Q What is Petrology?
1 Science of gases
2 Science of rocks
3 Science of minerals
4 Science of metals
Q What is the height of Tehri Dam?
1. 280.5 m
2 260.5 m
3 270.5 m
4 250.5 m
Q Identify the chemical formula for ethyne.
1 CH4
2 C2H6
3 C2H2
4 C2H5OH
Q The number of participant countries inthe first Asian Games was _.
1 9
2 10
3 11
4 12
Q The term physical geology was coined by ____.
1 William Hopkins
2 Georgius Agricola
3 Louis Agassiz
4 Aziz Ab’Saber
Q In which state Agasthiyamalai Elephant Reserve is located ?
1 Tamil Nadu
2 Chhattisgarh
3 Assam
4 Nagaland
Q The Hill Palace Museum is located in ______.
Ans 1. Jammu and Kashmir
2. Himachal Pradesh
3. Karnataka
4. Kerala
Q The record obtained by the measurement of earthquake is called a:
1 seismic wave
2 seismogram
3 seismograph
4 seismology
Q The inscription in Sanskrit, recording the repairing of the Mauryan dam at Junagarh belonged to whom among the following?
1 Gautamiputra Satakarni
2 Menander
3 Kanishka
4 Rudradaman
Q What is the minimum strength of the Legislative Council?
1 100 members
2 15 members
3 40 members
4 60 members
Q Fugdi dance is commonly performed during which of these festivals?
1 Ganesh Chaturthi
2 Holi
3 Navratri
4 Deepawali
Q The Udyogmandal Canal is a part of which National Waterways?
1 National Waterways 2
2 National Waterways 1
3 National Waterways 3
4 National Waterways 4
Q Chilika Lake is a brackish water lagoon, spreadover which districts of Odisha state?
1 Angul , Cuttak and Puri
2 Puri , Bhubaneswar and Khurda
3 Puri ,Cuttack andGanjam
4 Puri , Khurda and Ganjam
Q Umayalpuram K Sivaraman is an eminent musician associated with which of the following musical instruments?
1 Sarod
2 Sitar
3 Mridangam
4 Guitar
Q Who among the following rivers is also known as ‘Gorakhpur Sorrow’ ?
1 West Rapti
2 West Kosi
3 West Gandak
4 West Jhelum
Q What is the name for the gestures used in Bharatnatyam?
1 Laya
2 Mudras
3 Tripatakas
4 Gatakas
Q Which of the following instruments did Sheik Chinna Moulana , a famous instrumentalist from India, play?
1 Nadhaswaram
2 Mridangam
3 Ghatam
4 Violin
Q Darshana Jhaveri and DevjaniChaliha are best knownfor their contributions to which of the given styles of Indiandance?
1 Manipuri
2 Kuchipudi
3 Kathak
4 Bharatanatyam
Q What is the size of the 20 rupees note of the Mahatma Gandhi (new) series.
1 63mm x 120mm
2 63 mm x 129 mm
3 65mm x 140mm
4 66mm x 129mm
Q Which among the following is the New Year day of Gujarat that falls during harvest season on the day after Diwali?
1 Gudi Padwa
2 Cheiraoba
3 Bestu Varas
4 Cheti Chand
Q Who was the first Indian to ski to the North pole ?
1 Ajeet Bajaj
2 Mihir Sen
3 Rakesh Sharma
4 G Shankar Kurup
Q Which of the following rulers had constructed the large reservoir called Hauz-i-Sultani?
1 Iltutmish
2 Balban
3 Ala-ud-din-Khilji
4 Qutb-ud-din-Aibak
Q The concept of Concurrent List in the Indian Constitution was borrowed from the constitution of _.
1 United Kingdom
2 Australia
3 Canada
4 France
Q The Shalimar Garden of Jammu and Kashmir was built by which of the following Mughal emperor ?
1 Jahangir
2 Babur
3 Aurangzeb
4 Shah Jahan
Q The quorum for the meeting of the Rajya Sabha is fixed at _____ of the total members .
