Q Bhutia dance is performed in which of the following states?
1 West Bengal
2 Odisha
3 Sikkim
4 Nagaland
Q The Oudh Kisan Sabha was set up in the year __.
1. 1924
2 1921
3 1920
4 1918
Q Alvars were the devotees of which South Indian cult ?
1 Shaktism
2 Saivism
3 Jainism
4 Vaishnavism
Q Which of the following states of India does the Konkan Railway connect?
Ans 1. Maharashtra and Andhra Pradesh
2. Gujarat and Karnataka
3. Maharashtra and Madhya Pradesh
4. Maharashtra and Karnataka
Q The Autobiography Titled ”The Hero of Tiger Hill” is authored By who among the following ?
1 Major Somnath Sharma
2 Yogendra Singh Yadav
3 Captain Vikram Batra
4 Manoj Kumar Pandey
Q Which of the following schedules vests additional discretionary powers to the
Governors of Mizoram and Tripura?
1 6th Schedule
2 4th Schedule
3 5th Schedule
4 7th Schedule
Q In which of the following years was the Central Vigilance Commission set up by the
Government of India?
1 1975
2 1964
3 1970
4 1984
Q Who among the following organised Sarvajanik Ganesh Utsav to inculcate national sentiments among the masses ?
1 Lokmanya Tilak
2 Bipin Chandra Pal
3 Aurobindo Ghosh
4 Lala Lajpat Rai
Q Who decided to go ahead with his plans of invasion of Afghanistan resulting in the first Anglo Afghan War?
1 Lord Lytton
2 Lord Dalhousie
3 Lord Auckland
4 Lord Ellenborough
Q The number of elements known at the time of Russian chemist Dmitri Ivanovich Mendeleev was ____
1 57
2 63
3 53
4 67
Q The musical recitation of the Guru Granth Sahib is known as :
1 Shabad Kirtan
2 Mahia
3 Dhadi
4 Ghorian
Q Which of the following dance forms is performed by men in Haryana ?
1 Khoria
2 Gidda
3 Ghoomar
4 Gugga
Q The first Union Budget of Independent India was presented by ____.
1Jawaharlal Nehru
2 John Matthai
3 Ramasamy Chetty Kandasamy Shanmukham Chetty
4 Chintaman Dwarkanath Deshmukh
Q Which of the following is the second largest Mangrove Ecosystem in India?
1 Nagarjuna Sagar
2 Sultanpur National Park
3 Bhitarkanika National Park
4 Keibul Lamjao National Park
Q The Karla caves are located in which of the following states of India?
1 Maharashtra
2 Madhya Pradesh
3 Karnataka
4 Bihar
Q Which of the following mountain ranges has Kalumar Peak as one of its highest points?
1 Satpura
2 Cardamom hills
3 Vindhya
4 Aravali
Q Syyed Ahmed Barelvi was the founder ofwhich Muslim Reform Movement?
1 Deoband movement
2 Ahmediya movement
3 Wahabi movement
4 Aligarh movement
Q Which of the following Schedules contains the provisions for the administration and control of scheduled areas in several states ?
1 7th
2 3rd
3 9th
4 5th
Q The RBI launched the Lead Bank Scheme (LBS) to mobilise deposits and step-uplending to weaker sections of the economy. When was the scheme launched
Ans 1. 1969
2. 1958
3. 1962
4. 1973
Q The Koya movement in Malkangiri , during 1880 , [ now in Odisha ] was led by :
1 Tama Dora
2 Ratna Naik
3 Rindo Majhi
4 Dayanidhi Dharua
Q Buddhist literature and Jain literature present a list of ____ Mahajanapadas with minor variations of names .
1 16
2 34
3 45
4 19
Q Who was the first captain of the Indian women’s cricket team ?
1 Harmanpreet Singh
2 Shanta Rangaswamy
3 Jhulan Goswami
4 Mithali Raj
Q Who founded the newspaper titled ‘Kesari’ in the year 1881?
1 Gopal Krishna Gokhale
2 Bipin Chandra Pal
2 Bal Gangadhar Tilak
4 Lala Lajpat Rai
Q Name the harvest festival in Mizoram that is held in between August and September , after the harvest of maize.
