Q In which of the following states, is Makar Sankranti celebrated by the name of Magha Saaji ?
1 Kerala
2 Andhra Pradesh
3 Himachal Pradesh
4 West Bengal
Q Who was the founder of Pala Dynasty?
Ans 1. Gopala
2. Mahipala
3. Ramapala
4. Dharampala
Q Fatima Sheikh was widely regarded as ____
1 India’s first Female Engineer
2 India’s first Female Muslim Teacher
3 India’s first Female Doctor
4 India’s first Female Muslim Entrepreneur
Q In which of the following years did Annie Besant preside over the Indian National Congress session?
Ans 1. 1915
2. 1916
3. 1917
4. 1925
Q In which sport is the term LONA used?
Ans 1. Volleyball
2. Soft ball
3. Kho-Kho
4. Kabaddi
Q In which state is New Mangalore port located?
1 Kerala
2 Karnataka
3 Tamil Nadu
4 Goa
Q For the propagation of which faith was the Sattriya dance form introduced in Assam by Sankaradeva?
1 Buddhism
2 Vaishnavism
3 Jainism
4 Shaivism
Q In which year was MS Subbulakshmi honoured with the Bharat Ratna?
1 1998
2 1997
3 1995
4 1996
Q Which festival is known for its mesmerizing display of classical dance performances in the temple town of Thanjavur?
1 Pushkar Fair
2 Navratri
3 Natyanjali Dance Festival
4 Thrissur Pooram
Q In which year first synchronous Census took place in India?
1 1986
2 1881
3 1980
4 1880
Q Which of the following was the first state to establish the Panchayati Raj system in India?
1 Rajasthan
2 Maharashtra
3 Uttar Pradesh
4 Tamil Nadu
Q Who among the following Navratnas from Chandragupta II wrote ‘Mantrashastra’ ?
1 Amarasimha
2 Kalidasa
3 Vetala Bhatta
4 Ghatakarapara
Q The title of the autobiography of Rassundari Devi is ___
1 Amar Jibon
2 Raseedi Ticket
3 Aalo Aanhari
4 Smritichitre : The Memoirs of a Spirited Wife
Q Whom did Gopal Krishna Gokhale call ‘the best ambassador of Hindu-Muslim unity’?
1 Mohammad Ali Jinnah
2 Maulana Abul Kalam Azad
3 Jawaharlal Nehru
4 Mahatma Gandhi
Q Which river forms the famous Jog Falls, the second-highest plunge waterfall in India?
1 Godavari River
2 Cauvery River
3 Sharavati River
4 Tapti River
Q With which of the following states/union territories is the Dumhal folk dance associated?
Ans 1. Haryana
2. Andaman and Nicobar Islands
3. Jammu and Kashmir
4. Arunachal Pradesh
Q Who is famously known as Bihar Kesari?
1 Karpuri Thakur
2 Shri Krishna Sinha
3 Rajendra Prasad
4 Lala Lajpat Rai
Q The Bidar Fort is located in which Indian state?
1 Andhra Pradesh
2 Rajasthan
3 Karnataka
4 Maharashtra
Q When was the Tenth Session of the Constituent Assembly held in :
1 9-23 December , 1946
2 20-25 January , 1947
3 14-30 August , 1947
4 6-17 October , 1949
Q Arvind Parikh, a Padma Bhushan awardee, plays which of the following musical instruments?
1 Sarangi
2 Sarod
3 Sitar
4 Tabla
Q In which year Mahatma Gandhi organised a satyagraha in the Kheda district of Gujarat in the support of peasants?
1 1918
2 1916
3 1919
4 1920
Q Jallikattu-Bull fight takes place in __.
1. Maharashtra
2 Kerala
3 Tamil Nadu
4 Andhra Pradesh
Q Which of the following is celebrated as the “Tibetan New Year”?
1. Lohang
2 Losar
3 Myoko
4 Murung
Q In which state of India is the Nokrek biosphere reserve located?
1 Odisha
2 Andhra Pradesh
3 Assam
4 Meghalaya
Q Which of the following dances is dedicated to temples and was earlier known as Sadir?
Ans 1. Manipuri
2. Kathakali
3. Bharatanatyam
4. Kathak
Q What is the average height of troposphere?
1 50 km
2 13 km
3 30 km
4 6 km
Q Which Part of the Constitution of India reflects the Fundamental Duties?
1. Part X
2 Part XII
3 Part IV-A
4 Part IX-B
Q Who among the following described the Indian Constitution as ‘quasi federal’?
1. MV Pylee
2 Gunnar Myrdal
3 KC Wheare
4 AV Dicey
Q Which of the following novel is written by Bhisham Sahni?
