Q Gauhar Mahal was built by ___
1 Qudsiya Begum
2 Sultan Jahan
3 Shahjahan Begum
4 Sikander Begum
Q In which year was the International Olympic Committee formed?
1 1892
2 1894 [ Paris ]
3 1896
4 1898
Q The First woman President of United Nations General Assembly was :
1 Vijayalakshmi Pandit
2 Sirimavo Bandaranaike
3 Bhawana Kanth
4 Margaret Thatcher
Q Performed by the community of snake charmers, __ dance involves
dancers emulating the movements of snakes.
1 Ghoomar
2 Chari
3 Kalbelia
4 Kachchhi Ghodi
Q Hill Palace Museum is located in _____
1 Uttarakhand
2 Kerala
3 Maharashtra
4 Himachal Pradesh
Q As of 2025 , how many High Courts are there in India?
1 20
2 35
3 25
4 30
Q Blue Jay or Indian roller is the state bird of how many Indian states ?
1 four
2 three [ Odisha , Telangana and Karnataka ]
3 two
4 one
Q Name the fibre which is also called artificial silk.
1 Rayon
2 Teflon
3 Polyester
4 Nylon
Q This is a multi-country organization that has 10 member states and was formed in the year 1967 . Which of the following organizations can it be ?
1 SCO
2 ASEAN
3 SAARC
4 APEC
Q The Census 2011 was the __ edition of Census in India.
1 13th
2 15th
3 14th
4 16th
Q Who among the following was the first President of BCCI ?
1 RE Grant Govan
2. Anthony D’Mello
3. Roger Binny
4. JC Mukherjee
Q Which of the following Ashokan rock edicts declares prohibition of animal sacrifice?
1 Major Rock Edict – II
2 Major Rock Edict – I
3 Major Rock Edict – IV
4 Major Rock Edict – III
Q Which Constitutional Amendment fixed the norm that the total number of Ministers, including the Prime Minister, in the Council of Ministers shall not exceed fifteen per cent of the total number of members of the House of the People?
1 85th Amendment Act
2 91st Amendment Act
3 96th Amendment Act
4 89th Amendment Act
Q Who among the following founded the Dharma Sabha?
1 Swami Vivekananda
2 David Hare
3 Radhakanta Deb
4 Raja Ram Mohan Roy
Q What is the Parliament of China Called?
1 National Assembly
2 Assembly of the Union
3 National People’s Congress
4 Union of People
Q Mohiniyattam is associated with which of the following traditional dance styles?
Ans 1. Lasya style
2. Samapadam
3. Tribhanga
4. Chowk
Q Who among the following was the first Indian personality to win an Oscar Award in the ‘Best Costume Design’ category?
1 Bhanu Athaiya
2 Rohit Bal
3 Neeta Lulla
4 Ritu Kumar
Q The folk songs named ‘Pankhida’ traditionally belong to:
1 Odisha
2 Bihar
3 Rajasthan
4 Chhattisgarh
Q Which Article of the Constitution of India grants power to the President to appoint Judges of the Supreme Court?
1 Article 124(2)
2 Article 123(1)
3 Article 128(4)
4 Article 127(3)
Q Which of the following periods was declared ‘Plan Holiday’ by the government?
1 1965-1968
2 1967-1969
3 1966-1971
4 1966-1969
Q The Centre for Cultural Resources and Training (CCRT) was setup in __ as anautonomous organisation by the Government of India.
1 1989
2 1969
3 1999
4 1979
Q Who among the following wrote the song Vande Mataram?
1 Vir Singh Salgaonka
2 Anil Chandra Banerjee
3 Bankim Chandra Chattopadhyay
4 Lal Makhan Sing
Q Who among the following freedom fighters of India is the author of the book, ‘The Indian Struggle’?
1 Vallabhbhai Patel
2 Motilal Nehru
3 Mahatma Gandhi
4 Subhas Chandra Bose
Q In which state did the ‘Saila’ dance originate ? The dance is performed by boys after the harvest session ?
1 Chhattisgarh
2 Rajasthan
3 Assam
4 Mizoram
Q Which article of the Indian Constitution deals with the abolition of titles?
1 Article 18
2 Article 19
3 Article 16
4 Article 17
Q The first Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna award was given to which of the following sports person?
Ans 1. Major Dhyanchand
2. Sachin Tendulkar
3. Vishwanathan Anand
4. Saina Nehwal
Q Burmese is the official language of which neighbouring country of India?
1 Tibet
2 Nepal
3 Bhutan
4 Myanmar
Q With which of the following states is the theatre form ‘Maach’ traditionally associated ?
1 Madhya Pradesh
2 Kerala
3 Assam
4 Karnataka
Q In which of the following states are the Barabara Caves located?
1 Bihar
2 Madhya Pradesh
3 Gujarat
4 Maharashtra
Q Which of the following is the smallest Union Territory of India in terms of total area?
1 Chandigarh
2 Lakshadweep
3 Ladakh
4 Jammu and Kashmir
Q Which of the following amendments to the Constitution of India is also referred to as the ‘mini Constitution’?
1 38th Amendment
2 35th Amendment
3 42nd Amendment
4 40th Amendment
Q In which of the following states are Dafla Hills mainly spread?
