Q ‘Tamu Lochar’ is one of the traditional festivals of the __ of Sikkim. It is celebrated to mark the beginning of their new year, which falls on the 15th day of Pusa, according to the Hindu calendar Vikram Samvat and 30th December in the
English calendar.
1 Mangar community
2 Gurung community
3 Bhutia community
4 Lepcha community
Q The dance-pavilion (mandapa), the vast complex within a quadrilateral precinct of the Odisha school of architecture, is known as _.
1 Jagamohana
2 Vimana
3 Deul
4 Gopuram
Q When Mendeleev started his work , how many elements were known at that time ?
1 29
2 47
3 63
4 36
Q The chemical name of baking soda is:
1 sodium carbonate (Na2CO3)
2 sodium citrate (Na3C6H5O7
3 sodium hydrogen carbonate (NaHCO3 )
4 calcium hydrogen bicarbonate (CaHCO3)2
Q India’s southern neighbours across the sea consist of the _____ island countries .
1 three
2 one
3 two [ Maldives and Sri Lanka ]
4 four
Q The Modern Periodic Table has 18 vertical columns known as ‘groups’ and _____ horizontal rows known as ‘periods’ .
1 6
2 7
3 5
4 12
Q The __ festival of Sikkim is also known as Bhoomi Puja or Chandi Puja.
1 Losar
2 Indra Jatra
3 Sakewa
4 Barahimizong
Q Rangaswami Cup is associated with which sport ?
1 Tennis
2 Football
3 Hockey
4 Badminton
Q What is the name of the phenomenon by which light splits into its component colours upon passing through a prism?
1 Diffraction
2 Dispersion
3 Reflection
4 Refraction
Q In 1953 ,who among the following dancers was called to perform for the coronation festivities of Queen Elizabeth (II)?
1 Sonal Mansingh
2 Shovana Narayan
3 Kumari Kamala
4 Mrinalini Sarabhai
QThe Budhabalanga , the Baitarini , the Salandi , and the Rushikulya are the rivers having a source inside the state of __.
1 Gujarat
2 Odisha
3 Mizoram
4 Goa
Q The Lingayats community of present-day Karnataka originated in the 12th century CE due to the emergence of a movement led by _ .
1 Tevaram
2 Basavanna
3 Sambandar
4 Shivanaris
Q Where is National Sanskrit University located?
1 Jaipur
2 Chandigarh
3 Tirupati
4 Warangal
Q Which is the protein found in wheat?
1 Gluten
2 Casein
3 Keratin
4 Prothrombin
Q Ajmer is associated with the Sufi Saint:
1 Baba Farid
2 Khwaja Moinuddin Chistit
3 Khwaja Nizamuddin Auliya
4 Bandanawaz Gisadaraz
Q Which of the following mountains is believed to be the ”pillar of the world” ?
1 Mount Meru
2 Mount Everest
3 Mount Kailash
4 Mount Kilimanjaro
Q From the north most to south most point of India , what is the extent of India?
1 4109 km
2 3214 km
3 3785 km
4 2914 km
Q Who is writer of the book ‘Anandmath’?
1 Dadabhai Naoroji
2 Atal Bihari Bajpayee
2 Bankim Chandra Chattopadhyay
4 Annie Besant
Q What is the name of the vaccine given for chickenpox ?
1 MMR Vaccine
2 Varicella Vaccine
3 ACAM2000
3 CYT-TDV
Q At which temperature are Fahrenheit and Celsius equal?
1 -30
2 -40
3 -10
4 -20
Q Amongst the following, who was the first person to score a century for India in Test cricket?
1 Sunil Gavaskar
2 Dilip Vengsarkar
3 Lala Amarnath
4 Lalchand Rajput
Q Nashik is also known as __ ___capital of India.
1 Gold
2 Orange
3 Wine
4 Cotton
Q Which is the outermost part of the earth ?
