Q Zloty is the currency of ____
1 Poland
2 Bhutan
3 Japan
4 Malaysia
Q With which of the following states is Tappa folk music related to ?
1 Assam
2 Uttar Pradesh
3 Punjab
4 Himachal Pradesh
Q Who headed the ‘Fundamental Rights Sub-Committee ‘ in the Constituent Assembly in 1946?
1 JB Kripalani
2 Gopinath Bordoloi
3 KM Munshi
4 GV Mavalankar
Q For how many days is the Indian festival of Onam celebrated in Kerala?
1. 12
2 10
3 15
4 7
Q Which of the following is a folk dance performed by the ‘tea tribes’ of Assam?
Ans 1. Alkap
2. Barao
3. Domkach
4. Jhumur
Q __ is the science and art of cultivating fruits, vegetables, flowers and ornamental plants.
1 Viniculture
2 Horticulture
3 Floriculture
4 Sericulture
Q Which is the first month of the Indian national calendar year beginning on 22 March, which is the day after the spring equinox?
Ans 1. Ashwin
2. Kartika
3. Phalguna
4. Chaitra
Q Mirzai and bandi (types of jackets in white or black) are popular in the __ region/s.
1 Western Ghat
2 North Eastern
3 Bundelkhand and Malwa
4 Ladakh and Kashmir
Q In which year did Subhash Chandra Bose escape from under British surveillance?
1. 1941
2 1939
3 1932
4 1945
Q __ served as the summer capital of British India between 1864 and 1939.
1. Kalimpong
2 Shimla
3 Mount Abu
4 Gangtok
Q To which of the following states does the Aji Lamu folk dance belong?
1 Himachal Pradesh
2 Arunachal Pradesh
3 Manipur
4 Tripura
Q Which Article of the Indian Constitution mentions that ‘No person shall be prosecuted and punished for the same offence more than once’?
1 Article 20(3)
2 Article 20(2)
3 Article 20(4)
4 Article 20(1)
Q Which of the following conspiracies was linked to the train robbery in 1925?
1. Kakori Conspiracy
2 Delhi Conspiracy
3 Peshawar Conspiracy
4 Muzaffarpur Conspiracy
Q ____________ is a kharif crop in north and rabi crop in south India.
Ans 1. Sesamum
2. Mustard
3. Castor
4. Linseed
Q The highest peak of the Aravalli range is located in ______.
Ans 1. Haryana
2. Delhi
3. Gujarat
4. Rajasthan [ Mount Abu ]
Q The Indian painting style which has embellishments of pure gold and precious stones and depicts Hindu deities, especially Lord Krishna is :
1 Warli
2 Murals
3 Tanjore Paintings
4 Madhubani
Q Plants having no vascular system are known as :
1 pteridophytes
2 bryophytes
3 tracheophytes
4 gametophytes
Q With which game is the CK Nayudu Trophy associated?
1 Football
2 Cricket
3 Handball
4 Basketball
Q When is Indian Army Day celebrated every year?
Ans 1. 15 January
2. 8 March
3. 5 June
4. 23 October
Q Who among the following had laid the foundation of Lodi dynasty?
Ans 1. Ibrahim Lodi
2. Bahlul Lodi
3. Sikandar Lodi
4. Jalaluddin Lodi
Q ‘Faster than Lightning: My Autobiography’ is the story of which of the following international sprinters?
1. Usain Bolt
2 Michael Norman
3 Justin Gatlin
4 Christian Coleman
Q Which of the following Constitutional Amendment Acts made it compulsory for the President to give his assent to a Constitutional Amendment Bill?
1. 100th Amendment Act, 2015
2 42nd Amendment Act, 1976
3 24th Amendment Act, 1971
4 44th Amendment Act, 1978
Q Which of the following books is written by E.M. Forster?
1 The Hungry Tide
2 A Passage to India
3 Train to Pakistan
4 The Other Side of Silence
Q Which of the following tribes belongs to the Nilgiri Mountains?
1. Angamis
2 Todas
3 Jarawas
4 Onges
Q Which state does Brahmaputra river enters when it takes U turn at Namcha Barwa?
1. Arunachal Pradesh
2 Nagaland
3 Mizoram
4 Assam
Q How many seats were reserved for the Scheduled Tribes in Lok Sabha
general election?
1 45
2 47
3 43
4 46
84 seats are reserved for Scheduled Castes and 47 seats are reserved for Scheduled Tribes
Q What do you call the point in the orbit of the moon or a satellite at which it is nearest to Earth?
1 Apogee
2 Apsis
3 Eclipse
4 Perigee
Q A single-celled fertilised egg is called a/an :
1 foetus
2 zygote
3 embryo
4 blastocyte
Q Who among the following is the author of ‘Set the Boy Free’?
