Q Who wrote ‘Humayun Nama’?
Ans 1. Akbar
2. Babur
3. Humayun
4. Gulbadan Begum
Q Who was the first Indian Judge in International Court of Justice [ ICJ ] ?
1 RS Pathak
2 BN Rau
3 Nagendra Bhadana
4 Dalveer Bhandari
Q Who among the following has written the book ‘Three Thousand Stitches : Ordinary People , Extraordinary Lives’ ?
1 Sudha Murty
2 Anita Desai
3 Jhumpa Lahiri
4 Shashi Deshpande
Q Who was the first Indian to ski to the North Pole ?
1 Mihir Sen
2 Ajeet Bajaj
3 JK Bajaj
4 Ram Charan
Q The Valley of Flowers National Park is located in _.
1. Uttarakhand
2 Jammu & Kashmir
3 Himachal Pradesh
4 Meghalaya
Q By which one of the following Acts was the Governor General of Bengal designated as the Governor General of India ?
1 The Regulating Act
2 The Pitt’s India Act
3 The Charter Act of 1833
4 The Charter Act of 1793
Q In the year 1925, who extracted lipids from an erythrocyte sample and found that lipid monolayers are good for measuring molecular surface area versus lateral pressure
1 Avery and Buck
2 Gorter and Grendel
3 Carson and Eccles
4 Margulis and Ruska
Q The Birsa Munda International Hockey Stadium , the largest hockey stadium in the country , is situated in :
1 Rourkela , Odisha
2 Jhasuguda , Odisha
3 Cuttack , Odisha
4 Bhubaneswar , Odisha
Q When was the Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna Award renamed as Major Dhyan Chand Khel Ratna Award?
1 6th August 2021
2 6th August 2022
3 5th January 2022
4 5th January 2021
Q In the context of periodicity, a unit called picometre is used to measure the
__.
1 molar mass
2 atomic radius
3 atomic density
4 spin quantum number
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Q The Upper House of a State Legislature is known as the __.
1 Lok Sabha
2 Vidhan Parishad
3 Vidhan Sabha
4 Rajya Sabha
Q Sido and Kanhu were leaders of which of the following tribal rebellions?
1 Munda Rebellion
2 Santhal Rebellion
3 Moplah Rebellion
4 Kol Rebellion
Q The phenomenon by which plant’s growth is directed towards light is known as _.
1 Phototropism
2 Transpiration
3 Thigmotropism
4 Osmosis
Q The Bhaja Caves are located in ______.
Ans 1. Maharashtra
2. Bihar
3. Rajasthan
4. Uttar Pradesh
Q The outermost part of the Earth is known as __.
1 the core
2 the mantle
3 the crust
4 volcano
Q Which of the following is a water soluble vitamin?
Ans 1. Vitamin C
2. Vitamin D
3. Vitamin A
4. Vitamin K
Fat soluble vitamins | Vitamin A , Vitamin D , Vitamin E and Vitamin K |
Water soluble vitamins | Vitamin B1 , Vitamin B2 , Vitamin B3 , Vitamin B5 , Vitamin B6 , Vitamin B7 , Vitamin B9 , Vitamin B12 and Vitamin C |
Q Who was the Defence Minister of India during the Sino-Indian war of 1962 ?
1 VK Krishna Menon
2 Yashwantrao Chavan
3 George Fernandes
4 Baldev Singh Chokkar
Q Which of the following states celebrates a state festival named ‘Bathukamma’?
1 Tamil Nadu
2 Telangana
3 Kerala
4 Odisha
Q In which of the following years was India the host of Asian Games?
Ans 1. 1951 and 1982
2. 1982 and 1994
3. 1994 and 2010
4. 1951 and 1986
Q How many fundamental duties are set out in Part IV A (Article 51A) of the Constitution of India?
Ans 1. 9
2. 11
3. 10
4. 12
Q Who was known as ‘Andhra Kesari’ ?
1 T Prakasam
2 CR Das
3 CF Andrews
4 Jayaprakash Narayan
Q Identify the acid that helps in digestion.
Ans 1. Nitric acid
2. Hydrochloric acid
3. Acetic acid
4. Sulphuric acid
Q ‘Jakhan Choto Chilam’ is an autobiography written in the Bengali language by which of the following Indian Bangla film directors?
Ans 1. Satyajit Ray
2. Mrinal Sen
3. Rituparno Ghosh
4. Tapan Sinha
Q Sarojini Naidu was elected first Indian woman President of the Indian National Congress at __________.
Ans 1. Kanpur
2. Ahmedabad
3. Delhi
4. Nagpur
Q As per Census 2011 , India’s population was 121.1 Crore with ___ female population .
1 46.5 %
2 48.5 %
3 42.5 %
4 44.5 %
Q Who described Indian federal system as a bargaining federalism ?
1 Morris Jones
2 KC Wheare
3 Granville Austin
4 Ivor Jennings
Q As of 2025, how many Olympic medals did India win in the sport of badminton?
Ans 1. Two
2. One
3. Three
4. Five
Q Which of the following memoirs was written by the famous classic Indian actor of Hindi movies, Dev Anand?
Ans 1. Romancing with Life
2. Anything But Khamosh
3. The Substance and The Shadow
4. Cracking The Code: My Journey in Bollywood
Q Who among the following was the first non-Indian to receive the Bharat Ratna, the highest Indian honour that can be given to civilians?
