Q Dhol Cholom, a drum dance, is one of the dances performed during which of the following festivals in Manipur?
1 Navratri
2 Holi
3 Ganesh Chaturthi
4 Diwali
Q What is the life supporting zone of the earth ?
1 Lithosphere
2 Hydrosphere
3 Biosphere
4 Atmosphere
Q When the Electronic Voting Machine was first used in India?
1 1970
2 1989
3 1982
4 1990
EVMs were used for the first time in Kerala in 50 booths of the Paravur Assembly constituency in Ernakulam in 1982
Q In which of the following year the cheetah was declared extinct in India?
1 1967
2 1950
3 1952
4 1968
Q The term ‘Back-stick’ is used in which of the following games/sports?
1 Basketball
2 Badminton
3 Hockey
4 Volleyball
Q The second highest peak of Western Ghats is :
1 Anamudi peak
2 Meesapulimala peak
3 Doddabetta peak
4 Chembra peak
Q Which is the state tree of Uttar Pradesh?
1 Indian Cedar
2 Ashoka
3 Pipal
4 Chinar
Q Which of the following Dynasties established the kingdom of Vijayanagara?
1 Sangama Dynasty
2 Nagama Dynasty
3 Soma Dynasty
4 Tuluva Dynasty
The Vijayanagara Kingdom was founded by Harihara and Bukka of the Sangam dynasty in 1336 . The were four dynasties ruled over Vijayanagar : Sangama [ 1336 – 1485 ] , Saluva [ 1485 – 1505 ] , Tuluva [ 1505 – 1570 ] and Aravidu [ 1570 – 1646 ]
Q Which is known as Banker’s bank of India?
1 ICICI
2 HDFC
3 RBI
4 SBI
Q Where the Central Bureau of Investigation Academy is located in India?
1 Hyderabad
2 Dehradun
3 New Delhi
4 Ghaziabad
Q Which of the following sites do “NOT” have nuclear power plant?
1 Vijayawada
2 Naraura
3 Tarapur
4 Rawat Bhata
| Nuclear Power Plants | Kaiga [ Karnataka] , Kakrapar [ Gujarat ] , Kudankulam [ Tamil Nadu ] , Kalpakkam [ Tamil Nadu ] , Tarapur [ Maharashtra ] , Narora [ Uttar Pradesh ] and Rajasthan Nuclear Power Plant [ Rawatbhata , Rajasthan ] |
Q Which among the following is a ‘martial arts form’ of Tamil Nadu?
1 Silambam
2 Thoda
3 Kalaripayattu
4 Thang -Ta
Q Who among the following was known as the “Young Turk”?
1 Chandra Shekhar
2 Ashutosh Mukherji
3 Jawaharlal Nehru
4 Bal Gangadhar Tilak
Q Which among the following Parts of the Indian Constitution is related with the special provisions relating to certain classes?
1 XV
2 XVI
3 XIV
4 XIII
Q Which of the following diseases is also known as ‘Hansen’s disease’?
1 Chikungunya
2 Fluorosis
3 Leprosy
4 Diabetes
Q The title of the autobiography of actor Dilip Kumar is _________.
Ans 1. The Substance And The Shadow: An Autobiography
2. Actually … I Met Them
3. An Unfinished Story
4. Romancing With Life: An Autobiography
Q Who was the Chairman of ‘Second Backward Classes Commission’?
1 Indira Sawhney
2 V.P. Singh
3 K. Kasturirangan
4 B.P. Mandal
Q Indian men’s hockey team won its first Olympic gold medal in which year?
Ans 1. 1928
2. 1920
3. 1956
4. 1922
Q Chemical formula of quick lime is __.
1 CaO
2 CO2
3 CaCO3
4 Ca(OH)2
Q Who among the following built the Charminar of Hyderabad?
Ans 1. Mohammed Quli Qutub Shah
2. Humayun
3. Muhammad Adil Shah
4. Akbar
Q __ of the Constitution deals with the amendment procedure of the Constitution.
1. Article 360
2 Article 363
3 Article 332
4 Article 368
Q Which of the following countries will host the 35th Summer Olympics games in the year 2032?
Ans 1. China
2. Brazil
3. Australia
4. The US
Q Mahatma Gandhi started the Salt March on 12 March 1930 from:
1. Santiniketan
2 Sevagram
3 Sabarmati
4 Champaran
Q Which among the following teams won the first edition of the ICC Women’s T20 World Cup in 2009?
1 India
2 England
3 Australia
4 New Zealand
Q Who among the following is the author of the famous English classic novel ‘Pride and Prejudice’?
Ans 1. Jane Eyre
2. Mark Twain
3. Jane Austen
4. D H Lawrence
Q The first train inaugurated in 1853 was between which two stations?
Ans 1. Mumbai and Surat
2. Mumbai and Thane
3. Delhi and Chandigarh
4. Bangalore and Mysore
Q Who is the only Indian female sportsperson to win two consecutive Olympic medals?
1. PV Sindhu
2 Mirabai Chanu
3 Dutee Chand
4 Mary Kom
Q Vilayat Khan is associated with which musical instrument?
Ans 1. Sitar
2. Bansuri
3. Santoor
4. Tabla
Q Which of the following dances is anchored in the Vaishnava faith of the Meiteis?
