Q Japanese art ‘Ikebana’ is related to :
1 sand art
2 flower arrangement
3 paper folding
4 tree cutting
Q Which party formed the government in Britain in the year 1945?
1 Labour Party
2 Socialist Party
3 Democratic Party
4 Liberal Party
Q Match the following companies with their headquarters.
| A. Bharat Heavy Electricals Limited | 1. Mumbai |
| B. Coal India Limited | 2. Bengaluru |
| C. Bharat Petroleum Corporation Limited | 3. Kolkata |
| D. Bharat Electronics Limited | 4. New Delhi |
1 A-3 , B-2 ,C-1 , D-4
2 A-4 , B-3 , C-1 , D -2
3 A-4 , B-2 ,C-1 , D-3
4 A-4 , B-3 , C-2 , D-1
Q Which of the following festival belongs to Assam?
I. Me-Dum-Me-Phi
II. Baishagu
1 Only I
2 Neither I nor II
3 Both I and II
4 Only II
Q Which of the following Indian players has written the autobiography titled ‘Ace Against Odds’?
1 Saina Nehwal
2 Sania Mirza
3 Maria Sharapova
4 Monica Seles
Q Intanki Elephant Reserve is located in which state of India ?
1 Assam
2 Nagaland
3 Kerala
4 Odisha
Q The agro-based religious Nuakhai festival is celebrated in which of the following states?
1 Odisha
2 Maharashtra
3 Tamil Nadu
4 Kerala
Q Galvanisation is a method of protecting steel and iron from rusting by coating them with a thin layer of __.
1 zinc
2 tin
3 copper
4 aluminium
Q How many committees were set up by the Constituent Assembly for framing the Constitution?
1 22
2 11
3 13
4 9
Q Who discovered the small pox vaccine ?
1 Jonas Salk
2 Louis Pasteur
3 Edward Jenner
4 Leon Calmette
Q The innermost sanctum of a Hindu temple where the idol of the main deity is placed is called:
1 Garbhagriha
2 Mandapa
3 Pradakshina path
4 Shikhara
Q Which of the following monument built by Muhammed Quli Qutub Shah is made up of Granite and lime-mortar?
1 Charminar
2 Jantar Mantar
3 Qutub Minar
4 Gol Gumbaz
Q Who among the following is the author of the book ‘You Can Win’?
1 Shiv Khera
2 Rohini Mundra
3 Dipa Karmakar
4 Sandeep Maheshwari
Q Karma is a harvest festival which is held on the 11th day of a Purnima of the Hindu month of ____
1 Bhado
2 Chaith
3 Phalgun
4 Kartik
Q Which of the following individuals was appointed as the Constitutional Adviser to the Constituent Assembly of India in 1946?
1 BN Rau
2 Mahatma Gandhi
3 BR Ambedkar
4 Jawarharlal Nehru
Q Which of the following are the fastest seismic waves ?
1 Tidal waves
2 Surface waves
3 Primary waves
4 Secondary waves
Q When was the Small Industries Development Bank of India [ SIDBI ]established ?
1 1990
2 1984
3 1995
4 1998
Q __ is also known as brown coal of the lowest rank of coal due to its relatively low heat content.
1 Peat
2 Bitumen
3 Lignite
4 Anthracite
Q Pandavani is a folk singing style popular in the state of :
1 Bihar
2 Chhattisgarh
3 Jharkhand
4 Uttar Pradesh
Q In the context of globalisation, what does PPP stand for?
1 Purchase Power Parity
2 Purchasing Par Parity
3 Purchasing Power Parity
4 Purchasing Par Parities
Q Edmund Hillary, one of the first persons to climb Mount Everest, is from which country?
1 Russia
2 Australia
3 New Zealand
4 Nepal
Q India has taken the concept of ‘Judicial Review’ from which country’s constitution ?
1 USA
2 Germany
3 Canada
4 USSR
Q Who was the pioneer of Chipko movement of 1973 ?
1 Sunderlal Bahugana
2 Kailash Satyarthi
3 Baba Amte
4 Arundhati Roy
Q In which budget was the policy of LERMS announced?
1 1991-92
2 1992-93
3 1995-96
4 1990-91
Q Which article was referred to as the ‘the heart and soul’ of the constitution by BR Ambedkar ?
1 Article 32
2 Article 15
3 Article 76
4 Article 226
Q After which Five Year Plan , ‘The Rolling Plan’ was implemented ?
1 Fifth
2 Third
3 Fourth
4 Seventh
Q Nitrous oxide is a colourless and odourless substance that is also known as __.
1 sleeping gas
2 balloon gas
3 laughing gas
4 tear gas
Q The highest civilian awards of the country, ‘The Padma Awards’ were instituted in which of the following years?