1. Johnny Marr
2 Paul Kalanithi
3 Bill Browder
4 David Niven
Q Who termed Article 32 as the ‘heart and soul of the Constitution of India’?
1. MV Pylee
2 Jawaharlal Nehru
3 BR Ambedkar
4 Sachchidananda Sinha
Q Which of the following states is the ‘Vinchhudo’ dance primarily associated with?
1. Nagaland
2 Madhya Pradesh
3 Gujarat
4 Goa
Q According to Census 2011, which is the least populous state in India?
1. Arunachal Pradesh
2 Sikkim
3 Mizoram
4 Goa
Q The famous novel ‘Ananda Math’ was originally written in _________ language.
Ans 1. Bengali
2. Hindi
3. Sanskrit
4. Odia
The novel ‘Ananda Math’ was originally written in Bengali language by Bankim Chandra Chhattopadhyay
Q In 1944, the Battle of Imphal was fought between the British Army and the _
Army.
1. Japanese
2 Dutch
3 Chinese
4 French
Q With reference to the famous monuments of India, which among the following pairs is CORRECT ?
1 Lingaraja Temple – Gujarat
2 Sri Harmandir Sahib – Punjab
3 Unakoti Cave Temple – Meghalaya
4 Gol Gumbaz – Andhra Pradesh
Q In which prison did Mahatma Gandhi go on a hunger strike in protest of the British Government’s decision to separate India’s electoral system by caste, in the year 1932?
1. Dongri
2 Yerwada
3 Byculla
4 Bhoiwada
Q The Preamble to the Constitution of India is based on the Objective Resolution moved by Jawaharlal Nehru in the Constituent Assembly on __.
1. 4 November 1946
2 13 December 1946
3 29 August 1947
4 14 February 1945
Q ‘The Other Side of Silence: Voices from the Partition of India’ is a book by __.
1. Yasmin Khan
2 Ayesha Jalal
3 Bapsi Sidhwa
4 Urvashi Butalia
Q Under whose advice did Mahatma Gandhi decide to travel throughout India for a year, getting to know the land and its people since arriving in India from South Africa in 1915?
1. Motilal Nehru
2 Gopal Krishna Gokhale
3 Bal Gangadhar Tilak
4 Subhash Chandra Bose
Q In which year was Kabbadi included as a medal event in Asian Games ?
1 1998
2 1990
3 1994
4 1992
Q Surendranath Banerjee’s autobiography is called __.
1. Hints for Self Culture
2 Young India
3 Hind Swaraj
4 A Nation in the Making
Q The traditional art of embroidery unique to the weavers of Lucknow is called ____
1 Chikankari
2 Phulkari
3 Kashida
4 Zardozi
Q Which of the following festivals is celebrated at the confluence of the Mahi and Som rivers?
1. Mariamman festival
2 Baneshwar festival
3 Tulip festival
4 Sarhul festival
Q In which of the following years was Goa conquered by the Portuguese?
1. 1590
2 1526
3 1579
4 1510
Q Gurmukhi script was invented by which of the following Gurus?
1. Guru Arjan
2 Guru Angad
3 Guru Nanak
4 Guru Teg Bahadur
Q In which of the following years was the Bharatiya Janta Party founded?
Ans 1. 1934
2. 1957
3. 1980
4. 1967
Q ‘Shaheedi Sabha’ is a festival celebrated by which of the following states?
1 Bihar
2 Punjab
3 Haryana
4 Jharkhand
Q Which of these elements is named after scientist who isolated Plutonium, the element used to make the first atomic bomb ?
1 Bohrium
2 Einsteinium
3 Seaborgium
4 Meitnerbium
Q Who among the following is the author of ‘Grandparents’ Bag of Stories’?
Ans 1. Gauri Khan
2. Twinkle Khanna
3. Arundhati Roy
4. Sudha Murthy
Q With which dance form is the noted dancer Guru Rajkumar Singhajit Singh associated ?
1 Odissi
2 Kathak
3 Manipuri
4 Kathakali
Q In which of the following years was the first Commonwealth Games held ?
Ans 1. 1930
2. 1912
3. 1965
4. 1956
Q Who among the following is the author of the book ‘The Day I Stopped Drinking Milk’ ?
1 Sudha Murty
2 Twinkle Khanna
3 Roshni Nilkani
4 Nita Ambani
Q According to which of the following Articles of the Constitution of India does a citizen of the country have the right to protection of life and personal liberty?
1. Article 17
2 Article 21
3 Article 20
4 Article 26
Q In which of the following years was the Gandhi-Irwin Pact signed?
Ans 1. 1931
2. 1921
3. 1929
4. 1919
Q Which of the following inert gases is used to inflate party balloons?
1. Helium
2 Xenon
3 Argon
4 Neon
Q Who is known as the founding father of macroeconomics?
