Q Kangto is the highest peak of :
1 West Bengal
2 Himachal Pradesh
3 Arunachal Pradesh
4 Mizoram
Q ‘Sutta Pitaka’ is a text associated with:
1 Hinduism
2 Sufism
3 Buddhism
4 Jainism
Q ____ was the founder of the Ajivika sect .
1 Guatama Buddha
2 Dhana Nanda
3 Maskariputra Gosala
4 Vardhamana Mahavira
Q In which of the following districts of Rajasthan are the ‘Barchans’ found?
1 Jaisalmer
2 Alwar
3 Udaipur
4 Bhilwara
Q With which sport is the Burdwan Trophy associated?
1 Football
2 Weightlifting
3 Boxing
4 Badminton
Q Who among the following is the writer of the play ‘Andher Nagari Chaupat Raja’?
1 Bharatendu Harischandra
2 Mahavir Prasad Dwivedi
3 Maithili Sharan Gupt
4 Sumitranandan Pant
Q Which among the following budgets was termed as the “Black Budget” being presented with a huge fiscal deficit?
1 1997-98
2 1991-92
3 1973-74 [ presented by Yashwantrao B Chavan ]
4 1980-81
Q Kathasaritasagara, a collection of stories, was written in which of the following languages?
1 Pali
2 Sanskrit
3 Prakrit
4 Persian
Q Uppalapu Shrinivas was a _ player who was awarded with the Padma Shri in
1998.
1 veena
2 violin
3 mandolin
4 tabla
Q Which of the following is also known as the ‘White Mountain’?
1 Cho Oyu
2 Makalu
3 Dhaulagiri I
4 Lhotse
Q Which of these invaders captured the Peacock Throne while plundering Northern India?
1 Muhammad Ghori
2 Nadir Shah
3 Mahmud of Ghazni
4 Timur
Q Which schedule was added to the Indian Constitution by the 52nd Constitutional Amendment Act of 1985 ?
1 10th Schedule
2 7th Schedule
3 6th Schedule
4 4th Schedule
Q Who composed the National Anthem of Bangladesh?
1 Krishna Kumar Mitra
2 Anand Mohan Bose
3 Surendranath Banerjee
4 Rabindranath Tagore
Q Which of the following Indo-Greek kings was mentioned in the Buddhist text
Milindapanho as Milinda?
1 Demetrius I
2 Antiochus II
3 Strato II
4 Menander I
Q Under which Article of the Indian Constitution are traffic in human beings and beggar and other forms of forced labour prohibited?
1 Article 21
2 Article 17
3 Article 23
4 Article 18
Q For how many times Mahatma Gandhi was nominated for Nobel Peace Prize ?
1 6
2 5 [ 1937 , 1938 , 1939 , 1947 and 1948 ]
3 4
4 3
Q To which of the following states can the popular tribal and traditional dance of Dhemsa be attributed to?
1 Odisha
2 Maharashtra
3 Tripura
4 Himachal Pradesh
Q Who has been conferred with the first Dadasaheb Phalke Award in 1969 ?
1 Devika Rani
2 Aarti Shah
3 Reita Faria
4 Meira Kumar
Q Which of the following bands is considered to be India’s first rock band?
1 Indian Ocean
2 Parikrama
3 Madhavas Rock Band
4 Moheener Ghoraguli
Q Indian Hockey team defeated which team in the finals at the 1936 Olympics Games in Berlin ?
1 Germany
2 Hungary
3 USA
4 France
Q In which year did A.P.J. Abdul Kalam become the first Asian to receive the Hoover Medal?
1 2008
2 2006
3 2004
4 2000
Q Who among the following is the author of the book ’My Country My Life’?
Ans 1. LK Advani
2. Pranab Mukherjee
3. Anna Hazare
4. Somnath Chatterjee
Q Which of the following states is associated with the dance drama folk theatre form ‘Yakshagana’?
