Q To which of the following Indian states does Mardani Khel , one of the famous martial art forms in India belong to ?
1 Tamil Nadu
2 Kerala
3 Maharashtra
4 Manipur
Q The Draft of fifth Five Year Plan was was prepared and launched by ___
1 Manmohan Singh
2 D.P. Dhar
3 Jayaprakash Narayan
4 Vivek Debroy
Q ‘Farewell MyFriend’ was an album by which musician?
1 Bhimsen Joshi
2 Pandit Ravi Shankar
3 Shivkumar Sharma
4 Pandit KumarGandharva
Q __ of a sound wave determines loudness of sound.
1 Wavelength
2 Frequency
3 Speed
4 Amplitude
Q In medieval architecture, Khanqahs are associated with _.
1 sufi saints
2 nawabs
3 traders
4 queens
Q Which place in the Garo hills of Meghalaya may receive an amount of rainfall in a day equal to 10 years of rainfall in Jaisalmer of Rajasthan?
1 Baghmara
2 Aminda
3 Tura
4 Cherrapunji
Q Who is the first Asian to have been honoured with the Nobel Prize for Economics?
1 Hargobind Khorana
2 Amartya sen
3 Chandrashekhar Venkataraman
4 Mother Teresa
Q Which of the following genres of folk music can be linked to Madhya Pradesh?
1 Lavani
2 Dhankul
3 Bhavgeet
4 Maand
Q Sheesh Mahal or the ‘Palace of Mirrors’ in Patiala (Punjab) was built by __.
1 Maharaja Harpreet Singh
2 Maharaja Virendra Singh
3 Maharaja Harbhajan Singh
4 Maharaja Narinder Singh
Q Which of the following Acts abolished the East India Company’s monopoly of trade with China?
1 Government of India Act 1858
2 Charter Act of 1853
3 Charter Act of 1793
4 Charter Act of 1833
Q Which of the following bacteria grow in milk and convert it to curd?
1 E. curdae
2 Salmonella typhi
3 Lactic acid bacteria [ Lactobacillus ]
4 Salmonella lactae
Q Who was the first Inspector General of Forests in India in 1864?
1 Dietrich Brandis
2 EP Stebbing
3 Michael Taussi
4 Verrier Elwin
Q According to the Census of India 2011, which state of India has the highest number of Scheduled Caste population?
1 Maharashtra
2 Madhya Pradesh
3 Bihar
4 Uttar Pradesh
Q What is the average circumference of the standard cricket ball in international cricket?
1. 7.89 inches – 8.45 inches
2 10.46 inches – 10.90 inches
3 9.45 inches – 10.20 inches
4 8.81 inches – 9 inches
Q The Rourkela Steel plant was set up in 1959 in collaboration with______.
1 Japan
2 Germany
3 Britain
4 Russia
Q Who is known as the “father of local self-government” in India?
1 Lord Dalhousie
2 Lord Ripon
3 Lord Canning
4 Lord Mayo
Q Which of the following committees/commissions was set up in 1976 for recommending for fundamental duties by the Indira Gandhi Government?
1 Thakaar Commission
2 Sarkaria Commission
3 Swaran Singh Committee
4 Shah Commission
Q What kind of seeds were introduced by the Green Revolution in India for the cultivation of Rice and Wheat?
1 GM Seeds
2 Traditional Seeds
3 HYV Seeds
4 Quinoa seeds
Q _ is a song used to mourn the death of the loved ones.
1 Banvarh
2 Mando
3 Fughri
4 Deknni
Q What is the national sport of Bhutan?
1 Archery
2 Table tennis
3 Swimming
4 Hockey
Q Which of the following created the famous Tom and Jerry Cartoon?
1 E.C. Segar
2 Joseph Barbera
3 Martin Goodman
4 Walt Disney
Q The Treaty of Rajpurghat [ 1805 ] was concluded by the East India Company with which Maratha power?
1 Gaekwads
2 Sindhia
3 Bhonsle
4 Holkar
Q Who moved the historic ‘Objectives Resolution’ in the Constituent Assembly on 13 December 1946?
1 M.N. Roy
2 Jawaharlal Nehru
3 Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel
4 Mahatma Gandhi
Q Export-Import bank of India [ EXIM ] was established in:
1 1984
2 1981
3 1982
4 1983
Q Alvars were devotees of which Indian deity?
1 Shakti
2 Shiva
3 Vishnu
4 Brahma
Q With which of the following sport sheesh mahal tournament is associated?
1 Boat racing
2 Badminton
3 Football
4 Cricket
Q At which of the following places in the Indus valley civilisation a brick structure has been identified as a dockyard meant for berthing ships and handling cargo?
1 Mohanjodaro
2 Dhaulavira
3 Lothal
4 Rakhigarhi
Q Harisena, the author of Prayag Prashasti, was the court poet of which of the following Gupta emperors?
1 Samudraguta
2 Kumaragupta I
3 Ramagupta
4 Skandagupta
Q Fusion of two gametes dissimilar in size, as in some species of Chlamydomonas is termed as ______.