1 Mim Kut
2 Sume-Gelirak
3 Sekrenyi
4 Biju Pandu
Q Who was the first foreign coach appointed to the Indian Cricket Team ?
1 John Wright
2 Gary Kirsten
3 Greg Chapeel
4 Duncan Fletcher
Q In Battle of Khatoli [ 1517 ] Rana Sanga of Mewar defeated Sultan of Delhi , ____ Lodhi and imprisoned him and then released him after collecting ransom .
1 Ibrahim
2 Sikandar
3 Bahlul
4 Qutb-ud-din
Q Gangaur is an important festival of which state ?
1 Rajasthan
2 Jharkhand
3 Madhya Pradesh
4 Chhattisgarh
The annual festival of Gangaur, celebrated by the married women of Rajasthan, is observed in the Hindu month of Chaitra
Q The term ‘shooting guard’ is used in which of the following games/sports?
1. Basketball
2. Tennis
3. Volleyball
4. Table tennis
Q Which of the following is NOT an official language of the United Nations ?
1 English
2 Chinese
3 Japanese
4 Arabic
| Six official languages of the United Nations | Arabic | Chinese | English | French | Russian | Spanish |
Q Name the class of folk songs of Goa , usually sung to mourn the death of the loved ones .
1 Gha to Kito
2 Banvarh
2 Sumangali
4 Khubakeshei
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 Pushkar Mela is a popular cultual festival of which state ?
1 Bihar
2 Jharkhand
3 Rajasthan
4 West Bengal
Q Kautilya has mentioned the concept of Saptanga Rajya to understand the State with seven organs and one of them is Danda, which means:
1 Ally
2 Force
3 Fort
4 Ministers
| Saptanga Rajya | Swamin [ King ] , Amatya [ Minsiters ] , Janapad [ Territory ] , Durga [ Fort ] , Kosha [ Treasury ] , Danda [ Forrce ] and Mitra [ Ally ] |
Q With which neighbouring country did India sign the Farakka Treaty in 1996 for sharing of the Ganga Waters and on augmenting its flows?
1 Bhutan
2 Bangladesh
3 Nepal
4 Afghanistan
Q Which among the following classical dance forms was introduced in the 16th century by Vaishnava saint Mahapurusha Sankaradeva?
Ans 1. Kuchipudi
2. Sattriya
3. Odissi
4. Manipuri
Q Karkidaka Vavu Bali of _________ is a Hindu ritual to appease ancestors.
Ans 1. Kerala
2. Maharashtra
3. Meghalaya
4. Goa
Q The popular Bagh cave paintings are found in :
1 Madhya Pradesh
2 Odisha
3 Maharashtra
4 Bihar
Q Who was the first Muslim ruler whose empire covered almost the whole of India up to its extreme south ?
1 Alauddin Khilji
2 Balban
3 Feroz Shah Tughlaq
4 Jalal-ud-din Khilji
Q Who founded and named the science of electromagnetism ?
1 Andre Marie Ampere
2 James Clerk
3 Hans Christian Oersted
4 Michael Faraday
Q National Archives of India was established in which year ?
1 1891
2 1991
3 1901
4 1919
Q Which pass is known as the gateway connecting Jammu and Srinagar ?
1 Banihal Pass
2 Mana Pass
3 Nathu la
3 Aghil Pass
Q Who was one of the Governors during the reign of Alauddin Khilji ?
1 Ghiyasuddin Tughlaq
2 Nasiruddin Tughlaq
3 Iltutmish
4 Jalal-ud-din-Khilji
Q Which of the following lakes is the longest in India ?
1 Vembanand Lake
2 Kanjia Lake
3 Ansupa Lake
4 Wular Lake
Q Poush Mela displays local artisians displaying folk dances , music , food and culture of :
1 West Bengal
2 Rajasthan
3 Gujarat
4 Uttarakhand
Q Which is a scientific discipline concerned with the study of plant pollen , spores , and certain microscopic planktonic organisms , in both living and fossil form ?
1 Palynology
2 Dendrology
3 Ethnobotany
4 Palebotany
Q Which is the Oldest golf course outside the United Kingdom ?
Ans 1. East Point Golf Club
2. The Bangalore Golf Club
3. The Royal Calcutta Golf Club
4. Cosmopolitan Club
The Royal Calcutta Golf Club , established in 1829, is the oldest golf club in India and the first outside Great Britain.
