Q Tamladu is the religious festival of the Digaru Mishmis tribe of which Indian state?
1 Mizoram
2 Meghalaya
3 Arunachal Pradesh
4 Himachal Pradesh
Q Swami Vivekananda established which of the following social organisations in 1897?
1 Arya Samaj
2 Prarthana Samaj
3 Paramhansa Sabha
4 Ramakrishna Mission
Q The masculine aspect of the Manipuri classical dance is known as:
1 Ras
2 Choloms
3 Pareng
4 Maiba
Q Who was the founder of the Widow Remarriage Association [ 1861 ] ?
1 RG Bhandarkar
2 Mahadev Govind Ranade
3 AtmaRam Pandurang
4 Raja Rammohan Roy
Q The first Indian woman to participate in Olympics _____
1 Nilima Ghose
2 Karnam Malleswari
3 Nora Polley
4 Shiny Abraham Wilson
Q During which year was the first Industrial Policy Resolution passed?
1 1957
2 1967
3 1948
4 1958
Q In 1945, Shimla Conference was proposed by __ to solve the political deadlock.
1 Lord Wavell
2 Lord Cornwallis
3 Lord Irwin
4 Lord Canning
Q Who is the first law officer of the Government of India?
1 Law Commissioner
2 Law Minister
3 Attorney General of India
4 The Advocate-General for the State
Q Which of the following cities of Delhi was founded by Ghiyasuddin Tughlaq?
1 Qila-i-Rai Pithora
2 Siri
3 Tughluqabad
4 Jahanpanah
Q Who was executed as an accomplice to the murder of AMT Jackson?
1 Matangini Hazra
2 Khudiram Bose
3 Hemu Kalani
4 Krishnaji Gopal Karve
Q Belur Math was founded by which of the following social reformers in British India?
1 KT Telang
2 Swami Vivekanand
3 VN Mandlik
4 RG Bhandarkar
Q In which year was Goa liberated from the occupation of Portuguese by the Indian forces?
1 1961
2 1959
3 1963
4 1956
Q The Shigmo festival is primarily celebrated in which of the following states of India?
1 Manipur
2 Karnataka
3 Goa
4 Meghalaya
Q The national level cricket championship, Ranji Trophy, began in __________.
Ans 1. 1934-1935
2. 1953-1954
3. 1950-1951
4. 1944-1945
Q Which of the following folk dances is associated with Rajasthan ?
1 Gair
2 Rouf
3 Nati
4 Dalkhai
Q When was the second battle of Panipat fought?
1 1761
2 1556
3 1628
4 1527
Q The concept of Concurrent List of Indian Constitution is inspired from Constitution of which country ?
1 Australia
2 Ireland
3 Germany
4 Canada
Q Which of the following British police officers was killed mistakenly instead of James Scott by Bhagat Singh and his followers on 17 December 1928 ?
1 John Saunders
2 James Monro
3 Charles George Baker
4 Edward Bradford
Q Ganesh Chaturthi, celebrated in the honour of God Ganesh, is observed in the Hindu month of _________.
Ans 1. Chaitra
2. Phalguna
3. Bhadrapada
4. Kartika
Q Public Distribution System was relaunched by Government of India as ____________in 1997.
1 Targeted Public Distribution System
2 Targeted People Distribution System
3 Cooperative Public Distribution System
4 Public Food Distribution Syste
Q Name the gas which is used in balloons in the place of Hydrogen ?
1 Helium
2 Nitrogen
3 Neon
4 Argon
Q Who among the following introduced the Sufi order named ‘Chishti Silsila’ in India?
1 Qutb-ud-Din Bakhtiyar Kaki
2 Shaikh Fariduddin
3 Khwaja Moinuddin
4 Usman Harooni
Q A removal motion of a judge must be signed by _ members if it is initiated in the Lok Sabha.
1 75
2 50
3 100
4 54
Q During the reign of which Viceroy of India , the elections were held for the first time in 11 Indian states ?
1 Lord Linlithgow
2 Lord Curzon
3 Lord Canning
4 Lord Mountbatten
Q In 1923 by whom Swaraj Party was founded ?
1 Motilal Nehru and CR Das
2 Gandhiji and Jawaharlal Nejru
3 Abdul Gaffar Khan and Vithalbhai Patel
4 Sachin Sanyal and Jogesh Chatterji
Q Natya Sangeet is a form of musical play in classical music still prevalent in
Maharashtra. Bal Gandharava is an exponent of this musical form. What is actual name of Balgandharva?
