Q Which of the following states is associated with the devotional folk dance ‘Gambhira’?
1 Rajasthan
2 Bihar
3 Odisha
4 West Bengal
Q Who of the following is the official langauge of Afghanistan ?
1 Dhivehi
2 Dari
3 Uzbek
4 Turkmen
Q Who among the following is an American tennis player who wrote ‘Open: An
autobiography’?
1 Pete Sampras
2 Rod Laver
3 Andre Agassi
4 Ivan Lendl
Q Which of the following cities is also called carpet city?
1 Bhadohi
2 Meerut
3 Chennai
4 Varanasi
Q Name the first Indian to win a Grand Slam title.
1 Leander Paes
2 Ramesh Krishnan
3 Mahesh Bhupathi
4 Ramanathan Krishnan
Mahesh Bhupathi is the first Indian tennis player to win a Gram Slam . He bagged the 1997 French Open mixed doubles title with Japan’s Rika Hiraki
Q The ‘slash and burn’ agriculture is known as __ in Rajasthan state.
1 Waltre
2 Roca
3 Dipa
4 Podu
Q The autobiography of sitar maestro Pandit Ravi Shankar is titled ‘___________’.
1. My Melodies, My Life
2. The Melody of My Life
3. My Music, My Life
4. The Music of My Life
Q Which of the following is a cyclic arrangement of time units in Hindustani classical music?
1 Tala
2 Nyasa
3 Jati
4 Raga
Q Who was the chairman of the Second Commission on centre-state relations set-up by the government of India in April 2007
1 M.M. Punchhi
2 R.S Sarkaria
3 P.V Rajamannar
4 B.P Mandal
Q When the first Municipal Corporation of India was established?
1 1988
2 1788
3 1688
4 1998
Q In which of the following years, “Twitter” was founded?
1 2010
2 2012
3 2006
4 2016
Q Birsa Munda hockey stadium is situated in _ .
1 Jharkhand
2 Chhattisgarh
3 Odisha
4 West Bengal
Q Who among the following is a Sarod player popularly known as ‘Sarod Samrat’?
1 Pandit Kishan Maharaj
2 Ustad Amjad Ali Khan Bangash
3 Pandit Shivkumar Sharma
4 Pandit Ravi Shankar
Q Which of the following Buddhist sages had initiated the Indo-Greek king Menander into Buddhism?
Ans 1. Nagasena
2. Vasubandhu
3. Asvaghosa
4. Sariputra
Q In which year was the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) formed?
1 1914
2 1928
3 1931
4 1947
Q Who started the Depressed Classes Association in 1930?
1 Jyotiba Phule
2 Mahatma Gandhi
3 BR Ambedkar
4 MR Jayakar
Q Which feature of the Kuchipudi dance involves the feet of the dancer on the edges of a brass plate?
Ans 1. Tarangam
2. Jala Chitra Nitrayam
3. Manduk Shabdam
4. Tandava
Q Gaur Maria is an important ritualistic dance from which state?
1 Chhattisgarh
2 Rajasthan
3 Karnataka
4 West Bengal
Q The festival ‘Makar Sankranti’ is celebrated every year in which of the following months?
1 March
2 August
3 June
4 January
Q In the ancient temple of Mahadev at Mahabaleshwar, the spout emerging from the mouth of a cow statue is the source of which river basin?
1 Kaveri
2 Krishna
3 Godavari
4 Narmada
Q A flat ring of small, icy bodies that revolve around the sun beyond the orbit of the planet Neptune is called:
1 Asteroid Belt
2 Bow Shock
3 Kuiper Belt
4 Oort Cloud
Q The Gulf of Khambhat, the Gulf of Kutch and Gangetic delta provide ideal conditions for utilising ________energy.
1 solar
2 atomic
3 tidal
4 geo thermal
Q The Tansen Samoroh is an annual musical festival held in _ district of Madhya Pradesh.
