Q Who was the first Asian player to score a hat-trick in Olympic Games in 1956 Summer Olympics ?
1 Nevillle D’Souza
2 PK Banerjee
3 Sailen Manna
4 Talimeren Ao
Q In which of the following cities is the “Elephant Festival” celebrated in India?
1 Jaipur
2 Pune
3 Vishakhapatnam
4 Surat
Q Panthi dance form is associated with ___ state of India .
1 Maharashtra
2 Chhattisgarh
3 Kerala
4 Punjab
Q As of 2025, How many districts are there in Nagaland ?
1 12
2 16
3 13
4 14
Q Who among the following cricketers of India wrote the book “Believe”?
1 Virat Kohli
2 Rohit Sharma
3 Suresh Raina
4 Rahul Dravid
Q गणेश चतुर्थी [ Ganesh Chaturthi ] हिंदू पंचांग के निम्नलिखित मेंसेकिस माह के चौथेदिन सेशुरू होती है?
Ans 1. कार्तिक
2. माघ
3. भाद्रपद
4. अश्विन
Q Which country has won the first ever FIFA World Cup?
1 France
2 Brazil
3 Uruguay
4 Mexico
Q What is the approximate length of India’s coastline, including island territories?
1. 5516.6 kilometres
2. 11516.6 kilometres
3. 9516.6 kilometres
4. 7516.6 kilometres
Q In which year was the Mehrangarh Fort established?
1 1459
2 1458
3 1456
4 1457
Q Which of the following harvest festivals is primarily celebrated by the people of western Odisha?
1 Onam
2 Gudi Padwa
3 Wangala
4 Nuakhai
Q Which of the following dances is performed in Goa?
1 Jhoomar
2 Cheraw
3 Karma Naach
4 Fugdi
Q “The Shadow Lines” is a novel that weaves together the personal and historical events in India and Bangladesh. Who is the author of this book?
1 Amitav Ghosh
2 Kiran Desai
3 Vikram Seth
4 Jhumpa Lahiri
Q A Hindu festival celebrated by the Tamil community that falls in the Tamil Solar Month is called?
Ans 1. Karaga
2. Bihu
3. Onam
4. Thaipusam
Q Which of the following vitamin is known as ascorbic acid ?
1 Vitamin A
2 Vitamin C
3 Vitamin B12
4 Vitamin D
Q Deficiency of which of the following causes weak bones and tooth decay?
1 Vitamin A
2 Iodine
3 Calcium
4 Iron
Q What is the total number of classical dance forms in India as per the Sangeet Natak Akademi?
Ans 1. 5
2. 8
3. 3
4. 10
| Indian Classical Dance | Bharatanatyam , Kathak , Kathakali , Kuchipudi , Odissi , Manipuri , Mohiniyattam and Sattriya |
Q What was the period of reign of Alauddin Khilji?
Ans 1. 1290-1310
2. 1296-1316
3. 1295-1315
4. 1289-1299
Q Who among the following Mauryan emperors was known by the name of Piyadassi?
1 Bindusara
2 Dasaratha
3 Ashoka
4 Brihadratha
Q Geographically, which is the smallest state of India?
1 Mizoram
2 Goa
3 Tripura
4 Sikkim
Q According to census 2011, number of literates in India is __ million.
1. 767.5
2 765.5
3 769.5
4 763.5
Q _, who lived in the court of Kanishka, composed a biography of the Buddha, the Buddhacharita.
1 Mathara
2 Nagarjuna
3 Ashvaghosha
4 Samgharaksha
Q The Goods and Services Tax, Act commenced from________.
1 1 July 2017
2 1 April 2018
3 1 July 2016
4 1 April 2016
Q Which of the following folk dance forms is NOT associated with the state of Gujarat ?
Ans1. Hojagiri
2. Dandiya
3. Bhavai
4. Garba
| Folk dance of Gujarat | Siddi Dhamal dance || Garba || Bhavai dance || Vinchhudo dance || Hudo dance || Tippani Jurium || Hallisaka || Kahadiya dance |
Q The All India Forward Bloc was established by which of the following national leaders together with his followers in 1939, during British rule in India?
Ans 1. Jawaharlal Nehru
2. Jayaprakash Narayana
3. Subhash Chandra Bose
4. Gopal Krishna Gokhale
Q By which name is the birthday of Lord Krishna famous?
1. Mahashtami
2 Mahanavmi
3 Janmashtami
4 Akshaya Tritiya
Q Who among the following was the first Indian female musician to
win the Grammy award?
1. Neeti Mohan
2 Tanvi Shah
3 Shweta Pandit
4 Shalmali Kholgade
Q Droupadi Murmu is the _ President of India.
1. 18th
2 17th
3 15th
4 16th
Q The festival of Ram Navami is celebrated in which of the following Hindu months?
1 Magh
2 Falgun
3 Chaitra
4 Kartik
Q Sundaram Balachander has been the main player of which of the following musical instruments?
Ans 1. Mridangam
2. Bansuri
3. Veena
4. Santoor
Q McMahon line is a line which separates china and which Indian state?
1. Sikkim
2 Uttarakhand
3 Arunachal Pradesh
4 Jammu and Kashmir
Q Vempati Chinna Satyam was awarded the Padma Bhushan in 1998. He was a _
dancer.
