Q Baliyatra is the cultural festival of which Indian state?
1 Kerala
2 Odisha
3 Jharkhand
4 West Bengal
Q What was India’s first supercomputer called ?
1 ENIAC
2 PARAM 6000
3 PARAM 8000
4 SAGA 220
Q At which Olympic Games did the Indian hockey men’s team win its last gold medal?
1 2008
2 1980
3 2012
4 1996
Q Which of the following Ashokan rock edicts declares prohibition of animal sacrifice?
1 Major Rock Edict – II
2 Major Rock Edict – I
3 Major Rock Edict – IV
4 Major Rock Edict – III
Q Which Indian community established the first Cricket Club in India?
1 Parsi
2 Muslim
3 Hindu
4 Sikh
The Oriented cricket club founded in 1848 , was the first Indian cricket club established by the Parsi community of Mumbai
Q In which city of India is the Indian Diamond Institute [ IDI ] situated ?
1 Bangalore
3 Surat
3 Mumbai
4 Vadodara
Q Who started the newspaper ‘Kesari’ ?
1 Lala Lajpat Rai
2 Mahatma Gandhi
3 Bipin Chandra Pal
4 Bal Gangadhar Tilak
Q Phad Painting of Rajasthan belong to the following school of paintings ?
1 Jaipur
2 Kota
3 Mewar
4 Bikaner
Q What is the name of famous petroleum site located in Gujarat ?
1 Mahabaleshwar
2 Ankleshwar
3 Amreshwar
4 Jaileshwar
Q Which of the following classical dance forms is usually concluded with Tarangam?
1 Sattriya
2 Kathakali
3 Kuchipudi
4 Odissi
Q Which among the following is India’s highest civilian award?
1 Padma-Bhushan
2 Padma-Shri
3 Bharat- Ratna
4 Padma-Vibhushan
Q The number of players in baseball is:
1 7
2 8
3 9
4 6
Q Pulling of the earth gravitationally in the same direction by the sun and the moon causes ___
1 Neap tides
2 Spring tides
3 High tides
4 Low tides
Q Cattle quickly swallow grass and store it in their _____
1 Rumen
2 Small Intestine
3 Oesophagus
4 Salivary glands
Q Who was the Viceroy of India at the time of civil disobedience movement?
1 Lord Reading
2 Lord Irwin
3 Lord Chelmsford
4 Lord Wavell
Q Rengma is primarily a folk dance of :
1 Nagaland
2 Kerala
3 Assam
4 Mizoram
Q Which of the following states celebrates a state festival named ‘Bathukamma’?
1 Tamil Nadu
2 Telangana
3 Kerala
4 Odisha
Q Who was the first Indian to qualify for the covenanted civil services in India?
1 Surendra Nath Banerjee
2 Subhas Chandra Bose
3 Satyendra Nath Tagore
4 Rajagopalachari
Q Which among the following is the monsoon mud festival of Goa?
Ans 1. Sarhul
2. Karma
3. chikal kalo
4. Ladainha
Q Which of the following cities of Delhi was founded by Ghiyasuddin Tughlaq?
1 Qila-i-Rai Pithora
2 Siri
3 Tughluqabad
4 Jahanpanah
Q During the making of Indian Constitution from which country’s constitution the feature, ‘Procedure for amendment in the Constitution’ is taken?
1 Ireland
2 South Africa
3 Germany
4 Britain
Q Which country awards Noble Peace Prize?
1 Netherland
2 Norway
3 Germany
4 Iceland
Q In which year was the Postal Index Number [ PIN ] or PIN Code system started in India ?
1 1947
2 1972
3 1998
4 1950
Q Who among the following is famously called the Iron Lady of India?
1 Mary Kom
2 Indira Gandhi
3 Lata Mangeshkar
4 Deepika Padukone
Q How many players are there in water polo team?
1 7
2 9
3 6
4 8
Q Who was the first Indian woman to be appointed Chief Justice of a state High Court?
Ans 1. M. Fathima Beevi
2. Kiran Mazumdar-Shaw
3. Anna Chandy
4. Leila Seth
Q Which Queen of Ahmednagar fought against Emperor Akbar ?
1 Roopmati
2 Durgavati
3 Chand Bibi
4 Rani Rudramdevi
Q As of 2024 , there are __ official languages of the United Nations.