1 Arunachal Pradesh
2 Odisha
3 Jharkhand
4 West Bengal
Q In which year was the 9th Schedule added in the Constitution of India?
1 1952
2 1954
3 1951
4 1953
Q In how many books is ‘Akbar Nama’, written by Abul Fazal, divided?
1 Four
2 Two
3 Three
4 Five
Q Protium, deuterium and tritium are:
1 isochors
2 isotopes
3 isobars
4 isomers
Q Which Indian state has the highest number of national parks ?
1 Rajasthan
2 Assam
3 Madhya Pradesh [9]
4 Maharashtra
Q Who was the President of the Indian National Congress when India attained independence?
1 Jawahar Lal Nehru
2 Maulana Azad
3 JB Kripalani
4 Purushottam Das Tandon
Q Which of the following diseases occurs due to deficiency of proteins?
1 Anaemia
2 Goitre
3 Bronchitis
4 Kwashiorkor
Q When is the National Sports Day celebrated in India every year?
119 August
2 29 August
3 19 September
4 29 September
Q The noted musician Arvind Parikh is associated with which of the following musical instruments?
1 Shehnai
2 Mridangam
3 Sitar
4 Sarod
Q Which is a traditional Indian sport , whereby athletes perform various types of gymnastics moves and hold various poses on a vertical wooden pole ?
1 Mallakhamb
2 Kambala
3 Jallikattu
4 Vallam Kali
Q The Indian Government annexed ___ in 1948 under the code name ‘Operation Polo’ .
1 Hyderabad
2 Mysore
3 Gwalior
4 Baroda
Q The first Backward Classes Commission of India headed by ______
1 Kaka Kalekar
2 Jagjivan Ram
3 BR Ambedkar
4 BD Sharma
Q Who has developed the Automatically Programmable Tool [ APT ] ?
1 Douglas T Ross
2 Ralph H Baer
3 Jonathan Fletcher
4 Gary Kildall
Q Who was a mentor of both , Mahatma Gandhi and Mohammad Ali Jinnah ?
1 Gopal Krishna Gokhale
2 Rabindranath Tagore
3 Bal Gangadhar Tilak
4 Lala Lajpat Rai
Q Who led the peasants’ movement in Bardoli Satyagraha under the guidance of Mahatma Gandhi?
1 Lala Lajpat Rai
2 Jawahar Lal Nehru
3 Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel
4 Madan Mohan Malavia
Q Who among the following is the author of the book ‘The Great Indian Novel’?
1 Shashi Tharoor
2 Vikram Seth
3 Amish Tripathi
4 Amitav Ghosh
Q The __ is the custodian of the Contingency Fund of India.
1 President
2 CEO of NITI Aayog
3 Finance Ministry
4 Prime Minister
Q Who founded the Bahmani kingdom?
1 Mir Zafar
2 Mohammad bin Tughlaq
3 Alauddin Bahman Shah
4 Firuz Shah Bahamani
Q Which of the following options represents only the units of energy?
Ans 1. Joule, Calorie, Kilowatt hour
2. Joule, Newton, Kilowatt hour
3. Joule, Calorie, Newton
4. Calorie, Kilowatt hour, Newton
Q Which of the following states will you go to enjoy the famous Gaura-Gauri Puja that is celebrated every year ?
1 Jharkhand
2 Chhattisgarh
3 Maharashtra
4 Uttar Pradesh
Q In which state of India is the Bomdi-La Pass located ?
1 Arunachal Pradesh
2 Sikkim
3 Himachal Pradesh
4 Uttarakhand
Q On which day of the year is the earth farthest from the sun , at a position called aphelion ?
1 4 July
2 23 October
3 12 May
4 16 August
Q Behdienkhlam, is a traditional dance festival of which state ?
1 Assam
2 Meghalaya
3 Mizoram
4 Manipur
Q Cirrus and cumulus are types of ___________
1 clouds
2 soil
3 mountains
4 waves
Q The script ‘Gurumukhi’ for Punjabi language was invented by the Sikh guru?
1 Guru Angad
2 Guru Nanak Dev
3 Guru Gobind Singh
4 Guru Ram Das
Q 1 Petabyte [ PB ] is equal to _______
1 1024 Terebytes [ TB ]
2 1024 gigabytes [ GB ]
3 1024 Exabytes [ EB ]
4 Zettabytes [ ZB ]
Q Who holds the record for delivering the most number of balls by any woman cricketer in Women’s test history ?
1 Diana Edulji
2 Shanta Rangaswamy
3 Jhulan Goswami
4 Mithali Raj
Q During which festival do devotees participate in the ritualistic act of bathing in the holy Ganges River to cleanse their sins?
1 Karva Chauth
2 Kumbh Mela
3 Janmashtami
4 Maha Shivaratri
Q The “Quit India Movement” was launched in response to which historic event that occurred during World War II?
1 Failure of the Cripps
2 MissionPartition of Bengal
3 Dandi March
4 Bengal Famine of 1943
Q The autobiography “Unfinished” is written by which Indian actress and former Miss World?
1 Diana Hayden
2 Manushi Chhillar
3 Yukta Mookhey
4 Priyanka Chopra Jonas