Q In 1910, The United India House at Seattle, USA, was set up by _.
1 Tarak Nath Das and GD Kumar
2 Shyamji Krishna Varma
3 VD Savarkar and Ganesh
4 Khudiram Bose and Prafulla Chaki
Q Which of the following festivals of Mizoram is celebrated to promote horticulture?
1 Hlukhla Kut
2 Anthurium
3 Khuado Kut
4 Lyuva Khutla
Q In which two states is the Agasthyamala Biosphere Reserve located?
1 Maharashtra and Gujarat
2 Kerala and Tamil Nadu
3 Madhya Pradesh and Uttar Pradesh
4 Gujarat and Rajasthan
Q Article 51 of the Indian Constitution says that the state shall endeavour to :
1 separate judiciary from the executive
2 promote international peace and security
3 protect and improve the environment and to safeguard forests and wildlife
4 protect monuments, places and objects of artistic or historic interest
Q Which of the following books is written by Sanjiv Sahota, a winner of the European Union Prize for Literature?
Ans 1. Rich Like Us
2. The Fire on the Mountain
3. The Year of the Runaways
4. The Serpent and the Rope
Q The Indian National Congress formally took up the Swadeshi call in its Benaras session of 1905 under the presidentship of _.
1 Jawahar Lal Nehru
2 Gopal Krishna Gokhale
3 Rajendra Prasad
4 Motilal Nehru
Q In despair because of the perpetuation of untouchability in Hindu doctrine, BR Ambedkar converted to _ .
1 Islam
2 Christianity
3 Jainism
4 Buddhism
Q Which part of the Indian Constitution deals with the Election Commission?
1 Part XII
2 Part XV
3 Part IV
4 Part X
Q Which Article of the Indian Constitution provides for protecting and improving the environment and safeguarding forests and wildlife?
1 Article 48-A
2 Article 47-A
3 Article 47-B
4 Article 49-C
Q Which of the following administrative units was introduced during the reign of Shahjahan?
1 Chakla
2 Mahals
3 Subah
4 Paraganas
Q The Self-Respect movement was led by whom among the following social reformers?
1 Gopal Ganesh Agarkar
2 EV Ramaswamy Naicker
3 Narayana Guru
4 Vinoba Bhave
Q In which year was India’s first post-Independence census conducted?
1 1954
2 1960
3 1958
4 1951
Q Which of the following is the first grand slam of the year?
1 French Open
2 Australian Open
3 Wimbledon
4 US Open
Q ‘Maila Aanchal’, one of the finest examples of regional novels is written by:
1 Phanishwar Nath Renu
2 Kamleshwar
3 Kedar Nath Singh
4 Munshi Premchand
Q Who among the following Muslim leaders of British India joined the All-India Muslim League in 1913?
1 Maulana Shaukat Ali
2 Maulana Abul Kalam Azad
3 Muhammad Ali Jinnah
4 Hakim Ajmal Khan
Q Which of the following committees was constituted in 1955 for village and small-scale industries?
1 Kohli Committee
2 Karve Committee
3 Hussain Committee
4 Nayak Committee
Q He is also known as the God of ghatam . Who is ‘He’ in the preceding line ?
1 TH Vinayakram
2 Ustad Bimillah Khan
3 Pandit Ravi Shankar
4 Ustad Bundu Khan
Q Twenty five percent of the land revenue collected by Marathas in the Deccan was called ____
1 Bhoga
2 Bhaga
3 Chauth
4 Sardeshmukhi
Q An organic reaction used to convert an aryl diazonium salt into an aryl halide using a copper(I) halide catalyst is called:
1 Sandmeyer reaction
2 Balz-Schiemann reaction
3 Finkelstein reaction
4 Gattermann reaction
Q Who among the following was the first principal of the Bengal National College started in 1906?
Ans 1. Satish Chandra Mukherjee
2. Aurobindo Ghose
3. Subodh Chandra Mullick
4. Rash Behari Ghosh
Q Ilyas Khan was born in Lucknow to a family of musicians . He was famous for playing ____
1 Veena
2 Sitar
3 Tabla
4 Mridangan
Q How many biosphere reserves are there in India ?
1 Seventeen
2 Eighteen
3 Sixteen
4 Nineteen
Q The slash and burn agriculture is called ‘Bewar’ or ‘Dahiya’ in ___
1 Assam
2 Jharkhand
3 Madhya Pradesh
4 Odisha
Q Who is the author of the book ‘A Flight of Pigeons’ ?