1. 10
2 7
3 6
4 11
| Six Official languages of the United Nations | Arabic || Chinese || English || French || Russian || Spanish |
Q Gavari, a dance-drama is majorly performed in which of the following states of India?
1 Rajasthan
2 Odisha
3 Manipur
4 Kerala
Q The dimensions of the basketball court is measured __ from the inner edge
of the boundary line.
1 28 × 12 m
2 30 × 45 m
3 28 × 15 m
4 30 × 15 m
Q Milkha Singh, the Flying Sikh, was the first Indian to win a gold medal in which of the following games?
1 Championship Series
2 Asian Games
3 Winter Olympics
4 Commonwealth Games
Q Abyssinia is the old name of which country from the following ?
1 Italy
2 South Sudan
3 Ethiopia
4 Alaska
Q Who was executed as an accomplice to the murder of AMT Jackson?
1 Matangini Hazra
2 Hemu Kalani
3 Krishnaji Gopal Karve
4 Khudiram Bose
Q The Indian National Congress formally took up the Swadeshi call in its Benaras session of 1905 under the presidentship of _.
1 Gopal Krishna Gokhale
2 Jawahar Lal Nehru
3 Rajendra Prasad
4 Motilal Nehru
Q Which Article of the Indian Constitution mentions that ‘All the executive action of the Government of a state shall be expressed to be taken in the name of the Governor’?
1 Article 166(1)
2 Article 163(1)
3 Article 164(1)
4 Article 165(1)
Q Pradhan Mantri Mudra Yojana (PMMY) is a scheme launched by the Hon’ble Prime Minister of India on April 8, 2015 for providing __ to the non-corporate
enterprises.
1 skill training
2 house
3 subsidy
4 loan
Q MS Gopalakrishnan , Lalgudi Jayaraman and TN Krishnan are associated with which musical intrument ?
1 Violin
2 Tabla
3 Shehnai
4 Flute
Q In _, Gandhiji held a Satyagraha at Ahmedabad to solve the dispute between
the owners and workers of a cotton mill in the city.
1 1917
2 1916
3 1915
4 1918
Q What is the shape of the eyeball?
1 Oval
2 Spherical
3 Cylindrical
4 Circular
Q The term ‘Mini Constitution’ is used for which Constitutional Amendment Act of the Indian Constitution?
1 38th
2 42nd
3 40th
4 44th
Q Holi is the festival of colours, celebrated in the Hindu month of __.
1 Ashvin
2 Kartik
3 Chaitra
4 Phalgun
Q Prof Muhammad Yunus won the Nobel peace prize in which year?
1 2002
2 2006
3 2004
4 2001
Q The Swaran Singh committee had formulated __-point code of fundamental
duties.
1 11
2 8
3 9
4 9
Q Who is the author of these books – “Why I Am A Hindu” and “An Era of Darkness”?
1 Shashi Tharoor
2 Khushwant Singh
3 Rajdeep Sardesai
4 Arvind Adiga
Q Golconda Fort is situated in which state of India ?
1 Karnataka
2 Tamil Nadu
3 Rajasthan
4 Telangana
Q Antyodaya Anna Yojana (AAY) was launched in which year?
1 1997
2 2000
3 1999
4 1998
Q In which year was Swarnajayanti Gram Swarozgar Yojana launched in India?
1 2000
2 1999
3 2005
4 2008
Q The north-west part of India receives rainfall in winter due to __.
1 the south-west monsoon
2 the north-west monsoon
3 western disturbance
4 the retreating of the monsoon
Q Which of the following scientists is known as the father of the Green revolution in
India?
1 Salim Ali
2 Meghnad Saha
3 P C Mahalanobis
4 M.S. Swaminathan
Q In __, Babur defeated Ibrahim Lodi at Panipat.
1 1528
2 1532
3 1530
4 1526
Q What is the chemical formula of Propyne?
1 C4H5
2 C3H4
3 C4H4
4 C3H5
Q Which city will host the Asian Games 2026 ?
1 Doha
2 Riyadh
3 Hangzhou
4 Aichi and Nigoya
Q According to Mendeleev’s Periodic Table, which element’s properties matched up remarkably well with eka-aluminium?
1 Titanium
2 Germanium
3 Gallium
4 Scandium
Q Savitribai, together with her husband Jyotirao Phule, founded one of India’s first girls’ schools in Pune, at Bhide Wada in _.
