Q Who was the first Indian to ski to the North pole ?
1 Sanjay Thapur
2 Ajeet Bajaj
3 Arun Nayyar
3 Neal Paramjeet
Q Balijatra/Baliyatra festival is celebrated in which of the following states of India?
1 Odisha
2 Andhra Pradesh
3 Karnataka
4 Maharashtra
Q Who among the following was the first author writing in English to be conferred the Sahitya Akademi Award?
Ans 1. Anita Desai
2. RK Narayan [ The Guide ]
3. Raja Rao
4. RK Narayan
Q Under whose leadership did the British forces suppress the Revolt of 1857 in Kanpur?
Ans 1. Sir Colin Campbell
2. Colonel Oncell
3. General Hugh Rose
4. John Nicholson
Q In which state of Myanmar do the Rohingyas primarily reside?
1 Shan
2 Kayah
3 Chin
4 Rakhine
Q Name the scientist who discovered bacteria .
1 AV Leeuwenhoek
2 Robert Hooke
3 Carl Linnaeus
4 Zacharias Janssen
Q Which Article states that the State shall strive to promote the welfare of the people?
1 Article 38
2 Article 36
3 Article 40
4 Article 39
Q Which is the national bird of Bangladesh ?
1 Magpie Robin
2 Raven
3 Red crowned crane
4 Monal
Q In which year was the Mehrangarh Fort established?
1 1459
2 1458
3 1456
4 1457
Q Janapada Geete, which includes the vachanas of Basavanna, is associated with the
state of __.
1 West Bengal
2 Kerala
3 Karnataka
4 Odisha
Q Which of the following is the oldest stock exchange in India?
1 BSE
2 NSE
3 CSE
4 DSE
Q Who has discovered Insulin ?
1 Finsen
2 Banting
3 Domagk
4 Salk
Q Which year was observed as the International Year of Freshwater?
1 2009
2 2000
3 2003
4 2007
Q Who among the following was India’s first world champion in any sport after
independence?
1 Wilson Jones
2 Milkha Singh
3 Lila Ram
4 Ramanathan Krishnan
Q Which of the following articles of the Constitution of India gives us a description of ‘Money Bill’?
1 123
2 95
3 110
4 127
Q The First Battle of Tarain was fought in the year __.
1 1204
2 1213
3 1157
4 1191
Q Which of the following is a fair held at the shrine of Mastan Shah Vali?
1 Pir Budhan fair
2 Dhamoni Urs
3 Hira Bhumia fair
4 Karam fair
Q The ‘Paitkar’ paintings are unique cultural symbols of __.
1 Chhattisgarh
2 Telangana
3 Jharkhand
4 Karnataka
Q Whose proclamation of November 1, 1858 declared that thereafter India would be governed by and in the name of the British Monarch through a Secretary of State?
1 Queen Elizabeth’s
2 Queen Victoria’s
3 King Philips’
4 King Louis’
Q The Sangeet Natak Akademi Award for contribution to Performing Arts has been conferred on artists since the year __.
1 1961
2 1959
3 1952
4 1950
Q Which of the following palaces is located in Thiruvananthapuram?
1 Chowmahalla Palace
2 Ujjayanta Palace
3 Kanakakkunnu Palace
4 Amber Palace
Q Rathwa ni Gher is a dance performed on the occasion of __ by the Rathwa tribe of Gujarat.
1 Janmashtami
2 Makar Sankranti
3 Dussehra
4 Holi
Q Which Prime Minister among the following had signed the Assam Accord with the All Assam Gana Sangram Parishad in 1985?
1 Rajiv Gandhi
2 IK Gujral
3 VP Singh
4 PV Narasimha Rao
Q Part __ of the Constitution of India provides for freedom of trade and commerce within the country.
1 15
2 20
3 13
4 10
Q Pandit Madan Mohan Malviya is credited with popularising the slogan ‘__‘.
1 Inquilab Zindabad
2 Vande Mataram
3 Jai Jawan Jai Kisan
4 Satyameva Jayate
Q __ succumbed to injuries inflicted on him during a peaceful demonstration
against the Simon Commission.
1 Gopal Krishna Gokhale
2 Bal Gangadhar Tilak
3 Lala Lajpat Rai
4 Bipin Chandra Pal
Q Which among the following festival marks the menstruation period of the Goddess Kamakhya in Assam?
Ans 1. Moatsu
2. Chapchar Kut
3. Wangala
4. Ambubachi Mela
Q Who has been awarded Sangeet Natak Akademi Award in the year 2016 for the contribution to Chhau?
1. Sitara Devi
2. Kalamandalam Kalyanikutty Amma
3. Gopal Prasad Dubey
4. Tanjore Balasaraswati
Q In which of the following union territories was the highest literacy rate recorded in 2011?
