Q Who is known as the ‘Father of Public Sector Undertakings’ in India ?
1 V Krishnamurthy
2 JRD Tata
3 PV Narasimha Rao
4 M Visvesvaraya
Q Where did IISCO (Indian Iron and Steel Company) set up its first factory?
1 Hirapur
2 Roorkie
3 Jamshedpur
4 Bhilai
Q The target for the first commitment period of the Kyoto Protocol is to reduce emissions of how many greenhouse gases by 5.2 % from 199O levels ?
1 6
2 10
3 8
4 7
Q ‘Slash and burn’ agriculture is known as ____ in Western Africa
1 roca
2 logan
3 conuco
4 masole
Q Jat-Jatin is the most popular folk dance of which of the following states/union territories?
Ans 1. Chhattisgarh
2. Arunachal Pradesh
3. Bihar
4. Rajasthan
Q Which of the following departments of Delhi Sultanate was reorganized by Balban?
Ans 1. Diwan-i-Mustakhraj
2. Diwan-i-Arz
3. Diwan-i-Ishtiaq
4. Diwan-i-Risalat
Q When was a Madrasa opened in Kolkata to promote the study of Arabic, Persian and Islamic law?
1 1772 C.E.
2 1783 C.E.
3 1781 C.E. [ by Warren Hastings ]
4 1774 C.E.
Q Who is the author of the historical book ‘Delhi: A Novel’?
Ans 1. Nayantara Sahgal
2. Ahmed Ali
3. Khushwant Singh
4. Anita Desai
Q In which year did UNESCO include Yoga in its Intangible Cultural Heritage list?
Ans 1. 2014
2. 2016
3. 2018
4. 2015
Q Who is the only Indian to have won the United Nations Award in the field of human rights?
1 Baba Amte
2 Ela Bhatt
3 Kanshi Ram
4 Verghese Kurien
Q Which principle states that the partial vapour pressure of each volatile component in a solution is directly proportional to its mole fraction?
1 Dalton’s Law
2 Boyle’s Law
3 Raoult’s Law
4 Henry’s Law
Q The Badami fort is an ancient fort built in 543 CE by __ of the Chalukya dynasty.
1. Jayasimha
2 Pulakeshin I
3 Shri Gupta
4 Bhattarka
Q The first woman Secretary general of SAARC is from which country ?
1 India
2 Maldives
3 Bhutan
4 Sri Lanka
Q Who described the preamble of Indian Constitution as the ‘Political horoscope of the Indian Constitution’?
1. NA Palkhiwala
2 Kanhaiyalal Maniklal Munshi
3 Thakurdas Bhargav
4 Bhimrao Ramji Ambedkar
Q Rovers Cup is associated with which of the following sports ?
1 Cricket
2 Football
3 Hockey
4 Volleyball
Q Which festival among the following is celebrated in Manipur?
1 Garia Puja
2 Nongkrem
3 Yaoshang
4 Anthurium
Q In which battle did Ahmad Shah Abdali defeat the Marathas?
Ans 1. Battle of Buxar
2. First battle of Tarain
3. Battle of Khanwa
4. Third battle of Panipat
Q Which President of India exercised the pocket veto on the Indian Post Office (Amendment) Bill?
Ans 1. R Venkataraman
2 Giani Zail Singh
3 Dr. Rajendra Prasad
4 APJ Abdul Kalam
Q __________ are amoeboid (amoeba like movement, with pseudopodia) that cansqueeze out through capillary walls.
Ans 1. Nerve cells
2. Red blood cells
3. Guard cells
4. White blood cells
Q In which case did the Supreme Court introduce the concept of curative petitions?
1 M Nagaraj and Ors. vs. Union of India
2 Indira Nehru Gandhi vs. Shri Raj Narain
3 Rupa Ashok Hurra vs. Ashok Hurra and Ors
4 Kesavananda Bharati vs. State of Kerala
Q The famous Virupaksha Lord Shiva temple that is designated as a UNESCO World Heritage Site is located in __.
1. Kerala
2 Karnataka
3 Jharkhand
4 Himachal Pradesh
Q Garo-Khasi range is located in which Indian state?
1. Meghalaya
2 Sikkim
3 Mizoram
4 Odisha
Q Who among the following saints had written the epic ‘Mahabharata’?
1 Veda Vyasa
2 Chaitanya
3 Valmiki
4 Ravidas
Q Who among the following philosophers and social reformers established the Arya Samaj in 1875?
