Q Siddi Dhamal is performed in which of the following states as a dance to celebrate successful hunting activity?.
1 Rajasthan
2 Punjab
3 Haryana
4 Gujarat
Q Sankranti, the harvest festival, is celebrated in the month of Magh of the Hindu calendar and is known by different names in different parts of India. What is it called in Gujarat?
Ans 1. Uttarayan
2. Pana Sankranti
3. Lohri
4. Maghi
Q The famous Kashida embroidery comes from ____
1 Karnataka
2 West Bengal
3 Jammu And Kashmir
4 Punjab
Q Who is the author of ‘The Merchant of Venice’?
1 William Shakespeare
2 John Bunyan
3 Thomas Hardy
4 Somerset Maughan
Q When was the Indian Association founded?
1 1875
2 1874
3 1876
4 1871
Q Who of the following is the pioneer of the “Bhoodan Movement”?
1 Vinoba Bhave
2 Aurobindo Ghosh
3 Mahatma Gandhi
4 Swami Vivekananda
Q Who published ‘New Lamps for Old‘ in the ‘Indu Prakash‘?
1 Bal Gangadhar Tilak
2 Aurobindo Ghosh
3 Bipin Chandra Pal
4 Lala Lajpat Rai
Q Ibn Battuta’s book of travels, called Rihla was originally written in:
1 Persian
2 Prakrit
3 Arabic
4 Urdu
Q Who was the founder of Banaras Hindu University ?
1 Sukumar Dey
2 Madan Mohan Malviya
3 Dr Rajendra Prasad
4 Motilal Nehru
Q Who among the following was the first English President of the Indian National Congress ?
1 George Yule
2 William Wedderburn
3 AO Hume
4 Annie Besant
Q Who among the following has written the ‘Badshah Nama’?
1 Babur
2 Abdul Hamid Lahori
3 Inayat Khan
4 Abul Fazl
Q Which of the following monasteries is NOT located in Sikkim?
Ans 1. Enchey
2. Ralong
3. Pemayangste
4. Tabo
| Monasteries | Enchey [ Sikkim ] , Ralong [ Sikkim ] , Pemayangste [ Sikkim ] , Tabo [ Himachal Pradesh ] |
Q Who among the following is the author of the book Kitab-ul-Hind?
1 Al Masudi
2 Al-Biruni
3 Shihabuddin al-Umari
4 Ibn Battuta
Q __ was the Chairman of the Advisory Committee on Fundamental Rights, Minorities and Tribal and Excluded Areas of the Constituent Assembly of India.
1. BR Ambedkar
2 Jawaharlal Nehru
3 Vallabhbhai Patel
4 Rajendra Prasad
Q Who among the following scientists invented dynamite?
1. Alfred Nobel
2 Benjamin Franklin
3 Rudolf Diesel
4 Thomas Alva Edison
Q What type of farming is Kumari which is practiced in Western Ghats?
Ans 1. Plantation farming
2. Horticulture farming
3. Intensive farming
4. Primitive Subsistence farming
Q Who among the following founded the secret Congress Radio, which broadcast messages of independence and anti-British propaganda and made significant contributions to the freedom struggle?
1 Sunitha Krishnan
2 Kalpana Datta
3 Usha Mehta
4 Aruna Roy
Q By the Act of _, the Governor General in Council was given the power to legislate for the whole of the British territories in India.
1 Charter Act of 1833
2 Charter Act of 1793
3 Charter Act of 1853
4 Charter Act of 1813
Q ‘Gurpurab’ is the most important and sacred festival of the Sikh community. In which of the following months of the Hindu calendar is it celebrated?
1. Vaisakha
2 Kartik
2 Shravana
4 Jyaistha
Q Which of the following novels is written by Anita Desai?
Ans 1. Two Lives
2. Clear Light of Day
3. The White Tiger
4. The Blue Umbrella
Q The first Education Minister of Independent India was ______.
Ans 1. Pranab Mukherjee
2. Indira Gandhi
3. Abul Kalam Azad
4. Triguna Sen
Q Tummalapalle, believed to have one of the largest uranium reserves in the world, is situated in which of the following states?
1. Karnataka
2 Tamil Nadu
3 Telangana
4 Andhra Pradesh
Q Who among the following wrote the book ‘Straight from the Heart’?
1 Sachin Tendulkar
2 Mary Kom
3 Kapil Dev
4 Milkha Sing
Q In which of the following states is the Phodong monastery situated?
Ans 1. Uttar Pradesh
2. Bihar
3. Arunachal Pradesh
4. Sikkim
Q With which of the following states/union territories is the Dumhal folk dance associated
Ans 1. Haryana
2. Andaman and Nicobar Islands
3. Jammu and Kashmir
4. Arunachal Pradesh
Q Who was the Prime Minister of Britain/UK when British Parliament passed an independence bill for India in July 1947?
Ans 1. Clement Attlee
2. Neville Chamberlain
3. Ramsay Macdonald
4. Winston Churchill
Q The ‘Kathakali’ dance is a harmonious combination of __ forms of fine art.
1. four
2 six
3 five
4 seven
| Kathakali dance is a harmonious combination of Five forms of fine art. | Literature [ Sahithyam ] , Music [ Sangeetham ] , Painting [ Chithram ] , Acting [ Natyam ] and Dance [ Nritham ] |
Q As per the 2011 census , Hindi has retained its position as a predominant language spoken by about ___ of the population.
1 43.63 %
2 33.63 %
3 53.63 %
4 63.63 %
Q In which state is the Ponung folk dance practised ?
1 Arunachal Pradesh
2 Rajasthan
3 Haryana
4 Maharashtra
Q Name the famous Indian painter who was honoured with the Kaisar-i-Hind gold medal by the British Viceroy of India , Lord Curzon ?
1 Raja Ravi Verma
2 Nandalal Bose
3 Jamini Roy
4 Abhanindranath Tagore
Q What is the maximum number of Starred Questions for oral answers admitted for discussion on a particular day in the Lok Sabha ?
1 20
2 30
3 40
4 50
Q Who received the Sahitya Akademi Award in 1968 ?
1 Harivansh Rai Bachchan
2 Mohan Rakesh
3 Girish Karnad
4 Kaifi Azmi
Q Annie Besant was a Fabian socialist under the influence of _ .
1 Charles Turner
2 George Bernard Shaw
3 Sigmund Freud
4 Arthur Miller
Q Which Indian Hockey player holds the record for the most number of goals scored in an Olympic final ?
1 Balbir Singh Sr
2 Kishan Lal
3 Jaipal Singh Munda
4 Major Dhyan Chand
Q Under which Five Year Plan , the steel plants of Rourkela , Bhilai and Durgapur were established ?
1 Second
2 Third
3 Fourth
4 FIifth
Q Which one of the following was the venue for the first edition of the Commonwealth Games in 1930?
1 Hamilton, Canada
2 Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
3 Sydney, Australia
4 London, England
Q Which one of the following is NOT a literary work by Munshi Premchand?
1 Nirmala
2 Gaban
3 Shatranj ke Khiladi
4 Anamdas ka Potha
| Munshi Premchand books | Shatranj ke Khiladi || Godan || Idgah || Kaphan || Nirmala || Gaban || Do Bailon Ki Katha || Poos Ki Raat || Namak Ka Daroga || Sevasadan || Rangbhoomi |
Q The Great Bath in Mohenjo-Daro was excavated in which of the following areas?
1 Citadel
2 Residential complex
3 Lower town
4 House courtyard
Q In which year did the Bastar rebellion take place?
1 1907
2 1905
3 1900
4 1910
Q Which one of the following Sikh gurus standardized and popularized the Gurmukhi script?
1 Guru Gobind Singh
2 Guru Angad
3 Guru Tegh Bahadur
4 Guru Nanak
Q When was the WTO (World Trade Organisation) founded?
1 1st January 1998
2 1st January 1993
3 1st January 1995
4 1st January 1991
Q Which of the following cups are associated with the game of Hockey?
1 Aga Khan Cup
2 BILT Cup
3 Asia Cup
4 Berna Bellack Cup
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 What will be the average kinetic energy per molecule in SI units for an ideal gas at a temperature of 25°C?
1 9.17 × 10−22 J
2 6.17 × 10−21 J
3 7.17 × 10−20 J
4 8.17 × 10−22 J
Q Chilika Lake is a brackishwater lagoon, spreadover which districts of Odisha state?
1 Angul , Cuttack and Puri
2 Puri , Bhubaneswar and Khurda
3 Puri , Cuttack and Ganjam
4 Puri, Khurda and Ganjam
Q Which of the following autobiographies is written by former English , David Beckham published in 2003 ?
1 My Side
2 Courage to Soar
3 Undisputed Truth
4 Game Changer
Q According to the census of India 2011 , which group of states and union territories from the following recorded the highest literacy rate?
1 Goa and Lakshadweep
2 Mizoram and Delhi
3 Kerala and Lakshadweep
4 Kerala and Puducherry
Q Identify the scheme that was launched by the Prime Minister on 8 April 2015 for providing loans upto ₹10 lakh to the non-corporate, non-farm small/micro enterprises?
1 Bharat Rojgar Yojana
2 Pradhan Mantri Mudra Yojana
3 Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act
4 Pradhan Mantri Shram Yogi Maan-dhan
Q The much-loved English novel, ‘Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland’ was written by which of the following authors?
1 Herman Melville
2 Edgar Allan Poe
3 Lewis Carroll
4 Mary Shelly
Q Prior to India, which country introduced Five-Year Plans for policy-making purposes?
1 Great Britain
2 Germany
3 The US
4 The Union of Soviet Socialist Republics
Q Ricky Kej, a globally acclaimed musician from India, won the 57th Grammy Award for which of the following albums?
1 Mystic Mountains
2 Mountain Dreams
3 Winds of Samsara
4 Divine Tide
Q Who conceptualised the idea about animal ecology in 1927?
1 Rachel Carson
2 Arthur George Tansle
3 Charles Elton
4 Aldo Leopold
Q National income at current prices are calculated based on _
1 constant prices
2 future prices
3 comparative prices
4 prevailing prices
Q Anantha R Krishnan is a famous _ player.
1 flute
2 mridangam
3 santoor
4 sita
Q Which of the following is NOT a noble gas?
1 Argon (Ar)
2 Nitrogen (N)
3 Neon (Ne)
4 Helium (He)
| Noble Gas | Helium [ He ] , Neon [ Ne ] , Argon [ Ar ] , Krypton [ Kr ] , Xenon [ Xe ] |
Q Which Article of the Indian Constitution states that no citizen of India shall accept any title from any foreign State?
1 Article 18 (3)
2 Article 18 (4)
3 Article 18 (2)
4 Article 18 (1)
Q Who among the following was the Sultan of the Delhi Sultanate when the Bahmani Kingdom was established in South India?
1 Ghiyasuddin Tughluq
2 Muhammad Bin Tughluq
3 Nasir-ud-din Mohammed Tughluq
4 Firuz Shah Tughluq