1 Mantle
2 Core
3 Crust
4 Asthenosphere
Q Which year is related to the establishment of Reserve Bank of India?
1 1914 AD
2 1935 AD
3 1932 AD
4 1945 AD
Q Amongst the following, who became the first Chairman of the Planning Commission in 1950?
1 Morarji Desai
2 Jawaharlal Nehru
3 Indira Gandhi
4 Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel
Q Who among the following authors wrote “The Living Mountain”?
1 Nitin Gokhale
2 Kabir Bedi
3 Amitav Ghosh
4 Anindya Dutta
Q Which of the following states will you go to enjoy the famous Gaura-Gauri Puja that is celebrated every year?
Ans 1. Gujarat
2. Chhattisgarh
3. Rajasthan
4. Uttarakhand
Q Which of the following folk dance forms does NOT belong to the state of Gujarat?
Ans 1. Garba
2. Dandiya Raas
3. Bidesiya
4. Vinchhudo
Q ‘Sea of Poppies’ is a novel written by which of the following writers?
Ans 1. Anuj Dhar
2. Amitav Ghosh
3. Shashi Tharoor
4. Manohar Malgonkar
Q Who among the following was India’s defence minister during the 1971 war between India and Pakistan?
Ans 1. Yashwantrao Chavan
2. Indira Gandhi
3. Swaran Singh
4. Jagjivan Ram
Q Which is the sixth largest country of the world in terms of area ?
1 India
2 Australia
3 Brazil
4 Canada
Q Murudeshwar Temple is situated on Kanduka Giri in the state of __
1 Tamil Nadu
2 Karnataka
3 Odisha
4 Kerala
Q Which type of mirror is used by dentists to see larges images of patients’ teeth ?
1 Convex mirror
2 Concave mirror
3 Spherical mirror
4 Spherical and Convex mirro
Q What is the minimum number of football players required in a team for a match to start?
1 11
2 8
3 7
4 10
Q Which was the first socio-religious organisation established in Bombay in 1840 to work for the annihilation of caste?
`1 Satyashodhak Samaj
2 Vishwa Jain Sangathan
3 Paramhans Mandali
4 Dharma Sabha
Q The Literacy rates exclude Assam where the Census could not be conducted/
1 1951
2 1971
3 1981
4 1961
Q Which of the following festivals in Punjab is celebrated to commemorate the formation of the Khalsa Panth?
Ans 1. Lohri
2. Hola Mohalla
3. Teej
4. Baisakhi
Q What do we call the force which affects the direction of wind and is caused by the rotation of the earth on its axis ?
1 Fritional force
2 Coriolis Forces
3 Gravitational force
4 Pressure gradient force
Q Which famous politician got rid of the Free Market Economy to boost the overall economy of USA ?
1 George Bush
2 Abraham Lincoln
3 Franklin D Roosevelt
4 Barack Obama
Q With which Gharana is the famous Tarana singer, Pandit Rattan Mohan Sharma associated?
1 Patiala Gharana
2 Agra Gharana
3 Mewati Gharana
4 Talwandi Gharana
Q Which of the following was popularly known as ‘Bagha Jatin’ ?
1 Jatindra Nath Das
2 Jatindranath Mukherjee
3 Jagabandhu Singh
4 Bhagirathi Mahapatra
Q In which of the following languages did Jyotiba Phule write ‘Gulamgiri’ in 1873?
Ans 1. English
2. Marathi
3. Hindi
4. Gujarati
Q Chemical formula of quick lime is __.
1. CaO
2 CO2
3 CaCO3
4 Ca(OH)2
Q Who among the following is known as ‘Sarod Samrat’ in Indian Classical Music?
Ans 1. Pandit Ravishankar Prasad
2. Aamir Ali Khan
3. Amjad Ali Khan
4. Kishan Maharaja
Q Raja Ram Mohan Roy founded a reform association known as Brahmo Sabha which was later known as ______.
