Q After recovering from infection illness , often small pox , Brita dance is typically performed to thank the local deity . It is one of the most well-known dances of ____
1 Jharkhand
2 Bihar
3 West Bengal
4 Uttar Pradesh
Q Right to Property was removed from the list of Fundamental Rights during the rule of :
1 Indira Gandhi Government
2 Morarji Desai Government
3 Narasimha Rao Government
4 Vajpayee Government
Q Raja Ravi Verma was a famous painter from the princely state of :
1 Mysore
2 Cochin
3 Malabar
4 Travancore
Q A dense mass of water drops on smoke or dust particles in the lower atmosphere layers is referred to as:
1 smog
2 frost
3 blizzard
4 mist
Q Which freedom fighter is known as the mother of the Indian revolution ?
1 Annie Besant
2 Sarojini Naidu
3 Aruna Asaf Ali
4 Madam Bhikaji Cama
Q The Udaygiri caves are located at __ in Odisha state.
1 Cuttack
2 Angul
3 Bhubaneswar
4 Puri
Q Which Indian musican was awarded the Grammy Award for his album ‘Planet Drum’ ?
1 Zakir Hussain
2 Sivamani
3 Darshan Doshi
4 Trilok Gurtu
Q What is the geographic location of the world’s largest coral reef, known as the GreatBarrier Reef?
1 Switzerland
2 Australia
3 China
4 Ireland
Q Gogaji fair belongs to __.
1 Bihar
2 Andhra Pradesh
3 Rajasthan
4 Jharkhand
Q Captain Roop Singh Stadium is located in which of the following city?
Ans 1. Jabalpur
2. Indore
3. Gwalior
4. Jaipur
Q Which was India’s first full length ‘talkie’ film ?
1 Alam Ara
2 Kisan Kanya
3 Raja Harishchandra
4 My Dear Kuttichathan
Q Which of the following was the first language conferred with the status of Classical Language in India ?
1 Kannada
2 Odia
3 Tamil
4 Sanskrit
Q Who among the following founded the Forward Bloc in 1939 ?
1 Mahatma Gandhi
2 Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel
3 Subhas Chandra Bose
4 Jawaharlal Nehru
Q In which year was the RBI nationalised ?
1 1971
2 1949
3 1935
4 1965
Q Who refers to Indian villages as ‘Little Republics’ ?
1 Lord Rippon
2 Charles Metcalfe
3 Lord Macaulay
4 Lord Lytton
Q Who among the following is known as ‘Frontier Gandhi’ ?
1 Chander Shekhar
2 Khan Abdul Gaffar Khan
3 Jawaharlal Nehru
4 Bhagat Singh
Q The ‘Sujini’ embroidery work belongs to the state of ;
1 Bihar
2 Uttar Pradesh
3 Manipur
4 Odisha
Q Who among the following bestowed upon Milkha Singh and the title of the ‘Flying Sikh’ ?
1 Jawaharlal Nehru
2 Lal Bahadur Shastri
3 General Ayub Khan
4 General Yahya Khan
Q How many fundamental duties are provided by Part IV A of the Constitution of India ?
1 19
2 11
3 14
4 8
Q In which state is Gol Gumbaz , the tomb of Adil Shah , situated ?
1 Karnataka
2 Tamil Nadu
3 Kerala
4 Telangana
Q Which of the following dynasties patronised the construction of the Kailashnath temple at Ellora?
1 Chaulukya
2 Rashtrakuta [ Krishna I ]
3 Solanki
4 Gupta
Q Who became the Deputy Chairman of Rajya Sabha after SV Krishnamurthy Rao ?
1 Violet Alva
2 Shyamlal Yadav
3 Godey Murahari
4 Ram Niwas Mirdha
Q The autobiography ‘My Experiments with Truth’ was originally written in which language?
Ans 1. Marathi
2. Bengali
3. English
4. Gujarati
Q Aurangzeb ruled the Mughal empire from :
1 1655 AD to 1709 AD
2 1658 AD to 1707 AD
3 1657 AD to 1709 AD
4 1656 AD to 1708 AD
Babur [ 1526 – 1530 ] , Humayun [ 1530 – 1540 , 1555 – 1556 ] , Akbar [ 1556 to 1605 ] , Jahangir [ 1605 – 1627 ] , Shah Jahan [ 1628 – 1658 ] , Aurangzeb [ 1658 – 1707 ]
Q Where will the FIFA World Cup 2026 be held ?
1 US , Canada , Mexico
2 China , Japan , South Korea
3 UAE , Qatar , Saudi Arabia
4 Russia , Belarus , Finland
Q Narasimhavarman I, who was also known as ‘Mamalla’, was a ruler of the __ dynasty.
1 Chola
2 Pallava
3 Satavahana
4 Chalukya
Q Subhas Chandra Bose was elected President _____ Congress Session in 1938 .
1 Haripura
2 Calcutta
3 Delhi
4 Lucknow
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Q Which of the following instruments is played by P Mani Iyer?
Ans 1. Mridangam
2. Mandolin
3. Violin
4. Sarangi
Q Ustad Amjad Ali Khan, a renowned musician from India is known for playing which of the following instruments?
