Q The first woman to win the Dronacharya Award was weightlifting coach ______ in 2000.
Ans 1. Purnima Mahato
2. Hansa Sharma
3. Renu Kohli
4. Sunita Sharma
Q Who was the first person to reach North Pole ?
1 Robert Peary
2 Roald Amundsen
3 John Cobot
4 Captain Cook
Q Who country is known as the ‘Land of the Midnight Sun’ ?
1 Norway
2 Finland
3 Thailand
4 Japan
Q Mopin is an agricultural festival celebrated in the state of ____
1 Bihar
2 Arunachal Pradesh
3 West Bengal
4 Himachal Pradesh
Q नलवाड़ी मेला [ Nalwari Fair ] किस भारतीय राज्य मेंआयोजित किया जा ता है?
1 पंजाब
2 उत्तर प्रदेश
3 हिमाचल प्रदेश
4 हरियाणा
Q The archaeological site of Inamgaon is situated at the bank of river Ghod which is a tributary of __.
1 Bhima
2 Mahanadi
3 Periyar
4 Ganga
Q Dhupgarh peak is the highest point of which of the following States of India?
Ans 1. Jharkhand
2. Uttar Pradesh
3. Chhattisgarh
4. Madhya Pradesh
Q Where is the Headquarter of Indian Statistical Institute ?
1 Pune , Maharashtra
2 Balasore , Odisha
3 Tezpur , Assam
4 Bonhoogly,West Bengal
Q Which of the following is the tenure of the Comptroller and Auditor General [ GAG ] of India ?
1 4 years
2 5 years
3 6 years
4 3 years
Q Which method was used for making bronze statues during Harrapan Civilisation?
1 Lost wax casting
2 Ivory carving
3 Stone carving
4 Wood carving
Q Which Constitution Amendment Act added provisions related to Municipalities in the Indian Constitution?
1 97th Amendment Act 2011
2 71st Amendment Act 1992
3 74th Amendment Act 1992
4 69th Amendment Act 1993
Q ‘My Country My life’, is the autobiography of which of the following ex-Deputy Prime Minister of India?
1 Vallabh Bhai Patel
2 Jagjivan Ram
3 Lal Krishna Advani
4 Morarji Desai
Q Kalsubai peak is located in which of the following Indian states?
1 Maharashtra
2 Himachal Pradesh
3 Andhra Pradesh
4 Madhya Pradesh
Q Padayani is a folk dance of which state ?
1 Kerala
2 Karnataka
3 Andhra Pradesh
4 Karnataka
Q ‘Laman’ is a regional music of which state of India ?
1 Himachal Pradesh
2 Maharashtra
3 Uttar Pradesh
4 Rajasthan
Q The Kolar Gold Fields is located in which state of India?
1 Andhra Pradesh
2 Kerala
3 Karnataka
4 Jharkhand
Q Which of the following trophies are associated with the game of Basketball?
1 G.D.Birla Trophy
2 Basalat Jha Trophy
3 B.C.Raj Trophy
4 Begam Rasul Trophy
Q Which type of seeds played an important role in Green Revolution in India?
1 High Nutritional Variety
2 High Yielding Variety
3 Low Nutritional Variety
4 Low Yielding Variety
Q Who was the first woman of Indian origin to go to space?
1 Sirisha Bandla
2 Kalpana Chawla
3 Nagin Cox
4 Yogita Shah
Q Which among the following is an Indian martial art from Manipur?
1 Gatka
2 Kalaripayattu
3 Muay Thai
4 Thang-Ta
Q Which desert is famous for its accumulation of nitrates ?
1 Kalhari
2 Atacama
3 Sahara
4 Gobi
Q The image of Buddha with a circular head halo and flying Gandharavas on either sidewith garlands in hands appeared for the first time during the :
1 Gupta School of Arts
2 Mathura School of Arts
3 Gandhara School of Arts
4 Amaravati School of Art
Q Which among the following international boundaries is the longest?
1 Indo-Pak
2 Indo-China
3 Indo-Myanmar
4 Indo-Bangladesh [ 4096 km ]
Q Who referred to the Chapekar brothers as the ‘founders of the Indian revolutionary movement‘?
