Q Splashing the mud and racing across the fields, the roaring buffalos raced by a man are typical sights for which of the following festivals of Karnataka?
Ans 1. Kambala
2. Dhol Khel
3. Gella-Chutt
4. Jallikattu
Q In whic year was the 1st winter edition of the Olympic Games organised ?
1 1926
2 1920
3 1922
4 1924
Q Purandara Dasa is popularly known as the __.
1 father of Carnatic Music
2 father of Hindustani Music
3 father of Kuchipudi
4 father of theatre art
Q Which of the following Acts is also known as Morley-Minto Reforms?
1 Indian Councils Act, 1909
2 Government of India Act, 1935
3 Government of India Act, 1919
4 Indian Councils Act, 1892
Q Which Peshwa signed the treaty of Bassein with the East India Company?
1 Raghunath Rao
2 Narayan Rao
3 Baji Rao II
4 Madhav Rao
Q Who wrote the book ‘If God Was A Banker’?
1 Ravi Subramanian
2 Amitav Ghosh
3 Jhumpa Lahiri
4 Ashwin Sanghi
Q ‘Gugga Naumi’ – the festival celebrated in Haryana and some parts of Punjab, Rajasthan, UP and Himachal Pradesh __ is known as the festival of:
1 camel-worshiping
2 cow-worshiping
3 snake-worshiping
4 owl-worshiping
Q Between who among the following did the Battle of Chandawar take place ?
1 Jaychand and Mahmood Gaznavi
2 Jaychand and Muhammad Ghori
3 Prithviraj and Mahmmod Gaznavi
4 Prithviraj III and Muhammad Ghori
Q Who is the author of the book ‘The 7 Sins of Being a Mother’?
Ans 1. Kareena Kapoor
2. Alia Bhatt
3. Twinkle Khanna
4. Tahira Kashyap Khurrana
Q Who among the following Governor Generals opened first telegraph line from Calcutta to Agra in 1853?
1 Lord Dalhousie
2 Lord Hastings
3 Lord Wellesley
4 Lord Curzon
Q Which of the following dance forms is NOT associated with the state of Jharkhand?
1 Karma
2 Dhimsa
3 Paika
4 Jamda
| Folk dance of Jharkhand | Kadsa dance || Mundari dance || Birhor dance || Mardana Jhumar || Jamda dance || Agni dance |
| Folk dance of Andhra Pradesh | Dhimsa || Dappu || Lambadi || Vilasini Natyam || Kolannalu dance / Stick dance || Veeranatyam || Kolattam |
Q Vishu is predominantly celebrated in which of the following states of India?
1 Assam
2 Kerala
3 Telangana
4 Karnataka
0 Tulsidas’s composition, the Ramcharitmanas, was written in __ language.
1. Sanskrit
2 Urdu
3 Awadhi
4 Assamese
Q In which sessions of the Indian National congress was the song “VandeMataram”
sung for the first time ?
1 1885 Session
2 1896 Session
3 1919 Session
4 1890 Session
Q Norman Borlaug, father of Green Revolution in the world, was awarded______.
1 Olympic medal
2 Bharat Ratna
3 Nobel peace prize
4 Gallantry award
Q Makar Sankranti is celebrated by the Sindhi community by which of the following names?
1 Tirmoori
2 Teejri
3 Lal Loi
4 Thadri
Q Who among the following is a Bharatanatyam performer?
Ans 1. Sitara Devi
2. Kalamandalam Kalyanikutty Amma
3. V Satyanarayana Sarma
4. Tanjore Balasaraswati
Tanjore Balasaraswati [ Bharatnatyam ] , Sitara Devi [ Kathak ] , Kalamandalam Kalyanikutty Amma [ Mohiniyattam ] , V Satyanarayana Sarma [ Kuchipudi ] , Neena Prasad [ Mohiniyattam ]
Q According to Megasthenes, how many gates were there in Pataliputra?
1 261
2 366
3 125
4 64
As per Megasthenes , Pataliputra was a big city . There were 570 towers and 64 gates in the city
Q With which of the following states is the ‘Mand’ or ‘Maand’ style of singing
associated?
1 Gujarat
3 Madhya Pradesh
3 Rajasthan
4 Jharkhand
Q Part ______ of the Constitution of India deals with amendment of the Constitution.
