Q The Ragi tradition of Shabad Kirtan was started under the patronage of :
1 Guru Gobind Singh
2 Guru Arjan Dev
3 Guru Tegh Bahadur
4 Guru Amar Das
Q The first Paralympic games were held in which year ?
1 1962
2 1960
3 1964
4 1961
Q Who among the following was the author of the play ‘Mrichchhakatika’?
1 Kalidasa
2 Amarasimha
3 Shudraka
4 Bhasa
Q Who led the Revolt of 1857 in Bihar ?
1 Azimullah
2 Bkaht Khan
3 Veer Kunwar Singh
4 Maulvi Ahmadullah
Q ‘Boita Bandana festival‘ belongs to which state?
1 Telangana
2 Odisha
3 Uttarakhand
4 Manipur
Q The headquarters of the Ghadar Party was located at which place?
1 San Francisco
2 NewYork
3 Chicago
4 Washington
Q What is the dimension of a basketball court?
1 28 × 22 m
2 28 × 18 m
3 28 × 20 m
4 28 × 15 m
Q The Tumakuru mining belt is located in which state?
1 Odisha
2 Jharkhand
3 Rajasthan
4 Karnataka
Q __ was called the First Truly Swadeshi bank and it was founded in the
year 1911.
1 Canara Bank
2 Bank of Baroda
3 Central Bank of India
4 Punjab National Bank
Q Through which of the following cities does Mithi river pass?
Ans 1. Bengaluru
2. Chennai
3. Mumbai
4. Kolkata
0 Which among the following festivals is also known as “Festival of Festivals“?
1 Chapchar Kut
2 Hornbill Festival
3 Moatsu
4 Wangala
Q In which of the following years was the ‘New Economic Policy’ introduced in India?
1 1993
2 1992
3 1991
4 1990
Q The total members who participate in the election of president is called_________.
1 Elite ElectionGroup
2 First Voters Group
3 PresidentCollege
4 Electoral College
Q Who among the following freedom fighters is known as ‘Deshbandhu’?
1 Gopal Krishna Gokhale
2 Chittaranjan Das
3 Subhas Chandra Bose
4 Bhagat Singh
Q What was the slogan of the 2011 Census of India?
1 Our Census – Our Pride
2 Our Census – Secured Future
3 India’s Census – India’s Pride
4 Our Census – Our Future
Q What was the actual growth rate of the first five-year plan
1 4.2%
2 2.6%
3 3.6%
4 2.1%
Q According to Sangam texts, the term uzhavar means:
1 slaves
2 large landowners
3 teachers
4 ordinary ploughmen
Q Which among the following festivals is the worship of 14 Gods and is celebrated in the month of July?
1 Bonalu
2 Losar
3 Kharchi Puja
4 Tripureshwar
Q In which year All India Trinamool Congress [ AITC ] was formed ?
1 1998
2 1999
3 1984
4 1980
Q Which of the following sportsmen was nicknamed the ‘pocket dynamo’?
Ans 1. Dhyan Chand
2. Limba Ram
3. Sushil Kumar
4. Khashaba Dadasaheb Jadhav
Q Which of the following classical dance forms is usually concluded with Tarangam?
1 Sattriya
2 Kuchipudi
3 Kathakali
4 Odissi
Q How many time has India won the Men’s Hockey World Cup?
1 4
2 2
3 1 [ 1975 ]
4 0
Q Which instrument is used to measure the vibrations during an earthquake?
1 Mercalli scale
2 Seismograph
3 Hygrometer
4 Richter Scale
Q Which among the following articles of the Indian Constitution relates to the Attorney
General of India?
1 Article 76
2 Article 279A
3 Article 243ZE
4 Article 243I
Q The festival of Ram Navami is celebrated in the Hindu month of _.
1 Kartik
2 Phalgun
3 Chaitra
4 Ashvin
Q Indian Council of Historical Research , an autonomous organisation , was set up by the Government of India in ____
1 1991
2 1972
3 1982
4 1962
Q Which of the following states has the highest number of assembly constituencies?
1. Bihar
2 Rajasthan
3 Uttar Pradesh
4 West Bengal
Q According to Census of India 2011 ,what was the sex ratio of Tamil Nadu?
1 991
2 993
3 996
4 931
Q Which of the following options had figured in the royal emblem of the Chola dynasty?