1 V. D. Savarkar
2 Lokmanya Tilak
3 Lala Lajpat Rai
4 Rabindranath Tagore
Q In 1809, Lord __ signed the Amritsar Treaty with Maharaja Ranjit Singh.
1 James Andrew Ramsay – DalhousieMichael
2 John Hastings
3 William Bentinck
4 Charles T. Metcalfe
Q In which of the following Indian states is the “Hundred Drums Festival” observed?
1 Uttarakhand
2 Meghalaya
3 Himachal Pradesh
4 Punjab
Q ______ is a dance performed in West Bengal for the Durga Puja at the time of Dussehra .
1 Kikkli
2 Tera Tali
3 Dhunachi
4 Kolattam
Q There are __ hand gestures in Mohiniyattam which are mainly adopted from Hastalakshana Deepika text.
1 18
2 20
3 24
4 28
Q Mayur Nritya or Peacock dance is a folk dance from the Braj region of ____
1 Uttar Pradesh
2 Odisha
3 Bihar
4 Andhra Pradesh
Q The birthday of Prophet Muhammad is also celebrated by the name of _____________.
Ans 1. Eid-ul-Fitr
2. Ramadan
3. Eid-ul-Adha
4. Mawlid al-Nabi
Q Which of the following Governor Generals kept the British flag flying in India as the European empires collapsed before Napoleon’s power?
1 Lord Cornwallis
2 Lord Hastings
3 Lord Wellesley
4 Warren Hastings
Q Who was world’s woman amputee to climb Mount Everest ?
1 Arunima Sinha
2 Santosh Yadav
3 Bachendri Pal
4 Premlata Agarwal
Q Who wrote the book titled ‘Gift to Monotheism’?
1 Swami Vivekanand
2 Dayanand Saraswati
3 Kehsavchand Sen
4 Rajaram Mohan Roy
Q In which state is the festival of Gudi Padwa specially celebrated?
Ans 1. Maharashtra
2. Kerala
3. Tamil Nadu
4. Odisha
Q Which of the following line separates Pakistan and Afghanistan?
1. McMohan line
2 Jinnah line
3 Durand line
4 Radcliffe line
Q Warren Hastings became the first Governor General of India in which year?
Ans 1. 1767
2. 1757
3. 1773
4. 1783
Q Wood’s Despatch is related with __.
1. Education
2 Famine
3 Trade
4 Military
Q The ‘Sorrow of Bengal’ is _____
1 The Koshi
2 The Damodar
3 The Narmada
4 The Tapi
Q Which of the following bills can be initiated only in the Lok Sabha?
1. Private members bill
2 Constitution amendment bill
3 Government bill
4 Money bill
Q Who among the following popularize folk dance ‘Rai’ ?
1 Maharaj Bindadin
2 Ram Sahay Pandey
3 Kalkaprasad
4 Achhan Maharaj
Q Which of the following sports was initially known as Poona?
1. Badminton
2 Baseball
3 Volleyball
4 Kho-Kho
Q The Choliya dance is performed in ______.
Ans 1. Ladakh
2. Uttarakhand
3. Meghalaya
4. Tamil Nadu
Q In which of the following states is the Sirohi National Park located?
Ans 1. Odisha
2. Manipur
3. West Bengal
4. Assam
Q Which of the following cities became the capital of Bengal in 1704?
1. Howrah
2 Murshidabad
3 Kharagpur
4 Kolkata
Q The Sahitya Akademi Awards are given for best writings in how many Indian languages ?
1 24
2 20
3 22
4 14
Q Who introduced the term ‘Hindu’ rate of growth ?
1 Raj Krishna
2 Amartya Sen
3 Kaushik Basu
4 VKRV Rao
Q The Siachin Glacier’s melting waters are the main source of which river ?
1 Nubra
2 Beas
3 Sutlej
4 Shyok
Q Which is the warmest layer of the atmosphere ?
1 Thermosphere
2 Troposphere
3 Mesosphere
4 Stratosphere
Q At the 1996 Atlanta Olympics , who beat Fernando Meligeni to win the bronze medal ?