Ans 1. Swami Dayanand Saraswati
2. Swami Vivekanand
3. Gopal Krishna Gokhale
4. Raja Ram Mohan Roy
Q Which is the tallest waterfall of India with a height of 1,493 ft?
1 Thalaiyar Falls, Tamil Nadu
2 Barkana Falls, Karnataka
3 Kunchikal Falls, Karnataka
4 Meenmutty Falls, Kerala
Q Which tribal farmer of Singhbhum in Chhotanagpur led the Kol tribals in the revolt of 1857?
Q Which tribal farmer of Singhbhum in Chhotanagpur led the Kol tribals in the revolt of 1857?
1 Gonoo
2 Birsa Munda
3 Jatra Bhagat
4 Budhu Bhagat
Q Singorgarh Fort is situated in which district of Madhya Pradesh ?
1 Sagar
2 Damoh
3 Jabalpur
4 Chhatarpur
Q Which famous personality said the following?
“Don’t take rest after your first victory because if you fail in second, more lips are waiting to say that your first victory was just luck?”
1 APJ Abdul Kalam
2 Swami Vivekananda
3 Amartya Sen
4 Atal Bihari Vajpayee
Q The Ilbert Bill Act was introduced by Lord Ripon in which of the following years?
1 1882
2 1898
3 1883
4 1878
Q In which of the following states is the Almatti Dam located?
1 Karnataka
2 Uttarakhand
3 Sikkim
4 Nagaland
Q In which year did the first Amendment of the Constitution take place?
1. 1953
2 1951
3 1960
4 1947
Q Who wrote the book ‘A Song of India’ ?
1 Ruskin Bond
2 Kiran Desai
3 Anita Desai
4 Arundhati Roy
Q Which of the following diseases is caused by Rhino viruses?
1 Malaria
2 Amoebiasis
3 Common cold
4 Ascariasis
Q Mandu Festival is a famous festival of which of the following states?
1 Madhya Pradesh
2 Punjab
2 Haryana
4 Uttar Pradesh
Q Who threw a bomb in the central legislative assembly along with Bhagat Singh to protest against the Public Safety Bill in 1929?
1 Chandra Shekhar Azad
2 Batukeshwar Dutt
3 Rajguru
4 Subhash Chandra Bose
Q Ghoomar is the traditional folk dance of which of the following states?
1 Gujarat
2 Tamil Nadu
2 Haryana
4 Rajasthan
Q Which Indian social activist and politician led the Self-Respect Movement or Dravidian Movement against Brahminism?
1. C Annadurai
2 Erode Venkatappa Ramasamy
3 P Theagaraya Chetty
4 C Rajagopalachari
Q Which of the following eye disorders is known as ‘lazy eye’?
1 Myopia
2 Presbyopia
3 Amblyopia
4 Hypermetropia
Q Which Chola ruler was popularly called ‘Victor of the Ganges’?
1 Gandaraditya Chola
2 Rajendra Chola I
3 Parantaka Chola I
4 Vijayalaya Chola
Q Which governor general of India abolished Sati system in 1829 by declaring it an offence
Ans 1. Lord Wellesley
2. Lord William Bentinck
3. Lord Cornwallis
4. Lord Dalhousie
Q Cinnabar (HgS) is an ore of which metal?
1. Gold
2 Silver
3 Mercury
4 Aluminum
Q Al Biruni wrote famous book “Kitab ul Hind” in __ language.
1 Sanskrit
2 Arabic
3 Persian
4 Mongolian
Q In 1930, which scientist was awarded the Nobel Prize for describing the human ABO blood group system?
1. Karl Landsteiner
2 Albert Claude
3 Roger Guillemin
4 George Wald
Q The Maharaja Ranjit Singh Gold Cup is associated with ______.
Ans 1. Football
2. Polo
3. Hockey
4. Cricket
Q When was the first Constituent Assembly election held in India?
1 1947
2 1946
3 1949
4 1948
Dr. Rajendra Prasad was elected as the Permanent Chairman of the Constituent Assembly in 1946
Q The Yonggyap Pass connects which of the following Indian states with Tibet?
1 Sikkim
2 Assam
3 Uttaranchal
4 Arunachal Pradesh
Q Which of the following Constitutional Amendment Acts had abolished the privy purse and privileges of the former rulers of the princely states?
1 44th Amendment Act
2 36th Amendment Act
3 26th Amendment Act
4 42nd Amendment Act
Q In which of the following states is the Shevaroy Hills located?
1. Maharashtra
2 Tripura
3 Tamil Nadu
4 Assam
Q As per state census 2011, which of the following is the least populous state of India?
