Q ‘Powa Mecca’ in Assam is the tomb of ____
1 Pir Giasuddin Auliya
2 Sheikh Salim Chisti
3 Khwaja Bande Nawaz
4 Shujauddin Mohammed Shah
Q Who pioneered the concept of microfinance?
1 Medha Patkar
2 Ela Bhatt
3 Mohammad Yunus
4 Anna Hazare
Q Which of the following puppet dance is performed in Orissa ?
1 Kandhei
2 Pavakoothu
3 Putul Nautch
4 Kathputli
Q The ”Losar” festival , celebrated in Ladakh and Tibetan communities, marks the _____
1 Winter Solstice Festival
2 Harvest Festival
3 Monsoon Festival
4 New Year Festival
Q Where is the headquarters of Indian Bureau of Mines ?
1 Ranchi
2 Jabalpur
3 Nagpur
4 Kanpur
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 Solheim Cup is associated with which of the following games?
1 Golf
2 Cricket
3 Football
4 Hockey
Q Who was the first female nominated member of the Rajya Sabha?
1 Vyajayantimala Bali
2 Shakuntala Paranjpye
3 Maragatham Chandrasekhar
4 Rukmini Devi Arundale
Q Kamsale is the folk dance of which of the following Indian states ?
1 Jharkhand
2 Karnataka
3 Kerala
4 Bihar
Q ‘Lone Fox Dancing’ is an autobiography by which of the following novelists?
1 Arvind Adiga
2 Amitav Ghosh
3 Ruskin Bond
4 Khushwant Singh
Q Who among the following was appointed as the Defence Minister in the Interim Government in 1946?
1 Vallabhbhai Patel
2 Asaf Ali
3 Baldev Singh
4 C Rajagopalachari
Q Blackbuck is the ‘state animal’ of which Indian state?
1 Meghalaya
2 Arunachal Pradesh
3 Manipur
4 Andhra Pradesh
Q Who was the first Acting President of India ?
1 BD Jatti
2 VV Giri
3 M Hidayatullah
4 Fakhruddin Ali Ahmed
| Acting Presidents of India | VV Giri [ 3 May 1969 – 20 July 1969 ] , M Hidayatullah [ 20 July 1969 – 24 August 1969 ] , BD Jatti [ 11 February 1977 – 25 July 1977 ] |
Q ‘Both Feet on the Ground’ is an autobiography of which of the following players?
1 Cristiano Ronaldo
2 Lionel Messi
3 Bobby Moore
4 David Beckham
Q Which of the following personalities is associated with the Sarvodaya Plan of 1950 ?
1 GD Birla
2 PC Mahalanobis
3 Jayaprakash Narayan
4 Jawaharlal Nehru
Q The Second Five Year Plan stressed rapid industrailization and the public sector . It was drafted and planned under the leadership of ____
1 PC Mahalanobis
2 C Rajgopalachari
3 Subramanian Swami
4 KV Sundaram
Q Pondicherry was captured by the Dutch in 1693 but was returned to French company by which treaty in 1699?
1 Treaty of Amiens
2 Treaty of Paris
3 Treaty of Ryswick
4 Treaty of Versailles
Q Which bank was established as the Bank of Calcutta in the year 1806 ?
1 Axis Bank
2 Union Bank of India
3 State Bank of India
4 IDBI
Q In the Eleventh Five-Year Plan, the Planning Commission targeted reducing the gender gap in literacy to _ percentage points by 2011-2012.
1 10
2 20
3 30
4 40
Q With which of the following states are songs called ‘Lotia’ traditionally associated?
1 Telangana
2 Rajasthan
3 Maharashtra
4 Meghalaya
Q What is the distance between the hurdles in 100 m women’s hurdles in metres ?
1 7.50
2 9.00
3 8.50
4 8.00
Q Ambubachi fair is held every year in which of the following states ?
1 Manipur
2 Assam
3 Nagaland
4 Arunachal Pradesh
Q Which of the following Articles of the Constitution of India states that the State shall take steps to organise village panchayats?
1 Article 48
2 Article 40
3 Article 36
4 Article 34
Q Who among the following authored the book titled ‘Barna Parichay’?