Ans 1. Karnataka
2. Andhra Pradesh
3. Telangana
4. Kerala
Q Who among the following founded the Hyderabad city?
1 Ibrahim Quli Qutb Shah
2 Jamsheed Quli Qutb Shah
3 Subhan Quli Qutb Shah
4 Muhammad Quli Qutb Shah
Q Which of the following was discovered by GN Ramachandran?
1 Plasma membrane
2 Golgi bodies
3 Triple helical structure of collagen
4 Fluid mosaic model of a cell
Q Which of the following nations hosted the first Asian Games in 1951?
Ans 1. Japan
2. Philippines
3. India
4. Indonesia
Q In which state of India is the Seshachalam biosphere reserve located?
Ans 1. Andhra Pradesh
2. Kerala
3. Tamil Nadu
4. Karnataka
Q The Third Battle of Panipat between the Marathas and Ahmad Shah Durrani , the ruler of Afghanistan was fought in the year:
Ans 1. 1781
2. 1851
3. 1761
4. 1831
Q Which Article of the Indian constitution states that “The Council of States shall, as soon as may be, choose a member of the Council to be Deputy Chairman thereof and, so often as the office of Deputy Chairman becomes vacant, the Council shall choose another member to be Deputy Chairman thereof.”?
1 Article 89
2 Article 14
3 Article 377
4 Article 370
Q Which part of the constitution deals with the relationship between the Union and the states?
1 Part IX A
2 Part XIV
3 Part XIII
4 Part XI
Q What is the chemical symbol of Silver?
1 Au
2 Sl
3 Ag
4 S
Q The Vienna Convention is related to __.
1 protection of wild life
2 protection of ozone layer
3 Disposing of harmful electronic waste
4 sustainable agriculture
Q In which of the following cities of India is the ‘Saptak Music Festival’ celebrated?
Ans 1. Ahmedabad
2. Lucknow
3. Bhopal
4. Amritsar
Q Who is the author of the book ‘Two Lives’?
1. VS Naipaul
2 Arvind Adiga
3 Vikram Seth
4 Salman Rusdie
Q Who is known as the ‘Father of Microeconomics’?
1 Paul Krugman
2 Milton Friedman
3 Alfred Marshal
4 James J Heckman
Q Which of the following is a dance form from Karnataka ?
1 Bayalata
2 Gotipua
3 Dekhni
4 Fugdi
Q In which of the following states are the Abor hills located?
Ans 1. West Bengal
2. Arunachal Pradesh
3. Assam
4. Sikkim
Q When was the Imperial Bank of India established?
Ans 1. 1947
2. 1921
3. 1919
4. 1948
Q Nongkrem and Laho are the popular dances of which of the following states?
1 Manipur
2 Arunachal Pradesh
3 Meghalaya
4 Assam
Q The __ Schedule of the Constitution of India added by the Constitution (FiftySecond Amendment) Act, 1985 deals with the disqualification of a person for being a member of either house of Parliament or the Legislative Assembly or Legislative Council of a State, on the ground of defection.
1. Tenth
2 Sixth
3 Third
4 Fifth
Q As per the Census of India–2011 , there are ______ statutory towns in the country.
Ans 1. 10,756
2. 1,362
3. 4,041
4. 7,935
Q The novel ‘Raavan – Enemy of Aryavarta’ is written by whom among the following writers?
1 Kiran Desai
2 Amish Tripathi
3 Ruskin Bond
4 Amitav Ghosh
Q In 1908 Khudiram Bose along with _ was involved in throwing a bomb at a
carriage believing it to be occupied by Kingsford, the then sitting judge of Muzaffarpur.
1 Rajguru
2 Sukhdev
3 Prafulla Chaki
4 Bhagat Singh
Q Who among the following was instrumental in declaring Awadh a disturbed region requiring it to be brought under British control?
1. Lord Wellesley
2 Lord Dalhousie
3 Lord Canning
4 Lord Ripon
Q Which water body covers an area of 1,55,58,000 km2 and makes up only 4.3% of the global ocean?
