Q 1 nautical mile is equal to ___
1 2000 metres
2 1852 metres
3 1672 metres
4 2450 metres
Q National Sports University is situated in __.
1 Mizoram
2 Tripura
3 Manipur [ Imphal ]
4 Meghalaya
Q ‘Swang’ dance belongs to which state?
1 Odisha
2 Haryana
3 West Bengal
4 Andhra Pradesh
Q Who among the following wrote ‘Akbar Nama’?
Ans 1. Amir Khushro
2. Akbar
3. Abul Fazl
4. Birbal
Q Who was the first winner of Saraswati Samman ?
1 Harivansh Rai Bachchan
2 Mahasweta Devi
3 K Siva Reddy
4 G Sankara Kurup
Q What is the IUPAC name of tertiarybutyl alcohol?
1 2-Methylpropan-2-ol
2 1-propylpropan-3-ol
3 1-ethylpropan-3-ol
4 1-Methylpropan-3-ol
Q MG Music Awards is presented annually by which of the following states?
1 Manipur
2 Mizoram
3 Nagaland
4 Chhattisgarh
Q In the game of javelin throw the weight of Javelin for women is:
1 600 gm
2 800 gm
3 700 gm
4 825 gm
| Weight of Javelin for men | 800 gm |
| Weight of Javelin for women | 600 gm |
Q At the 1992 Summer Olympics, __ became the first woman to carry the flag of India at the opening ceremony of any Olympics.
1. Karnam Malleswari
2 Shiny Abraham Wilson
3 PT Usha
4 Nilima Ghose
Q In which city is the head office of the Central Rice Research Institute ?
1 Cuttack
2 Shimla
3 Mysore
4 Karnal
Q Excessive use of pesticides, insecticides and inorganic fertilisers is NOT good for human health. This is due to the phenomena called:
1 biomagnification
2 intoxication
3 biotransformation
4 biodilution
Q This is a form of martial dance performed by men holding shields and swords on festive and ceremonial occasions like weddings in Jharkhand.
1 Mundari Dance
2 Mardani Jhumar
3 Paika Dance
4 Chhau Dance
Q In which of the following states in India is the local festival Bathukamma celebrated?
1 Jharkhand
2 Telangana
3 Himachal Pradesh
4 Gujrat
Q Which is a heritage drink of Goa ?
1 Feni
2 Kahwa Chai
3 Chuak
4 Lugdi
Q How many Regional Language Centres are there in India?
1Twenty
2 Ten
3 Three
4 Seven
| Regional Language Centres | Bhubaneswar , Pune , Mysore , Patiala , Guwahati , Solan and Lucknow. |
Q Which of the following is the highest peak in south India?
1 Perumal
2 Doddabetta
3 Anamudi
4 Vandaravu
Q The feature of ‘Suspension of fundamental rights during emergency‘ in the Indian Constitution is borrowed from the Constitution of _.
1 United States of America
2 France
3 Germany
4 Japan
Q Which festival marks the beginning of the Tibetan New Year?
1. Saga Dawa Festival
2 Losar festival
3 Shoton Festival
4 Ongkor Festival
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. Mikhail Gorbachev
4. Abdul Ghaffar Khan
Q The historic 1972 Indo-Pak talks between Indira Gandhi and Zulfikar Ali Bhutto were held at which place in Shimla?
1 Cecil Hotel
2 Peterhoff
3 Barnes Court
4 Viceregal Lodge
Q Which Article of the Constitution explains that the executive power of every state shall be so exercised as not to impede or prejudice the exercise of the executive power of the Union, and the executive power of the union shall extend to the giving of such directions to a state as may appear to the Government of India to be necessary for that purpose?
1 Article 123
2 Article 261
3 Article 257
4 Article 247
Q Which of the following statement(s) regarding The Mohammedan Anglo Oriental college is/are correct?
I. It was founded by Sayyid Ahmed Khan.
II. It was established in 1875.
1 Only I
2 Only II
3 Both I and II
4 Neither I nor II
Q What was the title of Dr. B. R. Ambedkar’s 1923 PhD thesis?
1 The Indian Currency Problem
2 Caste in India
3 The Problem of the Rupee
4 Finance and Society
Q In the year 1952, who among the following lent his voice for the film ‘Amar Bhupali’, which was being produced in two languages simultaneously and he sang in both Bengali and Marathi ?
1 Manna Dey
2 Hemanta Mukherjee
3 Debabrata Biswas
4 Kishore Kumar
Q Which of the following is a well known place for Chikankari embroidery?
Ans 1. Ranchi
2. Lucknow
3. Raipur
4. Indore
Q Which instrument records the waves reaching the surface during an earthquake?
1. Barograph
2 Seismograph
3 Manometer
4 Chronometer
Q The patriotic song ‘Sare Jahan Se Accha’ was composed by:
Ans 1. Rabindranath Tagore
2. Allama Muhammad Iqbal
3. Bismil Azimabadi
4. Bankim Chandra Chatterjee
Q Which of the following blood groups is called the ‘Universal Receiver’?