1 Ishwar Chandra Vidyasagar
2 Rabindra Nath Tagore
3 Ram Mohan Roy
4 Debendranath Tagore
Q Who among the following became the first Chief Minister of the National Capital Territory of Delhi in 1993?
1 Madan Lal Khurana
2 Sheila Dixit
3 Sushma Swaraj
4 Sahib Singh Verma
Q In which state did the ‘Saila’ dance originate? The dance is performed by boys after the harvest season.
Ans 1. Bihar
2. Jharkhand
3. Chhattisgarh
4. Odisha
Q Who was the first to mention the incident of Jauhar in Persia ?
1 Ibn Batutah
2 Amir Khusrau
3 Ziauddin Barani
4 Hasan Nizami
Q The Indian National Association was established in 1876 by _____ in Calcutta .
1 Badruddin Tyabji
2 Anand Mohan Bose
3 VK Chiplunkar
4 Sisir Kumar Ghosh
Q The first Indian citizen to get commercial Pilot’s License was_____
1 JRD Tata
2 Vijay Mallya
3 Captain Gopinath
4 Vijaypat Singhania
Q The post of Vice President has been taken from the Constitution of __.
1 Australia
2 Germany
3 The UK
4 The US
Q The ___ is a tribal dance from the Bhil community of Rajasthan.
1 Terah Taali
2 Jhulan
3 Ghoomar
4 Kalbelia
Q The ”Make in India” was launched on September 25 , ______
1 2015
2 2014
3 2016
4 2017
Q What is the chemical formula for barium hydroxide ?
1 Ba(OH)2
2 Ba(OH)3
3 Ba(OH)2
4 Ba2(OH)
Q Which gas in its solid state is also known as dry ice ?
1 Carbon dioxide
2 Nitrogen
3 Oxygen
4 Hydrogen
Q Which biosphere was declared as India’s 16th Biosphere in 2009 , noted for the conservation of Red Fox , Blue Rock Pigeon and Lammergeier ?
1 Cold Desert
2 Seshachalam
3 Agasthyamalai
4 Dehang Debang
Q In which of the following states is the Chalcolithic culture site named Daimabad located
1 Odisha
2 Maharashtra
3 Punjab
4 Uttar Pradesh
Q In the context of Indian agriculture , the terms ‘Bewar’ , ‘Dahiya’ and ‘Podu’ are the local names of :
1 primitive form of cultivation
2 species of cow
3 species of buffalo
4 varieties of soil
Q Muzaffer Jang emerged victorious in the ___ (1749) and appointed
Dupleix as his deputy to all the lands to the South of the river Krishna.
1 Battle of Taiikota
2 Battle of Kovelakonda
3 Battle of Amboor
4 Battle of Bobbili
Q What is the total number of moons for the planet URANUS?
1 27
2 37
3 17
4 47
Q Where are the headquarters of NABFINS Limited (NABFINS) located?
1 Cochin
2 Hyderabad
3 Chennai
4 Bengaluru
Q Who among the following introduced the Sufi order named ‘Chishti Silsila’ in India?
1 Qutb-ud-Din Bakhtiyar Kaki
2 Shaikh Fariduddin
3 Khwaja Moinuddin
4 Usman Harooni
Q Who founded the newspaper titled ‘Kesari’ in the year 1881?
1 Gopal Krishna Gokhale
2 Bipin Chandra Pal
3 Bal Gangadhar Tilak
4 Lala Lajpat Rai
Q In which of the following states is the ‘Mim Kut’ festival traditionally celebrated?
1 Kerala
2 Bihar
3 Uttarakhand
4 Mizoram
Q Which acid is found in spinach ?
1 oxalic acid
2 tartaric acid
3 citric acid
4 lactic acid
Q In which of the following states is Dhamek Stupa situated?
1 Gujarat
2 Odisha
3 Uttar Pradesh
4 Karnataka
Q Who is the first Indian to win the All England Open Badminton Championships?
1 Jwala Gutta
2 Saina Nehwal
3 Prakash Padukone
4 Nandu Natekar
Q Which of the following pairs is NOT correctly matched?