1 Gwalior
2 Jabalpur
3Ujjain
4 Bhopal
Q Which Article of the Constitution of India abolishes the concept of ‘titles’ and says “no title (except for military and academic titles) shall be conferred by the State”?
1 Article 15
2 Article 16
3 Article 18
4 Article 17
Q Pandit Ram Narayan, an Indian musician, was credited with popularising the musical instrument __ as a solo concert instrument.
1 veena
2 ghatam
3 sarangi
4 sarod
Q In which of the following states did the Moplah Rebellion take place?
1 Orissa
2 Maharashtra
3 Andhra Pradesh
4 Kerala
Q Which is a serious contagious bacterial infection that usually affects the mucous
membranes of the nose and throat?
1 Chlamydia
2 Diphtheria
3 Shigellosis
4 Meningococcal
Q The catchphrase of which census is ‘Our census, our future’?
1 1981
2 2001
3 2011
4 1991
Q In 2004, _ became the first language in India to be accorded the ‘Classical
Language’ status.
1 Kannada
2 Odia
3 Tamil
4 Sanskrit
Q In which of the following years was the OffSide rule abolished in field hockey?
1 1996
2 2000
3 2015
4 1990
Q Which Article of the Constitution of India lays down the maximum strength of the Rajya Sabha as 250?
1 Article 64
2 Article 56
3 Article 78
4 Article 80
Q From which of the following countries did India borrow the parliamentary system of government?
1 Britain
2 Australia
3 Canada
4 Austria
Q The Victoria Memorial Hall is located in the state of_______.
Ans 1. West Bengal
2. Tamil Nadu
3. Karnataka
4. Maharashtra
Q When was the Pradhan Mantri Jan DhanYojana launched?
1 August 2015
2 April 2015
3 April 2014
4 August 2014
Q Which of the following allowed trial of British subjects in India by senior Indian judges?
1 Ilbert Bill, 1883
2 Indian Penal Code, 1860
3 Indian Councils Act, 1892
4 Government of India Act, 1858
Q Which of the following festivals is mainly celebrated in Arunachal Pradesh?
Ans 1. Hornbill
2. Ambubachi
3. Wangala
4. Solung
Q In which of the following states of India is “MANAS” biosphere Reserve located?
1. Tripura
2 Manipur
3 Meghalaya
4 Assam
Q Which metal is used for making bulb filaments?
1 Copper
2 Iron
3 Silicon
4 Tungsten
Q Arubathu Moovar festival is annually celebrated in the Indian state of __________.
Ans 1. Gujarat
2. Manipur
3. Tamil Nadu
4. Himachal Pradesh
Q Which article of Indian constitution gives right to minorities to establish and administer educational institutions ?
1 Article 30
2 Article 18
3 Article 44
4 Article 40
Q Who was the first Indian woman cricketer to score a century in Test cricket ?
1 Shanta Rangaswamy
2 Diano Edulji
3 Mithali Raj
4 Harmanpreet Singh
Q The Kaveri river rises in :
1 The Brahmagiri hill
2 Amarkantak hill
3 Mahabaleshwar
4 The Trimbak hill
Q ‘Reservation in promotion’ comes under which Article of the Constitution?
1 Article 15 (3B)
2 Article 19 (2)
3 Article 14 (4A)
4 Article 16 (4A)
Q The Rajya Sabha should consist of NOT more than ___ members.
1 240
2 245
3 250
4 238
Q Who is the author of the book ‘Arctic Home of the Vedas’ ?
1 Bal Gangadhar Tilak
2 Swami Dayananda Saraswati
3 Bipin Chandra Pal
4 Raja Ram Mohan Roy
Q Which organisation publishes a Human Development Report ?
1 UNDP
2 IMF
3 UNICEF
4 World Bank
Q Dhoti-Gamosa is the indigenous textile symbol of :
1 Assam
2 Karnataka
3 Meghalaya
4 Tripura
Q The line ‘Khoob lari mardani woh to Jhansi wali Rani thi’ , was written by ?
