Q The folk dance of Chavitttukali is associated with which of the following Indian states ?
1 Andhra Pradesh
2 Kerala
3 Gujarat
4 Uttar Pradesh
Q The first ICC Women’s Cricket World Cup was held in the year_______.
1 1975
2 1978
3 1988
4 1973
Q Which Five-Year Plan primarily focused on the ‘Garibi Hatao‘ initiative?
1 Fourth Five-Year Plan
2 Sixth Five-Year Plan
3 Fifth Five-Year Plan
4 Third Five-Year Plan
Q Name the first country of the Soviet Republic [ USSR ] to declare its independence.
1 Georgia
2 Moldova
3 Lithuania
4 Ukraine
Q As per the 2011 Census, what percentage of the total population in India lives in rural areas?
1 58.8%
2 66.8%
3 67.8%
4 68.8%
Q Mahabalipuram emerged as an important centre of temple architecture under which of the following kingdoms of south India?
1 Pallava
2 Chera
3 Chola
4 Chalukya
Q Silappathikaram (the Jewelled Anklet), the earliest epic poem in Tamil was written in the 5th – 6th Century CE by _.
1 Tolkappiyar
2 Tirumalisai Alwar
3 Ilango Adigal
4 Sittalai Sattanar
Q Upon the fragmentation of Bahmani Kingdom, the sultanate of Bijapur was founded by _.
1 Ali Adil Shah I
2 Ismail Adil Shah
3 Mallu Adil Shah
4 Yusuf Adil Shah
Q Indian Standard Time [ IST ] is ahead of Greenwich Mean Time [ GMT ] by ___
1 3 hr , 30 min
2 6 hr , 15 min
3 5 hr , 30 min
4 5 hr , 10 min
Q Who received the prestigious Sanjay Gandhi Prize in Environment and Ecology in 1984 for demonstrating ecological differentiation and ecosystem hypothesis in the light of tropical vegetation of India?
Ans 1. Dilip K Biswas
2. Ramdeo Misra
3. Kamaljit S Bawa
4. Ajit Kumar Banerjee
Q Who among the following holds the record for scoring most goals in FIFA World Cup history ?
1 Pele
2 Cristiano Ronaldo
3 Miroslav Klose [ 16 ]
4 Lionel Messi
Q Which of the following schedules of the Constitution of India has been INCORRECTLY matched with its content?
1. First Schedule – The states and the union territories
2 Second Schedule – Languages
3 Fourth Schedule – Allocation of seats in the council of states
4 Third Schedule – Forms of oath or affirmations
| Schedules of Indian Constitution | First Schedule [ The states and the union territories ] , Second Schedule [ Salary and Allowances ] , Third Schedule [ Forms of oath or affirmations ] , Fourth Schedule [ Allocation of seats in the council of states ] |
Q Who was the first chairman of Finance Commission of India?
1 Ashok Kumar Chanda
2 KC Neogy
3 K Santhanam
4 PV Rajamannar
Q Whose autobiography is the book ‘By God’s Decree’ ?
1 Kapil Dev
2 Raj Kapoor
3 Alyque Padamsee
4 Mohinder Amarnath
Q Khush Mahal within the walls of Warrangal Fort, was built in which of the following dynasties?
1. Lodi
2 Chola
3 Tughlaq
4 Khilji
Q World Elephant Day is celebrated every year on :
1 12 August
2 29 July
3 22 September
4 10 August
Q Which of the following is a folk dance performed by the ‘tea tribes’ of Assam?
1 Kunbi
2 Dhimsa
3 Jhumur
4 Loor
Q What is the SI unit of power of a lens called ?
1 Myopic
2 Dipotre
3 Presbyopic
4 Hypermetropic
Q Who among the following built the Charminar of Hyderabad?
Ans 1. Mohammed Quli Qutub Shah
2. Humayun
3. Muhammad Adil Shah
4. Akbar
Q The age of the subscriber under Atal Pension Yojana (APY) should be
between_______.
1 18-40 years
2 40-60 years
3 15-30 years
4 25-50 years
Q Which of the following was the first BCCI president?
Ans 1. RE Grant Govan
2. Anthony D’Mello
3. Roger Binny
4. JC Mukherjee
Q In which year did King George-III establish the Supreme Court in Madras ?