1 1855
2 1844
3 1857
4 1848
Q The author of Tarikh-i-Mubarak Shahi, Yahya Sirhindi claims that the founder of __ dynasty of Delhi sultanate was a descendant of Prophet Muhammad.
1 Sayyid
2 Mamluk
3 Lodhi
4 Khalji
Q India has a parliamentary form of government which is a feature borrowed from the _ Constitution.
1 Britain
2 South Africa
3 United States of America
4 Australia
Q ‘Matheran Hill Station is in which state of India ?
1 Maharashtra
2 Kerala
3 Himachal Pradesh
4 Sikkim
Q Which classical dance generally narrates the story of the feminine form of Vishnu?
1 Sattriya
2 Kathak
3 Manipuri
4 Mohiniattam
Q Who among the following was awarded the Bharat Ratna for his contribution to the Green Revolution in India?
1 APJ Abdul Kalam
2 C Subramaniam
3 Govind Ballabh Pant
4 PV Kane
Q The Governor of the state is appointed by the __.
1 Prime minister
2 President
3 Prime minister (on the advice of the central government)
4 Chief Minister (on the advice of the central government)
Q Which year among the following did India host the Commonwealth Games?
1 2008
2 2010
3 2014
4 2012
Q The chemical name of Blue Vitriol is __.
1 Zinc Sulphate
2 Sulphuric Acid
3 Sodium Hydroxide
4 Copper Sulphate
Q Which of the following trophy is associated with women’s Badminton?
1 Davis Cup
2 Uber Cup
3 Agha Khan Cup
4 FIFA World Cup
Q Who invented television ?
1 JL Baird
2 G Marconi
3 Humphry Davy
3 Thomas Edison
Q Which function is performed by the Kidneys in the human body ?
1 Excretion
2 Respiration
3 Digestion
4 Transportation
Q What was invented by Zacharias Jansen ?
1 Microscope
2 Bacteria
3 Television
4 Radio
Q In which city Forest Research Institute of India located ?
1 Dehradun
2 Shimla
3 Cuttack
4 Karnal
Q “We must make our political democracy a social democracy as well.” Who had said this line?
1 Maulana Abul Kalam Azad
2 Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru
3 B.R. Ambedkar
4 Dr. Rajendra Prasad
Q This is a multi-country organization that has 10 member states and was formed in the year 1967 . Which of the following organizations can it be?
1 SCO
2 SAARC
3 APEC
4 ASEAN
Q In which year will India organise the ICC Men’s One-Day International World Cup Cricket?
1 2031
2 2027
3 2035
4 2039
Q A monument was built by the British at the Apollo Bunder in Mumbai and was designed by the British architect, George Wittet. To commemorate whose visit was this monument built?
1 King Edward III
2 King George V
3 Prince Edward of Wales
4 Prince Phillip I
Q What is the minimum age of person to be a Governor of the State according to constitution of India?
1 40 Years
2 45 Years
3 50 Years
4 35 years
Q This diseases is caused by a pathogenic bacterium and affects the intestines. It can be confirmed by Widal Test. Identify the disease.
1 Pneuomonia
2 Malaria
3 Typhoid
4 Cholera
Q The approximate length of the Great Himalayan range, also known as the central axial range, is (i) _ km from east to west, and their width varies between (ii) _ km from north to south.
1 (i) 6000km and (ii) 400 – 600km
2 (i) 1,500km and (ii) 200km
3 (i) 4000km and (ii) 300km
4 (i) 2500km and (ii) 160-400km
Q Which of the following created the famous Tom and Jerry Cartoon?
1 E.C. Segar
2 Joseph Barbera
3 Martin Goodman
4 Walt Disney
Q ‘Baneshwar Fair’ is organised on which date ?
1 Purnima of Chaitra month
2 Purnima of Ashwin month
3 Purnima of Magha month
4 Purnima of Bhadrapad month
Q Which type of paintings are found on the walls of Thiruvarur and Ajantha temples ?
1 Mughal
2 Madhubani
3 Mural
4 Rajasthani
Q Which of the following books is written by Rabindranath Tagore?
1The Essential Writings
2 The Way to God
3 Nationalism
4 Non-Violent Resistance
Q The leaked secret documents known as ‘Panama Papers‘ belonged to ___
1 Hindenberg
2 Mossack Fonseca & Co
3 Suddeutsche Zeitung
4 International Consortium of Investigative Journalists