Q Which among the following is a Sanskrit theatre art form of Kerala?
1 Mohiniyattam
2 Mudiyettu
3 Kutiyattam
4 Ottamthullal
Q Which of the following diseases is commonly known as ‘Pink eye’?
1 Typhoid
2 Scabies
3 Conjunctivitis
4 Tuberculosis
Q Who was the Last governor general of India?
1 Lord Mountbatten
2 Dr.Sachita nand sinha
3 C Rajagopalachari
4 Dr.Rajendra Prasad
Q Which is the state flower of Uttar Pradesh?
1 Marigold
2 Lotus
3 Dhak
4 Palash
Q At what latitude does the easterly jet stream blow over peninsular India during the summer months?
1 30°N
2 14°N
3 28°N
4 24°N
Q In which of the following states is Govindji Nartanalaya located?
Ans 1. Assam
2. Nagaland
3. Tripura
4. Manipur
Q In which year did Dr. Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan assume office as the first Vice-President of India?
1 1954
2 1951
3 1952
4 1950
Q In which year was the first Backward Classes Commission appointed under the Chairmanship of Kaka Kalelkar?
1 1951
2 1955
3 1953
4 1957
Q In which of the following years, “Facebook” was founded by Mark Zuckerberg?
1 2004
2 2013
3 2012
4 2008
Q Nati is the most famous dance of _ it is listed in the Guinness world record
book as the largest folk dance in 2016.
1 Madhya Pradesh
2 Arunachal Pradesh
3 Himachal Pradesh
4 Uttar Pradesh
Q Who among the following was the pioneer in the formation of All India Kisan Sabha in 1936?
1 Bakht Khan
2 S.A. Brelvi
3 KM Ashraf
4 Sahajanand Saraswati
Q The result of which of the following movements/satyagrahas was the abolishment of the Tinkathia System under which the farmers were asked to cultivate indigo in 3/20th of their holdings?
1 Khilafat Movement
2 Kheda Satyagraha
3 Champaran Satyagraha
4 Ahmadabad Satyagraha
Q Members of the Rajya Sabha are elected for a term of how many years?
1 5 years
2 3 years
3 6 years
4 4 years
Q Who was the ruler of Bengal during the famous ‘Black Hole tragedy’?
1 Shuja-ud-Daula
2 Shah Alam II
3 Siraj-ud-Daulah
4 Mir Qasim
Q The first Bharat Ratna award of Independent India was given to :
1 CNR Rao
2 CV Raman
3 Jawaharlal Nehru
4 Sardar Patel
Q Which among the following festivals is also known as Dala Puja devoted to worshiping the sun is traditionally celebrated by the people of Bihar?
1 Bihula
2 Madhushravani
3 Chhath Puja
4 Sama Chakeva
Q Who was the first woman governor of Uttar Pradesh?
1 Padmaja Naidu
2 V. S. Ramadevi
3 Smt. Sarojini Naidu
4 Vijayalakshmi Pandit
Q Which of the following is an autobiography of the Indian boxer, Mary Kom?
1. Undisputed Truth
2 Playing it My Way
3 Unbreakable: An Autobiography
4 The Test of My Life
Q Which Viceroy of India passed the Child Marriage Restraint Act and in which year?
1 Lord Ripon, 1920
2 Lord Irwin, 1929
3 Lord Minto, 1914
4 Lord Canning ,1919
Q Who was the first governor of Portuguese in India?
1 Zamorin
2 Francisco De Almeida
3 Alfonso de Albuquerque
4 Vasco Da Gama
Q Dumhal is a form of dance from the which state / union territory of :
1 Jammu and Kashmir
2 Gujarat
3 West Bengal
4 Kerala
Q When was the ‘Objective Resolution’ unanimously adopted by the Constituent Assembly?