Ans 1. AB+
2. O+
3. A+
4. O–
Q Who among the following was elected as the President of the Indian National Congress in the years 1938 and 1939?
Ans 1. Subhash Chandra Bose
2. Rajendra Prasad
3. Annie Besant
4. C Rajagopalachari
Q At the end of which of the following Five Year Plans of India , five IITs were set up in the country ?
1 Second
2 First
3 Fourth
4 Third
Q On which date did Indian National Congress pass the Resolution of ‘Poorna Swaraj’ (total independence) at the Lahore Session?
1. 19 December 1929
2 26 December 1929
3 15 December 1929
4 21 December 1929
Q Lucknow is situated on the banks of which of the following rivers?
1 Jhelum
2 Gomti
3 Hooghly
4 Yamuna
Q Which Article of the Constitution of India mentions that the state shall make effective provision for securing public assistance in cases of unemployment, old age, sickness and disablement?
1 Article 39
2 Article 41
3 Article 45
4 Article 47
Q Which colonial power sold the Nicobar Islands to the British in 1868?
1 France
2 Portugal
3 Denmark
4 Netherlands
Q Which of the following prominent leaders wrote the book ‘Citizen Delhi: My Life, My Times’?
1 Sheila Dikshit
2 Arvind Kejriwal
3 Arun Jaitley
4 Harsh Vardhan
Q ”Bilama dance” is performed by which tribe ?
1 Baiga
2 Oraon
3 Madia
4 Kamar
Q After which infamous incident of 1919 was the Hunter Commission appointed?
1 Indian educational reforms
2 Kheda mill strike
3 Jallianwala Bagh massacre
4 Komagata Maru
Q In which year did Motilal Nehru (Chairman) and eight other Congress leaders draft a constitution for India?
1 1925
2 1950
3 1928
4 1930
Q Who designed the first analog computer in India?
1 Samarendra Kumar Mitra
2 Deb Kumar Bose
3 Subodh Chandra Das Gupta
4 Bimal Kumar Bhattacharyya
Q Which of the following Himalayan regions is known as ‘Shivaliks’?
1 Greater Himalayas
2 Lesser Himalayas
3 Outer Himalayas
4 Inner Himalayas
Q The __ layer is the upper limit of our atmosphere. It extends from the top of the thermosphere up to 10,000 km (6,200 miles).
1. Ionosphere
2 Exosphere
3 Troposphere
4 Mesosphere
Q In which city did Maharaja Ranjit Singh established his capital in 1799 ?
1 Lahore
2 Amritsar
3 Patiala
4 Karachi
Q Which article of the Constitution of India directs the State to take steps to separate the judiciary from the executive in the public services of the State ?
1 Article 50
2 Article 48
3 Article 40
4 Article 49
Q Who is the author of the book named ‘India Divided’ ?
1 Rajendra Prasad
2 Lala Lajpat Rai
3 Mahatma Gandhi
4 BR Ambedkar
Q Which state has the Ramsar Wetland site named ‘Deepor Beel‘ ?
1 Assam
2 Kerala
3 Gujarat
4 Odisha
Q Who is the author of the book ‘Neel Darpan‘ ?
1 Dinabandhu Mitra
2 Rabindranath Tagore
3 Girish Chandra Ghosh
4 Bipin Chandra Pal
Q During whose tenure as Viceroy was the Vernacular Press Act repealed ?
1 Lord Ripon
2 Lord Lytton
3 Lord Cornwallis
4 Lord Canning
Q Who is known for the speech, ”Long years ago we made a tryst with destiny , and now the time comes when we shall redeem our pledge…” ?
1 Jawaharlal Nehru
2 Mahatma Gandhi
3 SC Bose
4 Lal Bahadur Shastri
Q The total land area of India in million sq km is approximately equal to _____
1 3.28
2 4.28
3 5.28
4 2.28
Q Who was the first President of Bharatiya Janata Party ?
1 Atal Bihari Vajpayee
2 LK Advani
3 Narendra Modi
4 JP Nadda
Q Neermahal is located in which state ?
1 Tripura
2 Assam
3 Karnataka
4 Kerala
Q In which year was the city of Agra founded?
1 1404
2 1204
3 1504 [ by Sikander Lodi ]
4 1304
Q Eid-ul-Fitr is celebrated on the first day of which of the following Islamic months?
1 Safar
2 Shawwal
3 Rabi-al-Awwal
4 Muharram
Q When was the Indian Hockey Federation established?
1 1925
2 1945
3 1935
4 1955
Q In which year was the National Institute of Kathak Dance established?
1 1961
2 1964
3 1969
4 1954
Q Who among the following is known as the father of National Income in India?
1 Dadabhai Naoroji
2 CV Raman
3 Mahatma Gandhi
4 B.R. Ambedkar
Q According to which Article of the Constitution of India does a minority community have the right to establish and administer educational institutions in India ?
1 Article 30
2 Article 18
3 Article 40
4 Article 17
Q In which of the following Indian states are the Mishmi Hills mainly separated ?
1 Arunachal Pradesh
2 Tamil Nadu
3 Uttarakhand
4 Sikkim
Q The “Digboi Oil fields” are located in which of following states of India?