1 anisogamous
2 isogamous
3 zoospores
4 oogamous
Q In which year Konkani , Manipur and Nepali were included in the Eight Schedule of the Constitution of India ?
1 1992
2 1990
3 1993
4 1991
Q “Guru Shikhar” on the Abu hills is the highest peak of which mountain ranges?
1. Himalaya Range
2 The western Ghats
3 PirPanjal Range
4 Aravalli Range
Q Which of the following festivals is known as Vijaya Utsav?
Ans 1. Hampi Festival
2. Ganga Sagar Mela
3. Pushkar Fair
4. Konark Dance Festival
Q In which of the following years was the Treaty of Salbai signed?
1 1817
2 1769
3 1800
4 1782
Q ‘Bhand Pather’ is a form of theatre dance performed in __.
1 Goa
2 Kashmir
3 Haryana
4 Sikkim
Q Limestone, chalk and marble are different forms of __.
1. Calcium phosphate
2 Calcium hydroxide
3 Calcium oxide
4 Calcium carbonate
Q Who among the following scientists is famous for her notable work on sugarcane and eggplant ?
1 Asima Chatterjee
2 Kamala Sohonie
3 Janaki Ammal
4 Soumya Swaminathan
Q According to census 2011, the male literacy rate in India is ______.
Ans 1. 81.14 percent
2. 82.14 percent
3. 84.14 percent
4. 83.14 percent
Q Kalbelia folk songs and dance forms are an expression of the Kalbelia community’s traditional way of life. It is associated with which of the following states?
1 Rajasthan
2 Gujarat
3 Maharashtra
4 Jharkhand
Q ‘Mysuru Peta’ is a traditional attire worn on the :
1 head
2 shoulder
3 wrist
4 leg
Q Who holds the record for the most medals won by a woman at the Olympics ?
1 Larisa Latynina
2 Simone Biles
3 Wilma Rudolph
4 Lovlina Borgohain
Q ‘Turi’ , ‘Bungal’ and ‘Pava’ are folk musical instruments from the state of :
1 Gujarat
2 Odisha
3 Kerala
4 Mizoram
Q In which state of India is the harvest festival of ‘Kailpodh’ celebrated by an indigenous community ?
1 Karnataka
2 Assam
3 Odisha
4 Manipur
Q Which of the following diseases is also known as African Trypanosomiasis?
1 Porphyria
2 Sleeping Sickness
3 Stroke
4 Diabetes mellitus
Q Which part of the plant body is called the food factory of plants?
1 Leaf
2 Flower
3 Stem
4 Root
Q The “Bhoodan movement” was launched in the year .
1 1948
2 1960
3 1951
4 1961
Q In which year did Chola king Rajaraja I ascend the throne?
1 988 C.E.
2 980 C.E.
3 985 C.E.
4 983 C.E
Q Who were the first Europeans to reach India in 1498?
1 British
2 French
3 Portuguese
4 Danish
Q “The Iron Man Of India” is an epithet given to __.
1 Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel
2 Jamshetji Tata
3 Lala Lajpatrai
4 Subhash Chandra Bose
Q Who among the following wrote the famous song, ‘Amar Sonar Bangla’, which became the national anthem of Bangladesh after its independence in 1971?
1 Bankim Chandra Chatterjee
2 Ramprasad Sen
3 Rabindranath Tagore
4 Madhusudan Dutt
Q Water movement caused bymeteorological effects (winds andatmospheric pressure changes) is referred to as:
1 ocean front
2 wave front
3 water front
4 surges
Q राष्ट्रीय युवा दिवस [ National Youth Day ] निम्न में से किस व्यक्तित्व की जन्मतिथि पर मनाया जाता है?
1 ए. पी. जे. अब्दुल कलाम
2 नेताजी सुभाष चंद्र बोस
3 स्वामी विवेकानंद
4 विक्रम साराभाई
Q Which of the following institutes was founded by MG Ranade and GV Joshi ?
1 Poona Sarvajanik Sabha
3 Abhinav Bharat
3 The Indian National Congress
4 The Bombay Presidency Association
Q Sea ice helps determine Earth’s climate. According to this, what percentage of the sunlight falling on sea ice is reflected back into space?
1 70%
2 80%
3 75%
4 85%
Q Which of the following is an external agency with which NABARD has collaborated to promote micro-finance in 2005-06?
1 International Monetary Fund
2 International Bank for Reconstruction and Development
3 Swiss Agency for Development Cooperation [ SDC ]
4 New Development Bank, BRICS
Q The beautiful square-shaped Mughal architecture, Kanch Mahal is situated in which of the following cities of India?
1 Agra
2 Ahmedabad
3 Aurangabad
4 Hyderabad
Q Guru Pankaj Charan Das and Guru Debaprasad Das are associated with which of the following dance forms?
1 Manipuri
2 Odissi
3 Kathak
4 Kathakali
Q The first country to introduce the institution of Ombudsman [ Lokpal ] was ___
1 Norway
2 Sweden
3 Finland
4 Denmark