriti Mandhana
| First captain [ Test ] of the Indian women’s cricket team | Shantha Rangaswamy |
| First ODI captain of the Indian women’s cricket team | Diano Edulji |
| First T20 captain of the Indian women’s cricket team | Mithali Raj |