1 one-seventh
2 one-tenth
3 one-ninth
4 one-sixth
Q In which of the following places is the Raniji ki baori [ or Queen’s stepwell ] ?
1 Bundi
2 Jhalawar
3 Tonk
4 Kota
Q With which of the following Indian states is the cultural festival of Shad Suk Mynsiem associated?
Ans 1. Meghalaya
2. Assam
3. Odisha
4. Goa
Q In which year did the Indian stock market Index, the SENSEX, cross the 5000 point mark for the first time?
1 1999
2 1991
3 1993
4 1996
Q The speed of light in vacuum is:
1 199,792.458 km/s
2 399,792.458 km/s
3 299,792.458 km/s
4 499,792.458 km/s
Q As per census 2011, which of the following states has the highest scheduled caste population?
1 Tamil Nadu
2 West Bengal
3 Uttar Pradesh
4 Bihar
Q Which substance is fortified with calcium , Vitamin D and Vitamin B12?
1 Eggs
2 Cow’s milk
3 Dark green leafy vegetables
4 Soy milk
Q Who was associated with the foundation of the Fergusson College?
1 Dadabhai Naoroji
3 Lala Lajpat Rai
2 Bal Gangadhar Tilak
4 Gopal Krishna Gokhale
Q Rottela Panduga or the Roti Festival is celebrated in which Indian state?
1 Maharashtra
2 Andhra Pradesh
3 Tamil Nadu
4 Karnataka
Q Who was the first captain of India Hockey Team in Olympics?
Ans 1. Lal Bokhari
2. Jaipal Singh Munda
3. Krishan Lal
4. Dhyan Chand
Q The Prarthana Samaj was established in __ in Bombay.
1 1867
2 1865
3 1869
4 1871
Q Which of the following states has the red panda as the state animal ?
1 Nagaland
2 Sikkim
3 Arunachal Pradesh
4 Meghalaya
Q Which among the following instruments is used to measure the humidity of the air or a gas?
1 Hygrometer
2 Anemometer
3 Bolometer
4 Hydrometer
Q Which of the following dance is a dance form from Chhattisgarh ?
1 Raut Nacha
2 Cheraw
3 Matki
4 Puli Kali
Q Name the highest peak of the Satpura range .
1 Anamudi
2 Kalsubai
3 Doddabetta
4 Dhupgarh
Q Aurangabad is situated on the banks of which river ?
1 Musi
2 Kham / Kaum
3 Mahanadi
4 Ganga
Q Which of the following options is one of the most popular music forms of Jharkhand ?
1 Dhamsa
2 Khubakeshei
3 Mando
4 Maand
Q ____ alloy consists of bismuth , lead and tin .
1 Bell Metal
2 German SIlver
3 Solder
4 Rose Metal
| Rose Metal | bismuth , lead and tin |
| Bell Metal | copper and tin |
Q Rajagriha was the capital of Magadha for several years. Later the capital was shifted to __.
1 Ujjain
2 Kanchipuram
3 Taxila
4 Pataliputra
Q Rukmini Devi Arundale, the first woman in Indian history to be nominated as a memebr of the Rajya Sabha and is associated with which Indian dance form ?
1 Sattriya
2 Mohiniyattam
3 Bharatanatyam
4 Kathak
Q Which of the following dances is a dance form from Maharashtra ?
1 Lezim
2 Cheraw
3 Nati
4 Loor
Q Uraiyur , a place famous for cotton, was the political centre (capital) of the:
1 Chalukyas
2 Cholas
3 Pandyas
4 Cheras
Q Which Bharat Ratna recipient’s birthday is celebrated as National Doctor’s Day ?
1 Abdul Kalam Azad
2 Bidhan Chandra Roy
3 CNR Rao
4 Purushottam Das Tandon
Q Which unusual festival event held in October and November in Tamil Nadu , has a fire walking ceremony ?
1 Thimithi
2 Minjar
3 Madai
4 Puli Kali
Q Which part of the Constitution of India consists of Articles on Elections ?