1 Tiger
2 Elephant
3 Fish
4 Horse
Q Who among the following was the creator of the raag Darbari Kanada and a court poet of Akbar’s court during the Mughal period in India?
1. Swami Haridas
2 Bilas Khan
3 Mian Tansen
4 Baiju Bawra
Q Which of the following is the autobiography of the international athlete Maria Sharapova?
Ans 1. But Seriously
2. Unbreakable
3. Open
4. Unstoppable: My Life So Far
Q Who was the first Indian to win an Academy Award in 1982 for Gandhi in Costume design ?
1 Bhanu Athaiya
2 AR Rahman
3 Satyajit Ray
4 Resul Pookutty
Q Raja Festival and Nuakhai festival are associated with Indian State ?
1 Kerala
2 Rajasthan
3 Odisha
4 Manipur
Q The term ‘shooting guard’ is used in which of the following games/sports?
1 Basketball
2 Tennis
3 Volleyball
4 Table tennis
Q The Narmada river rises in which of the following place?
1 Satpura
2 Nasik
3 Amarkantak hills
4 Mahabaleshwar
Q Sphalerite is the ore of which of the following metals?
1 Copper
2 Silver
3 Zinc
4 Tin
Q Which country surrounds Tripura from west, north and south sides?
1 Bhutan
2 Vietnam
3 Myanmar
4 Bangladesh
Q The Rig Veda is a collection of __ hymns.
1 1028
2 1076
3 1124
4 1152
Q Awadh was annexed by the British in __.
1 1845
2 1856
3 1838
4 1859
Q Article 17 of the Constitution of India deals with __.
1 abolition of untouchability
2 equality before law
3 abolition of titles
4 right to education
Q Khichdi , Uttarayan and Lohri are different name of which festival ?
1 Makar Sankranti
2 Pongal
3 Bihu
4 Nuakhai
Q Which Article of the Constitution of India empowers a High Court to issue writs?
1 Article 230
2 Article 220
3 Article 223
4 Article 226
Q Apart from the Cash Reserve Ratio, banks are also required to keep some reserves in
liquid form in the short term, referred as __
1 Statutory Liquidity Repo
2 State Liquidity Ratio
3 Statutory Liquidity Ratio
4 Statutory License Ratio
Q According to Mendeleev’s Periodic Table, which element’s properties matched up remarkably well with eka-aluminium?
1 Titanium
2 Germanium
3 Gallium
4 Scandium
Q Treaty of Mangalore [ 1784 ] was signed between British East India Company and _____
1 Tipu Sultan
2 Haidar Ali
3 Mir Osman Ali Khan
4 Nizam-ul-Mulk
Q The famous festival known as ‘Paro Tschechu’ is associated with which country?
1 Japan
2 Burma
3 Bhutan
4 Thailand
Q In which state of India is shifting cultivation known as ‘Bringa’?
1 Odisha
2 Madhya Pradesh
3 Andhra Pradesh
4 Manipur
Q Which city is known ‘Scotland of India’ ?
1 Coorg
2 Madurai
3 Calcutta
4 Jodhpur
Q The Indian National Association was established in 1876 by Anand Mohan Bose and Surendranath Banerjee in :
1 Bombay
2 Calcutta
3 Madras
4 Lahore
Q ‘Thoda’ a sport dance belongs to which state ?
1 Himachal Pradesh
2 Kerala
3 Tamil Nadu
4 Manipur
Q India’s first five-year plan was launched in ______.
Ans 1. 1901
2. 1961
3. 1971
4. 1951
Q Which of the following folk dance is performed mainly in Haryana ?
1 Raut
2 Saila
3 Loor
4 Phaag
Q Which of the following pairs is INCORRECT with reference to paintings in India?
1. Phad Paintings – Rajasthan
2 Saura Paintings – Odisha
3 Bagh Paintings – Madhya Pradesh
4 Guler Paintings – Karnataka
| Famous Paintings | Phad Paintings [ Rajasthan ] , Saura Paintings [ Odisha ] , Bagh Paintings [ Madhya Pradesh ] , Guler Paintings [ Himachal Pradesh ] |
Q Which queen died fighting Mughal armies while defending Garha Katanga in 1564 ?
