Q Kenduli Fair is celebrated in ___
1 Uttar Pradesh
2 West Bengal
3 Rajasthan
4 Madhya Pradesh
Q ‘Mrignayani ka Mahal‘ is situated in :
1 Jaipur
2 Bhopal
3 Gwalior
4 Jabalpur
Q The first spacecraft to land on the Moon was the :
1 Apollo 14
2 Apollo 11
3 Luna 16
4 Loona 18
Q Who was the first winner of the Saraswati Samman ?
1 Amrita Pritam
2 Harivansh Rai Bachchan
3 Mahasweta Devi
4 Ramakant Rath
Q The Brihadeswara Temple at Tanjavur built by:
1 Rajaraja II
2 Rajendra Chola
3 Rajaraja I
4 Samudragupta
Q The SI unit of power of lens is ____
1 candela
2 watt
3 dioptre
4 mole
Q The ‘father of modern botany‘ is :
1 Edward Jenner
2 GJ Mendel
3 Carl Linnaeus
4 Louis Pasteur
Q ‘Bhagirathi’ and ‘Alaknanda’ rivers confluence at:
1 Karanprayag
2 Devaprayag
3 Haridwar
4 Joshimath
Q International Labour Organization was founded on ____
1 14 December 1945
2 14 December 1946
3 28 June 1919
4 28 June 1948
Q Who among the following is the longest serving Chief Minister of a state?
1 Gegong Apang
2 Jyoti Basu
3 Pawan Kumar Chamling
4 Naveen Patnaik
Q Indian music director AR Rahman won the Oscar in the year _.
1 2009
2 2008
3 2005
4 2011
Q To which of the following states does the folk dance ‘Khoria’ belong ?
1 West Bengal
2 Assam
3 Haryana
4 Maharashtra
Q Which of the following is the first national park that was established in India?
1 Gir National Park
2 Kaziranga National Park
3 Jim Corbett National Park
4 Rajaji National Park
Q What is the ornate mountain-like entrance gateway before entering the premises of temples located in South India called?
1 Kalasha
2 Jagati
3 Gopuram
4 Garbagriha
Q Which committee is recommended for the establishment of the National Stock Exchange?
1 YV Reddy Committee
2 Pherwani Committee
3 ML Jhingan Committee
4 Aravind Mayaram Committee
Q Who was the first Director of the National School of Drama ?
1 BV Karanth
2 Ebrahim Alkazi
3 Ratan Thiyam
4 Ram Gopal Bajaj
Q Who is the writer of the novel ‘Chronicle of a Corpse Bearer’?
1 Namita Gokhale
2 Aravind Adiga
3 Cyrus Mistry
4 Arundhathi Subramaniam
Q Indian Institute of Pulse Research is situated in ____
1 Patna
2 Bhopal
3 Kanpur
4 Hyderabad
Q In which state is the archaeological site of Surkotada situated ?
1 Punjab
2 Rajasthan
3 Gujarat
4 Uttar Pradesh
Q Phawngpui or the Blue Mountain is the highest peak in the state of ___
1 Mizoram
2 Kerala
3 Odisha
4 Himachal Pradesh
Q __ is a Tamil festival wherein temple idols are taken in a procession to a water body for a ceremonial bath.
1. Vettukad
2 Mopin
3 Masi Magam
4 Khuado Kut
Q Name the new painting that was developed in Eastern India [ Bengal , Bihar , Orissa ] during the Pala Kingdom in the 9th-10th century ?
1 Miniature painting
2 Mural painting
3 Oil painting
4 Tanjore painting
Q Which sport feature the ‘Breaststroke’ as a technique ?
1 Shooting
2 Swimming
3 Horse Riding
4 Pool
Q Raja Parba festival of Odisha is the living cultural heritage and agricultural way of life .It is held for three days in the month of __
1 August
2 June
3 July
4 September
Q With which of the following states is the folk dance Tarangmel associated?
Ans 1. Goa
2. Madhya Pradesh
3. Tamil Nadu
4. Kerala
Q In which city is the Salar Jung Museum situated?
1 Hyderabad
2 Thiruvananthapuram
3 Chennai
4 Bengaluru
Q Which Article of the Indian Constitution prohibits the State from conferring ‘Titles’ ?
1 Article 14
2 Article 15
3 Article 17
4 Article 18
Q Who among the following was involved in Alipore Bomb Case ?
1 Bhagat Singh
2 Chandrashekhar Azad
3 Sri Aurobindo
4 Ram Prasad Bismil
Q Tapan Kumar Pattanayak won the Sangeet Natak Akademi Award in which dance form ?