1 Nirmala
2 Tamas
3 Gunahon Ka Devta
4 Vande Mataram
Q The registered office of the Sangeet Natak Akademi is at:
1 Kolkata
2 Chennai
3 Mumbai
4 New Delhi
Q Who synthesised acetic acid for the first time?
1. Berthelot
2 Hermann Kolbe
3 F Wohler
4 Berzelius
Q The Novel ‘Train to Pakistan’ dealing with the tragedy of India’s Partition is written by whom among the following authors?
1. Ruskin Bond
2 Khushwant Singh
3 Kiran Desai
4 Mulk Raj Anand
Q Roshan Kumari is an exponent of which Indian classical dance form?
Ans 1. Kathak
2. Odissi
3. Bharatanatyam
4. Kathakali
| Kathak exponent | Sitara Devi || Birju Maharaj || Shambhu Maharaj || Shovana Narayan || Damayanti Joshi || Saswati Sen |
Q Which festival in Tripura is held on the seventh day of the month of Vaishakha ?
1 Garia Puja
2 Madai
3 Nuakhai
4 Kati Bihu
Q When did the Mongol ruler Genghis Khan die?
1. 1219
2 1210
3 1235
4 1227
Q Where is the Sair-E-Gul Faroshan festival held?
1 Mussoorie
2 Mumbai
3 Delhi
4 Shimla
Q Which Article of the Constitution separates the judiciary from the executive?
1. Article 123
2 Article 50
3 Article 108
4 Article 44
Q Autobiography of an Unknown Indian is the collective memoir of __.
1. Salman Rushdie
2 Vikram Seth
3 Nirad C Chaudhuri
4 Amitav Ghosh
Q Warli Painting is the folk painting of __ state of India.
1 Maharashtra
2 Mizoram
3 Manipur
4 Karnataka
Q Pakhal Wildlife Sanctuary is in which state of India ?
1 Assam
2 Rajasthan
3 Uttar Pradesh
4 Telangana
Q Fifth Session of the Constituent Assembly held in :
1 9-23 December , 1946
2 20-25 January , 1947
3 14-30 August , 1947
4 6-17 October , 1949
Q To gain control over Kannauj the Tripartite Struggle was fought between which of the following dynasties?
1 Khalji, Tughlaq and Lodhi
2 Pratihara, Rashtrakuta and Pala
3 Solanki, Parmar and Chandella
4 Pallava, Pandya and Chola
Q Queen Naikidevi is remembered as the woman who defeated ___ in 1178 CE.
1 Muhammad Ghori
2 Muhammad Bin Tughlaq
3 Muhammad al-Baqir
4 Al-Salih Muhammad
Q The famous festival of ‘Tsokum Samai’ is celebrated by the people of which state to invoke blessings for a rich harvest ?
1 Nagaland
2 Rajasthan
3 Kerala
4 Odisha
Q What was the paternal name of Swami Dayananda Saraswati ?
1 Mool Shankar
2 Narendranath Dutta
3 Bhanusingha
4 Sampooran Singh Kalra
Q Who was the Governor General of India during the first Anglo-Sikh war ?
1 Lord Hardinge
2 Lord Reading
3 Lord Canning
4 Lord William Bentinck
Q By whom was the play ‘Caesar and Cleopatra’ written ?
1 George Bernard Shaw
2 William Shakespeare
3 Arthur Miller
4 Oscar Wilde
Q Which Indian was crowned Miss World Continental Queen of Beauty -Asia and Oceania in 1999 ?
1 Yukta Mookhey
2 Aishwarya Rai
3 Reita Faria
4 Priyanka Chopra
Q Name the class of folk songs of Goa , usually sung to mourn the death of the loved ones ?
1 Banvarh
2 Lotia
3 Kajri
4 Baul
Q Bell Metal is an alloy which is made uo of _______
1 copper and tin
2 Copper and zinc
3 copper and nickel
4 copper and aluminium
Q Which of the following Articles of the Indian Constitution is related with equal justice and free legal aid?
1 Article 39 A
2 Article 48 A
3 Article 51 A
4 Article 43 A
Q Which of the following associations was established by Dr BR Ambedkar in 1930?
1 All India Harijan Sewak Sangh
2 Satyashodhak Samaj
3 Depressed Classes Association
4 Depressed Classes’ Education Society
Q Which of the following rivers forms the ‘Dhuadhar Falls’ in Madhya Pradesh?
