Q Lai Haraoba , which literally means ‘the festival of gods’, is primarily celebrated in which state of India?
1 Kerala
2 Uttarakhand
3 Himachal Pradesh
4 Manipur
Q When was the first edition of the Durand Cup played in India?
1 1988
2 1900
3 1880
4 1888
Q Who decided to go ahead with his plans of invasion of Afghanistan resulting in the first Anglo Afghan War ?
1 Lord Lytton
2 Lord Dalhousie
3 Lord Auckland
4 Lord Ellenborough
Q How many members represented the Indian Princely States in the Constituent Assembly in 1946?
Ans 1. 81
2. 75
3. 62
4. 93
Q Which committee is recommended for the establishment of the National Stock Exchange?
1 YV Reddy Committee
2 Pherwani Committee
3 ML Jhingan Committee
4 Aravind Mayaram Committee
Q What was the symbol Henry Moseley used for denoting atomic number?
1 M
2 U
3 A
4 Z
Q From Gujarat to Arunachal Pradesh, there is a time lag of __ hours.
2 1.5
2 0.5
3 2
4 1
Q Who was elected as the President of Indian National Congress in 1933 ?
1 Annie Besant
2 Sarojini Naidu
3 Sucheta Kripalani
4 Nellie Sengupta
Q Which article of the Indian Constitution deals with the Attorney General of India?
1 75
2 74
3 73
4 76
Q In the popular traditions of Vijayanagara, the Deccan Sultans are termed as __.
1 Gajapati
2 Narapati
3 Sherapati
4 Ashvapati
Q Which prime minister is known as ‘Chanakya of modern India’ ?
1 PV Narasimha Rao
2 IK Gujral
3 VP Singh
4 Charan Singh
Q The folk songs named ‘Pankhida’ traditionally belong to:
Ans 1. Odisha
2. Kashmir
3. Chhattisgarh
4. Rajasthan
Q एक पारंपरिक खेल यूबी लक्पी [ Yubi Lakpi ] किस राज्य मेंखेला जाता है?
1 मणिपुर
2 अरुणाचल प्रदेश
3 हिमाचल प्रदेश
4 झारखंड
Q Which of the following is a folk dance of Uttar Pradesh?
1 Bihu
2 Lava
3 Charkula
4 Kolattam
Q Who was the first defence minister of India?
1 Kailash Nath Katju
2 Baldev Singh
3 YB Chavan
4 Swaran Singh
Q Central Zoo Authority of India was created in the year .
1 2002
2 1992
3 1982
4 1972
Q Who is the author of the book titled ‘One Arranged Murder’?
Ans 1. Vikram Seth
2. Jhumpa Lahiri
3. Chetan Bhagat
4. Salman Rushdie
Q With which musical instrument was the noted musician Pandit Kishan Maharaj associated?
Ans 1. Mridangam
2. Tabla
3. Santoor
4. Rudra Veena
Q In which of the following states is the Yumthang Valley located?
1 Uttarakhand
2 Himachal Pradesh
3 Nagaland
4 Sikkim
Q In which year did the last king of Punjab Maharaja Duleep Singh ascend on the throne of Punjab at 10 years of age?
1 1852
2 1836
3 1824
4 1849
Q Who is the author of the book ‘The Inheritance of Loss’?
Ans 1. Nayantara Sahgal
2. Kiran Desai
3. Anita Nair
4. Jhumpa Lahiri
Q Where will the FIFA World Cup 2026 be held ?
1 US , Canada , Mexico
2 China , Japan , South Korea
3 UAE , Qatar , Saudi Arabia
4 Russia , Belarus , Finland
Q In which year did the brothers Harihara and Bukka establish the Vijayanagara Empire?
1 1356
2 1336
3 1346
4 1367
Q Which Article of the Constitution of India deals with the ordinance making power of the Governor?
1 Article 209
2 Article 205
3 Article 213
4 Article 203
Q In India, the voting age was reduced from 21 to 18 years by the ______ Constitutional Amendment Act, 1988.