1 Vishnu Narayan Bhatkhande
2 Narayan Shripad Rajhans
3 Mallikarjun Mansur
4 Vishnu Digambar Paluskar
Q Hydrogenation of vegetable oils is catalysed by _____.
1 Al
2 Cu
3 Ni
4 Fe
Q Ken river is the tributary of :
1 Yamuna
2 Tapti
3 Narmada
4 Kaveri
Q How many banks were nationalised in 1969 ?
1 14
2 10
3 12
4 16
Q Who was crowned Miss World in 2017 ?
1 Manushi Chillar
2 Sushmita Sen
3 Lara Dutta
4 Aishwarya Rai
Q In which of the following states is the festival called ‘Kharchi Puja’, involving the worship of 14 deities in 7 days, traditionally celebrated?
1 Tripura
2 Odisha
3 Kerala
4 Jharkhand
Q In which year was Imperial Bank of India established ?
1 1921
2 1930
3 1935
4 1955
Q Who is considered as the main architect of the Second Five-Year Plan in India ?
1 PC Mahalanobis
2 DR Gadgil
3 VKRV Rao
4 DT Lakdawala
Q Which of the following battles was fought between Medini Rai and Babur ?
1 Battle of Panipat
2 Battle of Kannauj
3 Battle of Chanderi
4 Battle of Chausa
Q ‘The Autobiography of an Unknown Indian’ is the autobiography of _.
1 Nirad C. Chaudhuri
2 Inder Kumar Gujral
3 UV Swaminathan Iyer
4 Anna Chandy
Q Which of the following folk dance is performed mainly in Chhattisgarh?
Ans 1. Raut
2. Kalbelia
3. Bhangra
4. Gotipua
Q In which of the following months is Gokulashtami celebrated every year as per Hindu tradition?
Ans 1. Vaishakh
2. Bhadrapada
3. Asadha
4. Chaitra
Q Who was the founder of ‘Satyashodhak Samaj’ ?
1 Jyotirao Phule
2 Mahatma Gandhi
3 Raja Ram Mohan Roy
4 Lala Lajpat Rai
Q Hikat , Rauf and Mandjas are the famous folk dances performed in :
1 Jammu and Kashmir
2 Assam
3 Kerala
4 Rajasthan
Q The partition of Bengal of cancelled in which year ?
1 1911
2 1908
3 1906
4 1909
Q Which governor general introduced the policy of Subsidiary Alliance ?
1 Lord Wellesley
2 Warren Hastings
3 Lord Cornwallis
4 Lord William Bentick
Q Which Nobel laureate wrote the book ‘India : A Million Mutinies Now’ ?
1 VS Naipaul
2 Shashi Tharoor
3 Amitav Ghosh
4 Chetan Bhagat
Q How many functional keys are present on a standard PC keyboard ?
1 12
2 10
3 9
4 15
Q In India, the International Day of Non-Violence is also celebrated as __.
1 Swami Vivekanand Jayanti
2 Gandhi Jayanti [ 2nd October ]
3 Guru Ravidas Jayanti
4 Mahavir Jayanti
Q In which year was the Rig Veda manuscript included in the UNESCO’s Memory of the World Register ?
1 2007
2 2006
3 2005
4 2004
Q In which year was the new Indian Rupee symbol officially adopted by the Government of India ?
1 2010
2 2001
3 2005
4 2008
Q Which festival is also known as ‘Mahakumbh of the East’ ?
1 Ambubachi Mela
2 Kheer Bhawani Mela
3 Madhavpur Mela
4 Tutilawa Mela
Q The Jharia and Chandrapura coal fields are located in the state of ____
1 Jharkhand
2 Nagaland
3 Gujarat
4 Uttarakhand
Q The world wide web was invented in the year ?
1 1989
2 1999
3 1992
4 1995
Q The traditional rod puppet of Bihar is known as ____
1 Yamapuri
2 Bommalattam
3 Sakhi Kundhei
4 Malasutri Bhaulya
Q Bhadra Wildlife Sanctuary is located in which state ?
1 Karnataka
2 Assam
3 Odisha
4 Madhya Pradesh
Q In Vienna , there’s a statue of Indian hockey player ___ holding four hockey sticks in four hands.
1 Dhyan Chand
2 Jaipal Singh Munda
3 Kishan Lal
4 Balbir Singh Sr
Q Which is the oldest hockey tournament in the world ?