1 22nd of January, 1947
2 22nd of January, 1949
3 22nd of January, 1950
4 22nd of January, 1946
Q The line that separates crust from the mantle is known as___________
1 Andrij’s discontinuity
2 Moho’s discontinuity
3 Comp’s discontinuity
4 Magma’s discontinuity
Q The ‘Ranappa’ dance is from the state of :
1 Tamil Nadu
2 Kerala
3 Punjab
4 Odisha
Q Which of the following monuments is located in Lucknow?
1. Golconda Fort
2 Mahabat Maqbara
3 Bara Imambara
4 Ajanta Ellora Caves
Q Ruler of which dynasty built the Kandariya Mahadeva temple in 999?
1 Sunga
2 Chandela
3 Nanda
4 Gupta
Q What is the name of Pt. Ravi Shankar’s autobiography?
1. My Life, My Music
2 Music is Life
3 Musical Journey
4 Music is My Life
Q Which of the following is also known as Vitamin B2?
1. Riboflavin
2 Niacinamide
3 Thiamine
4 Cyanocobalamin
Q Thetakudi Harihara Vinayakram, an Indian percussionist, is known for popularising which of the following musical instruments?
1. Ghatam
2 Tabla
3 Sitar
4 Sarangi
Q The Finance Commission of India submits its report to _.
1 The head of NITI Ayog
2 The Finance minister of India
3 The President of India
4 The Prime minister of India
Q In which of the following years was India the host of Asian Games?
Ans 1. 1951 and 1982
2. 1982 and 1994
3. 1994 and 2010
4. 1951 and 1986
Q Who among the following is the founder of the Indore Gharana of music?
1. MS Subbulakshmi
2 Bhimsen Joshi
3 Vilayat Khan
4 Ustad Amir Khan
Q What is the duration of the interval in a football match?
Ans 1. 12 minutes
2. 15 minutes
3. 10 minutes
4. 30 minutes
Q As per Census of India 2011, which state has the highest percentage of Scheduled Tribe population to total Scheduled Tribe population in India?
1. Chhattisgarh
2 Madhya Pradesh
3 Jharkhand
4 Gujara
Q Among the following, whose autobiography is ‘My Confession’?
Ans 1. Leo Tolstoy
2. Nelson Mandela
3. Adolf Hitler
4. Mahatma Gandhi
Q The Konark Dance Festival is held at an open air auditorium in the backdrop of the _ which is also known as the Black Pagoda.
1. Guruvayur Temple
2 Sun Temple
3 Kamakhya Temple
4 Shree Somnath Temple
Q Sheik Chinna Moulana used to play which of the following instruments?
1. Ghatam
2 Tabla
3 Nadhaswaram
4 Mridangam
Q In which year was India’s population growth was NEGATIVE ?
1 1921
2 1941
3 1951
4 1961
Q Which Indian language is known as Dramatic prakrit?
1 Pali
2 Magadhi
3 Shauraseni
4 Elu
Q Who is the author of the book titled ‘Kitchen Confidential’ ?
1 Anthony Bourdain
2 Anita Desia
3 Kiran Desia
4 Sudha Murty
Q What is the name of site of protein manufacturing?
1 Ribosomes
2 Plastids
3 Cell wall
4 Golgi Bodies
Q 1817 AD. Which rebellion against British India took place in Orissa?
1 Khurda
2 Mopla
3Santhal
4 Ahom
Q In which of the following state is the Simlipal bio-reserve located?
1 Punjab
2 Odisha
3 Delhi
4 West Bengal
Q In which state Hazaribagh National Park is situated ?
1 Jharkhand
2 Assam
3 Madhya Pradesh
4 Maharashtra
Q ‘No Spin’ is the autobiography of which player ?
1 Shane Warne
2 Ricky Ponting
3 Adam Gilchrist
4 Tim Paine
Q Which of the following Parts of the Indian Constitution specifically deals with “the Union Territories”?
1 Part VIII
2 Part IV
3 Part IVA
4 Part II
Q The Indian Council of Agricultural Research (ICAR) is an autonomous organisation under which ministry?
