Q Which Goddess is associated with the Gangaur Festival celebrated in Central and Western India?
1 Goddess Saraswati
2 Goddess Lakshmi
3 Goddess Parvati
4 Goddess Kali
Q Which of the following was the first Indian Institute of Technology [ IIT ] established ?
1 IIT Kharagpur
2 IIT Bombay
3 IIT Madras
4 IIT Kanpur
Q In West Bengal , localised thunderstorms are known as ____
1 Loo
2 Chinook
3 Mango showers
4 Kaal Baisakhi
Q What was the name of the wind measuring instrument invented for the first time in 1450 ?
1 Dropsonde
2 Anemometer
3 Ceiling Projector
4 Transmissometer
Q The Wardha is a tributary of which of the following rivers?
1 Mahanadi river
2 Narmada river
3 Godavari river
4 Tapi river
Q Pandit Omkar Nath Thakur was a student of __.
1 Pandit Vishnu Narayan Bhatkhande
2 Pandit Vishnu Digambar Paluskar
3 Pandit Gopal Shankar Mishra
4 Ustad Abdul Karim Khan
Q Vijender Singh has represented India in Olympics for how many times?
1
2 3
3 5
4 2
| Vijendra Singh has represented India at the Olympics three times | 2004 Athen Olympics , 2008 Beijing Olympics and 2012 London Olympics |
Q Who among the following classical dancers is NOT related to Odissi?
1 Mayadhar Raut
2 Kiran Segal
3 Geetanjali Lal [ Kathak ]
4 Kumkum Mohanty
Q National Environmental Engineering Research Institute [ NEERI ] is located at ___
1 Nagpur
2 Nainital
3 Shimla
4 Dehradun
Q The system of scientific naming or nomenculture of organism which we use today was introducted by which of the following scientists ?
1 Marie Curie
2 Charles Darwi
3 Carolus Linnaeus
4 Alexander von Humbolt
Q Which of the following is a membrane found sac filled with digestive enzymes ?
1 Vacuoles
2 Lysosomes
3 Mitochondria
4 Golgi apparatus
Q Which of the following is traditional folk theatre form of Maharashtra?
1 Jatra
2 Tamaasha
3 Krishnattam
4 Yakshagaana
Q In 1924, Mahatma Gandhi got elected as the President of the Indian National Congress in ______.
Ans 1. Nagpur
2. Kolhapur
3. Belgaum
4. Mysore
Q Kargil Vijay Diwas is celebrated on __ every year.
1 24th August
2 7th May
3 26th July
4 6th December
Q The confluence of two holy rivers Alaknanda and Bhagirathi to form Ganga is known as __.
1 Devkoomud
2 Devdristi
3 Devmukhut
4 Devprayag
Q The oath of office to the Vice-President is administered by the __.
1 Prime Minister
2 CAG
3 President
4 Chief Justice of India
Q What is the other name of tetanus caused by toxin producing bacteria called
clostridium tetani?
1 Broken jaw
2 Snap jaw
3 Lock jaw
4 Cleft jaw
Q During the freedom movement, when did the Indian National Congress make the demand for a Constituent Assembly to frame a separate Constitution for India?
1 1934
2 1933
3 1931
4 1932
Q The Fourth Schedule of the Constitution of India is related to which of the following?
1 Allocation of seats in the State Legislative Assembly
2 Allocation of seats in the House of People
3 Allocation of seats in the Council of States
4 Allocation of seats in the State Legislative Council
Q As per India Census 2011, which of the following languages after Hindi is spoken by the maximum number of people in India?
Ans 1. Tamil
2. Urdu
3. Bengali
4. Marathi
| As per Census 2011 | Hindi : 43.63 % speakers [ 52.8 crore ] , Bengali [ 8.03 % speakers ] , Marathi [ 6.86 % speakers ] , Telugu [ 6.7 % speakers ] and Tamil [ 5.7 % speakers ] |
Q During the colonial rule in India, which hill station became the official residence of the commander-in-chief of the Indian Army?
1 Darjeeling
2 Mount Abu
3 Shimla
4 Mussoorie
Q Due to the need for irrigation facilities and pesticides/fertilisers, the first phase of the Green Revolution benefitted few affluent states such as ___.
1 Punjab, Andhra Pradesh and Bihar
2 Punjab, Andhra Pradesh and Tamil Nadu
3 Punjab, Andhra Pradesh and Uttar Pradesh
4 Punjab, Arunachal Pradesh and Uttar Pradesh
Q Who among the following Bahmani sultan was noted for cruelty and hence got the title as ‘Zalim’?
1 Alauddin Humayun
2 Firuz Shah
3 Mujahid Shah
4 Ahmad Shah
Q Which city is known as ‘Mushroom City of India’ ?