1 Leander Paes
2 Mahesh Bhupathi
3 Sania Mirza
4 Vijay Amritraj
Q Who was responsible for the integration of princely states into the Indian Union after Independence ?
1 Sardar Vallabh Bhai Patel
2 C Rajagopalachari
3 Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru
4 Maulana Abul Kalam Azad
Q Japanese folk tradition and ritual , with no founder or single sacred scripture , is popularly known as :
1 Shintoism
2 Taoism
3 Paganism
4 Zoroastrianism
Q By what name did Vinayak Savarkar form a secret organization of revolutionaries in the year 1904?
1 Hindustan Republican Association
2 Abhinav Bharat
3 Forward Bloc
4 Naujawan Bharat Sabha
Q Dampa Tiger Reserve is situated in which state of India ?
1 Mizoram
2 Bihar
3 Madhya Pradesh
4 Odisha
Q Bailadila range of hills are famous for which of the following minerals ?
1 Iron ore
2 Zinc
3 Bauxite
4 Manganese
Q Who composed ‘Shahnama’ ?
1 Abdulla
2 Alberuni
3 Ferdowsi
4 Utbi
Q In which year were the Commonwealth Games held in New Delhi?
1 2010
2 2018
3 2012
4 2006
Q National Human Rights Commission of India is an independent statutory body established on 12 October __.
1 1996
2 2002
3 1999
4 1993
Q The Vyas Samman, started in 1991 is given for ‘outstanding literary work’ in __.
1 Rajasthani
2 Konkani
3 Hindi
4 Sanskrit
Q With which of the following soils are the terms ‘khadar’ and ‘bhangar’ associated?
1 Arid
2 Black
3 Alluvial
4 Laterite
Q Which of the following monasteries is located in Himachal Pradesh?
1 Tabo
2 Enchey
3 Ralong
4 Pemayangste
Q Who among the following is the author of the book ‘The Shadow Lines’?
1 Amish Tripathi
2 Arundhati Roy
3 Amitav Ghosh
4 Ravish Kumar
Q Digboi Oil Refinery, commissioned on 11th December 1901, is India’s oldest operating refinery and one of the oldest operating refineries in the world. It is located in __.
1 Gujarat
2 Uttar Pradesh
3 Assam
4 Odisha
Q The Bahujan Samaj Party was formed in 1984 under the leadership of __.
1 Kanshi Ram
2 Mayawati
3 Anil Agrawal
4 Vijay Bahuguna
Q __ was the Chairman of the Advisory Committee on Fundamental Rights, Minorities and Tribal and Excluded Areas of the Constituent Assembly of India.
1 BR Ambedkar
2 Jawaharlal Nehru
3 Vallabhbhai Patel
4 Rajendra Prasad
Q What is the full form of KYC in the context of the banking sector?
1 Know Your Card
2 Know Your Contribution
3 Know Your Customer
4 Keep Your Credit
Q Who is the author of the Hindi play ‘Adhe Adhure’ ?
1 Mohan Rakesh
2 Girish Karnad
3 Habib Tanvir
4 Bhartendu Harishchandra
Q Which of these dances is commonly performed in Odisha?
1 Grida dance
2 Raas Leela
3 Ghumura
4 Chakyar Koothu
Q In the context of introducing the green revolution to Eastern India, a scheme called BGREI was launched. When was this scheme launched?
1 2005-06
2 2009-10
3 2010-11
4 2008-09
Q Which of the following is a Buddhist festival that is celebrated in Sanchi , Madhya Pradesh in late November every year? It attracts hundreds of Buddhist monks and pilgrims, who come here to pay their respects to the relics of two of the Buddha’s foremost disciples, Sari Putta and Maha Moggallana.
1 Math Ghoghara Fair
2 Hira Bhumia Fair
3 Dhamoni Urs
4 Chethiyagiri Vihara Festival
Q The terms Mahari and Gotipua are associated with which Indian classical dance form?
1 Kuchipudi
2 Odissi
3 Sattriya
4 Manipur
Q The Ranjit Singh Gold Cup is associated with which of the following sports ?
1 Football
2 Hockey
3 Badminton
4 Gold
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