1 1767
2 1774
3 1800 [ 26 December ]
4 1794
Q The light of the sun takes about __ minutes to reach the earth.
1 10
2 7
3 9
4 8
Q Raut Nacha, Panthi and Soowa are famous dance styles of which of the following states?
1 Jharkhand
2 Rajasthan
3 Chhattisgarh
4 Gujarat
Q How many districts are there in the Union Territory of Ladakh ?
1 2 [ Leh and Kargil ]
2 4
3 6
4 8
Q Minimum Support Price [ MSP ] of the agricultural crops in India is fixed by the government on the recommendations of the____
1 Commission for Agriculture Costs and Prices [ CACP ]
2 Food Corporation of India [ FCI ]
3 NABARD
4 FICCI
Q The words ‘Satyameva Jayate’ on the state emblem has been taken from which Upansihad ?
1 Mundaka Upansihad
2 Kena Upansihad
3 Katha Upansihad
4 Ishavasyopanishad
Q Which company manufactured the first microprocessor 4004 ?
1 INTEL Corporation
2 PLX Devices
3 NVIDIA Corporation
4 ENOcean Private Company
Q India signed Panchsheel Treaty with which country ?
1 China
2 Bhutan
3 Nepal
4 Pakistan
| Panchsheel Treaty | It was signed between then Prime Minister Jawaharlal Nehru and China’s first premier Zhou En Lai on 29th April 1954 |
Q Which of the following states rank first and second, respectively, in population, according to the Census 2011?
1 Maharashtra, Uttar Pradesh
2 Uttar Pradesh, West Bengal
3 Uttar Pradesh, Maharashtra
4 Uttar Pradesh, Bihar
Q Which Article of the Constitution of India empowers High Courts to issue writs?
1 Article 32
2 Article 226
3 Article 354
4 Article 359
Q Who was founder of Pala Dynasty ?
1 Gopala
2 Dharampala
3 Mahipala
4 Rampala
Q The Kumaon Himalayas lie between which two river ?
1 Satluj and Kali
2 Tista-Dihang
3 Kali-Tista
4 Indus -Satluj
Q In which year was UNICEF founded ?
1 1946
2 1948
3 1952
4 1945
Q Who is the author of the book ‘Defending India’ ?
1 Manmohan Singh
2 Jaswant Singh
3 Khushwant Singh
4 Pranab mukherjee
Q ‘Mekhela Chador’ is a traditional dress from the state of :
1 Assam
2 Kerala
3 Karnataka
4 Jharkhand
Q Flagella are the hair like structures which act as organelles of locomotion in which organism ?
1 Bacteria
2 Amoeba
3 Paramecium
4 Virus
Q ‘Nibble’ in computer technology is also called ?
1 Half byte
2 Half bit
3 Bit
4 Byte
Q Sachin Tendulkar scored his first ODI century in his ___
1 79th match
2 80th match
3 81st match
4 82nd match
Q River Sharavati plunges as which waterfall ?
1 Gerusoppe
2 Athirapally
3 Hogenakkal
4 Soochipara
Q When is International Ozone Day ?
1 16 September
2 16 October
3 16 November
4 16 December
Q Who was awarded a Nobel Prize for his service to Theoretical Physics , and especially for his discovery of the Law of the Photoelectric Effect ?
1 Albert Einstein
2 Thomas Edison
3 Nikola Tesla
4 Ernest Rutherford
Q ‘Gurupurab‘ is the most important and sacred festival of the Sikh community. In which month of the Hindu calandar it is celebrated ?
1 Kartik
2 Chaitra
3 Phalguna
4 Ashvin
Q Tummalapalle , believed to have one of the largest uranium reserve in the world , is situated in which state of India ?
1 Andhra Pradesh
2 Jharkhand
3 Kerala
4 Bihar
Q The ‘Kathakali’ dance is a harmonious combination of __ forms of fine art.
1 5
2 6
3 4
4 7
| The ‘Kathakali‘ dance is a harmonious combination of 5 forms of fine art. | [ Sahithyam ] , Music [ Sangeetham ] , Painting [ Chithram ] , Acting [ Natyam ] and Dance [ Nritham ] |
Q The rhythmic rise and fall of ocean water twice in a day is called ?