1. Southern Ocean
2 Atlantic Ocean
3 Arctic Ocean
4 Indian Ocean
Q With reference to India’s freedom movement, which Prime Minister of Great Britain announced the Communal Award in 1932?
Ans 1. Neville Chamberlain
2. Sir Winston Churchill
3. Stanley Baldwin
4. James Ramsay MacDonald
Q Raja Todar Mal was the Revenue Minister during the reign of which of the following Mughal emperors?
Ans 1. Humayun
2. Akbar
3. Jahangir
4. Shah Jahan
Q In which of the following states is the Bhoramdeo temple located, where each year in the last week of March ‘Bhoramdeo Mahotsav’ is celebrated?
1. West Bengal
2 Karnataka
3 Tamil Nadu
4 Chhattisgarh
Q In which of the following years was the first cotton textile mill established in Bombay?
1. 1845
2 1867
3 1876
4 1854
Q 11 July is observed as ______ every year.
Ans 1. World Health Day
2. World Environment Day
3. World Population Day
4. World Water Day
Q Talaja Caves are located in the state of ______.
Ans 1. Gujarat
2. Maharashtra
3. Andhra Pradesh
4. Madhya Pradesh
Q In which of the following states is the Yumthang Valley located?
1. Uttarakhand
2 Himachal Pradesh
3 Sikkim
4 Nagaland
Q Which of the following parts of the human body contains gustatory receptors?
1. Eyes
2 Nose
3 Tongue
4Skin]
Q The religious festival of Ganesh Chaturthi is especially associated with which of the following states?
Ans 1. Punjab
2. Maharashtra
3. Uttar Pradesh
4. Haryana
Q In which state is the Hogenakkal Falls located?
1. Andhra Pradesh
2 Kerala
3 Maharashtra
4 Tamil Nadu
Q The organisms that do NOT have a defined nucleus or organelles are classified in to _ Kingdom.
1 Fungi
2 Monera
3 Protista
4 Plantae
Q Who among the following is credited for the enactment of First Factory Act, 1881, which had provisions to regulate employment of children?
1 Lord Mayo
2 Lord Ripon
3 Lord Curzon
4 Lord Irwin
Q Who among the following laid the foundation of independent Awadh dynasty?
1. Chin Qilich Khan
2 Marthanda Varma
3 Saadat Khan
4 Haider Ali
Q The fifth storey of Qutub Minar was built during the reign of:
Ans 1. Iltutmish
2. Mohammad-bin-Tughlaq
3. Firoz Shah Tughlaq
4. Razia Sultana
Q Babur defeated Ibrahim Lodi and captured Delhi and Agra in the year _.
1. 1526
2 1694
3 1467
4 1372
Q Article 76 of the Constitution of India is associated with:
Ans 1. Election Commission
2. Supreme Court
3. Attorney General of India
4. Administrative Tribunals
Q Microbes like Rhizobium, Nitrosomonas and Nitrobacter are used for:
1 carbon cycling
2 nitrogen cycling
3 water cycling
4 sulphur cycling
Q When did the infamous Jallianwala Bagh incident take place?
1 11 April 1919
2 13 April 1920
3 13 April 1919
4 13 April 1918
Q Which of the following Marathi writers was the author of the autobiography ‘Majya Jalmachi Chittarkatha’?
1. Sunita Deshpande
2 Kusumagraj
3 Shivaji Sawant
4 Shantabai Krushnaji Kamble
Q The magnificent Kailasa temple at Ellora was built during the reign of which
Rashtrakuta king?
1 Indra III
2 Govinda III
3 Krishna I
4 Amoghavarsha
Q Which Article of the Constitution of India provides that ‘there shall be a Vice President of India’?
1 Article 61
2 Article 63
3 Article 65
4 Article 62
Q RBI was established at Calcutta but was permanently moved to Mumbai in ___
1 1937
2 1949
3 1969
4 1982
Q Which language was added as the 15th language by the 21st Constitution Amendment Act , 1967 ?