1 Solan
2 Madurai
3 Coorg
4 Jodhpur
Q The feature of joint sitting of two houses of the Parliament in the Constitution of India has been adopted from the Constitution of __.
1 Australia
2 The US
3 Germany
4 USSR
Q The Advocate General of each state of India is appointed by:
1 the Chief Minister of the State
2 the Prime Minister of India
3 the Governor of the State
4 the President of India
Q Which of the following Indus valley civilisation towns was almost exclusively devoted to craft production, including bead-making, shell-cutting, metal-working, seal-making and weight-making?
1 Ganweriwala
2 Balakot
3 Amri
4 Chanhudaro
Q Who among the following was one of the finest calligraphers at Akbar’s court , who was honoured with the title ‘Zarrin Qalam‘ [ golden pen ] ?
1 Abul Fazal
2 Daswant
3 Muhammad Husayn
4 Basawan
Q The Bibi Ka Maqbara, the burial place of Aurangzeb’s wife, Rabia-ud-Durrani near Aurangabad city is an imitation of which of the following monuments?
Ans 1. Jama Masjid at Delhi
2. Taj Mahal at Agra
3. Humayun’s Tomb at New Delhi
4. Safdarjung’s Tomb at New Delhi
Q The thickness of the ozone in a column of air from the ground to the top of the atmosphere is measured in terms of __.
1 Micrometer
2 Carat
3 Dobson Units (DU)
4 Karat
Q The tribal dance Daang is associated with which Indian state?
1 Gujarat
2 Odisha
3 Madhya Pradesh
4 Karnataka
Q The official name (in English) of Bangladesh is :
1 Bangladesh Democratic Republic
2 Federal Bangladesh Republic
3 Union of Bangladesh
4 People’s Republic of Bangladesh
Q The unit of electrical resistance in the metre-kilogram-second system is called a/an __.
1. watt
2 ampere
3 ohm
4 volt
Q In which year did Mahatma Gandhi make his first major public appearance in India?
1 1915
2 1918
3 1917
4 1916
Q In which of the following states is Neora Valley National Park situated?
1. Maharashtra
2 Kerala
3 Himachal Pradesh
4 West Bengal
Q Which two organic chemists are known for observing the peroxide effect in adding reagents to unsaturated compounds in 1933?
1 Justus von Liebig and Friedrich Wöhler
2 Morris S Kharasch and Frank R Mayo
3 B Steven Bachrach and Roald Hoffmann
4 C John Cadogan and Luis M Campos
Q During which of the following rules did Buddhism get split into two schools – Hinayana and Mahayana in the fourth Buddhist council?
1 Gupta
2 Parthian
3 Kushana
4 Shaka
Q Who among the following is the author of the novel ‘The Insider’?
Ans 1. Fakhruddin Ali Ahmed
2. Zakir Hussain
3. PV Narasimha Rao
4. Inder Kumar Gujral
Q With which of the following states is the folk dance named ‘Terah Taali’ traditionally associated?
Ans 1. Rajasthan
2. Maharashtra
3. Assam
4. Telangana
Q In 1943, some of the younger leaders in which district of Maharashtra set up a parallel government (Prati Sarkar), with volunteer corps (Seba dals) and village units (Tufan dals )?
1 Satara
2 Kolhapur
3 Solapur
4 Sangali
Q On which river Kapildhara waterfall situated ?
1 Tapti
2 Narmada
3 Son
4 Shipra
Q Who was the President of Indian National Congress at the time of Independence of India ?
1 JB Kripalani
2 Maulana Abul Kalam Azad
3 Badruddin Tyabji
4 WC Banerjee
Q The Kamakhya Temple is located in ______.
Ans 1. Guwahati
2. Kohima
3. Imphal
4. Agartala
Q The wetland of Ashtamudi is located in:
Ans 1. Karnataka
2 Assam
3 Kerala
4 Tamil Nadu
Q Which of the following is the longest and biggest river in Nagaland ?
1 Doyang
2 Cooum
3 Muhuri
4 Dhansiri
Q In which of the following caves is the painting named ‘Padmapani Bodhisattva’ found?
1 Ajanta Cave No. 1
2 Ajanta Cave No. 4
3 Ajanta Cave No. 2
4 Ajanta Cave No. 3
Q ‘Slash and burn’ agriculture is known as ____ in Brazil
1 roca
2 milpa
3 conuco
4 masole
Q Who among the following is considered as the ‘Father of Carnatic Music in India’?
1 Gopala
2 Purandardas
3 Narayan Tirtha
4 Krishna Bharati
Q ‘Young Girls’ is the famous work of which painter ?