1 Narmada
2 Tapi
3 Godavari
4 Mahanadi
Q The First historic novel ‘Anguriya Binimoy’ was written by ____
1 Bhudev Mukhopadhyay
2 Bankim Chandra Chatterjee
3 Sarat Chandra Chattopadhyay
4 Rabindranath Tagore
Q Under Article 21 A of the Constitution of India, what is the age for children to be provided with free and compulsory education?
1 Eight to fourteen years
2 Eight to twelve years
3 Six to fourteen years
4 Ten to fourteen years
Q Mohur , the gold coin and Rupiya , the silver coin introduced by ______
1 Sher Shah Suri [ Farid Khan ]
2 Balban
3 Akbar
4 Babar
Q Garadi is the folk dance of :
1 Puducherry
2 Assam
3 Manipur
4 Rajasthan
Q In karate, how many points are awarded for an ‘Ippon’?
1 1
2 4
3 2
4 3
Q The popular depiction named ‘Ravana Shaking Mount Kailash’ is depicted in which of the following cave ?
1 Ellora
2 Ajanta
3 Borra
4 Karla
Q ‘Al Hilal’ newspaper was founded by ?
1 Raja Ram Mohan Roy
2 Maulana Abul Kalam Azad
3 Bal Gangadhar Tilak
4 Annie Besant
Q By what name is Vladimir llyich Ulyanov better known as ?
1 Lenin
2 Stalin
3 Leon Trotsky
4 Kerensky
Q Which is the first State to introduce the Mid-day meal scheme for children ?
1 Tamil Nadu
2 Madhya Pradesh
3 Uttar Pradesh
4 Rajasthan
Q ‘Lagudi G Jayaraman’ was a famous exponent of :
1 Tabla
2 Violin
3 Flute
4 Shehnai
| Violin-trinity of Carnatic Music | Lagudi G Jayaraman , MS Gopalakrishnan and TN Krishnan |
Q Which was the first Indian Company to be listed on the NASDAQ in 1999 ?
1 Infosys
2 Reliance
3 TCS
4 Wipro
Q Travancore Cup is related to which of the following game ?
1 Table Tennis
2 Badminton
3 Football
4 Hockey
Q Who was the Chairman of the ‘Advisory Committee on Fundamental Rights, Minorities and Tribal and excluded Areas’ in the Constituent Assembly’ ?
1 Sardar Vallabh Bhai Patel
2 BR Ambedkar
3 Rajendra Pradesh
4 JB Kriplani
Q ‘Danda Nacha’ folk dance traditionally associated with which state ?
1 Odisha
2 Assam
3 Rajasthan
4 Kerala
Q Where is the headquarters of International Chess Federation [ FIDE ] ?
1 Lausanne
2 Dubai
3 Nairobi
4 Zurich
Q Who was the first Indian to win Pulitzer Prize ?
1 Gobind Behari Lal
2 Vinoba Bhave
3 Amartya Sen
4 Mihir Sen
Q National Security Guard [ NSG ] was Formed in which year ?
1 1986
2 1998
3 1993
4 2002
Q Jahanara, who is credited with for designing the famous Chandni Chowk market of Old Delhi, was the daughter of which Mughal Emperor ?
1 Shah Jahan
2 Humayun
3 Akbar
4 Babur
Q Battle of Talikota was fought in which year ?
1 1565
2 1665
3 1765
4 1865
Q Which is the highest point of Iraq ?
1 Cheekha Dar
2 Gangkhar Puensum
3 Mount Pedro
4 Hkakabo Razi
Q In the context of direct taxation in India, a PAN is a 10 digit alphanumeric number, Of these how many characters are numeric ?
1 4
2 3
3 2
4 1
Q In which year was Goa liberated from the occupation of Portuguese by the Indian forces ?
1 1961
2 1951
3 1948
4 1965
Q Bolivia and Paraguay are the two Landlock countries in which continents ?
1 North America
2 South America
3 Australia
4 Asia
Q Indian Association was the first Nationalist Organization founded in 1876 by :
1 Surendranath Banerjee and Anand Mohan Bose
2 Gopal Krishna Gokhale
3 Atmaram Pandurang
4 Swami Dayananda Saraswati
Q Who was the President of India when Anti-Defection Bill passed ?
1 Giani Zail Singh
2 APJ Abdul Kalam
3 KR Narayanan
4 Pratibha Patil
Q ‘Treaty of Purandar’ was signed between Raja Jai Singh and Shivaji in which year ?
1 1665
2 1565
3 1764
4 1757
| Treaty of Alinagar | 1757 |
| Treaty of Allahabad | 1765 |
| Treaty of Purandar | 1776 |
| Treaty of Salbai | 1782 |
| Treaty of Mangalore | 1784 |
| Treaty of Bassein | 1802 |
| Treaty of Seringapatam | 1792 |