Ans 1. Josip Broz Tito
2. Nelson Mandela
3. Abdul Ghaffar Khan
4. Mikhail Gorbachev
Q Three Poets Pampa, Ponna and Ranna are called as the ‘Three Jewels’ of:
1 Sanskrit Literature
2 Telugu Literature
3 Kannada Literature
4 Tamil Literature
Q How many Indian states share border with Bhutan?
Ans 1. 4
2. 5
3. 2
4. 3
Bhutan – India border [ 699 km ] | West Bengal | Sikkim | Assam | Arunachal Pradesh |
Q In which year will India host the ICC Champions Trophy?
Ans 1. 2023
2. 2029
3. 2022
4. 2025
Q To which state does the traditional folk dance ‘Gotipua’ belong?
Ans 1. West Bengal
2. Odisha
3. Bihar
4. Chhattisgarh
Q Srirangapatnam Fort is located in __________.
Ans 1. Kerala
2. Karnataka
3. Telangana
4. Tamil Nadu
Q Who gave the slogans ‘Dilli Chalo’ and ‘Give me blood and I will give you Freedom’?
Ans 1. Sardar Vallabh Bhai Patel
2. Jawaharlal Nehru
3. Subhash Chandra Bose
4. Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi
Q Makaravilakku is an annual festival held on Makar Sankranti in which of the following states ?
1 Kerala
2 Telangana
3 Maharashtra
4 Karnataka
Q Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar Prize is associated with which of the following disciplines?
Ans 1. Literature
2. Music
3. Science and Technology
4. Sports
Q Who among the following authored the book ‘Poverty and Un-British Rule in India’?
Ans 1. Rajagopalachari
2. Dadabhai Naoroji
3. Bal Gangadhar Tilak
4. Raja Ram Mohan Roy
Q Indira Sagar Dam which is a concrete gravity dam is located in which of the following states of India?
Ans 1. Madhya Pradesh
2. Maharashtra
3. Chattisgarh
4. Uttar Pradesh
Q Under which of the following Acts, the Board of Control was established in England to control and supervise the administration of British India?
`1 Charter Act of 1793
2 Charter Act of 1813
3 Pitt’s India Act of 1784
4 Regulating Act of 1773
Q Which marine carotenoid is abundant in brown seaweed, macroalgae and diatoms?
1 Fucoxanthin
2 Neoxanthin
3 Astaxanthin
4 β-cryptoxanthin
Q When was the Rashtriya Swasthya Bima Yojana introduced to provide health
insurance to people below the poverty line?
1 2014
2 2008
3 2017
4 2009
Q Harrod Domar model was the main idea behind the __ Five Year Plan.
1 Second
2 First
3 Third
4 Fourth
Q The Indian National Congress special session of September 1920 was held at:
1 Calcutta
2 Bombay
3 Madras
4 Lahore
The Special Congress session held in 1920 at Calcutta was presided over by Lal Bahadur Shastri
Q The __ of every state unfurls the flag in its capital on the Republic Day.
1 Judge of High Court
2 Speaker
3 Governor
4 Chief Minister
Q Who is the author of the book ‘Wise and Otherwise : A Salute to Life‘ ?
1 Sudha Murthy
2 Arundhati Roy
3 Kiran Desai
4 Anita Desai
Q With reference to the Vedangas , which terms denotes ‘Ritual’ ?
1 Kalpa
2 Siksha
3 Nirukta
4 Chandas
Six vedangas | Siksha [ phonetics ] , Vyakarana [ grammar ] , Chandas [ metre ] , Nirukta [ etymology ] , Kalpa [ ritual ] and Jyotishya [ astronomy ] |
Q Pradhan Mantri Jeevan Jyoti Bima Yojana offers a protection term insurance cover of ___ to the insurer.
1 2 lakh
2 4 lakh
3 5 lakh
4 10 lakh
Atal Pension Yojana | 18 – 40 years |
Jeevan Jyoti Bima Yojana | 18 – 50 years |
Suraksha Bima Yojana | 18 – 70 years |
Q Which martial art form is practiced in the state of Punjab and West Bengal ?
1 Lathi
2 Silambam
3 Thang-ta
4 Kalaripayattu
Q Who wrote the play ‘Mricchakatika’ [ The Little Clay Cart ] , a social drama with touches of grim reality ?
1 Sudraka
2 Kalidasa
3 Mohan Rakesh
4 Girish Karnad
Q Which can be diagnosed with the Widal Test ?
1 Typhoid fever
2 AIDS
3 Cancer
4 Tuberculosis
Q Which team won the Federation Cup Football Tournament for the most number of times ?
1 Mohun Bagan AC
2 Bengaluru FC
3 Salgocar SC
4 East Bengal FC
Q How many members represent the state of Rajasthan in Lok Sabha?
Ans 1. 48
2. 80
3. 25
4. 39
Q In which year Gas Authority of India Limited [ GAIL ] was set up as a public sector undertaking to transport and market natural gas ?
1 1984
2 1975
3 1960
4 1990
Q Why does the milkman add a very small amount of baking soda to fresh milk?
1 To maintain the pH of the fresh milk at 6 for a longer time
2 To reduce the pH of the fresh milk from 6 to slightly alkaline
3 To increase the pH of the fresh milk from 6 to slightly alkaline
4 To reduce the pH of the fresh milk from 6 to slightly more acidic