Q The Airavatesvara Temple in Tamil Nadu was built by ____
1 Maharaja Sawai Jai Singh II
2 Rajaraja Chola II
3 Rajaraja Chola I
4 Maharaja Pratap Singh
Q Mahari Dance and Gotipua Dance belongs to which of the following states?
1 Odisha
2 Haryana
3 Uttar Pradesh
4 Bihar
Q Which of the following acids is found in Mustard oil ?
1 Lauric Acid
2 Malic Acid
3 Erucic Acid
4 Tartaric Acid
Q Who among the following discovered the ruins of Hampi in 1800 ?
1 Robert Fitzroy
2 Colonel Colin Mackenzie
3 Robert Mackenzie
4 Colin Fitzroy
Q Who was the first woman to receive the Arjuna award for Hockey?
1 Ann Lumsden
2 Gurmeet Kaur
3 Rima Dutta
4 Meena Shah
Q Lomas Rishi cave is situated in which of the following Hills ?
1 Aravali Hills
2 Barabar Hills
3 Vindhyas Hills
4 Satpura Hills
Q Shiv Dayal Saheb , a banker from Agra , founded the Radha Saomi Satsang in ___
1 1875
2 1861
3 1842
4 1880
Q The moon moves around the earth in about ___ days .
1 25
2 27
3 23
4 21
Q Which among the following novels was written by famous Indian author Mulk Raj Anand ?
1 Godaan
2 Untouchable
3 Nirmala
4 Idgah
| Munshi Premchand books | Godaan | Nirmala | Idgah | Gaban | Do Bailon Ki Katha | Poos Ki Raat | Sevasadan | Namak Ka Daroga | Shatranj Ke Khiladi | Rangbhoomi | Kafan |
| Mulk Raj Anand books | Untouchable | Coolie | Two Leaves and a Bud | Across the Black Waters | The Village | The Private Life of an Indian Prince | The Sword and the Sickle | The Morning Face |
Q Which Article of the Indian Constitution mentions that ‘All the executive action of the Government of a state shall be expressed to be taken in the name of the Governor’?
1 Article 166(1)
2 Article 163(1)
3 Article 164(1)
4 Article 165(1)
Q What is the name of the first research station in Antarctica built by the Govt of India ?
1 Dakshin Gangotri
2 Vaishali
3 Maitri
4 Bharati
Q Who wrote the book named ‘Gulamgiri’ in 1873 ?
1 Jyotiba Phule
2 Dayananda Saraswati
3 Ishwarchandra Vidyasagar
4 Debendranath Tagore
Q In which year was the Pradhan Mantri Kaushal Vikas Yojana launched?
1 2017
2 2016
3 2014
4 2015
Q Which of the following Articles and Parts of the Indian Constitution deal with the State Legislature?
1 Articles 168 to 212 in Part VI
2 Articles 214 to 231 in Part VI
3 Articles 79 to 122 in Part V
4 Articles 243 to 243-O in Part IX
Q Yaoshang festival which is famous in Manipur is celebrated for _ days.
1 four
2 two
3 five
4 three
Q Sun Temple, Konark is located in which state of India ?
1 Odisha
2 Bihar
3 Madhya Pradesh
4 Uttar Pradesh
Q Nagarjunsagar Srisailam tiger reserve is in which of the following states?
1 Chattisgarh
2 Arunachal Pradesh
3 Andhra Pradesh
4 Assam
Q The ‘Pattachitra’ style of painting is a popular art form associated with the state of:
1. Bihar
2 Rajasthan
3 Odisha
4 Uttar Pradesh
Q Which of the following dances traditionally starts in the evening after preliminaries that include an invocatory drumming on the Maddalam and concludes only at daybreak?
1 Kathakali
2 Odissi
3 Bharatnatyam
4 Kathak
Q Which of the following states has the highest number of Assembly Constituencies?
1 Uttar Pradesh ] 403 ]
2 Tamil Nadu
3 Gujarat
4 Maharashtra
Q From 1928 to 1956, India won _______ consecutive Olympic gold medals while winning ______ consecutive matches in the game of hockey.
Ans 1. 6; 24
2. 5; 15
3. 6; 18
4. 3; 24
Q In which year were the fundamental duties entered in the Constitution?
1 1960
2 1950
3 1986
4 1976
Q Identify the place where first rural session of Indian National Congress [ INC ] was held?
Ans 1. Baizapur
2. Tezpur
3. Faradpur
4. Faizpur
The first rural session of Indian National Congress [ INC ] was held at Faizpur [ Maharashtra ] in 1937 .
Q In which year was the famous shehnai player Ustad Bismillah Khan awarded the Bharat Ratna?
Ans 1. 2001
2. 1996
3. 1998
4. 2005
Q 2028 Summer Olympics will be hosted by which of the following cities?