1 1954
2 1967
3 1952
4 1960
Q The title ‘Mirza Raja’ was accorded by Aurangzeb to two of his highest-ranking nobles:
1 Ratan Singh and Uday Singh II
2 Man Singh Tomar and Rana Kumbha
3 Jai Singh and Jaswant Singh
4 Govinda Chauhan and Rana Hammir
Q Who among the following Padma Bhushan awardee dancers [ Kathak ] was called to perform for the coronation festivities of Queen Elizabeth II?
1 Birju Maharaj
2 Kumari Kamala
3 Yamini Krishnamurthy
4 Alarmel Velli
Q In which state of India from the following is the old bamboo drip irrigation technology still used in the agriculture?
1 Maharashtra
2 Chhattisgarh
3 Meghalaya
4 Telangana
Q Who led the English Forces in the Battle of Buxar?
1 Hector Munro
2 Sir Hugh Wheeler
3 Henry Lawrence
4 John Nicholson
Q The Nagarhole National Park is located in __.
1 Arunachal Pradesh
2 Goa
3 Karnataka
4 Tamil Nadu
Q The Article 350 (B) of the Indian Constitution deals with the .
1 finance commission
2 election commission
3 special officer for linguistic minorities
4 UPSC
Q ‘Startup India‘ is a major initiative by the Government of India. In which year was it launched ?
1 2015
2 2016 [ 16th January ]
3 2017
4 2018
Q In which of the following years Cripps Mission offered Dominion Status to India?
1 1942
2 1934
3 1939
4 1945
Q The Asiatic Society of Bengal was founded by whom in 1784 ?
1 Robert Clive
2 Lord William Bentick
3 Sir William Jones
4 Warren Hastings
Q Which of the following is the longest river of Nepal ?
1 Arun
2 Tamor
3 Karnali
4 Trishuli
Q Who among the following has written the novel ‘In Custody’?
1 Mulk Raj Anand
2 Chetan Bhagat
3 Anita Desai
3 Kiran Desai
Q The famous Ambubachi Mela is held every year in which of the following cities of India ?
1 Jalandhar
2 Patna
3 Jaipur
4 Guwahati
Q In which of the following Articles of the Indian Constitution is the Finance Bill mentioned?
1 Article 112
2 Article 134
3 Article 110
4 Article 145
Q Who among the following was the Secretary of the Constituent Assembly?
1 Dr. Rajendra Prasad
2 HVR Iyengar
3 Hussain Imam
4 HC Mookherjee
Q Bara Imambara, a historical edifice with marvellous architecture, is situated in which of the following cities?
1 Panipat
2 Lucknow
3 Hyderabad
4 Mumbai
Q Which of the following organisations was founded by Vinayak Damodar Savarkar in 1904?
1 Free India Society
2 Jugantar
3 Indian Independence League
4 Abhinav Bharat Society
Q In which of the following countries is the headquarters of FIFA, the international federation governing association football, situated?
1 Spain
2 Switzerland
3 Australia
4 USA
Q Who among the following is the founder ruler of the Lodhi Dynasty?
1 Bahlul Khan Lodhi
2 Daulat Khan Lodhi
3 Ibrahim Khan Lodhi
4 Sikandar Khan Lodhi
Q Which of the following countries has the highest peak named Keokradong?
1 Bhutan
2 Sri Lanka
3 Myanmar
4 Bangladesh
Q The Accelerated Female Literacy Programme was initiated in districts where the
female literacy rate, based on the 2001 census, was _.
1 below 35%
2 below 50%
3 below 30%
4 below 45%
Q How many dynasties ruled Delhi during the Sultanate period (1206 AD – 1526 AD)?
1 6
2 4
3 5
2 3
Q Who is major driving force behind the ‘Narmada Bachao Andolan’ ?
1 Medha Patkar
2 Kailash Satyarthi
3 Laxmi Agarwal
4 Sunitha Krishnan
Q Sense and Sensibility , Pride and Prejudice , Mansfield Park and Emma are the famous books written by :
1 Jane Austen
2 Lewis Carrol
3 Mark Twain
4 Charles Dickens
Q Which amendment reduces voting rights from 21 to 18 years ?
1 61st Amendment , 1988
2 62nd Amendment , 1988
3 63rd Amendment , 1989
4 64th Amendment , 1990
Q Who propounded the philosophy of ‘One Caste , One Religion , One God for all men’?
1 Shree Narayana Guru
2 Savitribai Phule
3 Mahatma Gandhi
4 Raja Ram Mohan Roy
Q In which year did the Government of India launch the Antyodaya Anna Yojana?
1 1998
2 1995
3 2000
4 2005
Q Part XVII of the Constitution of India deals with the official language in Articles 343 to __.
1 352
2 349
3 356
4 351
Q India’s First Marine park is located in ___
1 Jamnagar
2 Gulf of Kutch
3 Gulf of Mannar
4 Port Blair
Q In which of the following Indian states is Ghum Monastery located?
1 Karnataka
2 Himachal Pradesh
3 West Bengal
4 Arunachal Pradesh
Q Chopad [ also known as Chaupar or Chausar ] was an ancient Indian ____
1 warfare tactic
2 board game
3 adventure sport
4 weapon