Q Which of the following statements are correct regarding the tribal Festival Medaram Jathara?
A. This is the largest tribal festival of India.
B. This festival is celebrated by the Koya community of Telangana.
C. This festival is celebrated once in two years in the month of ‘Magha’ (February) on
the full moon day.
1 A , B and C
2 B and C only
3 A and C only
4 A and B only
Q What is the position of the earth called when it is farthest from the sun during its revolution?
1 Abherilion
2 Pepihelion
3 Perihelion
4 Aphelion
Q According to the Census of India 2011, ‘Other Religions and Persuasions (ORP)’
comprise how much of the population?
1 9.9 million
2 5.9 million
3 7.9 million [ 0.7 % of the total population ]
4 3.9 million
Q Who is considered the highest law officer of the state in India?
1 Auditor general
2 Advocate genera
3 Chief justice of high court
4 Attorney general
Q Duleep Trophy is a first class _ tournament held inIndia.
1 football
2 tennis
3 cricket
4 hockey
Q Identify an example of plasma as a state of matter.
1 Neon sign bulbs
2 Freon
3 Blood
4 Dry ice
Q In which state of India is the Tadoba National Park located?
1 Jharkhand
2 Gujarat
3 Maharashtra
4 Madhya Pradesh
Q Who wrote ‘The Story of My Experiments with Truth’?
1 Gopal Krishna Gokhale
2 Jawaharlal Nehru
3 Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi
4 Bal Gangadhar Tilak
Q “Lai Haraoba” is a traditional festival celebrated in which northeastern Indian state, particularly by the Meitei community?
1 Mizoram
2 Sikkim
3 Tripura
4 Manipur
Q Which of the following options indicates the size of PPLO (Pleuro Pneumonia Like Organisms)?
1 About 10 µm
2 About 20 µm
3 About 0.1 µm
4 About 30 µm
Q Who is called the father of Local Self-Government in India?
1 Lord Cornwallis
2 Lord Wellesley
3 Lord Ripon
4 Lord William Bentinck
Q Gurjari , Todi , Bilaval and Sorathi from Gujarat are :
1 Food items
2 Ragas
3 Colours
3 Festivals
Q On the basis of the Report of the States Reorganisation Commission , the States Reorganisation Act was passed in 1956 , which led to the creation of _____
1 9 States and 5 Union Territories
2 11 States and 7 Union Territories
3 14 States and 6 Union Territories
4 21 States and 9 Union Territories
Q Who among the following persons from North East India wrote the autobiography “Unbreakable” ?
1 Chekrovolu Swuro
2 Jayanta Talukdar
3 Ankushita Boro
4 Mary Kom
Q Mahendravarman I who wrote Mattavilasa-prahasana is related to which of the following ruling dynasties?
1 Chalukya
2 Maitraka
3 Pallava
4 Pushyabhuti
Q By which National Waterways (NW) of India, are the delta channels of Mahanadi and Brahmani rivers and East Coast Canal connected?
1 NW 1
2 NW 2
3 NW 5
4 NW 3
Q Which of the following years is called the “Demographic Divide” in India?
1 1950
2 1921
3 1941
4 1951
Q A wood boring shipworm is:
1 umax
2 teredo
3 patella
4 chiton
Q Which city is known as ‘Silicon Plateau’ ?
1 Chandigarh
2 Bengaluru
3 Ahmedabad
4 Hyderabad
Q Palghat Raghu was a famous _ player.
1 sarangi
2 mridangam
3 flute
4 tabla
Q The musical instrument ‘Raunza’ belongs to __.
1 Maharashtra
2 Gujarat
3 Uttar Pradesh
4 Andhra Pradesh
Q When was the All India Trade Union Congress (AITUC) established?
1 1920
2 1926
3 1924
4 1928
Q The Plan for Partition of India is known as the :
1 15th Aug Plan
2 5th May Plan
3 3rd June Plan
4 18th July Plan
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 Which of the following is responsible for the red colour of beetroot?
1 Lycopene
2 Betanin
3 Curcumin
4 Beta carotene
Q Which of the following awards is given to those who have achieved literary merit and created new trends by publishing their works, prose or poetry in any of the 24 recognised languages?
1 Bharat Ratna
2 Sahitya Akademi Award
3 Vyas Samman
4 Dadasaheb Phalke Lifetime Achievement Award
Q In whiich year , TV was delinked from All India Radio and got a separate identity as Doordarshan ?