1 Beighton Cup
2 Murugappa Gold Cup
3 Sultan Azlan Shah Cup
4 Aga Khan Gold Cup
Q Who was the first sportsperson to receive the Padma Vibhushan ?
1 Viswanathan Anand
2 Sachin Tendulkar
3 Mahesh Bhupathi
3 PT Usha
Q Who founded the city of Agra in 1504 ?
1 Sikandar Lodi
2 Firoz Shah Tughlaq
3 Akbar
4 Mubarak Shah
Q The first ICC T20 Cricket World Cup was held in the year ____
1 2009
2 2003
3 2006
4 2007
Q The Social Service League was founded in Bombay by ____
1 Narayan Malhar Joshi
2 Gopal Krishna Gokhale
3 Manabendra Nath Roy
4 Mahadev Govind Ranade
Q Who among the following musicians was awarded India’s highest civilian honour, the Bharat Ratna, in 1999?
1 Ustad Zakir Hussain
2 Pandit Ram Narayan
3 Pandit Ravi Shankar
4 MS Subbulakshmi
Q How many women candidates were elected to the 17th Lok Sabha?
1. 76
2 72
3 70
4 78
Q Medini Rai of Chanderi, Hasan Khan of Mewat and Mahmud Lodi joined Rana Sanga with their forces to fight against which of the following Mughal rulers?
1 Aurangzeb
2 Humayun
3 Babur
4 Akbar
Q The Tripartite struggle happened among the Palas, the Pratiharas and the _.
1 Rashtrakutas
2 Maukharis
3 Chandelas
4 Chalukyas
Q Ganesh Chaturthi is observed in __ month of Hindu calendar.
1 Kartika
2 Ashadha
3 Bhadrapada
4 Vaishakh
Q ‘Six Machine: I Don’t Like Cricket … I Love It’ is a book written by:
1 Andre Russell
2 Kieron Pollard
3 Chris Gayle
4 MS Dhoni
Q From which five-year plan did India start its journey of industrialisation?
1 Third Five-year Plan
2 Second Five-year Plan
3 Fifth Five-year Plan
4 Fourth Five-year Plan
Q Who among the following social reformers of British India is known as Lokhitwadi?
1 Balshastri Jambhekar
2 Daboda Pandurang
3 Gopal Ganesh Agarkar
4 Gopal Hari Deshmukh
Q In which of the following years was the first edition of the Thomas Cup, an
international men’s team championship in badminton organised?
1 1949
2 1952
3 1955
4 1961
Q Water movement caused by meteorological effects ( winds andatmospheric pressure changes ) is referred to as:
1 ocean front
2 wave front
3 water front
4 surges
Q Zangtalam is the folk dance of which Indian state ?
1 Nagaland
2 Assam
3 Mizoram
4 Tripura
Q The ‘Valmiki Ambedkar Awas Yojana’ (VAMBAY) was launched in which year by the Government of India?
1 2007
2 2003
3 2001
4 2005
Q To which state of India did Fathima Beevi, the first woman Supreme Court Judge of India, belong?
1 Kerala
2 Andhra Pradesh
3 Tamil Nadu
4 Karnataka
Q What are sea salt, pollen, ash, smoke soot and fine soil associated with?
1 Gases
2 Dust particles
3 Water vapour
4 Meteors
Q Which of the following architects designed the Gateway of India?
1 Herbert Baker
2 George Wittet
3 Henry Irwin
4 Lauri Baker
Q Makaravilakku festival is celebrated in which of the following Indian states?
1 Andhra Pradesh
2 Tamil Nadu
3 Kerala
4 Karnataka
Q Which of following was established in Madras in 1864?
1 Arya Mahila Samaj
2 Veda Samaj
3 Singh Sabha Samaj
4 Brahmo Samaj
Q Who studied ecological succession in the Indiana Dunes of Northwest Indiana in the 1890s?
1 G Evelyn Hutchinson
2 Henry Chandler Cowles
3 Frederic Clements
4 Charles Elton
Q Sitara Devi and Lachhu Maharaj are popular for their mastery in which of the following styles of Indian dance?
1 Manipuri
2 Kuchipudi
3 Bharatanatyam
4 Kathak
Q Which of the following parts of the mountain will receive the most rainfall from moisture-laden winds?
1 Leeward side
2 Relief side
3 Upward side
4 Windward side
Q Which of the following Articles of the Indian Constitution states that ‘The Directive Principles of State Policy are fundamental in the governance of the country and it shall be the duty of the State to apply the Principles in making laws’?
1 Article 51
2 Article 38
3 Article 37
4 Article 36