Q Who among the following has played the highest number of ODI matches as the Captain of the Indian cricket team, as of 2025?
1 Mahendra Singh Dhoni
2 Kapil Dev
3 Sourav Ganguly
4 Virat Kohli
Q The National board for Micro , Small and Medium Enterprises meets once every ___ months in a year.
1 6 months
2 9 months
3 3 months
4 1 month
Q Varkala , Chowara , Chavakkad and Nattika are the beaches in the state of :
1 Kerala
2 Odisha
3 Gujarat
4 Maharashtra
Q Who was the first woman Judge of the Delhi High Court ?
1 Leila Seth
2 Meira Kumar
3 Sumitra Mahajan
4 VS Ramadevi
Q Who became the first Indian golfer to win on the ‘Ladies European Tour’ in 2016 ?
1 Aditi Ashok
2 Diksha Dagar
3 Tvesa Malik
4 Sneha Singh
Q Who was the President of India when Anti-Defection Bill was passed?
1 R. Venkataraman
2 Neelam Sanjiva Reddy
3 Giani Zail Singh
4 Dr Shankar Dayal Sharma
Q Which of the following states has the highest number of Assembly Constituencies?
1. Uttar Pradesh
2 Tamil Nadu
3 Gujarat
4 Maharashtra
Q Where was the headquarters of the Theosophical Society established in India?
1 Adyar
2 Delhi
3 Mahabalipuram
4 Calcutta
Q ‘Kim’, the English novel about a boy, was written by which of the following authors?
1 Joseph Conrad
2 Ruskin Bond
3 Jerome K Jerome
4 Rudyard Kipling
Q Ustad Zia Mohiuddin Dagar was a ___________ player of profound depth, favouring sparse and slow realisations of ragas.
Ans 1. Sitar
2. Violin
3. Flute
4. Rudra veena
Q In Badminton , the length and width of the doubles court shall be of ____
1 12.20 m long and 6.20 m wide
2 13.40 m long and 6.10 m wide
3 13.40 m long and 5.20 m wide
4 13.20 m long 6.50 m wide
Q Jamda folk dance is associated with which Indian state ?
1 Assam
2 Jharkhand
3 Manipur
4 Maharashtra
Q Who is known as the father of the green revolution in the world ?
1 Linus Pauling
2 Norman Borlaugh
3 MS Swaminathan
4 Ralph Bunche
Q Who is credited with setting up of Brahmo Sabha , for religious reforms , in 1828 , which was later called Brahmo Samaj ?
1 Keshab Chandra Sen
2 Rabindranath Tagore
3 Devendra Nath Tagore
4 Raja Ram Mohan Roy
Q What is the Crude Death Rate of India as per Census 2011 ?
1 10 %
2 8.5 %
3 5.9 %
4 7.1 %
Q In which year was Smart Cities Mission launched?
1 2013
2 2015
3 2019
4 2018
Q The headquarters of the second Green Revolution cell was in __
1 Raipur
2 Patna
3 Kolkata
4 Bhubaneshwar
Q In November 2020, _ has set a record of becoming the world’s fastest
piano player ever.
1 Lydian Nadhaswaram
2 Anisrinivasan
3 Gauri Mishra
4 Shikha Chaurasia
Q How much security deposit has to be tendered by a candidate contesting for the post of President of India?
1 Rs 50,000
2 Rs 25,000
3 Rs 15,000
4 Rs 20,000
Q For Kharif crops, the temperature required for farming is above 25 degrees Celsius with high humidity and annual rainfall above __ cm.
1 16
2 100
3 35
4 50
Q __ built the town of Thanjavur and a temple for goddess Nishumbhasudini there.
1 Vijayalaya
2 Athirajendra Chola
3 Virarajendra Chola
4 Rajendra I
Q Who was the first captain of the Indian women’s cricket team ?
1 Mithali Raj
2 Diana Edulji
3 Shantha Rangaswamy
4 Jhulan Goswami
The Indian women’s national cricket team made its Test debut in 1976 against the West Indies , and its One Day International (ODI) debut at the 1978 World Cup against England and also made its T20I debut in 2006 against England.