1 Rani Durgavati
2 Rani Avantibai
3 Rani Ahiyabai
4 Rani Rudrambara
Q Name the first ever judge of the Supreme Court against whom the motion of impeachment was introduced into Parliament in Independent India ?
1 Justice Ramaswami
2 Justice Viraswami
3 Justice Subba Rao
4 Justice Mahajan
Q Which city is called the Zero Mile Centre of India ?
1 Nagpur
2 Lucknow
3 Indore
4 Cuttack
Q Which country was the first to implement GST ?
1 France
2 Sweden
3 Norway
4 Germany
Q The Musi and Bhima are the tributaries of which river ?
1 Krishna
2 Narmada
3 Godavari
4 Kaveri
Q Which dance , performed by Buddhists to ward off evils spirits , is a dance form of Himachal Pradesh ?
1 Siddi Dhamal
2 Chham
3 Hallisaka
4 Hudo
Q Khandesh was incorporated into the Mughal empire in which of the following years?
1 1601
2 1603
3 1598
4 1600
Q The number of parliamentary seats [ Lok Sabha ] of Kerala is _____
1 20
2 25
3 38
4 48
Q Which is the national fruit of Bangladesh ?
1 Jackfruit
2 Apple
3 Mango
4 Pomegranate
Q The length of the badminton court for singles is:
1 13.44 m
2 13.55 m
3 13.40 m
4 14 m
Q Which of the following is inscribed in the UNESCO as an Intangible cultural heritage ?
1 Nowruz
2 Dussehra
3 Vaisakhi
4 Gudi Padwa
Q Who among the following is the first country that has won 6 men’s and 7 women’s world cup titles in cricket ?
1 Australia
2 England
3 India
3 New Zealand
Q The growing voice box in boys can be seen as a protruding part of the throat called ___
1 Adam’s apple
2 Adrenalin
3 Corn
4 Gullet
Q The Almatti Dam of Karnataka is built over which of the following rivers ?
1 Sutlej
2 Krishna
3 Periyar
4 Kaveri
Q The thickness of a wrestling mat should be between ___ centimetres .
1 5 and 7
2 7 and 9
3 3 and 5
4 9 and 11
Q After years of wandering Babur seized Kabul in ____
1 1502
2 1501
3 1504
3 1503
Q The Buddha belonged to a small gana known as ____
1 Kuru gana
2 Avanti gana
3 Panchal gana
4 Sakya gana
Q Who wrote the novel ”Life of Pi’‘ ?
1 Khaled Hosseini
2 Jonathan Safran Foer
3 Carol Birch
4 Yann Martel
Q Which protein is found in grains?
1 Gum protein
2 Delta protein
3 Gluten
4 Arginine
Q How much energy is released from 1 gm of fat?
1 4 calories
2 4.2 calories
3 9 calories
4 5 calories
Q Who among the following Mughals built Moti Masjid in the Agra Fort complex ?
1 Shah Jahan
2 Jahangir
3 Akbar
4 Aurangzeb
Q ‘A Tryst with Destiny’ , is a famous speech illustrative of India’s independence made by which of the following members of the Constituent Assembly of India ?
1 Lord Mountbatten
2 Jawaharlal Nehru
3 BR Ambedkar
4 SP Mukherjee
Q The Trophic-Dynamic Aspect of Ecology’ was studied by whom in the year 1942?
1 Alexander Humboldt
2 Rachel Carson
3 Raymond L Lindeman
4 Frederic Clements
Q Who among the following was the founder of Satyashodhak Samaj , a society
dedicated towards eradicating caste injustice?
1 Bal Gangadhar Tilak
2 Periyar Erode Venkata Ramasamy
3 Jyotirao Govindrao Phule
4 Mahatma Ayyankali
Q On which date did the members of the Constituent Assembly append their signatures to the Constitution of India ?
1 24 January 1950
2 25 January 1950
3 22 January 1950
4 23 January 1950
Q Select the CORRECT combination of Indian classical dance and their respective dancer.
1 Surendra Nath Jena – Kuchipudi
2 Pandit Birju Maharaj – Sattriya
3 Guru Bipin Singh – Mohiniyattam
4 Elam Endira Devi – Manipuri
Surendra Nath Jena [ Odissi ] , Pandit Birju Maharaj [ Kathak ] , Guru Bipin Singh [ Manipuri ] , Elam Endira Devi [ Manipuri ]