1 Tide
2 evaporation
3 a current
4 a wave
Q Danda-nacha is a form of dance which narrates stories about:
1 Lord Shiva
2 Lord Brahma
3 Goddess Durga
4 Lord Krishna
Q Brihat Samhita is a noted work of whom among the following?
1 Bhaskar
2 Brahmagupta
3 Aryabhata
4 Varahamihira
Q After the death of Humayun, the 13 year-old Akbar was coronated in 1556 at Kalanaur in __
1 Gujarat
2 Rajasthan
3 Punjab
4 Bengal
Q Who among the following was given the epithet as ‘Lord of the Plough’ during the later Vedic age in which use of iron plough was an important part of agricultural practice?
1 Indra
2 Varun
3 Surya
4 Agni
Q Who among the following was the first Indian musician to receive the Ramon
Magsaysay Award?
1 MS Subbulakshmi
2 Ustad Alla Rakha
3 Lata Mangeshkar
4 Pandit Ravi Shankar
Q In which of the following years was the Cornwallis Code introduced?
1 1794
2 1792
3 1791
4 1793
Q The headquarters of the World Tourism Organization [ UNWTO ] is located at __
1 Frankfurt, Germany
2 Madrid, Spain
3 Brussels, Belgium
4 Geneva, Switzerland
Q Who among the following started the Kuchipudi Art Academy at Madras (now Chennai) in 1963?
1 Shanmukha Srinivas
2 Vempati Chinna Satyam
3 Vedantam Raghavaiah
4 Nataraja Ramakrishna
Q In which of the following cities of Manipur is the Jawaharlal Nehru Manipur Dance Academy located?
1 Ukhrul
2 Imphal
3 Chandel
4 Thoubal
Q Which of the following festivals is celebrated during the Amavasya of the Kartik month
Ans 1. Diwali
2. Dhanteras
3. Raksha Bandhan
4. Govardhan puja
Q The Tropic of Cancer passes through 8 Indian states . Which of the following is NOT one of them ?
1 West Bengal
2 Assam
3 Rajasthan
4 Chhattisgarh
| Tropic of Cancer passes through 8 Indian states | Rajasthan | Gujarat | Madhya Pradesh | Chhattisgarh | Jharkhand | West Bengal | Tripura | Mizoram |
Q What was the aircraft that dropped the first atomic bomb on Hiroshima on 6th August , 1945 , named after ?
1 The pilot’s mother
2 A mythical weapon
3 movie character
4 The place it was built
Q When was a Madrasa opened in Kolkata to promote the study of Arabic, Persian and Islamic law?
Ans 1. 1772 C.E.
2. 1783 C.E.
3. 1781 C.E.
4. 1774 C.E.
Q Who among the following musicians played Carnatic music with Ghatam?
1 Ramnad Raghavan
2 TH Vinayakram
3 Ali Akbar Khan
4 KV Prasad
Q Who is the author of book named “India 2020: A vision for the new Millennium”?
1 APJ Abdul Kalam
2 Shashi Tharoor
3 Chetan Bhagat
3 Manmohan Singh
Q Who is the author of book named “Essays on Gita”?
1 Aurobindo Ghosh
2 Raja Ram Mohan Roy
3 Lala Lajpat Rai
4 Jaydeva
Q With reference to the United Nations ‘Sustainable Development Goals’ which is SDG 10 ?
1 Reduced inequalities
2 No Poverty
3 Zero Hunger
4 Good Health and Well Being
Sustainable Development Goals [ SDGs ]
| Goal 1 | No Poverty |
| Goal 2 | Zero Hunger |
| Goal 3 | Good Health and Well Being |
| Goal 4 | Quality Education |
| Goal 5 | Gender Equality |
| Goal 6 | Clean Water and Sanitation |
| Goal 7 | Affordable and Clean Energy |
| Goal 8 | Decent Work and Economic Growth |
| Goal 9 | Industry , Innovation and Infrastructure |
| Goal 10 | Reduced Inequality |
| Goal 11 | Sustainable Cities and Communities |
| Goal 12 | Responsible Consumption and Production |
| Goal 13 | Climate Action |
| Goal 14 | Life Below Water |
| Goal 15 | Life on Land |
| Goal 16 | Peace and Justice Strong Institutions |
| Goal 17 | Partnerships to achieve the Goal |