Q Which city is famous for “Bali Yatra Festival”?
1 Tripura
2 Cuttack
3 Nagaland
4 Punjab
Q What is Miyan ki Todi in Hindustani music?
1 Chhand
2 Raag
3 Kirtan
4 Tanam
Q The laws of inheritence were discovered by :
1 Charles Darwin
2 Gregor Mendel
3 Hugo de Vries
4 Archibald Garrod
Q Which country has the most time zones in the world ?
1 United States of America
2 United Kingdom
3 France
4 Russia
Q Mulk Raj Anand won the Sahitya Akademi Award in 1971 for which of his books?
1 The Big Heart
2 Untouchable
3 Morning Face
4 Across the Black Waters
Q The natural vegetation of India is broadly divided into __ groups.
1 6
2 5
3 9
4 7
The natural vegetation of India is broadly divided into 5 groups : Tropical evergreen forest , Tropical deciduous forest , Thorny bushes in desert , Mountain vegetation and Mangrove forest
Q The Konark Dance Festival (KDF) has been held at Konark since 1986 between
_ every year.
Ans 1. 1st and 5th October
2. 1st and 5th August
3. 1st and 5th January
4. 1st and 5th December
Q Which Mughal ruler was responsible for the execution of Guru Tegh Bahadur in the year 1675?
1 Shahjahan
2 Akbar
3 Aurangzeb
4 Jahangir
Q Which of the following rivers originate from the Milam Glacier in Uttarakhand ?
1 Sutlej
2 Gori Ganga
3 Yamuna
4 Ganges
Q Ghurehi is the folk dance of which of the following Indian states ?
1 Himachal Pradesh
2 Gujarat
3 Karnataka
4 Jharkhand
Q Which of the following isotopes is used as a fuel in nuclear power plants for generating electricity?
1 Uranium- 235
2 Arsenic-74
3 Carbon-14
4 Sodium-24
Q Who among the following leaders founded the women’s wing of Congress in 1940?
1 Lakshmi Sahgal
2 Sarojini Naidu
3 Sucheta Kriplani
4 Aruna Asaf Ali
Q The Hirakud Dam is built near the city of __ in Odisha.
1 Cuttack
2 Rourkela
3 Sambalpur
4 Balasore
Q The Howrah bridge was officially opened in the year _.
1 1930
2 1935
3 1943
4 1948
Q Tatipaka Oil Refinery is located in the state of ____
1 Assam
2 Karnataka
3 Andhra Pradesh
4 Madhya Pradesh
Q Who was the founder of the Mizo National Front [ MNF ] ?
1 Chhunga
2 Laldenga
3 Lalduhoma
4 Zoramthanga
Q Kharai Camels are known to mainly feed on :
1 Cactus
2 Joshua tree
3 Mangroves
4 Brittlebush
Q The festival of Durga Puja is observed to celebrate the triumph of Goddess Durga over __.
1 Jarasandha
2 Ravana
3 Mahishasura
4 Hiranyakashipu
Q The Regional Rural Banks were established on the recommendations of the __ on Rural Credit.
1 Rekhi Committee
2 Kelkar Committee
3 Narsimha Committee
4 Tandon Committee
Q Gugga Naumi festival is celebrated in which of the following states ?
1 Gujarat
2 Haryana
3 Uttarakhand
4 Himchal Pradesh
Q Delhi ridge is the water divide between which of the following rivers?
1 Ganges and Yamuna
2 Indus and Mahi
3 Ganges and Indus
4 Ganges and Sind
Q At which of the following jails was Khudiram Bose sent to the gallows?
1 Chittagong
2 Barishal
3 Muzaffarpur
4 Alipore
Q ‘Ponung’ and ‘Tapu’ are popular dance forms from the state of __ .
1 Chhattisgarh
2 Arunachal Pradesh
3 Goa
4 Bihar
Q Who is the first Indian to have won the Pulitzer Prize?
1. Gobind Behari Lal
2 Sanghamitra Kalita
3 Jhumpa Lahiri
4 Geeta Anand
Q In which state is the hill station Matheran located?
1. Maharashtra
2 Madhya Pradesh
3 Karnataka
4 Tamil Nadu
Q Which of the following Mauryan rulers did Seleucus fight against in the Seleucid–Mauryan War?
1 Chandragupta Maurya
2 Samprati
3 Ashoka
4 Dasharatha
Q Who among the following is the author of the book ‘Unfinished : A Memoir’?
1 Katrina Kaif
2 Deepika Padukone
3 Priyanka Chopra Jonas
4 Alia Bhatt
Q Which of the following cities is known as Scotland of East ?
1 Aizawl
2 Imphal
3 Shillong
4 Silchar
Q Bacille Calmette-Guérin (BCG) is a vaccine for __.
1 typhoid
2 plague
3 mumps
4 tuberculosis (TB)
Q Name the famous Indian writer who has written novels like ‘Untouchable‘ and ‘Coolie‘.
1 Anita Desai
2 Mulk Raj Anand
3 RK Narayan
4 Kamla Das
Q Who was the chief justice at the first Republic Day celebration of India in 1950 ?
1 Gama Abdel Nasser
2 Josip Broz Tito
3 Sukarno
4 Kwame Nkrumah
Q The famous folk music of Rajasthan that was developed in royal courts is known as:
1 Sohar
2 Maand
3 Pandavan
4 Powada
Q In which state of India are Buddhist cave temples, Barabar Caves, located?
1 Bihar
2 Sikkim
3 Uttar Pradesh
4 West Bengal
Q Which of the following Biosphere Reserves was the first to be established by the Government of India ?