1 Ministry of Science and Technology
2 Ministry of Education
3 Ministry of Agriculture and Farmer’s Welfare
4 Ministry of Commerce and Industry
Q In which year was Project Tiger launched in India to conserve the declining number of tigers?
1 1987
2 1973
3 1981
4 1970
Q The ‘Law of Octaves’ was proposed by __.
1 Henry Moseley
2 Dmitri Ivanovich Mendeléev
3 John Newlands
4 Johann Wolfgang Döbereiner
Q With which of the following relief sculptures were the walls of the great Stupa of Amaravati in the Lower Godavari region adorned?
Ans 1. Freestanding
2. Bas relief
3. Sunken relief
4. Alto-relievo
Q Which among the following is a folk dance from Rajasthan that is included in ‘UNESCO’s list of intangible cultural heritage‘?
1 Kathak
2 Kuchipudi
3 Chhau
4 Kalbelia
Q An argon positive ion fired towards east gets deflected towards south by a magnetic field. The direction of magnetic field is:
1 upward
2 towards north
3 downward
4 towards south
Q When was National Bank for Agriculture and Rural Development (NABARD) established?
1 1999
2 1919
3 1982
4 1947
Q The first Scheduled Areas and Scheduled Tribes Commission was set up in 1960 under the Chairmanship of :
1 BL Sahni
2 DS Bhuria
3 BP Mandal
4 UN Dhebar
Q Under whose Chairmanship the ‘Commission on Centre-State Relations’ was appointed in 1983?
1 Morarji Desai
2 M.M. Punchhi
3 R.S.Sarkaria
4 Dr.P.V.Rajamannar
Q Which festival is known as “Jallikattu”?
1 Pongal
2 PanguniUthiram
3 Puthandu
4 Keda – Gauri Vrat
Q ‘Food , Work and Productivity’ were the focus of which Five-Year Plan?
1 Ninth Five-Year Plan
2 Fifth Five-Year Plan
3 Seventh Five-Year Plan
4 Fourth Five-Year Plan
Q R.H. Whittaker proposed a __ kingdom classification.
1 5
2 6
3 3
4 4
| RH Whittaker proposed a classfication system based on five kingdoms | Monera || Protista || Fungi || Plantae || Animalia |
Q Dr. Shyama Prasad Mukherjee Swimming Pool Complex is located at:
1 Bangalore
2 Kolkata
3 New Delhi
4 Patiala
Q Which gives red colour to Tomato?
1 RBC
2 Haemoglobin
3 Niacin
4 Lycopene
Q Which of the following can be represented as a functional unit of nature?
1 Ecosystem
2 Humans
3 Vehicles
4 Plants
Q Bharatanatyam of Tamil Nadu has grown out of the art of dancers dedicated to temples, and was earlier known:
1 Sadir
2 Jagoi
3 Cholom
4 Gat
Q How many components of population change are there which are core to the domain of population studies?
1 3
2 2
3 5
4 4
Q Ashish decided to take a walk through a forest early in the morning. While he was inside the dense forest, he could see the beautiful sunrays through the small gaps within trees and clearly see the path taken by those rays. Of which effect was this a result?
1 Reflection
2 Diffraction
3 Dispersion
4 Tyndall effect
Q Where was the Hindustan Socialist Republican Association founded in 1928?
1 Kanpur
2 Amritsar
3 Lucknow
4 Delhi
Q Which of the following denotes the ideals that the state should keep in mind while formulating policies and enacting laws?
1 Directive Principles Of State Policy
2 Preamble
3 Fundamental Right
4 Fundamental Duties
Q The Afghan noble Khan Jahan Lodi rebelled against the Mughal emperor _
and was defeated.
1 Bahadur Shah
2 Shah Jahan
3 Aurangzeb
4 Muhammad Azam Shah
Q How many national highways were merged to form National Highway 44 (NH 44)?
1. 7
2 4
3 6
4 5