1 1978
2 1976
3 1960
4 1954
Q Which of the following parasites is the cause of the Guinea Worm Disease ?
1 Dracunculus medinensis
2 Lymphatic filariasis
3 Strongloides stercoralis
4 Gnathostomaiasis
Q Pandit Shiv Kumar Sharma, a renowned instrumentalist , published which of the following books as his autobiography?
1 MyLife MyMusic
2 Journey with a Hundred Strings : MyLife in Music
3 Raag Mala
4 Yours in Music
Q The Election Commission of India became a three-member body in 1989, again it was made into a single member body in the year _ .
1 1990
2 1993
3 1992
4 1991
Q With reference to the travellers who visited India, who among the following was from Portugal?
1 François Bernier
2 Nicolo Conti
3 Ibn Batuta
4 Duarte Barbosa
Q In a 100 m Relay Race , how many athletes have to complete a race?
1 2
2 3
3 4
4 6
Q In which state is the festival of Uttarayan uniquely celebrated ?
1 Gujarat
2 West Bengal
3 Uttarakhand
4 Kerala
Q _____ is located in Gujarat.
1 Lakhota Fort
2 Jaigarh Fort
3 Warangal Fort
4 Sultan Ghari’s Tomb
Q The Hindi novel ‘Indrajal’ is written by :
1 Ramdhari Singh Dinkar
2 Harivansh Rai Bachchan
3 Jaishankar Prasad
4 Namvar Singh
Q The Begumpuri mosque was built during the reign of Sultan _.
1 Ghiyasuddin Balban
2 Qutbuddin Aybak
3 Muhammad Bin Tughluq
4 Jalaluddin Khalji
Q What is the molecular mass of an ozone molecule?
1 32
2 48
3 16
4 18
Q The famous south Indian epic “Silappadikaram” was originally written in __
language.
1 Sanskrit
2 Tamil
3 Malayalam
4 Telugu
Q Rafflesia arnoldii is famous because:
1 it has the thickest trunk
2 it has the largest leaves in the plant kingdom
3 it is the tallest plant in the plant kingdom
4 it has the largest flower in the plant kingdom
Q The idea of ‘Fundamental Rights’was taken from the constitution ofwhich of the following countries?
1 Constitution of Switzerland
2 Constitution of France
3 Constitution of the United States
4 Constitution of the Ireland
Q Hari Prasad Chaurasia is associated with which musical instrument ?
1 Flute
2 Tabla
3 Shehnai
4 Sitar
Q ‘The ‘Sheesh Mahal’ or the ‘Palace of Mirrors’ is situated in which state ?
1 Punjab
2 Rajasthan
3 Madhya Pradesh
4 Uttar Pradesh
Q The Centre for Cultural Resources and Training [ CCRT ] was setup in ___ as an autonomous organisation by the Government of India.
1 1979
2 1975
3 1977
4 1973
Q Which of the following hill stations is also known as ‘Satpura ki Rani’ ?
1 Pachmarhi
2 Kufri
3 Chail
4 Patnitop
Q Raja Rammohan Roy is most remembered for helping __ ___to declare the practice of Sati a punishable offence in 1829.
1 Lord Bentinck
2 Lord Curzon
3 Lord Ripon
4 Lord Lytton
Q ____ are the only birds that can fly backwards,
1 Humming birds
2 Common cranes
3 Mallards
4 Whoopers swans
Q How many moons does the dwarf planet Pluto have ?
1 5
2 4
3 6
4 2
Q Who is the author of the novel ‘Gun Island’ ?
1 Amitav Ghosh
2 Kiran Desai
3 Chetan Bhagat
4 Arundhati Roy
Q Through which of the following states does the Zuari river pass ?
1 Goa
2 Odisha
3 Madhya Pradesh
4 Tamil Nadu
Q Which state is the harvest-festival ‘Nuakhai’ traditionally associated ?
1 Odisha
2 Assam
3 Goa
4 Himachal Pradesh
Q In which year the Shimla Pact between India and Pakistan signed ?
1 1972
2 1973
3 1974
4 1975
Q Who is the author of the novel ‘Chha Mana Atha Guntha’ [ Six Acres and a Third ] ?
1 Fakir Mohan Senapati
2 Jagannath Das
3 Ramakanta Rath
4 Ananta Das
Q What is the SI unit of mutual inductance ?
1 Henry
2 Weber
3 Farad
4 Tesla
Q By what name is the festival of Makar Sankranti celebrated in Assam?