1 Sindhi
2 Bodo
3 Dogri
4 Maithili
Q Which dance is formed in front of the idol of Lord Shiva ?
1 Perini
2 Puli Kali
3 Manipuri
4 Laho
Q Who was the first Deputy Chairman of Rajya Sabha ?
1 SV Krishnnamoorthy
2 Violet Alva
3 Harivansh Narayan Singh
4 Najma Heptullah
Q Jawahar Rozgar Yojana was renamed as Jawahar Gram Samridhi Yojana on:
1 Ist April 1999
2 Ist April 1998
3 Ist April 2000
4 Ist April 2001
Q Which team holds the highest score in ODI cricket ?
1 England [ 498 / 4 ]
2 Australia
3 India
4 New Zealand
| Highest score in Test cricket | Sri Lanka [ 952 /6 ] |
| Highest score in T20 cricket | Nepal [ 314 / 3 |
Q Who is the author of the book ‘The Secret of the Nagas’ ?
1 Amish Tripathi
2 Ruskin Bond
3 Shashi Tharoor
4 Anita Desai
Q A sphygmomanometer is used to measure which of the following?
1. Electric current
2 Humidity
3 Wind
4 Blood pressure
Q Who among the following Kushana kings was the founder of the Kushana dynasty?
1 Vasudeva I
2 Kujula Kadphises
3 Vima Kadphises
4 Huvishka
Q Which of the following chemicals is used to cause artificial rain (cloud seeding)?
1. Hydrogen bromide
2 Silver iodide
3 Silver oxide
4 Aluminium sulphide
Q ‘Vilasini Natyam’ is an Indian classical dance from the state of :
1 Andhra Pradesh
2 Arunachal Pradesh
3 Himachal Pradesh
4 Madhya Pradesh
Q Which Prime Minister introduced NREGA in 2005 ?
1 Manmohan Singh
2 Narendra Modi
3 LK Advani
4 Atal Bihari Vajpayee
Q As of 2025, How many times Germany reached the Finals of the FIFA World Cup ?
1 8
2 6
3 5
4 7
Q Who was the President of the Calcutta Session (1906) of Indian National Congress?
1 KK Mitra
2 Lala Lajpat Rai
3 Dadabhai Naoroji
4 Surendranath Banerjee
Q Which of the following mineral deficiencies is also known as ‘Hypokalemia’?
1 Copper
2 Iron
3 Potassium
4 Fluoride
Q When is National Science Day observed in India every year?
1. 15th March
2 2nd January
3 10th May
4 28th February
Q Which of the following museums is located in Cuttack ?
Ans 1. National Museum
2. Indian Museum
3. Netaji Birth Place Museum
4. Salar Jung Museum
Q When and where was the first Wimbledon tournament held?
Ans 1. 1888, Church Road site, Wimbledon
2. 1877, Worple Road Site, Wimbledon
3. 1887, Worple Road Site, Wimbledon
4. 1887, Church Road site, Wimbledon
Q Which of the following plays was NOT written by Harshavardhana?
1 Nagananda
2 Ratnavali
3 Priyadarshika
4 Vikramorvasiyam
| Harshavardhana plays | Nagananda , Ratnavali and Priyadarshika |
| Kalidasa plays | Malavikagnimitra , Abhigyanashakuntalam, and Vikramorvasiyam |
Q Match the following institutes with their respective founders of British India.
| Institutes | Their Respective Founders |
| a. Asiatic Society of Bengal | i. Warren Hastings |
| b. Sanskrit College of Banaras | ii. Lord Wellesley |
| c. Fort William College | iii. Jonathan Duncan |
| d. Calcutta Madrasa | iv. Sir William Jones |
- a-1 , b-ii , c-iii , d-iv
2. a-iv , b-iii , c-ii , d-i
3. a-iii , b-iv , c-i , d-ii
4. a-ii , b-i , c-iv , d-iii