Ans 1. 60th
2. 62nd
3. 61st
4. 63rd
Q Itai-itai disease is caused by the toxicity of which of the following elements?
Ans 1. Arsenic
2. Lead
3. Mercury
4. Cadmium
Q The _________ festival is celebrated thrice in a year in Assam.
Ans 1. Kajari
2. Bihu
3. Madai
4. Hareli
Q Which state among the following had the highest membership in the Constituent Assembly of India as on 31 December 1947?
1 East Punjab
2 United Provinces
3 Madras
4 Bombay
Q In which of the following places, does the Hornbill Festival take place annually in the month of December?
1 Itanagar
2 Dispur
3 Kohima
4 Imphal
Q Who among the following has written the ‘Arthashastra’?
1 Panini
2 Vishakhadatta
3 Kamandak
4 Kautilya
Q Who is the author of the book ‘The Bird of Time : Song of Life , Death and the Spring’ ?
1 Sarojini Naidu
2 Mahatma Gandhi
3 Indira Gandhi
4 Jawahar Lal Nehru
Q The women of which tribe perform the traditional folk dance called Chakri?
1 Kaul
2 Kanjar
3 Gond
4 Bharia
Q The 11th fundamental duty was added by which of the following Constitutional amendments?
1 100th
2 85th
3 44th
4 86th
Q The Jhaveri sisters– Nayana, Suverna, Ranjana and Darshana are famously associated with which style of dance?
Ans 1. Kathakali
2. Bharatnatyam
3. Kuchipudi
4. Manipuri
Q Borgeet, a musical composition, is used in which of the following classical dances of India?
1 Manipuri
2 Kathak
3 Sattriya
4 Bharatanatyam
Q Who among the following headed the ‘Fundamental Rights Sub-Committee’ in the Constituent Assembly in 1946?
Ans 1. JB Kripalani
2. Gopinath Bordoloi
3. KM Munsi
4. GV Mavalankar
Q Which of the following dances traditionally starts in the evening after preliminaries that include an invocatory drumming on the Maddalam and concludes only at daybreak?
Ans 1. Kathakali
2. Odissi
3. Bharatnatyam
4. Kathak
Q Which Sikh Guru closed the practice of nominating a religious head?
1 Guru Tegh Bahadur
2 Guru Gobind Singh
3 Guru Sri Har Rai
4 Guru Arjan Dev
Q Which of the following is the popular harvest festival of Odisha?
Ans 1. Wangala
2. Nuakhai
3. Pongal
4. Onam
Q Noble gases belong to which of the following groups?
1 18th group
2 17th group
3 16th group
5 15th group
Q Which of the following texts, related to the history of the Delhi Sultanate, was authored by Ziauddin Barani?
1 Mirat-i-Ahmadi
2 Taj-ul-Maasir
3 Muntakhab-al-tawarikh
4 Tarikh-i-Firozshah
Q Which article allows the state to make provisions for the upliftment of certain
categories of people like socially and culturally backward classes and Scheduled
caste and Scheduled Tribes?
1 Article 15
2 Article 14
3 Article 16
4 Article 17
Q Who among the following was the first Gupta ruler of ancient India, married to a Lichchavi princess?
1 Chandragupta I
2 Kumaragupta I
3 Skandagupta
4 Chandragupta Vikramaditya
Q The Directive Principles of State Policy in the Indian Constitution was borrowed from which country?
1 Japan
2 Republic of Ireland
3 Austria
4 The UK
Q Janapada Geete, which includes the vachanas of Basavanna, is folk music from the Indian state of __.
1 Kerala
2 Telangana
3 Karnataka
4 Goa
Q Who created a new system of musicology called ‘Indraprastha Mata’ or ‘Chaturdandi Sampradaya’ ?
1Amir Khusro
2 Bhimsen Joshi
3 Ustad Ghulam Ali
4 Ali Azmat
Q ‘The Royals Tombs of Golconda’ , ‘The Snake Charmer’ and ‘The Queen’s Rival’ are poems by :
1 Sarojini Naidu
2 Rabindranath Tagore
3 Shashi Tharoor
4 Rajendra Prasad
Q Which is the oldest refinery in India ?
1 Digboi
2 Mathura
3 RIL
4 IOC
Q The rate of change of momentum of an object is proportional to the applied
unbalanced force in the direction of force. This is known as:
1 law of inertia
2 first law of motion
3 third law of motion
4 second law of motion
Q Who was the President of the Board of Trade when the Cabinet Mission visited India?
1 AV Alexander
2 Lord Wavell
3 Stafford Cripps
4 Pethick Lawrence
Q Satyashodhak Samaj was founded by Jyotirao Phule in which year ?
1 1873
2 1863
3 1883
4 1893
Q Samudragupta’s achievements are recorded in a long inscription called Prashasti by his court poet, __.
1 Harisena
2 Rudrasena
3 Kalhan
4 Kalidasa
Q What is the national female workforce participation rate as per the Census of India 2011?
1 30.02%
2 53.26%
3 53.03%
4 25.51%
As per Census 2011, the workforce participation rate for females is 25.51% against 53.26% for males
Q Fulminology is the study of ______
1 Lightening
2 Volcanic eruptions
3 Natural gases
4 Atmosphere
Q Who proposed to pass an Act for the repair and protection of historical monuments of the country?
1 Lord Mayo
2 Lord Northbrook
3 Lord Curzon
4 Lord Canning
Q Who among the following was the author of Kitab-ul-Hind based on India?
1 Marco Polo
2 Abdur Razzak
Al Masudi
4 Al Beruni
Q The name of Wright brothers credited with inventing the aeroplane was ______
1 Wilbur and Orville
2 JL Baird
3 G Marconi
4 Theodore Maimna
Q Molten state and very high-temperature are important criteria for the formation of which type of rocks?
1 Igneous rocks
2 Metamorphic rocks
3 Sedimentary rocks
4 Sphalerite ore rocks
Q Which kind of emergency is imposed on the grounds of threat to the economic stability or credit of India?
1 President’s Rule
2 National Emergency
3 Financial Emergency
4 Internal Emergency
Q The period ___ has been described as the ‘golden age’ of Indian history .
1 Gupta
2 Mughal
3 Maratha
4 Buddhist
Q The Thimithi festival in Tamil Nadu is celebrated in the honour of :
1 Draupadi
2 Padmavati
3 Sita
4 Surpanakha
Q Trishulganga is a stream of the river:
1 Godavari
2 Ghaghara
3 Beas
4 Gandak
Q ‘Jakhan Choto Chilam’ is the autobiography of __.
1. Taslima Nasrin
2 Debesh Roy
3 Satyajit Ray
4 Sukumar Ray
Q ‘Let Ball’, ‘Stroke Ball’ and ‘No Let’ are part of which game?
1 Squash
2 Rugby
3 Handball
4 Polo
Q Where is Brabourne Stadium is located ?
1 Kolkata
2 Mumbai
3 Indore
4 Cuttack
Q The concept of ‘Totipotency’ was given by ___
1 Steward
2 Hippocrates
3 Haberlandt
4 Darwin
Q Who among the following mentioned that ‘Collective Responsibility can be achieved only through the instrumentality of the Prime Minister’?
Ans 1.Dr BR Ambedkar
2. Jawaharlal Nehru
3.CRajagopalachari
4. Lal Bahadur Shastri
Q According to the 2011 census ,Daman and Diu has the lowest sex ratio among all union territories of India with only______ females per 1000 males.
1 534
2 777
3 818
4 618
Q What is a relatively small , triangular-shaped minor oceanic plate located beneath the Pacific Ocean off the west coast of Central America?
1 Nazca plate
2 Okhotsk plate
3 Cocos plate
4 Sunda plate