1 Gulf of Mannar Biosphere Reserve
2 Nilgiri Biosphere Reserve
3 Nanda Devi Biosphere Reserve
4 Sundarbans Biosphere Reserve
Q The most popular festival of Kerala , Onam , is celebrated in which which of the following Malayalam months ?
1 Thulam
2 Chingam
3 Dhanu
4 Kanni
Q Who established the ‘Servants of India Society’ in 1905 AD ?
1 Surendranath Banerjee
2 Bipin Chandra Pal
3 Gopal Krishna Gokhale
4 Mahadev Govind Ranade
Q How many committees were set up by the Constituent Assembly for framing the Constitution?
1 22
2 11
3 13
4 9
Q On whose advice did Gandhiji spend a year travelling around British India to know the people of India?
1 Mohammad Ali Jinnah
2 Shrimad Rajchandra
3 Gopal Krishna Gokhale
4 Krishnashankar Pandya
Q Who among the following leaders had introduced the ‘Objective Resolution’ in the Constituent Assembly on 13 December 1946 ?
1 Dr BR Ambedkar
2 SN Mukherjee
3 Subhash Chandra Bose
4 Jawaharlal Nehru
Q Galvanisation is a method of protecting steel and iron from rusting by coating them with a thin layer of __.
1 zinc
2 tin
3 copper
4 aluminium
Q The Battle of Kannauj was fought between Sher Shah Suri and Humayun in :
1 1540
2 1539
3 1555
4 1530
Q The noted dancer Ranjana Gauhar is an exponent of which of the following dance styles ?
1 Odissi
2 Kathak
3 Manipuri
4 Kuchipudi
Q Which of the following folk dances is primarily performed in the Indian state of Bihar?
Ans 1. Ghoomar
2. Kalbelia
3. Bidesia
4. Kummatti
Q With which of the following musical instruments is the musician Sikkil Mala Chandrasekhar associated?
Ans 1. Tabla
2. Swarmandal
3. Flute
4. Tanpura
Q Who was the founder of the Vakataka Dynasty in ancient India?
1 Sarvasena
2 Vindhyasakti
3 Rudrasena I
4 Pravarasena I
Q In which year was the Battle of Talikota fought between the Vijayanagara Empire and the Deccan sultanates?
1 1564 AD
2 1556 AD
3 1565 AD
4 1561 AD
Q In which Gharana do singers perform the Khandhar Vani and Gauhar Vani?
`1 Talwandi Gharana
2 Darbhanga Gharana
3 Dagari Gharana
4 Bettiah Gharana
Q Name the scientific principle behind the working of optical fibres.
1 Total internal refraction of light
2 Total external refraction of light
3 Total internal reflection of light
4 Total external reflection of light
Q Who is the author of the book named ‘Meghdoot’ ?
1 Kalidas
2 Sudraka
3 Vatsyayana
4 Bhasa
Q How long did it precisely take to create the Constitution of India ?
1 2 years 11 months and 18 days
2 3 years 11 months and 18 days
3 4 years 11 months and 18 days
4 1 years 11 months and 18 days
Q Each NBA team played __ regular-season games.
1 82
2 86
3 68
4 94
Q Mira Seth Committee was related with development of :
1 Handloom
2 Poverty
3 Education
4 Gender Equality
Q The Mughal court chronicles are written in __.
1 Arabic
2 Persian
3 Turkish
4 Urdu
Q Who among the following was a contributor to the subject of medicine in ancient India?
1 Harsha
2 Bhasa
3 Charaka
4 Panini
Q The branch of horticulture which deals with the production, storage, processing and marketing of vegetables is called __.
1 pomology
2 agronomy
3 olericulture
4 apiculture
Q Which amendment to the Constitution of India added a new subject in the Union List called ‘taxes on services’?
1 56th
2 62nd
3 78th
4 88th
Q __ develops on crystalline igneous rocks in areas of low rainfall in the eastern and southern part of the Deccan Plateau.
1 Red soil
2 Black soil
3 Alluvial soil
4 Arid soil
Q River Ken is one of the major rivers of the Bundelkhand region of central India and flows through two states, Madhya Pradesh and __.
1 Gujarat
2 Maharashtra
4 Uttar Pradesh
4 Rajasthan
Q Siddheshvara Mahadeva temple in Bengal depicts the architecture of which dynasty?
1 Chalukaya dynasty
2 Shung dynasty
3 Hussain Shahi dynasty
4 Pala dynasty
Q Which Indian state is bordered by Bangladesh on its north, south and west?
1 Assam
2 Meghalaya
3 Tripura
4 West Bengal
Q In 2010, considering its outstanding value and vulnerability, UNESCO recognised ‘Mudiyettu’, an age-old ritual-drama of ___, as an ‘intangible cultural heritage of humanity’.
1 Tamil Nadu
2 Karnataka
3 Kerala
4 Telangana
Q “The God of Small Things” won the Booker Prize in 1997. Who is the author of this book?
1 Vikram Seth
2 Salman Rushdie
3 Jhumpa Lahiri
4 Arundhati Roy
Q According to the Census of India 2011, what was the percentage of Sikh communities in the total population in India?
1 0.4%
2 79.8%
3 14.2%
4 1.7%
| Total Population | 121,0854977 |
| Hindu Population | 96.63 crore [ 79.8 % ] |
| Muslim Population | 17.22 crore [ 14. 2 % ] , |
| Christian Population | 2.78 crore [ 2.3 % |
| Sikh Population | 2.08 crore [ 1.7 % ] , |
| Buddhist Population | 0.84 crore [ 0.7 % ] |
| Jain Population | 0.45 crore ] [ 0.4 % ] |