1 Amrita Shergil
2 MF Hussain
3 Jamini Roy
4 FN Souza
Q Tarun Bhattacharya, who was awarded the Sangeet Natak Akademi Award in 2018, is known for playing which musical instrument?
1 Sitar
2 Santoor
3 Violin
4 Tabla
Q Mohiniyattam dance emotes a play through dancing and singing where the song is customarily in which of the following languages?
1 Sanskrit
2 Tamil
3 Manipravala
4 Malayalam
‘Natya Shastra’, a Sanskrit Hindu text that deals with performing arts, elucidates several gestures of Indian classical dances and according to it Mohiniyattam is Lasya
Q ‘Bankruptcy and insolvency’ is listed in the ___ list given in the Seventh Schedule in the Constitution of India ?
1 Concurrent List or List III
2 State List or List II
3 Union List or List I
4 None of the Above
Q ‘Public health and sanitation ; hospitals and dispensaries’ is listed in the ___ list given in the Seventh Schedule in the Constitution of India ?
1 State List or List II
2 Concurrent List or List III
3 Union List or List I
4 None of the Above
Q Who was India’s defence minister during the 1971 war between India and Pakistan ?
1 Jagjivan Ram
2 Baldev Singh
3 George Fernandes
4 VK Krishna
Q In which of the following Indian states does the southwest monsoon set first to give rainfall?
1 Goa
2 Andhra Pradesh
3 Kerala
4 Tamil Nadu
Q In which year did the 44th Amendment remove the right to property from the list of fundamental rights?
1 1975
2 1978
3 1981
4 1973
Q In which year was the Small Industries Development Bank of India (SIDBI) set up?
1 1990
2 1988
3 1989
4 1987
Q The book ‘Gulamgiri’ was written by ________
1 Jyotirao Phule
2 Swami Dayananda Saraswati
3 Raja Ram Mohan Roy
4 Mahatma Gandhi
Q What is the height of Statue of Unity ?
1 182m
2 260 m
3 75 m
4 150 m
Q Virupaksha Temple is located in __.
1. Hampi
2 Chidambaram
3 Mamallapuram
4 Kanyakumari
Q Who discovered Insulin ?
1 Frederick Banting
2 Alexander Fleming
3 Robert Hooke
4 Robert Koch
Q The original name of Mahabharta is :
1 Shiva Samhita
2 Jaya Samhita
3 Bhrigu Samhita
4 Sushruta Samhita
Q Scissor Cup is associated with which sports ?
1 Football
2 Hockey
3 Cricket
4 Golf
Q Ottamthullal is a traditional dance form that is popular in the state of ______
1 Kerala
2 Rajasthan
3 Madhya Pradesh
4 Odisha
Q Babur introduced a technique of warfare called ‘__ ‘ which divides the army into different divisions to flank the enemy from all sides.
1 Khums
2 Charah
3 Tulughma
4 Araba
Q Ugadi Pachadi is a famous dish that is associated with the Ugadi festival of south India. How many different types of ingredients does it contain?
1 Five
2 Seven
3 Six
4 Four
 | Tamarind , Jaggery , Unripe mango , Neem Flowers , Black Peppar and Salt |
Q Malavikagnimitra, a drama of the 5th century CE, was written by _.
1 Pingala
2 Kalidasa
3 Harisena
4 Bhavabhuti
Q The Rajpath was decided to be a permanent venue for the Republic Day parade from which of the following year onwards?
1 1959
2 1951
3 1955
4 1958
On 26 January 1950, the first ever Republic Day parade was performed at Irwin Amphitheatre
Q As per the Timurid tradition, Humayun had to share power with his brothers. Humayun had the control of Delhi, Agra and Central India, while his brother Kamran controlled which of the following regions?
1 Deccan
2 Afghanistan and Punjab
3 Gujarat and Rajasthan
4 Bengal and Bihar
As per the Timurid tradition Humayun had to share power with his brothers. The newly established Mughal empire had two centres of power – Humayun was in control of Delhi, Agra and Central India, while his brother Kamran had Afghanistan and Punjab under him.
Q Who among the following became the youngest speaker of Lok Sabha?
Ans 1. Meira Kumar
2. Ganti Mohana Chandra Balayogi
3. Sumitra Mahajan
4. PA Sangma
| First Speaker of Lok Sabha | Ganesh Vasudev Mavalankar |
| First woman speaker of Lok Sabha | Meira Kumar |
| Youngest speaker of Lok Sabha | Ganti Mohana Chandra Balayogi |
| First Tribal speaker of Lok Sabha | PA Sangma |
| First Deputy Speaker of Lok Sabha | MA Ayyangar |