Q Ferrum is the Latin name for __ .
1 nickel
2 copper
3 iron
4 zinc
Q ‘Nirmala‘ was a fiction novel written by :
1 Kamala Das
2 Munshi Premchand
3 Rabindranath Tagore
4 Vaikom Muhammad Basheer
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 Where was the first Durand Cup, India’s oldest football tournament, held?
1 Madras
2 Shimla
3 Calcutta
4 Delhi
Q __ is an annual three-day festival held at Bara Shaheed Dargah in Nellore.
1 Bheldiya
2 Rottela Panduga
3 Valvil Ori Vizha
4 Chaupakhya Festival
Q Who proposed that ‘Light is made up of waves propagating perpendicular to the direction of its movement’?
1 Newton
2 Huygens
3 Kepler
4 Pauli
Q Balasaraswati who was regarded as child prodigy by Vidhwans and Pandits played an important role in reviving the dance
form __.
1 Kuchipudi
2 Mohiniyattam
3 Bharatanatyam
4 Kathak
Q Before being renamed, Mount Everest was simply known as __.
1 Peak IX
2 Peak XV
3 Peak XII
4 Peak VI
Q The confluence of Alaknanda and Dhauliganga is at :
1 Nand Prayag
2 Rudra Prayag
3 Vishnu Prayag
4 Karna Prayag
Q Which metal is used in electroplating on iron to protect it from corrosion and formation of rust ?
1 Rhodium
2 Zinc
3 Tin
4 Chromium
Q The Indian Constitution borrowed the concept of concurrent list from __.
1 Germany
2 USSR
3 Australia
4 Japan
Q In which of the following years did India start celebrating National Sports Day?
1 2015
2 2010
3 2012
4 2013
Q To which Hindustani music Gharana are the Gundecha brothers related?
1 Agra Gharana
2 Dagari Gharana
3 Patiala Gharana
4 Indore Gharana
Q In the Hindustani music system, the __ are allotted to different hours of the day and different seasons.
1 gita
2 varnas
3 ragas
4 srutis
Q Who was the Indian Buddhist monk who is credited with the development of many ancient martial art forms in the 5th century?
1 Bodhidharma
2 Atisa
3 Bodhiruchi
4 Paramartha
Q The stratosphere is located between which of the following atmospheric layers?
1 Stratopause and Mesopause
2 Mesopause and Exosphere
3 Tropopause and Stratopause
4 Mesosphere and Thermosphere
Q In which of the following states is the famous Rumtek monastery located?
1 Uttarakhand
2 Assam
3 Sikkim
4 West Bengal
Q Who was known as the ‘Frontier Gandhi of India’ and was the leader of North West Frontier province of British India?
1 Mahatma Gandhi
2 Jawaharlal Nehru
3 Subhash Chandra Bose
4 Khan Abdul Gaffar Khan
Q What is the name of the research station set up by India in Antarctica in the year 2012 ?
1 Sagarika
2 Bharati
3 Dhruva
4 Hind
Q In which of following Yajnas was a horse let loose to wander freely and guarded by the raja’s men in ancient India?
1 Brahma Yajna
2 Naramedha Yajna
3 Ashvamedha Yajna
4 Ashvadhari Yajna
Q El Nino is a climate pattern that describes the unusual warming of surface waters in which ocean?
1 Indian Ocean
2 Pacific Ocean
3 Atlantic Ocean
4 Arctic Ocean
Q In which of the following years did the Ramsar convention to promote conservation and wise use of all wetlands through regional actions and international cooperation come to force in India ?
1 1989
2 1990
3 1980
4 1982
Q Which of the following elements is responsible for high Blood Pressure?
Ans 1. Potassium
2. Calcium
3. Sodium
4. Magnesium
Q On which date is the National Voters Day celebrated in India ?
1 21st January
2 25th January
3 24th January
4 23rd January
Q Mountaineers refer to altitudes above about __ metres as the ‘death zone’.
1 5,800
2 8,000
3 6,700
4 7,200
Q Who among the following is the author of the book ‘Myth = Mithya : Decoding Hindu Mythology’?
1 Shashi Tharoor
2 Devdutt Pattanaik
3 Vikram Seth
4 Amitav Ghosh
Q The Nag Tibba peak is situated in which Himalayan range ?
1 Trans Himalaya
2 Outer Himalaya
3 Lesser Himalaya
4 Greater Himalaya
Q On 21 October 1943, Subhash Chandra Bose proclaimed the formation of the
Provisional Government of Free India in __.
1 Russia
2 Singapore
3 Japan
4 Germany
Q South Asian leaders signed the SAARC Charter at the first summit in __ in the
year 1985.