1. Guru Bipin Singh – Kuchipudi
2 Pandit Birju Maharaj – Kathak
3 Uday Shankar – Fusion
4 Kelucharan Mohapatra − Odissi
| Indian Classical dancers | Guru Bipin Singh [ Manipuri dance ] , Pandit Birju Maharaj [ Kathak ] , Kelucharan Mohapatra [ Odissi ] |
Q Who among the following viceroys of India made the declaration known as ‘August Offer’?
1 Lord Reading
2 Lord Chelmsford
3 Lord Linlithgow
4 Lord Willingdon
Q Which of the following personalities is a well known Indian plant physiologist and physicist ?
1 JC Bose
2 CV Raman
3 CNR Rao
4 JRD Tata
Q रथ सप्तमी [ Ratha Saptami ] का सांस्कृतिक उत्सव मुख्य रूप से भारत के किस राज्य में मनाया जाता है?
1 पश्चिम बंगाल
2 बिहार
3 हिमाचल प्रदेश
4 आंध्र प्रदेश
Q What is the atomic number of Bohrium which is named after physicist Niels Bohr , one of the founders of quantum theory ?
1 117
2 107
3 113
4 101
Q What percentage of the Indian population was estimated to be living below the poverty line in 2011-12 ?
1 21.9 %
2 15.6 %
3 10.9 %
4 25.6%
Q The second annual session of Indian National Congress was held at which of the following places ?
1 Bombay
2 Calcutta
3 Delhi
4 Madras
QThe Dutch East India Company established its first factory at which place ?
1 Cambay
2 Nagapatinam
3 Petapuli
4 Masulipatnam
Q The Santosh Trophy is named after Sir ___ , a legandary figure in Indian Football.
1 Santosh Nath Roy Chowdhury
2 Devendru Roy Chowdhury
3 Manmatha Nath Roy Chowdhury
4 Manek Nath Roy Chowdhury
Q Which of the following amendments to the Constitution of India put a cap on the number of ministers in the Union Cabinet?
1 74th
2 69th
3 83rd
4 91st
| 91st Constitutional Amendment | It restricted the size of council of ministers to 15 % of legislative members |
The 91st Constitutional Amendment restricted the size of council of ministers to 15 % of legislative members
Q Kajari festival which begins on the day of the shukla navami is related to the farmers and celebrated in the state of __ at the beginning of the sowing season especially by women.
1 Chhattisgarh
2 Odisha
3 Jharkhand
4 Bihar
Q Where did Dadabhai Naoroji establish the East India Company Association ?
1 Paris
2 Delhi
3 Lucknow
4 London
Q The Nizam Shahi dynasty of Ahmednagar was founded by __ in 1490.
1 Mohammed Shah I
2 Alauddin Bahman Shah
3 Tajuddin Firuz Shah
4 Malik Ahmed Nizamul Mulk Bahri
Q The Hindustan Republican Association was reorganised into Hindustan Socialist Republican Association (HSRA) at Feroz Shah Kotla Ground in Delhi on 8th and 9th September _.
1 1927
2 1930
3 1929
4 1928
Q Into how many distinctive types of territories was the Harshvardhan’s Dynasty divided ?
1 Five
2 Four
3 Three
4 Two
Q Conservation of biological diversity and sustainable use of its components are the main objectives of which of the following treaties/protocols?
1 Nagoya protocol
2 Rio protocol
3 Geneva protocol
4 Montreal protocol
Q In which year was the National Rural Health Mission launched in India to provide accessible, affordable and quality health care to the rural population?
1 2001
2 2005
3 2010
4 2007
Q Which Indian footballer is often nicknamed the Sikkimese Sniper because of his shooting skills in football ?
1 Bhaichung Bhutia
2 Sunil Chhetri
3 Neville D’Souza
4 Talimeren Ao
Q Who scored the first double century in Test Cricket ?
1 Bill Murdock
2 Don Bradman
3 Charles Bannerman
4 Andy Sandham
First batsman to score a century in Test Cricket : Charles Bannerman
First batsman to score a double century in Test Cricket : Bill Murdock
First batsman to score a triple century in Test Cricket : Andy Sandham