Ans 1. Los Angeles
2. Athens
3. Brisbane
4. Paris
Q To which state does the ‘Dalkhai’ folk dance belong?
1 Bihar
2 Odisha
3 Chhattisgarh
4 West Bengal
Q Fundamental Duties of the Indian Constitution are adopted from which country?
1 United States of America
2 Germany
3 Britain
4 USSR (Now Russia)
Q In which of the following places was the Indian Association founded in colonial India?
1 Poona
2 Calcutta
3 Surat
4 Lucknow
Q __ are located on the 17th group on the periodic table.
1 Halogens
2 Noble Gases
3 Chalcogens
4 Boron
Q The dimension of the Hockey field is _______
1 95m long and 60m wide
2 96m long and 55m wide
3 90m long and 50m wide
4 91.4m long and 55m wide
Q Which of the following institutes was founded by Mrinalini Sarabhai who was a Bharatanatyam and Kathakali dancer?
1 Nalanda Nritya Kala Mahavidyalaya
2 Darpana Academy of Performing Arts
3 Nrityanjali Institute of Performing Arts
4 Sri Thyagaraja College of Music and Dance
Q Which among the following are called the amphibians of the plant kingdom ?
1 Angiosperm
2 Thallophyte
3 Bryophyte
4 Gymnosperm
Q As per the Census data, What was the density of population in India in 2011?
Ans 1. 822 persons/sq km
2. 282 persons/sq km
3. 328 persons/sq km
4. 382 persons/sq km
Q Who was the Chairperson of the National Planning Committee in 1938?
1 Mahatma Gandhi
2 Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel
3 Jawaharlal Nehru
4 Motilal Nehru
Q The Khilafat Movement started in India ________ .
1 to defend the Islamic caliphate in Turkey
2 to oppose the massacre at Jallianwala Bagh
3 to protest against communal electorates
4 to oppose the restrictions upon freedom of press
Q How many members of the Rajya Sabha retire every second year and are replaced by newly elected members?
1 One-fourth of the members
2 Two-third of the members
3 Three-fourth of the members
4 One-third of the member
Q Which of following gases are found in coal mines and marshy places?
1 Nitrogen dioxide
2 Ozone
3 Methane
4 Steam
Q Arubathu Moovar festival is annually celebrated in the Indian state of __________.
Ans 1. Gujarat
2. Manipur
3. Tamil Nadu
4. Himachal Pradesh
Q The Lok Sabha [ House of the People ] was duly constituted for the first time on ____
1 17 April 1952
2 26 April 1950
3 18 January 1950
4 20 April 1951
Q The Banaras gharana of Kathak developed under __.
1 Jankiprasad
2 Raja Chakradhar Singh
3 Bhanuji
4 Nawab Wajid Ali Khan
Q The atomic number of tungsten [ W ] is:
Ans 1. 74
2. 72
3. 73
4. 71
Q How many Indian bowlers have taken a hat trick in International test cricket ?
1 3
2 4
3 5
4 2
| Three Indian bowlers have taken a hat trick in International test cricket | Harbhajan Singh [ 2001 ] , Irfan Pathan [ 2006 ] , Jasprit Bumrah [ 2019 ] |
Q In which city is the Salar Jung Museum situated?
1 Hyderabad
2 Thiruvananthapuram
3 Chennai
4 Bengaluru
Q When was the PIN Code [ Postal Index Code ] introduced in India ?
1 1972
2 1982
3 1992
4 1962
Q Who is the author of the book named ‘Delhi is Not Far’ ?
1 Ruskin Bond
2 Arundhati Roy
3 Kiran Desai
4 VS Naipaul
Q ‘Jhulan’ is a dance form native to which state of India ?
1 Madya Pradesh
2 Rajasthan
3 Chhattisgarh
4 Jharkhand
Q The statement -”We shall die to awaken the nation” was made by ____
1 Pingali Venkayya
2 Bagha Jatin
3 Bir Tikendrajit Singh
4 Surya Sen
Q Which country is known as the ‘coffee bowl’ of the world ?
1 Brazil
2 Bhutan
3 Argentina
4 Portugal
Q Kalaguru Bishnu Rabha Award is given by which government in the field of dance and music?
1 Assam
2 West Bengal
3 Tripura
4 Arunachal Pradesh
Q The satellites orbit the earth in which of the following layers of the atmosphere ?
1 Stratosphere
2 Troposphere
3 Mesosphere
4 Exosphere
Q Identify the largest phylum in the animal kingdom.
1 Annelida
2 Mollusca
3 Arthropoda
4 Platyhelmenthis
Q What was the name of the mega ocean that surrounded the single continental mass before the continental drift as described by Alfred Wegener ?
Ans Panthalassa
The super continent was named PANGAEA , which meant all earth
The mega ocean was called PANTHALASSA , meaning all water