1 Ruskin Bond
2 Rudyard Kipling
3 VS Naipaul
4 Kiran Desai
Q The Agha Khan Cup is associated with which game ?
1 Hockey
2 Football
3 Golf
4 Badminton
Q Who is known as the ‘Father of Public Sector Undertakings’ ?
1 V Krishnamurthy
2 Ashok Desai
3 PC Mahalanobis
4 Sashi Sivramkrishna
Q Which of the following eye disorders is known as ‘Lazy eye’ ?
1 Amblyopia
2 Myopia
3 Hypermetropia
4 Presbyopia
Q Where is the tomb of Mohammad Ghaus located?
1 Agra
2 Gwalior
3 Delhi
4 Burhanpur
Q ‘Beri-Beri’ is caused by the deficiency of _______.
1 Riboflavin
2 Niacin
3 thiamine
4 Cyanocobalamin
Q When did a States Reorganisation Commission was set up, which recommended the creation of linguistic States on the basis of larger linguistic groups?
1 December 1953
2 December 1963
3 December 1958
4 December 1956
Q According to Census of India 2011, female adolescents in the age group of 10-19 years had a share of:
1 52.7%
2 20.9%
3 47.3%
4 31.3%
| Adolescents Age Group [10-19 years ] : 20.9 % ] | Male : 52.7% , Female : 47.3% |
Q Which Article of the Indian Constitution provides for protecting and improving the environment and safeguarding forests and wildlife?
1 Article 48-A
2 Article 47-A
3 Article 47-B
4 Article 49-C
Q In badminton, a _________ is called when a rally is stopped without any point.
Ans 1. pass
2. let
3. serve
4. smash
Q Where was the Durand Cup Tournament started in India in 1888?
1 Mumbai
2 Calcutta
3 Shimla
4 Delhi
Q Who among the following is the author of the book ‘The Last Burden’?
Ans 1. Upamanyu Chatterjee
2. Devdutt Pattnayak
3. Jugal Hansraj
4. Ravinder Singh
Q The Atal Innovation Mission was launched in year __.
1 2014
2 2016
3 2001
4 2004
Q In karate, the fight starts when the referee shouts “_”.
1 Yame
2 Shobu Hajime!
3 Kaizen
4 Yuko
Q Who is known as the Diamond of India?
1 Gopal Krishna Gokhale
2 Mahatma Gandhi
3 Lal Bahadur Shastri
4 Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel
Q Who was the first Asian player to win the Junior Wimbledon’s Boys singles title ?
1 Ramanathan Krishnan
2 Vijay Amritraj
3 Sumit Nagal
4 Mahesh Bhupathi
Qगौर मारिया (Gaur Maria), __ राज्य की एक नृत्य शैली, आनंद और आह्वान का एक
प्रसिद्ध कला शैली है। यह एक समूह नृत्य हैऔर इस नृत्य मेंपुरुष और महिलाएं दोनों उत्साहपूर्वक भाग
लेतेहैं।
1 महाराष्ट्र
2 राजस्थान
3 गुजरात
4 छत्तीसगढ़
Q Alla Rakha is famous for playing which of the following musical instruments?
1 Sarod
2 Bansuri
3 Tabla
4 Sarangi
Q According to Mendeleev’s Periodic Table, which elements’ properties matched up remarkably well with eka-silicon?
1 Scandium
2 Gallium
3 Titanium
4 Germanium
Q Who suggested the law that the British Government passed in 1856 to support widow remarriage?
1 Keshub Chandra Sen
2 Ishwar Chandra Vidyasagar
3 Atmaram Pandurang
4 Raja Ram Mohan Roy
Q Pulakeshin II assumed the title of ‘Dakshinapatheshvara’ (lord of the south) after defeating which of the following rulers of north India?
1 Harshavardhana
2 Rudrasena II
3 Dhruvasena II
4 Prabhakarvardhana
Q The Theosophical Society was started by which of the following social reformers?
1 Raja Ram Mohan Roy
2 Swami Vivekananda
3 Annie Besant
4 Syed Ahmed Khan
Q ”Don’t take rest after your first victory because of you fail in second , more lips are awaiting to say that your first victory was just luck” , who said this ?
1 APJ Abdul Kalam
2 Mahatma Gandhi
3 Amartya Sen
4 Homi Bhabha
Q Which Governor General of India abolished Sati System in 1829 by declaring it an offence ?
1 Lord William Bentinck
2 Lord Dalhousie
3 Lord Cornwallis
4 Lord Wellesley
Q शिक्षा और संस्कृति को बढ़ावा देनेके लिए भारतीय विद्या भवन [ Bharatiya Vidya Bhavan ] की स्थापना किसनेकी?