1 Makaravilakku
2 Magha Saaji
3 Magh Bihu
4 Pedda Padunga
Q The headquarters of the Ghadar Party was located at which place?
1 San Francisco
2 NewYork
3 Chicago
4 Washington
Q According to Census of India 2011 ,what was the sex ratio of TamilNadu?
1 991
2 993
3 996
4 931
Q Which traditional theatre forms belongs to Kashmir ?
1 Bhand Pather
2 Maach
3 Bhaona
4 Tamasha
Q Who is the author of ‘Pax Indica’ ?
1 Shashi Tharoor
2 Kiran Desai
3 Amitav Ghosh
4 Chetan Bhagat
Q Which Article of the Constitution of India debars the courts to inquire into the
proceedings of the State Legislature?
1 Article 209
2 Article 211
3 Article 210
4 Article 212
Q Where was the first women’s international test cricket match hosted in India in 1976?
1 Mumbai
2 Bangalore
3 Kolkata
4 New Delhi
Q Property of metal by which it can be drawn into wires is called __.
1 ductility
2 sonority
3 lustrity
4 malleability
Q What is the architectural style of the Brihadisvara temple in Tamil Nadu?
1 Gadaga
2 Champa
3 Nagara
4 Dravidian
Q Annapurna Devi is associated with which of the following musical instruments?
1 Rudra veena
2 Surbahar
3 Ektara
4 Taal
Q Khagen Mahanta was a notable person in the folk music of __.
1 Assam
2 Andhra Pradesh
3 Uttar Pradesh
4 Odisha
Q Of which state was Mirza Wajid Ali Shah the king in 1856, when it was annexed into the British Empire in India under the doctrine of lapse policy?
1 Nagpur
2 Satara
3 Jhansi
4 Awadh
Q In which of the following years, did Subhas Chandra Bose refer to Mahatma Gandhi as the “Father of the Nation” ?
1 1942
2 1944
3 1939
4 1941
Q In which of the following years was the ‘New Economic Policy’ introduced in India?
1 1993
2 1992
3 1991
4 1990
Q Tabla maestro Ustad Alla Rakha was a musician trained by Mian Kader Baksh of the _.
1 Punjab gharana
2 Farrukhabad gharana
3 Lucknowgharana
4 Delhi gharana
Q What is ”Pabo” in Ladakh refer to ?
[ A ] Shoes made of yak hair and skin
[ B ] A full length coat worn by men
1 [ A ] only
2 [ B ] only
3 [ A ] and [ B ] both
4 Neither [ A ] nor [ B ]
Q In which year did India adopt a dual exchange rate for the interim period?
1 1994
2 1990
3 1996
4 1992
Q Where was the first Headquarters of the Theosophical Society established in India?
Ans 1. Adyar
2. Madurai
3. Kolkata
4. Puducherry
Q Whose invasionof India resulted in the third battle of Panipat?
1 Babur
2 Ahmad Shah Abdali
3 Nadir Shah
4 Dost Mohammad
Q What is the type of unemployment among the following in which people are willing to work at the existing wage rate but do not get a job?
1 Involuntary unemployment
2 Voluntary unemployment
3 Frictional unemployment
4 Disguised unemployment
Q Who was the ruler of the Delhi Sultanate known for his market reforms, irrigation systems, and construction of the Hauz Khas complex in Delhi?
1 Balban
2 Alauddin Khilji
3 Muhammad bin Tughlaq
4 Firoz Shah Tughlaq
Q “Rani Lakshmibai of Jhansi,” a brave warrior and key figure of the Indian Rebellion of 1857, is often remembered for her courage in leading the resistance against the British. In which city did she fight her last battle?
1 Gwalior
2 Jhansi
3 Bundelkhand
4 Allahabad
Q The second five-year plan introduced to the concept of public sector of state-run enterprises based on the __ model of industrialisation.
1 French
2 Japanese
3 Russian
4 German
Q Where was the headquarters of Arya Samaj shifted to in 1877?
1 Bombay
2 Delhi
3 Lahore
4 Kolkata
Q What are thunderstorms in Assam during the month of ‘Baisakhi’ called?
1 Ghorisila
2 Kal Baisakhi
3 Nor Westers
4 Bardoisila
Q AR Rehman, Gulzar and _ won the 52nd annual Grammy Award for the best
motion picture song ‘Jai ho’.
1 Danny Boyle
2 Dev Patel
3 Tanvi Shah
4 Freida Pinto
Q Which 19th century German chemist visualised the ring structure of benzene in 1865?