Ans 1. Jaltarang
2. Sarod
3. Veena
4 Sarangi
Q Which of the following Carnatic instruments is performed by Rajna Swaminathan?
Ans 1. Mridangam
2. Flute
3. Veena
4. Violin
Q The ancient scholar Panini is known for his contribution in the field of __.
1 statecraft
2 astronomy
3 Vedanta
4 Sanskrit grammar
Q India hosted the Asian Games in which of the following years?
1 1954 and 1982
2 1951 and 1986
3 1951 and 1982
4 1954 and 1986
Q Which of the following parts of the Constitution of India primarily deals with the relations between the union and the states?
Ans 1. Part V
2. Part XI
3. Part VII
4. Part IX
Q In which of the following states is the Dashavatara temple of Deogarh located?
1 Rajasthan
2 Madhya Pradesh
3 Uttar Pradesh
4 Maharashtra
Q Who among the following is known as Sarangi instrumentalist?
Ans 1. T.M Krishna
2. T Brinda
3. T.N Krishnan
4. Ustad Bundu Khan
Q In Newlands’ Octaves, the properties of lithium and __ were found to be the
same.
1 sodium
2 beryllium
3 aluminium
4 magnesium
Q Which famous ruler was known as the ”Second Ashoka” ?
1 Kanishka
2 Milinda
3 Rudradaman I
4 Chandragupta II
Q Davis Cup is associated with which of the following sports?
Ans 1. Hockey
2. Football
3. Tennis
4. Badminton
Q Which of the following novels is written by Mulk Raj Anand that shows the cruelty of the caste system based on pre-independence era of India?
Ans 1. One Arranged Murder
2. Untouchable
3. Two Lives
4. The God of Small Things
Q India’s terristorial waters extend into the sea to a distance of _____ from the coast baseline .
1 12 nautical miles
2 24 nautical miles
3 18 nautical miles
4 30 nautical miles
Q The Battle of Khanwa was fought between _____ and Rana Sanga
1 Aurangzeb
2 Shah Jahan
3 Babur
4 Jahangir
The Battle of Khanwa was fought between Babur and Rana Sanga . The battle was fought on March 1527 . Babur held the title of Ghazi after the Battle of Khanwa [ 17th March 1527 ]
Q The __ is the headquarters of Ramakrishna Mission.
1 Ramakrishna Ashrama, Rajkot
2 Baranagar Math, Baranagore
3 Belur Math, West Bengal
4 Ramakrishna Kutir, Almora
Q Who is called the ‘father of supercomputing’ ?
1 Seymour Cray
2 Alan Turing
3 Vint Cerf
4 Charles Babbage
Q In 1991 , India’s first indigenous supercomputer named ____ was developed by Vijay Bhatkar.
1 Param 8000
2 Prayag 2000
3 Prayas 3000
4 Pragati 5000
Q Name the sea separates Asia and Africa with countries such as Egypt and Sudan on the African side and Saudi Arabia on the Asian side ?
1 Red Sea
2 Black Sea
3 Caspian Sea
4 Mediterranean Sea
Q When is National Science Day observed in India every year ?
1 28 February
2 11 May
3 9 January
4 22 March
Q Which Indian state has the highest number of districts ?
1 Uttar Pradesh [ 75 ]
2 Rajasthan
3 Madhya Pradesh
4 Maharashtra
Q The term ‘Kammakaras’ in ancient times is related to ___
1 Tax collecting officer
2 Landless agricultural labourers
3 Goldsmith
4 Craftsmen
Q The disease-causing microbes are called ___
1 pathogens
2 toxins
3 decomposers
4 antibodies
Q In 1927 , BR Ambedkar started which movement with Dalits ?
1 Independence Movement
2 Equal Pay movement
3 Self-respect movement
4 Temple entry movement
Q Which of the following Acts passed under Warren Hastings was also called ‘half-loaf system’?
1 Pitt’s India Act 1784
2 Government of India Act 1858
3 Regulating Act 1773
4 Charter Act 1813
Q The Virupaksha Temple is situated at ___
1 Sanchi
2 Hampi
3 Surat
4 Jaipur
Q The substances which reduce friction are called ___
1 lubricants
2 magnets
3 springs
4 fluids
Q Which river flows between the Vindhyas and Satpura ranges ?
1 Mahanadi
2 Narmada
3 Son
4 Godavari
Q Which among the following plant kingdoms are divided into dicotyledons and monocotyledons ?
1 Angiosperms
2 Gymnosperms
3 Bryophytes
4 Pteridophytes
Q Under the Delhi Sultanate , a religious tax ____ was imposed on the wealthy and rich Muslims in India .
1 Mamluk
2 Zakat
3 Kismat
4 Firuz
Q Which of the following novels is written by Kiran Desai?
1. The Inheritance of Loss
2 The Ministry of Utmost Happiness
3 Midnight’s Children
4 The White Tiger
Q Who among the following was the youngest recipient of the Sangeetha Kalanidhi awarded by the Music Academy in 1947?
1 Bhimsen Joshi
2 Ariyakudi Ramanuja Iyengar
3 Mallikarjun Bheemarayappa Mansur
4 Semmangudi Radhakrishna Srinivasa Iyer