1 Colombo
2 Dhaka
3 Delhi
4 Thimphu
Q ‘Ummatt-aat’ is a folk dance form performed in __.
1 Kasauli
2 Coorg
3 Itanagar
4 Gangtok
Q ‘The Merchant of Venice’ is a famous play written by ?
1 William Shakespeare
2 GB Shaw
3 John Millington Synge
4 Henrik Ibsen
Q Gangwon is the host city of which of the following sports events?
1 Summer Olympics 2024
2 Summer Youth Olympic Games 2024
3 Winter Youth Olympic Games 2024
4 Winter Olympics 2024
Q Who was the Englishman who came to India , taught Philosophy in St Stephen’s College and later was known as ‘Deenbandhu‘ ?
1 William Pitt
2 CF Andrews
3 Chittaranjan Das
4 Lord Russell
Q Which of the following rivers originates in a spring at Verinag in the south-eastern part of Kashmir?
1 Beas
2 Jhelum
3 Chenab
4 Sutlej
Q In which of the following Indian states is the Gorichen peak located?
1 Madhya Pradesh
2 Arunachal Pradesh
3 Himachal Pradesh
4 Nagalan
Q Which fort is called Eastern Gibralter by Britishers .
1 Janjira
2 Raigad
3 Karnala
4 Lingana
Q What is the national sport of China?
1 Cricket
2 Table tennis
3 Swimming
4 Hockey
Q Who is the author of the book named ‘Essays on Gita’ ?
1 Aurobindo Ghosh
2 Raja Ram Mohan Roy
3 Jyotiba Phule
4 Swami Dayananda Saraswati
Q In which of the following Indian states will you find the Netarhat Mountains, also called ‘Queen of Chotanagpur’?
1 West Bengal
2 Jharkhand
3 Odisha
4 Chhattisgarh
Q Who originally built the Meenakshi Temple at Madurai?
1 Pulakeshin I
2 Karikala Chola
3 Kulashekarar Pandyan
4 Mahendravarman I
Q Who invented Stethoscope ?
1 Rene Laennac
2 Louis Pasteur
3 Scott Alisom
4 David Littmann
Q Where you will find the ‘Forbidden City‘ ?
1 Myanmar
2 China
3 Vietnam
4 Greece
Q In which of the following satyagraha’s did Vallabh Bhai Patel get the title ”Sardar” ?
1 Champaran
2 Bardoli
3 Kheda
4 Ahmedabad Mill Strike
Q Which of the following layers is important for living things?
1 Troposphere
2 Mesosphere
3 Exosphere
4 Stratosphere
Q Which tribal festival in Chhattisgarh is dedicated to goddess Kesharpal Kesharpalin Devi , one of the tribal deities ?
1 Sarhul
2 Madai
3 Bonalu
4 Onam
Q The Kumaon Himalayas are located between:
1 Satluj and Ravi rivers
2 Satluj and Kali rivers
3 Jhelum and Kali rivers
4 Satluj and Jhelum rivers
Q Singalila National Park is located in which of the following states?
1 Chhattisgarh
2 Kerala
3 Karnataka
4 West Bengal
Q Who was the President of Indian National Congress on 15 August 1947 ?
1 Sardar Patel
2 Pandit Nehru
3 JB Kripalani
4 Rajendra Prasad
Q ‘The Palace of Illusions’, a rendition of the Hindu epic ‘Mahabharata’, was written by which of the following novelists?
1 Chitra Banerjee
2 DivakaruniPratibha Ray
3 Devi Yesodharan
4 Indu Sundaresan
Q __ is the oldest hockey tournament in India.
1. Beighton Cup
2 Bombay Gold Cup
3 Obaidullah Khan Gold Cup
4 MCC Murugappa Gold Cup
Q Which dynasty under the Delhi Sultanate was the first Afghan Pashtun Dynasty in India?
1 Khilji
2 Mamluk
3 Sayyed
4 Lodhi
Q The concentration of which plant hormone is highest at the top of the plant and decrease as you get closer to the roots ?
1 Cytokinin
2 Auxin
3 Ethylene
4 Gibberellin
Q In which year did a trio of scientists, Avery, MacLeod and McCarty, prove that except viruses, all living organisms have DNA
as their genetic material?
1 1918
2 1902
3 1944
4 1961
Q The Bidar Fort is located in which Indian state?
1 Andhra Pradesh
2 Rajasthan
3 Karnataka
4 Maharashtra
Q Which of the following is the novel written by Hansda Sowvendra Shekhar ?