1 Odissi
2 Chhau
3 Sattriya
4 Kuchipudi
Q The first complete census taken in India is in the year __.
1. 1881
2 1872
3 1900
4 1860
Q The Trimbakeshwar is the origin of which of the following rivers?
1 Tapti
2 Ravi
3 Godavari
4 Mahanadi
Q Where is the Tata Institute of Fundamental Research ?
1 Chennai
2 Calcutta
3 Mumbai
4 Bengaluru
Q “All India Muslim League” was established in 1906 at ______.
Ans 1. Dacca
2. Bombay
3. Madras
4. Surat
Q The four Nattuvanars namely Ponaiyah, Vadivelu, Sivanandam and Chinnaiya, who are renowned as Tanjaore Bandhu shaped up the modern day _.
1 Bharatanatyam
2 Kuchipudi
3 Kodiattam
4 Kathakali
Q From which country did India import wheat seeds during the Green Revolution?
1 USA
2 Russia
3 Mexico
4 Britain
Q Who is the author of the book named ‘Waiting for the Mahatma’ ?
1 RK Narayan
2 Shashi Tharoor
3 BR Ambedkar
4 Amitav Ghosh
Q Who among the following was the first Indian musician to receive the Grammy Life Time Acheivement Award ?
1 Nucleya
2 Pandit Ravi Shankar
3 Hariprasad Chaurasia
4 Ustad Zakir Hussain
Q When was the Pradhan Mantri Ujjwala Yojana launched by the Government of India ?
1 2014
2 2012
3 2016
4 2018
Q Who was appointed the temporary Chairman of the Constituent Assembly ?
1 SC Bose
2 Acharya Kriplani
3 Sachchidananda Sinha
4 C Rajagopalachari
Q Which of these is the title of the first novel of Anand Neelakantan ?
1 Kadambari
2 The Immortals of Meluha
3 Satya Ke Prayog
4 Asura : Tale of the Vanquished
Q Where is the ICAR-Indian Institute of Oil Palm Research [ IIOPR ] established ?
1 Odisha
2 Andhra Pradesh
3 Kerala
4 Tamil Nadu
Q Who among the following has been credited with developing a notation system for Indian classical music?
1 Kumar Gandharva
2 Vishnu Narayan Bhatkhande
3 Bal Gandharv
4 Bhimsen Joshi
Q Pung Cholom is performed usually on religious occasions to the accompaniment of songs and dhol . It is famously performed in which of the following states ?
1 Kerala
2 Manipur
3 Maharashtra
4 Uttar Pradesh
Q The head office of National Bank for Agricultural and Rural Development [ NABARD ] is located in ___
1 New Delhi
2 Kolkata
3 Mumbai
4 Chennai
Q Who among the following freedom fighters was one of the founders of the Fergusson College in Pune in 1885 ?
1 Lala Lajpat Rai
2 Subhash Chandra Bose
3 Bal Gangadhar Tilak
4 Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel
Q Which place in the world recieves highest rainfall ?
1 Itanagar
2 Mawsynram
3 Agartala
4 Guwahati
Q Who founded the Bahmani kingdom?
1 Mohammad bin Tughlaq
2 Alauddin Bahman Shah
3 Firuz Shah Bahamani
4 Mir Zafar
Q Identify a spiral-shaped bacteria.
1 Bacillus
2 Vibrio
3 Coccus
4 Spirillum
Q What is added to toothpaste to reduce tooth decay ?
1 Cobalt
2Molybdenum
3 Fluoride
4 Iron
Q What was the official mascot for the 2023 Cricket World Cup ?
1 Stumpy
2 Appu
3 Blaze and Tonk
4 Perry
Q ‘Samaveda’ is considered to be one of the primary sources of Indian __.
1 coinage
2 textile design
3 music and art
4 medicine
Q Rikham pada dance belongs to which of the following states?
1 Meghalaya
2 Arunachal Pradesh
3 Uttarkhand
4 Himachal Pradesh
Q Which of the following is the oldest High Court in India?
1 Patna High Court
2 Calcutta High Court
3 Delhi High Court
4 Allahabad High Court
Q In which two states is the Agasthyamala Biosphere Reserve located?
1 Maharashtra and Gujarat
2 Kerala and Tamil Nadu
3 Madhya Pradesh and Uttar Pradesh
4 Gujarat and Rajasthan
Q Who led the peasants’ movement in Bardoli Satyagraha under the guidance of Mahatma Gandhi?
1 Lala Lajpat Rai
2 Jawahar Lal Nehru
3 Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel
4 Madan Mohan Malaviya
Q Kalamkari, the traditional art of hand paintings on fabric, originated in which of the following states?