Ans 1. Sikkim
2. Tamil Nadu
3. Kerala
4. Odisha
Q Pano Bhaju is a traditional attire of which state ?
1 Goa
2 Odisha
3 Assam
4 Kerala
Q Pele came to play in Kolkata in 1977 for a football club. Which is that club ?
1 Cosmos
2 FC Barcelone
3 Real Madrid
4 Man United
Q Rongali Bihu utsav is the spring festival of ___ celebrated with great favour .
1 Assam
2 Kerala
3 Gujarat
4 Punjab
Q Karaga is one of the oldest and widely celebrated festival of :
1 Karnataka
2 Assam
3Chhattisgarh
4 Mizoram
Q Who the captain of Indian Football Team at the 1960 Summer Olympics in Rome ?
1 PK Banerjee
2 Talimeran Ao
3 Sailen Manna
4 Samar Banerjee
Q Which of the following is the highest Literary Award for prominent authors given in India?
1 Saraswati Samman
2 Sahitya Akademi Award
3 Jnanpith Award
4 Yuva Puraskar
Q Kalighat painting is famous in which state of India ?
1 West Bengal
2 Rajasthan
3 Madhya Pradesh
4 Maharashtra
Q On which National Park is the famous novel ‘The Jungle Book’ based ?
1 Pench
2 Hemis
3 Keibul Lamjao
4 Jim Corbett
Q During the 50th years of Independence , who was the President of India ?
1 KR Narayanan
2 Dr APJ Abdul Kalam
3 Neelam Sanjiva Reddy
4 Giani Zail Singh
Q E.M.S Namboodiripad was the first Chief Minister of Kerala , belonged to which party ?
1 CPI -M
2 NCP
3 BSP
4 AAP
Q Sujani is a form of embroidery originating in which state of India ?
1 Bihar
2 Rajasthan
3 Punjab
4 West Bengal
Q In which state is the pre-historic site named Koldihawa located ?
1 Uttar Pradesh
2 Maharashtra
3 Punjab
4 Rajasthan
Q In which state is the Clouded National Park situated ?
1 Tripura
2 Madhya Pradesh
3 Chattisgarh
4 Tamil Nadu
Q The development of the World Wide Web began in
1. 1989
2 1979
3 1959
4 1969
Q Narali Poornima marks the end of monsoon season in which Indian state?
1 Bihar
2 West Bengal
3 Maharashtra
4 Tamil Nadu
Q The number of flights in a 110 m hurdle race is _.
1 8
2 9
3 10
4 11
Q Who wrote ‘Gift to Monotheists’ in Persian to denounce the belief in many Gods?
1 Swami Shraddhanand
2 Swami Dayanand
3 Raja Ram Mohan Roy
4 Swami Vivekanand
Q Who among the following was the General Secretary of Indian National Congress in the year 1928?
1 Jawaharlal Nehru
2 Dr B.R. Ambedkar
3 Dr Rajendra Prasad
4 Dadabhai Naoroji
Q Which Indian city has the longest metro network in the country?
1 Delhi
2 Chennai
3 Kolkata
4 Mumbai
Q Maha Shivratri, also known as the ‘Great Night of Shiva’, is celebrated in the Hindu month of _.
1 Phalguna
2 Chaitra
3 Vaisakha
4 Magha
Q Wheat is the range of Marginal Propensity to Consume (MPC)?
1 0-1
2 0-2
3 0-3
4 0-5
Q What is the approximate total length of the Golden Quadrilateral (GQ) highway network?
1 1,235 km
2 1,700 km
3 5,846 km
4 7,300 km
Q Census in India was first started under __ in the year 1872.
1 Lord Mayo
2 Lord Lawrence
3 Lord Canning
4 Lord Cornwallis
0 According to the Hindu calendar, Holi is celebrated on _.
1 Chaitra Purnima
2 Pausa Purnima
3 Phalguna Purnima
4 Magha Purnima
Q In which of the following states of India is the Puli Kali local festival celebrated?
1 Kerala
2 Manipur
3 Chennai
4 Assam
Q What is the third incarnation of Vishnu known as?
1 Vamana
2 Narasimha
3 Matsya
4 Varaha
In Vaishnavism , Ten avatars or incarnation of deity were recognised : Lord Vishnu with his 10 avatars (incarnations) : Fish [ Matsya ] , Tortoise [ Kurma ] , Boar [ Varaha ] , Narasimha [ Man-Lion] , Vamana [ Dwarf ] , Parashurama [ Rama-with-the-Ax] , King Rama , Krishna , Buddha, and Kalki