Ans 1. Blood and Laughter
2. My Father’s Garden
3. All The Lives We Never Lived
4. The God of Small Things
Q In which of the following forts was Razia Sultan imprisoned by Malik Ikhtiyar-ud-din Altunia?
1 Qila Mubarak in Bathinda
2 Jaigarh fort in Jaipur
3 Golconda fort in Golconda
4 Mehrangarh fort in Jodhpur
Q In which year was the Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna award renamed as Major Dhyan Chand Khel Ratna award, which is the highest sporting honour in the nation?
1 2022
2 2021
3 2020
4 2019
Q Which of the following awards is given in the field of dance by the government of Madhya Pradesh?
1 Nandi Award for Best Choreographer
2 Kalidas Samman
3 Sanatan Sangeet Sanskriti
4 Tagore Ratna
Q Organisms belonging to the phylum ____ are also called ‘flatworms’.
1 Platyhelminthes
2 Ctenophora
3 Porifera
4 Cnidari
Q Name the devotional folk music of Manipur usually sung by a group of people.
1 Domkach
2 Khubakeshai
2 Gha to Kito
4 Banvarh
Q Which country is considered to be the ‘Birthplace of Cricket’ ?
1 England
2 Australia
3 India
4 West Indies
Q Who invented Powerloom ?
1 Edmund Cartwright
2 G Marconi
3 JL Baird
4 Robert Hooke
Q Who is the author of the popular novel Pinjar?
1 Amrita Pritam
2 Yashpal
3 Bhisham Sahni
4 Dharamvir Bharati
Q Which of the following periods was declared ‘Plan Holiday’ by the government?
Ans 1. 1965-1968
2. 1967-1969
3. 1966-1971
4. 1966-1969
Q Who was the President of India between the years 1987 and 1992?
1 Giani Zail Singh
2 R Venkataraman
3 Fakhruddin Ali Ahmed
4 Shankar Dayal Sharma
Q Buddhist texts called Dipavamsa and Mahavamsa, which are the sources of
information to Mauryan times, belong to which of the following countries?
1 India
2 China
3 Sri Lanka
4 Myanmar
Q The garbhagriha and shikhara are made in a Rekha-Prasada or Latina style and the mandapa of an old form of wooden architecture. These features of temple architecture are present in which part of India?
1 Western
2 Northern
3 Southern
4 Eastern
Q In which of the following Indian states will you find the Tibetan Buddhist Golden Temple?
1 Sikkim
2 Karnataka
3 Himachal Pradesh
4 Tamil Nadu
Q Who was the chief architect of the Kumbhalgarh Fort ?
1 Mandan
2 Jai Singh II
3 Govind
4 Napa
Q According to the census of India 2011, what is the female literacy rate in Dadra and Nagar Haveli?
1 61.12%
2 76.48%
3 64.32%
4 68.43%
Q The Lucknow Gharana of Kathak was founded by _ , a devotee of the Bhakti movement who lived in southeast
Uttar Pradesh.
1 Bhagwan Ram
2 Ishwari Prasad
3 Shyam Kumar
4 Ram Kumar
Q Dollu Kunitha , a high energy popular folk dance of Karnataka region is primarily performed for which of the following deities?
1 Lord Shiva
2 Lord Rama
3 Lord Vishnu
4 Lord Krishna
Q During the Fourth Five-Year Plan, the process of nationalisation of banks took place. How many banks were nationalised during this period?
1 6
2 14
3 10
4 20
Q Which Indian cricketer has scored two test triple centuries?
1. Karun Nair
2 Virender Sehwag
3 Virat Kohli
4 Sunil Gavaskar
| Only two Indian cricketer have scored triple centuries in Test cricket | Virender Sehwag and Karun Nair |
Q Who among the following was the first author writing in English to be conferred the Sahitya Akademi Award?
1. Anita Desai
2 Vikram Seth
3 Raja Rao
4 RK Narayan [ The Guide ]
| RK Narayan books | Swami and Friends || The English Teacher || The Bachelor of Arts || Waiting for the Mahatma || The Man-Eater of Malgudi || The Guide |
Q Select the INCORRECT pair of the location of the refinery and its state from the following
1 Tatipaka Refinery – Telangana
2 Bina Refinery – Madhya Pradesh
3 Koyali Refinery – Gujarat
4 Numaligarh Refinery – Assam
| Oil Refineries in India | Tatipaka [ Andhra Pradesh ] , Bina [ Madhya Pradesh ] , Koyali [Gujarat ] , Numaligarh [ Assam ] , Digboi [ Assam ] , Jamnagar [ Gujarat ] |