1 Bihar
2 Gujarat
3 Andhra Pradesh
4 Uttar Pradesh
Q ‘Zuari’ is an important river of which of the following state?
1 Odisha
2 Uttarakhand
3 Sikkim
4 Goa
Q Who discovered vaccination against anthrax?
1 Edward Jenner
2 Maurice Hilleman
3 Louis Pasteur
4 Robert Koch
Q Which among the following Mughal Emperors propounded a new way of life/religion called Din-i-Ilahi?
1 Bahadur Shah-II
2 Aurangzeb
3 Shah Jahan
4 Akbar
Q In which of the following Major Rock Edicts of Ashoka is the Kalinga war mentioned?
1 XI
2 XIII
3 XII
4 X
Q Who among the following wrote the novel ‘Grimus’?
1 Amitav Ghosh
2 Vikram Seth
3 Salman Rushdie
4 Arvind Adiga
Q In which state is the famous Kamakhya Temple situated?
1 West Bengal
2 Assam
3 Gujarat
4 Uttar Pradesh
Q Who among the following was the first singer to be presented with India’s highest civilian honour, the Bharat Ratna award?
1 Bhimsen Joshi
2 Lata Mangeshkar
3 MS Subbulakshmi
4 Bombay Jayashri
Q Who among the following was/were hanged for killing British officers Walter Charles Rand and Charles Ayerst in the year 1897?
1 Chapekar brothers
2 Ram Prasad Bismil and Ashfaqullah Khan
3 Bhagat Singh and Rajguru
4 Mangal Pandey
Q Who is the author of the autobiography ‘Playing It My Way’ ?
1 Sachin Tendulkar
2 Leander Paes
3 Mahesh Bhupathi
4 Kapil Dev
Q The Buddhist Council that led to the final division in Buddhism in two parts, Hinayana and Mahayana, was held at which of the following sites?
1 Rajagriha
2 Vaishali
3 Pataliputra
4 Kashmir
Q In which five-year plan was the ‘food, work, and productivity‘ slogan used?
1 Fourth
2 Seventh [ 1985 – 1990 ]
3 Sixth
4 Fifth
Q Which of the following is NOT a ‘Maharatna‘ status company ?
1 IOCL
2 GAIL
3 BHEL
4 MTNL
| Maharatna Companies | CIL | BPCL | NTPC | ONGC | SAIL | IOCL | HPCL | GAIL | POWER GRID | BHEL | PFC | REC | OIL | HAL |
Q In which of the following states are Dafla Hills mainly spread?
1 Arunachal Pradesh
2 Odisha
3 Jharkhand
4 West Bengal
Q In which of the following states are the Barabara Caves located?
1 Bihar
2 Madhya Pradesh
3 Gujarat
4 Maharashtra
Q Which of the following plutonic rocks is usually black or dark green in colour and is mainly composed of plagioclase and augite minerals?
1 Dolomite
2 Gabbro
3 Zeolites
4 Quartzite
Q In which of the following states, Micro Financing was first introduced by the SEWA Bank, a division of the Self-Employed Women’s Association (SEWA), in 1974?
1 Odisha
2 Gujarat
3 West Bengal
4 Maharashtra
Q When was the National Human Rights Commission [ NHRC ] established in India ?
1 1992
2 1993
3 1994
4 1996
Q Shifting Agriculture is also known as Jhum in ____
1 Assam
2 Maharashtra
3 Karnataka
4 Rajasthan
Q Which is the lengthiest written Constitution in the world?
1 Indian Constitution
2 US Constitution
3 British Constitution
4 French Constitution
Q Who founded the International Olympic Committee (IOC) in 1894?
1 Konstantinos Zappas
2 Baron Pierre de Coubertin
3 George Averoff
4 Sir Ludwig Guttmann
Q National Waterway-1 of India covers:
1. Sadiya-Dhubri stretch of the Brahmaputra river
2 Haldia-Allahabad stretch of the Ganga-Bhagirathi-Hooghly river
3 Kollam-Kottapuram stretch of West Coast Canal and Champakara and Udyogmandal
canals
4 Assam-Mizoram stretch of Barak river
| National Waterway-1 | Allahabad to Haldia [ 1620 km ] |
| National Waterway-2 | Sadiya-Dhubri stretch of the Brahmaputra river [ 891 km ] |
Q Which of the following chemical reactions takes place when quick lime reacts with water?
1. CaO(s) + H2O(l) → Ca + H2 (aq)
2. CH4 (g) + 2O2 (g) → CO2 (g) + 2H2O (g)
3. C(s) + O2 (g) → CO2 (g)
4. CaO(s) + H2O(l) → Ca(OH)2 (aq)