1. Kuchipudi
2 Kathak
3 Manipuri
4 Kathakali
Q The maximum strength of the Lower House of Parliament is:
1 500
2 590
3 552
4 250
Q How many Indian states shares its border with Bangladesh?
Ans 1. Three
2. Four
3. Six
4. Five
| Bangladesh – India border [ 4096 km ] | Assam , Meghalaya , West Bengal , Mizoram and Tripura |
Q Goods and services tax (GST) became operational from ______.
Ans 1. 1 July 2017
2. 1 May 2016
3. 1 April 2016
4. 1 April 2017
Q Nagabhata was the king of which of the following dynasty?
1. Kakatiya
2 Vardhana
3 Pratihara
4 Reddy
Q Who among the following proposed the term ‘ecosystem’?
1. AG Tansely
2 Grinnel
3 Lindeman
4 Turreson
Q __ is a vocal form of music from the state of Punjab.
1 Bhajan
2 Ghazal
3 Tappa
4 Qawwal
Q Which Article of the Constitution of India deals with Equality before Law?
Ans 1. Article 14
2. Article 13
3. Article 16
4. Article 17
Q ‘Do or die’ slogan is given by which of the following freedom fighter?
1. Bal Gangadhar Tilak
2 Sardar Vallabh Bhai Patel
3 Mahatma Gandhi
4 Motilal Nehru
Q Battle of Plassey was fought between English company and Nawab of Bengal in which year?
1. 1750
2 1757
3 1850
4 1857
Q Baishakhi, the famous festival of Sikhs, is celebrated in which month every year?
Ans 1. April
2. February
3. January
4. March
Q What type of farming is Kumari which is practiced in Western Ghats?
Ans 1. Plantation farming
2. Horticulture farming
3. Intensive farming
4. Primitive Subsistence farming
Q Henry Louis Vivian Derozio, a teacher at Hindu College, Calcutta, in the 1820s, promoted radical ideas and encouraged his pupils to question all authority. Referred to as the __, his students attacked tradition and custom, demanded education for women and campaigned for the freedom of thought and expression.
1 Young Christian Movement
2 Young Men’s Movement
3 Young Radical Movement
4 Young Bengal Movement
Q The Permanent Settlement system was introduced by which of the following Governor Generals of the British East India Company in 1793 .
Ans 1. Sir John Macpherson
2. Lord Cornwallis
3. Sir John Shore
4. Sir George Barlow
Q Ranji Trophy is related to which of the following game?
Ans 1. Tennis
2. Cricket
3. Baseball
4. Football
Q Who was the first Russian prime minister to visit independent India ?
1 Nikolai Bulganin
2 Robert Walpole
3 Sukarno
4 Boris Nikolayevich
Q Who is the author of the book ‘The Buddha and His Dhamma‘ ?
1 BR Ambedkar
2 Jawahar Lal Nehru
3 Mahatma Gandhi
4 Subhas Chandra BOSE
Q What is the national sport of Bangladesh ?
1 Kabaddi
2 Archery
3 Cricket
4 Hockey
Q Byopa is the traditional headgear of tribes belonging to _____
1 Arunachal Pradesh
2 Rajasthan
3 Odisha
4 Maharashtra
Q In which year Battle of Saragarhi fought ?
1 1897
2 1526
3 1757
3 1764
Q The easternmost point of India is ____
1 Kibithu
2 Guhar Moti
3 Indira Point
4 Indira Col
Q ”And then One Day : A Memoir” is an autobiography of which of the Bollywood star ?
1 Naseeruddin Shah
2 Karan Johar
3 Ayushmann Khurana
4 Priyanka Chopra
Q In which of the following states are Aus, Boro and Aman paddy crops grown in a year?
1 Punjab
2 Odisha
3 Haryana
4 Uttarakhand
Q The measure of the force that can cause an object to rotate about an axis is called:
1 moment of inertia
2 power
3 torque
4 centripetal force
Q Who among the following classical poets of the Sultanate period in India popularised Qawwali, a form of music which derived its name from the Arabic word ‘qaul’, meaning ‘to speak’?
1 Nizam al-Din Awliya
2 Jalal al-Din Muhammad Rumi
3 Amir Khusrau
4 Shams al-Din Muhammad Hafiz
Q Which chromosome is involved in the production of ‘masked’ mRNAs for early development?
1 Polytene chromosome
2 Lampbrush chromosome
3 Autosomal chromosome
4 Sex chromosome
Q Who is / was the longest serving governor of an Indian state ?
1 MM Jacab
2 Padmaja Naidu
3 Lakshmi Kant Jha
4 ND Tiwari
MM Jacab is the longest serving governor of an Indian state. He was the governor of Meghalaya. He served for a total of 11 years 293 days from 1995 to 2007.
Q Who among the following became the first President of the Indian National Congress in 1885?
Ans 1. Dadabhai Naoriji
2. Pherozeshah Mehta
3. Womesh Chandra Bonnerjee
4. Gopal Krishna Gokhale
| First President of the Indian National Congress | Womesh Chandra Banerjee [ 1885 , Bombay Session ] |
| First Muslim President of the Indian National Congress | Badruddin Tyabji [ 1887 , Madras Session ] |
| First English President of the Indian National Congress | George Yule [ 1888 , Allahabad Session ] |
| First Woman President of the Indian National Congress | Annie Besant [ 1917 , Calcutta Session ] |
| First Indian Woman President of the Indian National Congress | Sarojini Naidu [ 1925 , Kanpur Session ] |