1 Assam
2 Manipur
3 Meghalaya
4 Nagaland
Q When was the first ‘International Day of Yoga’ celebrated in India?
1 21 June 2014
2 21 June 2016
3 21 June 2013
4 21 June 2015
Q The first Gandharva Mahavidyalaya, a music training school, was set up in 1901 by Vishnu Digambur Paluskar in :
1 Delhi
2 Lahore
3 Ujjain
4 Gwalior
Q Which of the following options is the legislative organ of the Union government?
1 Judiciary
2 Parliament
3 Executive
4 Legislative assembly
Q Sankirtana is a style of __, one of the classical dances of India.
1 Kathak
2 Manipuri
3 Kathakali
4 Odissi
Q Which river is known as the “Lifeline of South India” and is the second-longest river in India?
1 Brahmaputra River
2 Ganges River
3 Godavari River
4 Yamuna River
Q The famous Hindi novel ‘Suni Ghati Ka Suraj’ is written by:
1 Shrilal Shukla
2 Kedarnath Singh
3 Vishnu Prabhakar
4 Madhavi Verma
Q The 10th Schedule of the Constitution of India, popularly referred to as the ‘AntiDefection Law’, was inserted by the __ Amendment.
1 58th
2 48th
3 52nd
4 63rd
Q Which of the following pairs is NOT correctly matched?
(a) Adina Masjid – Mandu
(b) Lal Darwaza Masjid – Jaunpur
(c) Dakhil Darwaza – Gaour
(d) Tin Darwaza – Ahmedabad
Q With which of the following festivals is Prabhat Pheri associated?
1 Diwali
2 Gurpurab
3 Holi
4 Gandhi Jayanti
Q Which of the following Major Rock Edicts of Ashoka states that Dhammayatras (tours) would be undertaken by the emperor?
1 Major Rock Edicts IV
2 Major Rock Edict VIII
3 Major Rock Edict IX
4 Major Rock Edict V
Q “Chilika Lake,” the largest brackish water lake in India, is located in which state?
1 Odisha
2 Maharashtra
3 Karnataka
4 Kerala
Q Which ethnic group is the largest in China, accounting for over 90% of the population?
1 Han
2 Zhuang
3 Manchu
4 Uighur
Q Whose autobiography is titled ‘And Then One Day: A Memoir’?
Ans 1. Anupam Kher
2. Naseeruddin Shah
3. Gulzar
4. Kabir Bedi
Q In which year was the National Institute of Kathak Dance established?
1 1961
2 1964
3 1954
4 1969
Q The portions of the interior of the Earth beyond the crust is called mantle . What is the weaker zone of the mantle called ?
1 Lithosphere
2 Hydrosphere
3 Asthenosphere
4 Core
Q Who among the following participated in all the Three Round Table Conferences and signed the Poona Pact with Gandhiji in 1932?
1 Dadabhai Naoroji
2 Dr B.R. Ambedkar
3 Dr Zakir Hussain
4 Dr Rajendra Prasad
Q In which year was Raziya Sultana removed from the throne during the Delhi Sultanate period?
1 1240
2 1256
3 1266
4 1263
Q Name the autobiography written by Dalai Lama.
1 A Life Less Ordinary
2 Freedom in Exile
3 Autobiography of a Yogi
4 My Life , My Mission
Q Which organization publishes the Human Development Index (HDI) annually?
1 World Bank
2 World Health Organization
3 United Nations Development Programme
4 International Monetary Fund
Q Who has written the book ‘Fearless Governance’, published in January 2021,
describing her stint as Governor?
1 Draupadi Murmu
2 Kiran Bedi
3 Anandi ben Patel
4 Baby Rani Maurya
Q What was the name of the Bengali weekly published by Barinde Kumar Ghosh ?
1 Bengal Gazette
2 Jugantar
3 Kesari
4 Nav Yug
Q Under the leadership of which of the following revolutionaries was Chittagong Armoury Raid conducted?
1 Rash Behari Bose
2 Surya Sen
3 Hemu Kalani
4 Badal Gupta
Q Who among the following was the author of the book ‘Waiting for a Visa’?
1. Dr. BR Ambedkar
2 Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel
3 Mahatma Gandhi
4 Jawaharlal Nehru
Q Sajjangarh Wildlife Sanctuary is located in which state ?
1 Telangana
2 Rajasthan
3 Madhya Pradesh
4 Uttar Pradesh
Q Which of the following holy sites of Buddhism became a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 2002?
Ans 1. Mahaparinirvana Temple at Kapilvastu
2. Buddhist Monuments at Sanchi
3. Dhamekh Stupa at Sarnath
4. Mahabodhi Temple Complex at Bodh Gaya
Q Ashokan inscriptions suggest that the ‘Pradeshika‘ , ‘Rajuka‘ and ‘Yukta‘ were important officers at the
1 Village-level administration
2 District-level administration
3 Provincial administration
4 Central administration
Q To which South American author did Rabindranath Tagore dedicate his poetry collection Purabi?
1 Gabriela Mistral
2 Pablo Neruda
3 Victoria Ocampo
4 Jorge Luis Borges