Ans 1. Dev Samaj
2. Arya Samaj
3. Brahmo School
4. Brahmo Samaj
Q Subansiri, Jia Bharali, Dhansiri and Puthimari are the major tributaries of which river?
1 Mahanadi
2 Godavari
3 Bhagirathi
4 Brahmaputra
Q Shyamji Krishna Varma established India House at _ in 1905.
1 Bombay
2 Paris
3 London
4 New York
Q How many basic talams are there in Indian Classical Carnatic music?
1 37
3 7
3 21
4 11
Q Fundamental Duties were added in the Constitution of India under the leadership of which Prime Minister of India?
Ans 1. Narsimha Rao
2. Charan Singh
3. Indira Gandhi
4. Lal Bahadur Shastri
Q How many members were there in the drafting committee of Indian Constitution ?
1 seven
2 four
3 five
4 six
Q Which of the following festivals is celebrated in the month of August–September?
Ans 1. Makar Sankranti
2. Kite Festival
3. Bikaner Festival
4. Onam
Q The House of Tudor was an English royal dynastical clan originating from which part of Europe ?
1 Scotland
2 Wales
3 England
4 Ireland
Q Which famous musician developed ‘Raag Malhar‘ ?
1 Ustad Rashid Khan
2 Miyan Tansen
3 Milind Kulkarni
4 Vishvanath Rao Ringe
Q Which of the following is highest quality coal?
1 Lignite
2 Peat
3 Anthracite
4 Bituminous
Q Which Pakistan general led a military coup in October 1999 ?
1 General Pervez Musharraf
2 Benazir Bhutto
3 Nawaz Sharif
4 Shaukat Aziz
Q Who is the author of the book named ‘Voice of Conscience’ ?
1 VV Giri
2 APJ Abdul Kalam
3 Manmohan Singh
4 Giani Zail Singh
Q Who has scored the most goals in International Football ?
1 Cristiano Ronaldo
2 Pele
3 Lionel Messi
4 Kylian Mbappe
Q Who invented Polio vaccine ?
1 Jones Salk
2 Edward Jenner
3 Alexander Fleming
4 Robert Koch
Q As of 2025, who among the following is the youngest Nobel Laureate ?
1 Tsung-Dao Lee
2 Malala Yousafzai
3 Greta Thunberg
4 Lawrence Bragg
Q Who is the author of the book named ‘Rangbhoomi’ ?
1 Prem Chand
2 Rabindranath Tagore
3 Bankim Chandra
4 Mohan Rakesh
Q The Poona Pact of 1932 was an agreement between Mahatma Gandhi and __.
1 BR Ambedkar
2 Lord Irwin
3 Aurobindo Ghose
4 Bal Gangadhar Tilak
Q ‘Aipan’ is the folk art of which state ?
1 Uttarakhand
2 Bihar
3 Andhra Pradesh
4 Tamil Nadu
Q Firoz Shah Tughluq ruled in India from _.
1 1336-1351
2 1320-1324
3 1351-1388
4 1324-1336
Q On which river is the Peacock Island located ?
1 Ganga
2 Brahmaputra
3 Yamuna
4 Mahanadi
Q In which of the following phyla , bioluminescence (the property of a living organism to emit light) is well marked?
1 Mollusca
2 Porifera
3 Ctenophora
4 Arthropoda
Q Where is the Central Tobacco Research Institute located in India ?
1 Indore
2 Pune
3 Rajahmundry
4 Yevatmal
Q In table tennis , a serve that hits the net but still goes over and lands in the opponent’s service area is called a :
1 Stroke
2 Let
3 Net ball
4 Fault
Q ________is an autobiography of Milkha Singh, he has shared the amazing highs of winning India’s first ever gold in athletics at the Commonwealth Games, the unbridled joy of being hailed as the ‘Flying Sikh’ in Pakistan, as well as the shattering low of failure at the Olympics.
