Q Bastar Dussehra is a festival unique to _.
1 Madhya Pradesh
2 Bihar
3 Chhattisgarh
4 Uttar Pradesh
Q Who wrote the lyrical poem ‘My Mother at Sixty-Six‘ ?
1 Robert Frost
2 Kamala Das
3Toru Dutt
4 Amrita Pritam
Q Which of the following bands is considered to be India’s first rock band?
1 Indian Ocean
2 Parikrama
3 Madhavas Rock Band
4 Moheener Ghoraguli
Q Which ceremonial folk dance of Puducherry is related to the Hindu epic Ramyana , performed at the Villianur Temple in Puducherry ?
1 Tippani
2 Garadi
3 Dalkhai
4 Hulivesha
Q Who was the Governor-General when the first railway line was laid?
1 Lord Cornwallis
2 Warren Hastings
3 Lord William Bentinck
4 Lord Dalhousie
Q Which among the following is the first Regional Rural Bank to be set up in India?
1 Dakshin Bihar Gramin Bank
2 Aryavart Bank
3 Paschim Banga Gramin Bank
4 Pratham Bank
Q At which of the following places did the Indian Iron and Steel Company set up its first
factory?
1 Damodar
2 Hirapur
3 Haripur
4 Raniganj
Q What is the distance between the football goal posts?
1 8.34 m
2 7.10 m
3 7.32 m
4 6.32 m
Q My times: An autobiography, is authored by whom among the following famous freedom fighters of India?
1 Vinoba Bhave
2 J B Kriplani
3 Motilal Nehru
4 C R Das
Q According to the Census-2011 , what is the average annual growth rate of India?
1 1.56%
2 1.64%
3 1.46%
4 1.95%
Q Who was the first president of IOA?
1 HC Buck
2 Dr. Henry Grey
3 Sir Dorabji Tata
4 Prof. GD Sondhi
Q The Directive Principles of State Policy are an adaptation from which of the following
Constitutions?
1 UK Constitution
2 Irish Constitution
3USSR Constitution
4 Polish Constitution
Q Who among the following is known as the ‘Father of the Green Revolution’ in the
world?
1 Ralph Bunche
2 MS Swaminathan
3 Norman Borlaug
4 Linus Pauling
Q Which of the following tests is used to confirm the presence of typhoid fever?
1 Smear Examination
2 C Reactive Protein (CRP) Test
3 Widal Test
4 Vivax Test
Q Which ecological law states that body form or shape is linear in warm climates and
more rounded and compact in cold climates?
1 Allen’s rule
2 Yoda’s rule
3 Jordon’s rule
4 Gloger’s rule
Q Who is the author of ‘A tale of two cities’?
1 Alexander Solzhenitsyn
2 John Bunyan
3 Thomas Hardy
4 Charles Dickens
Q Who among the following drafted the Sarvodaya Plan in 1950?
1 MN Roy
2 JP Narayan
3 JRD Tata
4 KC Neogy
Q Which Team won the ICC Under-19 World Cup maximum times ?
1 Australia
2 England
3 India [ 5 ]
4 New Zealand
Q As per the Indus Waters Treaty between India and Pakistan, India has been allowed the usage of which of the following rivers?
1 Indus, Jhelum, Chenab
2 Ravi, Indus, Chenab
4 Beas, Ravi, Sutlej
4 Chenab, Jhelum, Ravi
Q Where were the first Winter Paralympics Games held?
1 Italy
2 Korea
3 Russia
4 Sweden [ 1976 ]
Q Amongst the following, B.R. Ambedkar was independent India’s first ____
minister.
1 Law and Justice
2 Home
3 Finance
4 Defence
Q Which technology do third generation computers use?
1 Integrated circuits
2 Transistors
3 Microprocessors
4 Vacuum tubes
First Generation Computer [ Vacuum tubes ] , Second Generation Computer [ Transistors ] , Third Generation Computer [ Integrated Chips ] , Fourth Generation Computer [ Microprocessors ]
Q ‘Damane’ and ‘Hulki’ are popular traditional musical instruments from the state of ______.
Ans 1. Rajasthan
2. Haryana
3. Gujarat
4. Himachal Pradesh
Q What is the chemical name of the common kitchen ingredient named ‘Baking Soda’?
1 Sodium Hypochlorite
2 Sodium Peroxide
3 Sodium Bicarbonate
4 Sodium Hydroxide
Q In which state in India will you find the ‘Jamrai Tlang’ mountains?
1 Sikkim
2 Tripura
3 Bihar
4 Assam
Q Which schedule of the Constitution of India has provisions which apply to the administration of the tribal areas in the states of Assam, Meghalaya, Tripura and Mizoram
Ans 1. 10th
2. 4th
3. 6th
4. 8th
Q The ‘Modhera Dance Festival’ held every year during the third week of January belongs to the state of ______.