1. John Maynard Keynes
2 Alfred Marshall
3 Adam Smith
4 Paul Samuelson
Q The value of the Special Drawing Right (SDR) of the International Monetary Fund is determined by a basket of currencies consisting of __ currencies.
1. six
2 five
3 seven
4 eight
The value of the Special Drawing Right (SDR) of the International Monetary Fund is determined by a basket of currencies consisting of five currencies — the US dollar , the euro , the Chinese renminbi , the Japanese yen and the British pound sterling
Q The Indian Ocean is the __ ocean in the world.
1. smallest
2 second-largest
3 third-largest
4 largest
Q Banabhatta wrote the biography of King __.
1. Harshavardhana
2 Chandragupta Maurya
3 Samudragupta
4 Ashoka
Q Who is the author of the book ‘Imaginary Homelands‘ ?
1 Arundhati Roy
2 Anita Desai
3 Salman Rushdie
4 Paro Anand
Q In which macaronic language was a fourteenth-century text, the Lilatilakam, written?
1. Rekhta
2 Brāhmī
3 Manipravalam
4 Mozakhraf
Q The human eye is like a camera. Its lens system forms an image on a light sensitive screen called the __.
1. cornea
2 iris
3 retina
4 pupil
Q Anopheles is a __ which carries the parasite of malaria.
1. female mosquito
2 housefly
3 male mosquito
4 spider
Q Kulik Bird Sanctuary is located in which of the following states?
1. Andhra Pradesh
2 Maharashtra
3 Madhya Pradesh
4 West Bengal
Q The cartaz system was introduced during the governorship of :
1 Vasco da Gama
2 Alfonso de Albuquerque
3 Fransciso de Almeida
4 Duarte Barbosa
Q Who among the following is the author of the book ‘The Glassblower’s Breath’?
Ans 1. Shobha De
2. Bharati Mukherjee
3. Sunetra Gupta
4. Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni
Q Who among the following is the author of the play ‘Wedding Album’?
Ans 1. Vijay Tendulkar
2. Girish Karnad
3. Badal Sarkar
4. Mahesh Dattani
Q In which of the following cities is the Dev-Deepawali‘ festival celebrated?
Ans 1. Prayagraj
2. Varanasi
3. Ayodhya
4. Ujjain
Q Who became the acting Prime Minister of India after the death of Jawaharlal Nehru ?
1 Gulzari Lal Nanda
2 VV Giri
3 Neelam Sanjiva Reddy
4 Giani Zail Singh
Q Bhavageete is an important folk music of which state ?
1 Karnataka
2 Rajasthan
3 Jharkhand
4 Chhattisgarh
Q Which city in Karnataka is / was known for making wooden toys ?
1 Channapatna
2 Chikkamangaluru
3 Mysore
4 Shimoga
Q Tenali Ramakrishna was in the court of which king ?
1 Krishnadevaraya
2 Deva Raya
3 Harihar and Bukka
4 Narsimhavarman
Q Which article of the Indian Constitution deals with ancillary powers of the Supreme Court ?
1 Article 140
2 Article 123
3 Article 112
4 Article 110
Q Which among the following is the oldest IIT [ Indian Institute of Technology ] ?
1 IIT Kharagapur
2 IIT Kanpur
3 IIT Bombay
4 IIT Madras
Q Srisailam Dam is situated on the bank of which river ?
1 Krishna
2 Narmada
3 Tapi
4 Damodar
Q Char Dham Yatra begins from _____
1 Yamunotri
2 Gangotri
3 Badrinath
4 Kedarnath
Char Dham Yatra begins from Yamunotri , proceeds towards Gangotri , onto Kedarnath , and finally ends at Badrinath
Q Which team score highest Team total in T20 International Cricket ?
1 Afghanistan
2 West Indies
3 Nepal
4 Czech Republic
| Highest score in T20 cricket | Nepal [ 314 / 3 ] vs Mongolia |
| Highest score in ODI cricket | England [ 498 / 4 ] vs Netherlands |
| Highest score in Test cricket | Sri Lanka [ 952 / 6 ] vs India |
Q Where is the Headquarters of ICAR-National Research Centre on Litchi ?
1 Muzaffarpur
2 Shimla
3 Cuttack
4 Karnal
Q Which of the following desert is known as the white desert?
1 Jaisalmer
2 Barmer
3 Kachchh
4 Bikaner
Q Which of the following Union territories has the lowest population density according to the 2011 census?
1 Delhi
2 Andaman and Nicobar Islands
4 Daman and Diu
4 Puducherry
| State with lowest population density | Arunachal Pradesh |
| Union Territory with lowest population density | Andaman and Nicobar Islands |
Q Jean Henry Dunant, a Swiss businessman , was the main inspiration for the set up of which international humanitarian organisation ?
1 World Food Programme
2 World Health Organisation
3 International Committee of the Red Cross
4 United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees