Q Phulaich is a colourful festival of the State of __.
1 Andhra Pradesh
2 Arunachal Pradesh
3 Himachal Pradesh
4 Madhya Pradesh
Q The autobiography ‘Long Walk to Freedom’ is written by:
1 Nelson Mandela
2 BR Ambedkar
3 Rabindranath Tagore
4 MK Gandhi
Q Nilambur Elephant Reserve is located in which state of India ?
1 Kerala
2 Tamil Nadu
3 Jharkhand
4 Chhattisgarh
Q With which of the following states is the folk dance named ‘Terah Taali’ traditionally associated?
1 Rajasthan
2 Maharashtra
3 Assam
4 Telangana
Q The Nokrek Biosphere Reserve is located in
1 Meghalaya
2 Tamil Nadu
3 Madhya Pradesh
4 Assam
Q Part VIII of the Constitution of India deals with ____
1 Union Territories
2 Panchayats
3 Municipalities
4 States
Q Polular folk song ‘Kajari‘ is popular in :
1 Madhya Pradesh
2 Uttar Pradesh
3 Jharkhand
4 Rajasthan
Q Who among the following is the principal deity of Sri Padmanabha Swamy Temple , Thiruvananthapuram , Kerala ?
1 Surya
2 Vishnu
3 Kartikeya
4 Shiva
Q In the year 1904, who formed a secret organisation of revolutionaries named Abhinav Bharat?
1 Lala Har Dayal
2 Subhash Chandra Bose
3 Ajit Singh
4 Vinayak Damodar Savarkar
Q Becquerel, which is equal to one disintegration per second (dps) is represented by which symbol?
1 Bq
2 Bl
3 Br
4 Bc
Q What was the percentage of India’s population that belonged to the Muslim religion in 2011 ?
1 14.2 %
2 11.9 %
3 16.4 %
4 18.5 %
Q Who was popularly known as the ‘father of civil services in India’ ?
1 Lord Cornwallis
2 William Bentinck
3 Lord Dalhousie
4 John Shore
Q Indian Academy of Sciences , founded in 1934 by CV Raman , is situated in ___
1 Bangalore
2 Hyderabad
3 New Delhi
4 Mumbai
Q Which tributary of Indus river originates near the Rohtang Pass at an altitude of 4, 000 metres above mean sea level ?
1 Beas
2 Musi
3 Chenab
4 Indravati
Q Gaur Maria is an important ritualistic dance from which state ?
1 Chhattisgarh
2 Karnataka
3 Jharkhand
4 Rajasthan
Q Which article of the Constitution of India is related to the appointment of Governor ?
1 Article 149
2 Article 155
3 Article 161
4 Article 148
Q For how many days did Mahatma Gandhi’s volunteers of the Salt satyagraha walked ?
1 24
2 20
3 18
4 16
Q Ashvaghosha, the author of Buddhacharita, was the philosopher in the court of which Kushana kings?
1 Kanishka I
2 Vasudeva I
3 Huvishka
4 Vima Kadphises
Q Defence Research Development Organisation [ DRDO ] , which is under the Ministry of Defence , Government of India , was formed in the year ___
1 1948
2 1958
3 1975
4 1981
Q Thiruvathira festival is mainly celebrated in which of these states?
1 Odisha
2 Assam
3 Punjab
4 Kerala
Q Who among the following social reformers established Satyashodhak Samaj?
1 Jyotiba Phule
2 Narayana Guru
3 Ramaswami Naicker-Periyar
4 Dr. Babasaheb Ambedka
Q Nishagandhi Nritya Utsav is celebrated in which state of India?
Ans 1. Kerala
2. Tamil Nadu
3. Telangana
4. Karnataka
Q Which of the following festivals celebrates the harvest season in August – September?
1 Onam
2 Makar Sankranti
3 Sarhul
4 Baisakhi
Q Gol Gumbaz was designed by ______
1 Yaqut of Dabul
2 George Wittet
3 William Emerson
4 FW Stevens
Q Which of the following is folk song from Arunachal Pradesh?
1 Villu Pattu
2 Hekaileu
3 Sohar
4 Nyioga
Q In which year were the ‘Kalbelia’ folk songs and dances of Rajasthan included in UNESCO’s representative list of Intangible Cultural Heritage [ ICH ] ?
1 2010
2 2016
3 2008
4 2012
Q What are the main classes of Algae ?
1 3
2 4
3 5
4 2
| There are 3 classes of algae | Chlorophyceae [ Green ] , Rhodophyceae [ Red ] and Phaeophyceae [ Brown ] |
Q How many Rajya Seat is in Maharashtra ?
1 19
2 10
3 5
4 11
Q Who discovered Circulatory System ?
1 William Harvey
2 Joseph Priestly
3 Carland Steiner
4 Humphrey Davy
Q Who invented Space Pen ?
1 Paul C Fisher
2 G Marconi
3 JL Baird
4 Alexander Fleming
Q Pandit Ayodhya Prasad is associated with _ .
1 pakhawaj
2 veena
3 flute
4 guitar
Q The ‘Glide Technique’ is used in which track and field event ?
1 Pole Vault
2 4 * 1OO m Relay
3 Shot Put
4 Long Jump
Q The division of cyoplasm is known as :
1 cytokinesis
2 cytosol
3 cytoskeleton
4 cytokinesis
Q Who is the author of the book ‘Wealth of Nations‘ ?
1 Karl Marx
2 Adam Smith
3 Leo Tolstoy
4 John Stuart Mill
Q Of which of the following states is Jallikattu , a famous bull taming festival ?
1 Tamil Nadu
2 Kerala
3 Andhra Pradesh
4 Karnataka
Q Which musical instrument Dr APJ Abdul Kalam , former President of India , used to play ?
1 Piano
2 Veena
3 Sarod
4 Guitar
Q Who was the first American male athletes to win the Marathon gold medal in the Olympic Games ?
1 Abebe Bikila
2 Thomas Hicks
3 Frank Shorter
4 Jon Hayes
Q Jagoi and Thabal Chongba are the famous dances of which Indian state ?
1 Odisha
2 Manipur
3 Uttar Pradesh
4 Nagaland
Q Who was the author of the famous book ‘The Economic History of India’ ?
1 Dadabhai Naoroji
2 PC Dutta
3 RG Bhandarkar
4 RC Dutt
Q The ability of a medium to refract light is also expressed in terms of its :
1 optical volume
2 optical mass
3 optical density
4 optical illusion
Q Which physician came to India and served in the Bengal Medical Service from 1794 to 1815 and also undertook pioneering survey explorations in several diverse regions of India ?
1 Sir William Jones
2 Warren Hastings
3 Francis Buchanan
4 William Bentinck
Q Who among the following raised the banner of revolt against Nasiruddin Khusrau ?
1 Nasiruddin Tughlaq
2 Feroz Shah Tughlaq
3 Ghiyasuddin Tughlaq
4 Muhamad Bin Tughlaq
Q In which generation were computers bulky , vacuum based and costly ?
1 Third generation
2 Fourth generation
3 First generation
4 Second generation
Q When was the Border Roads Organisation [ BRO ] established in India ?
1 September 1960
2 May 1960
3 December 1960
4 August 1960
Q Rajyavardhan Singh Rathore won a silver medal in 2004 Olympics for _.
1 boxing
2 wrestling
3 shooting
4 tennis
Q The National Sports Festival for Women was started in __.
1 1974
2 1975
3 1976
4 1970
Q ‘Maach’ is a form of folk theatre of which state ?
1 Madhya Pradesh
2 Manipur
3 Mizoram
4 Jammu and Kashmir
Q Which fibre crop is used for making coarse cloth , bags , sacks and decorative items ?
1 Hemp
2 Cotton
3 Jute
4 Hoopvine
Q Who among the following was the first Indian woman to swim across the English Channel?
1 Aarti Saha
2 Ujwala Rai
3 Nisha Millet
4 Karnam Malleswari
Q Name the Freedom fighter who formed a clan of non-violent revolutionaries called Khudai Khidmatgars in 1929.
1 KM Ashraf
2 Khan Abdul Ghaffar Khan
3 Abbas Tayabji
4 Mohammed Yasin Khan
Q ‘The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn’ was written by which of the following authors?
1 Mark Twain
2 Robert Louis Stevenson
3 Jane Austen
4 Jerome K Jerome
Q Who was the captain of the Indian National team that represented India at the Olympic Games 1960 ?
1 Talimeren Ao
2 Sailen Manna
3 Samar Banerjee
4 PK Banerjee
| Captain of Indian National team Football team at the 1948 London Olympics ] | Talimeran Ao |
| Captain of Indian National team Football team at the 1952 Helsinki Olympics ] | Sailen Manna |
| Captain of Indian National team Football team at the 1956 Melbourne Olympics ] | Samar Banerjee |
| Captain of Indian National team Football team at the 1960 Rome Olympics ] | PK Banerjee |