Ans 1. Madhya Pradesh
2. Gujarat
3. Rajasthan
4. Punjab
Q In which of the following cities is the Thirumalai Nayakkar palace located?
1 Madurai
2 Kanyakumari
3 Mysuru
4 Chennai
Q What is the formula of butane gas?
1. C4H6
2 C4H10
3 C5H10
4 C4H8
Q Who among the following pioneered the movement in the support of widow remarriage
and girls’ education in Andhra region?
1 Kandukuri Veeresalingam
2 Chembeti Sridharalu Naidu
3 Sree Narayana Guru
4 C Rajagopalachari
Q As per the Census of India 2011, of the total population of the country, _ are
Hindus.
1 67.40%
2 86.60%
3 52.30%
4 79.80%
| Total Population [ 2011 Census ] : 121.09 crores | Hindu : 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 crore (0.7%) and Religion Not Stated : 0.29 crore (0.2% ) |
Q _ of the Constitution of India states that ‘The official language of the Union shall
be Hindi in Devanagari script’.
1 Article 299 (1)
2 Article 226 (1)
3 Article 343 (1)
4 Article 311 (1)
Q _ was actively involved in the setting up of the Oudh (Awadh) Kisan Sabha in
1920.
1 BK Dutt
2 Baba Ramchandra
3 Shaukat Ali
4 S Subramania Iyer
Q Pawl Kuts is a thanks giving festival celebrated for two days after the harvest in
_.
1 Haryana
2 Arunachal Pradesh
3 Mizoram
4 Telangana
Q Where is National Sanskrit University located?
1 Jaipur
2 Chandigarh
3 Tirupati
4 Warangal
Q What is the normal air pressure at sea level?
1 1013.25 millibars
2 886.13 millibars
3 985.14 millibars
4 1100.12 millibars
Q Which of the following was the last dynasty to rule over Gujarat before it passed on to the hands of Ala-ud-din Khilji, Sultan of Delhi?
1 Vaghela Dynasty
2 Rathode Dynasty
3 Gaikwad Dynasty
4 Scindia Dynasty
Q With which of the following festivals are ‘Dhaki’ drummers generally associated?
1 Pongal
2 Anant Chaturdashi
3 Gudi Padwa
4 Durga Puja
Q In which year did Lord Curzon order the partition of Bengal?
1 1905
2 1930
3 1945
4 1915
Q Which of the following is the SI unit of thermodynamic temperature?
1 Radian
2 Celsius
3 Kelvin
4 Fahrenheit
Q Kudankulam Nuclear Power Plant in Tamil Nadu is set up in collaboration with:
1. US
2 France
3 Russia
4 Australia
Q Who is the author of ‘Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban’?
1 Stephen King
2 George Eliot
3 J K Rowling
4 Salman Rushdie
Q In which state will you find a monument called ‘Teen Darwaza’?
Ans 1. Rajasthan
2. Uttar Pradesh
3. Gujarat
4. Punjab
Q In which state of India is the ‘Siang River Festival’ celebrated?
1 Madhya Pradesh
2 Uttar Pradesh
3 Arunachal Pradesh
4 Himachal Pradesh
Q The 9th edition of Asian Games was held in which country ?
1 India
2 Indonesia
3 Japan
4 Thailand
Q How many nuclear power plants are present in India ?
1 5
2 6
3 4
4 7
| Nuclear Power Plants in India | Kaiga [ Karnataka] , Kakrapar [ Gujarat ] , Kudankulam [ Tamil Nadu ] , Kalpakkam [ Tamil Nadu ] , Tarapur [ Maharashtra ] , Narora [ Uttar Pradesh ] and Rajasthan Nuclear Power Plant [ Rawatbhata , Rajasthan ] |
Q Which of the following Gods acquires a new epithet ‘Lord of the Plough’ in the later Vedic period?
1 Varuna
2 Brahma
3 Vishnu
4 Indra
Q Velds are grasslands of:
1 Africa
2 Australia
3 America
4 Asia
Q ‘Jnanpith Award’ was conceived in the year ?
1 1961
2 1971
3 1981
4 1991
Q Which Governor General of India , in 1772 , introduced two courts in each district -a criminal court [ faujdari adalat ] and a civil court [ diwani adalat ] ?
1 Warren Hastings
2 Lord Canning
3 Lord Cornwallis
4 Lord Ripon
Q Who is the first Indian rower to win a gold at the Asian Games in the year 2010 ?
1 Bajrang Lal Takhar
2 Swarn Singh
3 Dushyant Chauhan
4 Dattu Bhokanal
Q Which of the following dance forms has been included in the UNESCO Heritage Dances in the year 2010?
Ans 1. Nati dance
2. Laho dance
3. Chhau dance
4. Loor dance