1 Subhadra Kumari Chauhan
2 Ramdhari Singh Dinkar
3 Suryakant Tripathi
4 Mahadevi Verma
Q During the 1857 Uprising , who took up the leadership at Faizabad ?
1 Kunwar Singh
2 Maulvi Ahmadullah
3 Begum Hazrat Mahal
4 Nana Saheb
Q Jannayak Sthal is the samadhi sthal of which prime minister of India ?
1 Chandra Shekhar
2 Morarji Desai
3 Jawahar Lal Nehru
4 Indira Gandhi
Q In which year did the Tibetan Spiritual leader the Dalai Lama seek political asylum in India ?
1 1959
2 1955
3 1963
4 1970
Q Which Indian cricketer has scored two test triple centuries ?
1 Virender Sehwag
2 Karun Nair
3 Virat Kohli
4 Sachin Tendulkar
Q Identify the Sultan of Delhi who brought Bengal under the control of Delhi Sultanate and appointed his son Bughra Khan as the Governor of Bengal?
1 Bahlul Lodi
2 Alauddin Khalji
3 Muhammad Tughluq
4 Balban
Q Which of the following Articles of the Indian Constitution mentions that for every state there shall be a Legislature?
1 Article 90
2 Article 123
3 Article 56
4 Article 168
Q Condensation is the process of the transformation of:
1 vapour into solid
2 vapour into liquid
3 liquid into vapour
4 liquid into semi-liquid
Q In which year the institution of High court was first established in India?
1 1947
2 1885
3 1858
4 1862
Q Which of the following muscles regulates the exit of food from the stomach into the small intestine?
1 Pectoralis
2 Rectus
3 Sphincter
4 Gastrocnemius
Q The first stage of demographic transition model is characterized by .
1 Low Birth Rate and High Death Rate
2 Low Birth Rate and Low Death Rate
3 High Birth Rate and Low Death Rate
4 High Birth Rate and High Death Rate
Q Who founded the Bombay Presidency Association in 1885 along with Pherozeshah Mehta and KT Telang?
1 AK Fazlul Haq
2 Zakir Husain
3 Badruddin Tyabji
4 Behramji M Malabari
Q In which of the following years was Subash Chandra Bose appointed as the President of the Indian Independence League?
1 1941
2 1944
3 1942
4 1943
Q Who among the following personalities promoted the concept Zero Budget Natural Farming in India?
1 Norman Borlaug
2 Verghese Kurien
3 Subhash Palekar
4 M.S.Swaminathan
Q The SIDBI Foundation for Micro Credit was created in _, to aid the growth of MFIs (Micro Finance Institutions) in India.
1 1997
2 1999
3 1998
4 1996
Q In comparision to the other places listed below, _ generally receives the highest annual rainfall.
1 Jaisalmer
2 Mawsynram
3 Mumbai
4 Bikaner
Q Harmika is a _ Buddhist railing, from which a shaft rises and that holds the
imperial umbrella.
1 square
2 rectangular
3 cylindrical
4 circular
Q Ugadi [ Telugu New Year ] is celebrated on the first day of the Indian month of _.
1 Shravana
2 Chaitra
3 Asadha
4 Bhadrapada
Q Which thermostable enzyme hydrolyses starch during the cooking of sweet potatoes?
1 Pectinase
2 Exocellulases
3 β-amylase
4 Lipase
Q How many types of ministers are there in the Council of Ministers?
1 5
2 6
3 3
4 4
Q Harshavardhana , the ruler of Kannauj in 7th century CE, was the king of which of the following dynasties?
1 Pushyabhuti
2 Vakataka
3 Chalukya
4 Maukhari
Q As per the Census of India 2011, _ are the third largest community in the country accounting for 2.30% of the total population.
1 Jains
2 Christians
3 Buddhists
4 Sikhs