1 Part XV
2 Part V
3 Part XX
4 Part X
Q ‘Dhenka’ is a popular Chordophone musical instrument from the state of :
1 Odisha
2 Assam
3 Kerala
4 Rajasthan
Q Who wrote the book ‘Gulamgiri’ ?
1 Jyotiba Phule
2 Dadabhai Naoroji
3 Swami Dayananda Saraswati
4 Raja Ram Mohan Roy
Q Which is the largest fresh water lake in India ?
1 Wular Lake
2 Ansupa Lake
3 Kolleru Lake
4 Loktak Lake
Q The Imperial Bank of India was renamed as ___ in 1955.
1 State Bank of India
2 Punjab National Bank
3 Central Bank of India
4 Bank of India
Q The __ is the site of the complete digestion of carbohydrates, proteins and fats.
1 small intestine
2 large intestine
3 liver
4 food pipe
Q The average depth of the continental slope ranges between:
1 10 – 100 m
2 1 – 10 m
3 200 – 3000 m
4 100 – 200 m
Q What is the approximate percentage of adolescents (10-19 years) in India as per Census 2011?
1 22.6%
2 18.3%
3 24.3%
4 20.9%
Q In which city of India was the first ever Formula One race held ?
1 Greater Noida
2 Mumbai
3 Chennai
4 Indore
Q Which of the following folk dances is associated with the state of Tamil Nadu?
1 Ghapal
2 Lavani
3 Bhand
4 Kummi
Q Name the annual fair of Rajasthan at which camel trading is a major event ?
1 Pushkar Mela
2 Sonepur Mela
3 Madhavpur Mela
4 Ganga Sagar Mela
Q Bharat Ratna and Padma Vibhushan Awards in India were instituted in the year ?
1 1954
2 1952
3 1961
4 1965
Q Who commanded Sikhs to wear five items all the time ?
1 Guru Gobind Singh
2 Guru Arjan Dev
3 Guru Nanak Dev
4 Guru Angad
| Guru Gobind Singh commanded Sikhs to wear five items all the time | Kesh , Kangha , Kirpan , Kara and Kachera |
Q With which folk dance , India has made it’s entry in the Guinness Book of World Records in the year 2015 ?
1 Nati dance
2 Garba
3 Bihu
4 Bhangra
Q BASIC Group was formed in which year ?
1 2009
2 2005
3 2001
4 2015
Q What is the approx length of the Ganga River ?
1 2,525 km
2 1,450 km
3 3,560 km
4 8,848 km
Q International Day of Girl Child is observed on_______
1 11th October
2 11th November
3 11th December
4 11th September
| National Girl Child Day | 24th January |
| International Day of Girl Child | 11th October |
Q Whichof the following monuments was built by Muhammad Quli Qutb Shah?
1 Charminar
2 Gol Gumbaz
3 Warangal Fort
4 Chowmahalla Palace
Q Radio broadcasting started in India in __ by the Radio Club of Bombay
(Mumbai).
1 1934
2 1923
3 1929
4 1938
Q A court poet of the Gupta period , Harishena , wrote a glowing account of the military exploits of his patron. Who was his patron?
1 Chandragupta I
2 Kumaragupta I
3 Chandragupta II
4 Samudragupta
Q Mohandas Gandhi was awarded the Kaisar-i-Hind award in 1915 by __ of Penshurst for his contribution to ambulance services in South Africa .
1 Lord Hardinge
2 Lord Ripon
3 Lord Curzon
4 Lord Hastings
Q In which year did Narendra Modi propose to celebrate a day for yoga as ‘International Day of Yoga’ while speaking at the United Nations General Assembly?
1 2013
2 2015
3 2016
4 2014
Q Where is the National Dope Testing Laboratory located?
1 Mumbai
2 Bangalore
3 Punjab
4 New Delhi
Q Pandit Ram Narayan was associated with which of the following instruments?
1 Ghatam
2 Tabla
3 Bansuri
4 Sarangi
Q Belur Math was founded by which of the following social reformers in British India?
1 KT Telang
2 Swami Vivekanand
3 VN Mandlik
4 RG Bhandarkar
Q Which amendment of Indian Constitution removed the right to property from the list of fundamental rights?