1 Straight From the Heart
2 The Test of My Life
3 The Race of My Life
4 Ace Against Odds
Q Patkai hills, the Naga hills , the Manipur hills and the Mizo hills are part of
______.
1 Himadri
2 Shiwalik
3 Purvachal
4 Himachal
Q In which year did the Government of India announce its decision to form the new province of ‘Eastern Bengal and Assam’?
1 1902
2 1909
3 1903
4 1905
Q How many Indian states share their boundaries with Nepal ?
1 4
2 5
3 6
4 3
| India – Nepal border [ 1751 km ] | Uttarakhand || Uttar Pradesh || Bihar || West Bengal || Sikkim |
Q Where is the Atal Bihari Vajpayee Institute of Mountaineering and Allied Sports situated?
1 Uttar Kashi, Uttarakhand
2 Manali, Himachal Pradesh
3 Pahalgam, Jammu and Kashmir
4 Darjeeling, West Bengal
Q “All India Muslim League” was founded in 1906 during a session held in which city of
British India?
1 Lahore
2 Lucknow
3 Dhaka
4 Mumbai
Q The density of population as per Census 2011 was __ persons per sq.km.
1 405
2 370
3 382
4 396
Q World Bank broked the Indus Water Treaty between India and Pakistan in which year ?
1 1954
2 1960
3 1971
4 1975
Q By whom was the Bahishkrit Hitkarini Sabha formed for the upliftment of the
depressed class?
1 Dr. B R Ambedkar
2 Periyar E V R
3 Mahatma Gandhi
4 M N Joshi
Q The play “Mahabali” is written by which author?
1 Gyan Chaturvedi
2 Prof. Inderjit Singh
3 Asghar Wajahat
4 Madhu Kankariya
Q The blue colour of the sky is due to the ___
1 dispersion of light
2 scattering of lights
3 refraction of light
4 diffraction of light
Q Identify an organelle found both in eukaryotic as well as prokaryotic.
1 Mitochondria
2 Ribosomes
3 Lysosomes
4 Endosomes
Q Which hairpin-like structure serves to anchor and stabilise the tick’s mouthparts to its host’s skin and to channel the exchange of fluids?
1 Substratum
2 Hypostome
3 Peduncle
4 Trunk
Q ‘Bonalu Festival’ is celebrated with great enthusiasm in which state of India?
1 Karnataka
2 Gujarat
3 Telangana
4 Tamil Nadu
Q ____ is the first Indian dancer , a transgender , to be honoured with Padma Shri.
1 Yamini Krishnamurthy
2 Alarmel Valli
3 Narthaki Nataraj
4 Protima Bedi
Q Identify the first Gurjara Partihara ruler who successfully defeated the Arab invaders.
1 Nagabhata I
2 Vatsaraja
3 Mahendrapala I
4 Mahipala
Q On the recommendation of which committee the establishment of the National Statistical Commission was approved ?
1 D R Gadgil Committee
2 Harrod Domer Scheme
3 C Rangarajan Committee
4 M V Nayar Committee
Q The series of articles titled ‘New Lamps for Old’ , strongly criticising the Congress for its moderate policy towards British rule , was authored by :
1 Bipin Chandra Pal
2 Sri Aurobindo
3 Lala Lajpat Rai
4 Bal Gangadhar Tilak
Q On which of the following days is Netaji Subash Chandra Bose’s birth anniversary celebrated?
1 23 March
2 14 November
3 23 January
4 16 Januar
Q Which of the following Tiger Reserves/ National Parks and states situated in is INCORRECTLY matched?
Ans 1. Pin Valley National Park – Odisha
2. Corbett National Park – Uttarakhand
3. Manas Tiger Reserve – Assam
4. Bandhavgarh National Park – Madhya Pradesh
| Pin Valley National Park | Himachal Pradesh |
| Corbett National Park | Uttarakhand |
| Manas Tiger Reserve | Assam |
| Bandhavgarh National Park | Madhya Pradesh |