1 डॉ. कन्हैयालाल मानेकलाल मुंशी / Dr Kanhaiyalal Maneklal Munshi
2 डॉ. आत्माराम पांडुरंग
3 गोपाल कृष्ण गोखले
4 डॉ. बाबासाहेब अम्बेडकर
Q Who designed the first analog computer in India ?
1 Samarendra Kumar Mitra
2 Deb Kumar Bose
3 Subodh Chandra Das Gupta
4 Bimal Kumar Bhattacharyya
Q In which year did Motilal Nehru [ Chairman ] and eight other Congress leaders draft a constitution for India ?
1 1928
2 1930
3 1932
4 1934
Q Gair dance is performed by the ____ community of Rajasthan .
1 Bhil
2 Gujjar
3 Gond
4 Jat
Q Gorgonia ventalina is the scientific name of which saltwater invertebrate?
1 Sea cucumber
2 Sea urchin
3 Common sea fan
4 Sea anemone
Q Who gave title of ”Father of the Nation” to Mahatma Gandhi ?
1 Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel
2 Subhas Chandra Bose
3 Rabindranath Tagore
4 Jawaharlal Nehru
Q ___ is the female reproductive part of the flower .
1 anther
2 pistil
3 filament
4 sprouting
Q Ishwari Prasad is credited to have introduced the __ Gharana of Kathak.
1 Raigarh
2 Jaipur
3 Lucknow
4 Banaras
Q Which essential amino acid enhances calcium absorption and also plays an important role in the formation of collagen?
1 Tyrosine
2 Histidine
3 Lysine
4 Arginine
Q Mirabai Chanu secured a silver medal at which Commonwealth Games?
1 2018
2 2010
3 2014
4 2022
Q The RBI launched the Lead Bank Scheme (LBS) to mobilise deposits and step-uplending to weaker sections of the economy. When was the scheme launched ?
Ans 1. 1969
2. 1958
3. 1962
4. 1973
Q Satyajit Ray was honoured with Bharat Ratna in 1992 . He was a famous ___
1 Physicist
2 Cricketer
3 Filmmaker
4 Lawyer
Q ”Janjatiya Gaurav Diwas” is observed on te birth anniversary of ___
1 Mahatma Gandhi
2 Birsa Munda
3 Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel
4 BR Ambedkar
Q Who is the author of the novel , ‘Oliver Twist” ?
1 Mark Twain
2 Charles Dickens
3 Jane Austen
4 Oscar Wilde
Q Who has written the book Sangeet Bal Prakash?
Ans 1. Vishnu Narayan Bhatkhande
2. Vishnu Digambar Paluskar
3. Bhimsen Joshi
4. Pandit Narayan Rao
Q Banganga Festival, held every year in the city of Mumbai, is a musical tribute
to________.
1 Lord Brahma
2 Lord Rama
3 Lord Ganesh
4 Lord Shiva
Q Which of the following five-year plan addressed the issue of removal of poverty as a chief objective for the first time?
1 Fourth Five-year Plan
2 Third Five-year Plan
3 Sixth Five-year Plan
4 Fifth Five-year Plan
Q Which of the following was the first B vitamin discovered in 1897 that is essential in amino acid and carbohydrate metabolism and is active in energy production reactions?
1 Biotin
2 Riboflavin
3 Thiamine
4 Folate
Q (i) __ the traditional theatre form of Kashmir, is a unique combination of dance, music and acting whereas originally the theatre form Swang, was mainly (ii) _______based.
1 (i) Rasleela, (ii) Dance
2 (i) Bhand Pather, (ii) Music
3 (i) Nautanki, (ii) Music
4 (i) Nautanki, (ii) Dance
Q In which Olympics did PV Sindhu win a silver medal ?
1 2016 Summer Olympics (Rio)
2 2008 Summer Olympics (Beijing)
3 2012 Summer Olympics (London)
4 2020 Summer Olympics (Tokyo)
Q The brittle crust and the top part of the upper mantle of the earth is called:
1 asthenosphere
2 lithosphere
3 mesosphere
4 stratosphere
Q Which was the first talkie movie made in India ?
1 Raja Harishchandra
2 Alam Ara
3 Kisan Kanya
4 My Dear Kuttichathan [ Chhota Chetan ]
| First-ever full-length feature film in India | Raja Harishchandra |
| First talkie movie made in India | Alam Ara |
| First color movie made in India | Kisan Kanya |
| First Indian 3D movie | My Dear Kuttichathan [ Chhota Chetan ] |