1 41st
2 42nd
3 43rd
4 44th
Q Who was the founder of Benaras Gharana of Kathak?
1 Ishwari Prasad
2 Shambhu Maharaj
3 Janaki Prasad
4 Raja Chakradhar Singh
Q Which of the following parts of the mountain will receive the most rainfall from moisture-laden winds?
1 Leeward side
2 Relief side
3 Upward side
4 Windward side
Q Who wrote the autobiography “The Diary of a Young Girl,” which documents her experiences during World War II?
1 Nelson Mandela
2 Anne Frank
3 Maya Angelou
4 Malala Yousafzai
Q Ali Ahmad Hussain Khan was an exponent of __.
1 shehnai
2 guitar
3 flute
4 been
Q Who was the founder of the Delhi Sultanate in India?
1 Qutub-ud-din Aibak
2 Muhammad bin Tughlaq
3 Balban
4 Alauddin Khilji
Q The Brahmaputra when it enters India inArunachal Pradesh, is called___________.
1 Lohit
2 Tsang Po
3 Dihang
4 Jamuna
Q Article __ of the Constitutionof India states that the Chief Minister shall be appointed by the Governor.
1 165
2 161
3 164
4 163
Q Who among the following was the first President of Republic India?
1 Dr B.R. Ambedkar
2 SarvaPalli Radhakrishnan
3 Dr Rajendra Prasad
4 Dr Manmohan Singh
Q Indian National Congress celebrated the first Independence Day in Colonial India on _.
1 2 October 1929
2 29 December 1929
3 15 August 1930
4 26 January 1930
Q At which of the following sites of the Indus Valley Civilization was The Great Bath discovered?
1 Mohenjo-daro
2 Kalibangan
3 Dhaulavira
4 Lothal
Q Who annexed the Punjab State into British India as a result of the second Anglo-Sikh War?
1 Lord Canning
2 Lord Elgin
3 Lord Dalhousie
4 Lord Mayo
Q Matthew Hayden , former Australian cricketer, has written which of the following autobiographies?
1 At the Close Play
2 Standing My Ground
3 Game Changer
4 True Colors
Q In which year was India’s first paperless budget presented in the Parliament?
1 2019
2 2021
3 2020
4 2022
Q Which of the following states has the red panda as the state animal ?
1 Nagaland
2 Sikkim
3 Arunachal Pradesh
4 Meghalaya
Q Sepahijala Wildlife Sanctuary is located in which state ?
1 Tripura
2 Himachal Pradesh
3 Karnataka
4 Maharashtra
Q Who among the following personalities is associated with Odissi dance?
1 Surupa Sen
2 Jatin Goswami
3 Yamini Krishnamurthy
4 Ishira Parikh
Q The terms, ‘Aus’, ‘Aman’ and ‘Boro’, are associated with which crop in West Bengal?
1 Maize
2 Rice
3 Tea
4 Wheat
Q The first female sultan of Delhi sultanate , Raziyya Sultana, was the daughter of __.
1 Muhammad Ghori
2 Qutbuddin Aybak
3 Muhammad Tughluq
4 Shamsuddin Iltutmish
Q Medini Rai of Chanderi, Hasan Khan of Mewat and Mahmud Lodi joined Rana Sanga with their forces to fight against which of the following Mughal rulers?
1 Aurangzeb
2 Humayun
3 Babur
4 Akbar
Q In which year did the first Khelo India School Games start?
1 2015
2 2018
3 2016
4 2017
Q Muhammad Yunus, one of the pioneers in microfinance, founded Grameen Bank in which year?
1 1975
2 1990
3 1983
4 1989
Q With which of the following rights do Articles 23 and 24 of the Indian Constitution deal with?
1 Right to Freedom of Religion
2 Right to Equality
3 Right Against Exploitation
4 Right to Constitutional Remedies
Q The salary, allowances and pension of the Comptroller and Auditor General of India is charged upon __.
1 Public Account
2 Consolidated Fund of State
3 Consolidated Fund of India
4 Contingency Fund of India