1. Manipuri
2 Sattriya
3 Chhau
4 Kuchipudi
Q What is the common name of Parthenium hysterophorus?
1. Lawn grass
2 Horse grass
3 Carrot grass
4 Lemon grass
Q Whose autobiography is titled ‘Ace against Odds’?
1. PT Usha
2 Sania Mirza
3 Karnam Malleswari
4 Mary Kom
Q In India, the tradition of singing ghazal was established by _.
1. Hazrat Shahenshahwali
2 Hazrat Ali
3 Hazrat Amir Khusrau
4 Hazrat Nizamuddin
Q Which of the following instruments is played by Anokhelal Mishra?
1. Shehnai
2 Sarod
3 Surbahar
4 Tabla
Q Who among the following is the author of the famous novel ‘The adventures of Huckleberry Finn’?
1. Emily Bronte
2 Ernest Hemingway
3 Herman Melville
4 Mark Twain
Q Dhamal folk dance is popular in which state of India ?
1 Haryana
2 Kerala
3 Odisha
4 Assam
Q Karma is a harvest festival which is held on the 11th day of a Purnima of the Hindu month of
_.
1 Bhado
2 Chaith
3 Phagun
4 Kartik
Q Which among the following awards are famously known as ‘Oscars’?
1 Academy Awards
2 Grammy Awards
3 Golden Globe Awards
4 Emmy Awards
Q Which among the following movements was also known as the August Movement?
1 Dandi March
2 Quit India Movement
3 Khilafat Movement
4 Simon Go Back Movement
Q In which year was the Inland Waterways Authority set up?
1 1988
2 1986
3 1984
4 1990
Q Which Mughal ruler proposed the idea of Sulh-i-kul or Universal Peace that focused on a system of ethics that was universally applicable?
1 Akbar
2 Shahjahan
3 Humayun
4 Jahangir
Q Which Indian great man contributed the most in banning Sati Practice in India?
1 Mahatma Gandhi
2 Dayanand Saraswati
3 Raja Ram Mohan Roy
4 Ishwar Chandra vidyasagar
Q Which of the following festivals in Punjab is celebrated to commemorate the formation of the Khalsa Panth?
1 Lohri
2Hola Mohalla
3 Teej
4 Baisakhi
Q The average height of the mountains situated in the north of India is __ meters.
1 6000
2 4000
3 3000
4 5000
Q When did East India Company got Charter from Queen Elizabeth I for sole right to trade in India?
1 1600 AD
2 1610 AD
3 1625 AD
4 1594 AD
Q According to the 2011 census, which is the second most populous religion in India?
1 Sikh
2 Islam
3 Christian
4 Buddhist
| Total Population : 121 .09 crores | Hindu : 96.63 crores [ 79.8 % ] , Muslim : 17. 22 crores [ 14. 2 % ] , Christian : 2.78 crores [ 2.3 % ] , Sikh : 2.08 crores [ 1.7 % ] , Buddhist : 0.84 crore [ 0.7 % ] and Jain : 0.45 crore [ 0.4 % ] |
Q Which article of Indian constitution talks about the official language of India?
1 343
2 345
3 234
4 243
Q ‘Aipan‘ is a traditional folk art of which state ?
1 Kerala
2 Uttarakhand
3 Maharashtra
4 Tamil Nadu
Q मोरमुगाओ बंदरगाह [ Mormugoa Port ] किस राज्य मेंस्थित है?
1 तमिलनाडु
2 पश्चिम बंगाल
3 गोवा
4 महाराष्ट्र
| Major Ports in India | Kandla Port [ Gujarat] , Mormugoa Port [ Goa ] , Visakhapatanam Port [ Andhra Pradesh ] , Jawaharlal Nehru Port / Nhava Sheva [ Maharashtra ] , Paradip Port [ Odisha ] , Kolkata Port / Syama Prasad Mookerjee [ West Bengal ] , New Mangalore Port [ Karnataka ] , Tuticorin Port [ Tamil Nadu ] , Cochin Port [ Kerala ] , Encore Port [ Tamil Nadu ] , Chennai Port [ Tamil Nadu ] |
Q Salman Rushdie won the Booker Prize in 1981 for which of the following books?
1 In a Free State
2 Midnight Children
3 The Inheritance of Loss
4 The God of Small Things
Q Who was the first captain of the Indian cricket team ?
1 Sunil Gavaskar
2 C.K. Nayudu
3 Srinivas Venkataraghvan
4 Ravi Shastri
Q Which of the following is the CORRECT pair of autobiography and its autobiographer?
1 Long Walk to Freedom: Malcolm X
2 Mein Kampf: Adolf Hitler
3 On Writing: Ernest Hemingway
4 Open: Anne Frank
Q Which of the following pairs is NOT correctly matched?
(a) Dhruvadas – Bhagat Namawali
(b) Nabhadas – Bhaktamal
(c) Raskhan – Rasik Priya
(d) Usman – Chitrawali
| * Bhagat Namawali | Dhruvadas |
| * Bhaktamal | Nabhadas |
| * Rasik Priya | Acharya Keshavdas |
| * Chitrawali | Usman |