1 Robert Bunsen
2 Marguerite Perey
3 Emil Fischer
4 Friedrich August Kekule
QWhich of the following countries will host the ICC men’s Cricket World Cup in the year 2031?
1 Sri Lanka and Pakistan
2 India, Bangladesh
3 Sri Lanka and Bangladesh
4 India, Sri Lanka
Q Identify the type of specialised cells found in flatworms that help in osmoregulation.
Ans 1. Mesoderm
2. Flame cells
3. Sperm cells
4. Stem cells
Q Musician Bhajan Sopori was a Santoor maestro from the __ Gharana.
1 Maihar
2 Benaras
3 Punjab
4 Sufiana
Q The Harappan city of Dholavira was divided into how many parts?
1 2
2 4
3 3
4 5
The Harappan city of Dholavira was divided into 3 parts – the Citadel , the Middletown and the Lowertown
Q NABARD came into being in 1982. With how much initial capital was it set up?
1 ₹100 crore
2 ₹200 crore
3 ₹50 crore
4 ₹150 crore
National Bank for Agriculture and Rural Development [ NABARD ] was established by the B. Sivaraman Committee on 12 July.1982 with 100 crores of initial capital and its headquarter is located in Mumbai
Q Which iron and steel plant was established near the confluence of the rivers Subarnarekha and Kharkai?
1 Bokaro Steel Plant
2 Tata Iron and Steel CompanyLimited
3 Indian Iron and Steel Company Limited
4 Bhilai Steel Plant
Q Which Five-Year Plan was formulated by governments of two political parties?
1 Eighth Five-Year Plan
2 Sixth Five-Year Plan
3 Fifth Five-Year Plan
4 Ninth Five-Year Plan
Q Who among the following was the Secretary of State of India and a member of the Cabinet Mission sent to India by the British Government in 1946?
1 John Simon
2 Stafford Cripps
3 Lord Irwin
4 Lord Pethick-Lawrence
Q Which of the following kingdoms was divided into subdivisions called Aharas or Rashtras that meant districts?
1 Satavahana
2 Kushana
3 Parthian
4 Shaka
Q Surat, Navsari and Bhavnagar are known for their involvement in which industry?
1 Software industry
2 Iron and steel industry
3 Automobile industry
4 Diamond industry
Q Which number is called Avogadro’s constant, named after the 19th century scientist Amedeo Avogadro?
Ans 1. 6.032 × 1019
2. 6.012 × 1021
3. 6.022 × 1023
4. 6.020 × 1020
Q The Konkan Railway line passes through which of the following groups of states?
1 Madhya Pradesh, Goa and Karnataka
2 Maharashtra, Goa and Telangana
3 Maharashtra, Goa and Karnataka
4 Maharashtra, Gujarat and Karnataka
Q According to Census of India 2011, how much percent of the total population were Jains?
1 0.4%
2 1.7%
3 2.3%
4 0.7%
| Total population of India [ As per 2011 Census ] : 121.9 crores | Hindus : 96.63 crores [ 79.8 % ] , Muslim : 17. 22 crores [ 14. 2 % ] , Christian : 2.78 crores [ 2.3 % ] , Sikh : 2.08 crores [ 1.7 % ] , Buddhist : 0.84 crores [ 0.7 % ] , Jain : 0.45 crores [ 0.4 % ] , Other Religions & Persuasions (ORP) 0.79 crores (0.7%) and Religion Not Stated : 0.29 crores (0.2%). |
Q Which of the following is the CORRECT statement about the directive principles of state policy?
1 Articles 12-35 of the constitution of India deals with directive principles.
2 Articles 36-51 of the constitution of India deals with directive principles.
3 Articles 62-71 of the constitution of India deals with directive principles.
4 Articles 52-62 of the constitution of India deals with directive principles.
Q Which one of the following forms of Folk Theatre is WRONGLY matched with the State where it is performed ?
| Dashavatar | Goa and Konkan region |
| Jatra | West Bengal and Odisha |
| Mudiyettu | Tamil Nadu |
| Krishnanattam | Kerala |
Ans Mudiyettu is a ritual dance drama from Kerala based on the mythological tale of a battle between the Goddess Kali and the demon Darika.
Q The Working Group under the chairmanship of _ in the year______
proposed a new intermediate monetary aggregate to be referred to as NM2.
1 Dr. C Rangarajan; 1996
2 Dr. KV Kamath; 1995
3 Dr. PK Mohanty; 1998
4 Dr. YV Reddy; 1998