Ans 1. 18
2. 15
3. 20
4. 10
Q Article 76 of the Indian Constitution deals with _.
1 Attorney-General for India
2 Council of Ministers
3 Governor of India
4 Home Minister
Q The Orissa High Court is located in which of the following part of the Odisha state?
1 Bhubaneswar
2 Cuttack
3 Berhampur
4 Rourkela
Q In which city of Gujarat will you find the Uparkot Buddhist Caves?
Ans 1. Bhavnagar
2. Vadodara
3. Anand
4. Junagadh
Q ‘Ponu Yoksi’, a sword like instrument used during ceremonial dances performed by the priests, belongs to:
Ans 1. Himachal Pradesh
2. Madhya Pradesh
3. Uttar Pradesh
4. Arunachal Pradesh
Q Who was the president of the first session of Congress held in 1885?
1 Dinshaw Wacha
2 Dadabhai Naoroji
3 Allan Octavian Hume
4 Womesh Chandra Bonnerjee
Q The Pritzker prize is an international award given to recognise contribution in the field of ______.
Ans 1. literature
2. mathematics
3. Medicine
4. Architecture
Q _ are known as the powerhouses of the cell.
1 Mitochondria
2 Lysosomes
3 Ribosome
4 Nucleus
Q During the rule of which of the following dynasties did Timur or Tamerlane invade India in 1398 AD?
Ans 1. The Sayyad dynasty
2. The Khilji dynasty
3. The Tughlaq dynasty
4. The Slave dynasty
Q The ‘Hemis Festival’ is celebrated in Ladakh on the 10th day of the Tibetan Lunar month. To which of the following lords is the festival dedicated?
Ans 1. Lord Vishnu
2. Lord Shiva
3. Lord Padmasambhava
4. Lord Ganesha
Q The team that won the first two World Cup cricket tournaments was:
1. England
2 Australia
3 West Indies
4 India
Q The scientific name for the domestic ______ is Canis lupus familiaris.
Ans 1. Dog
2. cow
3. cat
4. buffalo
Q Which of the following Articles of the Constitution of India states that Hindi in Devanagari script shall be the official language of the Union?
Ans 1. Article 343(2)
2. Article 354(2)
3. Article 343(1)
4. Article 343(3)
Q Who among the following was a great advocate of English education in India?
Ans 1. TB Macaulay
2. Jonathan Duncan
3. William Jones
4. Warren Hastings
Q ‘Shifting cultivation’ is also known as ____ in north-east India .
1 Jhum
2 Bringa
3 Bewar
4 Podu
Q The Qutub Minar was named after the Sufi saint ____
1 Khwaja Qutbuddin Bakhtiyar Kaki
2 Qutub-ud-din Aibak
3 Syed Waheed Ashraf
4 Alauddin Sabir Kaliyar
Q Which river passes through maximum number of countries ?
1 Danube
2 Volga
3 Amazon
4 Rhine
Q How many days do the festival ‘Hornbill Last in Nagaland?
1 Ten days
2 Five days
3 Eleven days
4 Eight days
Q Name the longest river in Asia ?
1 Yangtze
2 Amazon
3 Nile
4 Yenisei
Q Which Indian Monument was built by Maharaja Sawai Pratap Singh in 1799 ?
1 Hawa Mahal
2 Mattancherry Palace
3 Mysore Palace
4 Leh Palace
Q In which fort of Rajasthan ‘chattris’ [ cenotaphs ] are built in honour of Jaimal and Kalla , heroes , who laid down their lives in the 1568 siege by Emperor Akbar ?
1 Chittorgarh Fort
2 Reis Magos Fort
3 Bidar Fort
4 Sindhugarh Fort
Q Bihar Diwas is celebrated on ___ across the state to commemorate the day when Bihar was carved out of the Bengal Presidency in the year 1912.
1 22 March
2 21 January
3 20 February
4 1 November
Q Daringbadi hill station is located in __.
1. Madhya Pradesh
2 Jharkhand
3 Odisha
4 West Bengal
Q Which city is going to host the 2026 winter olympics ?
1 Beijing
2 Boston
3 Milan-Cortina d’ Ampezzo
4 Pyeongchang
Q How many teams participated in the 1975 Cricket World Cup?
1 10
2 14
3 12
4 8
8 Teams : England , India , Australia , Pakistan , West Indies , New Zealand , Sri Lanka and East Africa .