Ans 1. Daman and Diu
2. Andaman and Nicobar
3. Puducherry
4. Lakshadweep
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 In which of the following states is Bishnupur, famous for terracotta temples, located?
1 Telangana
2 West Bengal
3 Meghalaya
4 Gujarat
Q Which of the following texts gives the most detailed account of the history of
Kashmir?
1 Meghadutam
2 Rajatarangini
3 Ritusamhara
4 Abhijananashakuntalam
Q The All India Muslim League was founded in 1906 at:
1 Bombay
2 Lucknow
3 Lahore
4 Dacca
Q Which of the following are the cellular structures responsible for protein synthesis?
1 Ribosomes
2 Mitochondria
3 Lysosomes
4 Golgi apparatus
Q Chang Lo tribal dance is performed by the Chang tribe of ____________.
Ans 1. Chhattisgarh
2. Nagaland
3. Goa
4. Madhya Pradesh
Q ‘Thaipoosam’ festival is celebrated in which state of India?
Ans 1. Bihar
2. Andhra Pradesh
3. Tamil Nadu
4. Goa
Q Which of the following is the largest mangrove forest in the world?
1 Godavari-Krishna Mangroves
2 Sundarbans Reserve Forest
3 Gulf of Panama Mangroves
4 Pichavaram Forest
Q The deficiency of Vitamin __ causes Pellagra.
1 B2
2 B3
3 B6
4 B12
Q Wangala is a popular harvest festival of which Indian state?
1 Assam
2 Manipur
3 Meghalaya
4 Tripura
Q Which of the following scripts is considered as the mother of all modern Indian
scripts?
1 Bengali-Assamese
2 Devanagari
3 Harappan
4 Brahmi
Q Statistics Day of India is celebrated each year on 29 June to mark the birth anniversary
of:
1 PC Mahalanobis
2 Raghu Raj Bahadur
3 KC Sreedharan Pillai
4 CR Rao
Q Human Development Report is published by:
1 United Nations Development Program
2 United Nations Conference on Trade and Development
3 United Nations Child and Education Fund
4 United Nations Capital Development Fund
Q Who is the only woman in the world to have received multiple Nobel Prizes ?
1 Mother Teresa
2 Marie Curie
3 Jane Adams
4 Aung San Suu Kyi
Q To file the nomination for the post of Vice President, the candidate must be proposed by at least _ electors.
1 25
2 30
3 40
4 20
Q National Waterway-1 of India covers:
1 Sadiya-Dhubri stretch of the Brahmaputra river
2 Haldia-Allahabad stretch of the Ganga-Bhagirathi-Hooghly river
3 Kollam-Kottapuram stretch of West Coast Canal and Champakara and Udyogmandal
canals
4 Assam-Mizoram stretch of Barak river
Q Which of the following were ‘Tanka’ and ‘Jital’ during the time of Muslim ruler
Iltutmish?
1 A revenue officer
2 Land assignment
3 Type of currency
4 An army officer
Q The Official Mascot of the FIFA Women’s World Cup Australia & New Zealand 2023 was ____
1 La’eeb
2 Cong Cong
3 Tazuni
4 LianLian
Q Classical musician Vilayat Khan is associate with which musical instrument ?
1 Sitar
2 Tabla
3 Shehnai
4 Flute
Q ‘Kunbi Dance’ is a popular dance associated with which Indian state ?
1 Goa
2 Sikkim
3 Mizorma
4 Haryana
Q In which state of India is the Similipal biosphere reserve located?
Ans 1. Andhra Pradesh
2. Kerala
3. Odisha
4. Karnataka
Q ‘Bidesia’ dance belongs to which state of India ?
1 Bihar
2 Rajasthan
3 Madhya Pradesh
4 Maharashtra
Q The God of Small Things’, a winner of the 1997 Booker Prize, is the debut novel of which of the following Indian writers?
Ans 1. Jhumpa Lahiri
2. Anita Desai
3. Arundhati Roy
4. Kiran Desai
Q After the death of Buddha, at which of the following places was the first Buddhist council held?
1 Sanchi
2 Rajgriha
3 Sarnath
4 Kapilvastu
Q Which of the following is the only water-soluble vitamin that can be stored in the liver for many years?
1 Vitamin C
2 Vitamin B-12
3 Vitamin K
4 Vitamin D
Q Sushmita Sen won the Miss Universe Title in which year ?
1 1994
2 1997
3 2000
4 1999
Q How many Indian states share border with Bhutan?
Ans 1. 4
2. 5
3. 2
4. 3
| Four Indian states share their borders with Bhutan [ 699 ] | West Bengal, Sikkim, Assam and Arunachal Pradesh |
Q Name the author of ‘The Incredible Adventures of Professor Shonku’ ?
1 Satyajit Ray
2 Karan Johar
3 Dev Ananda
4 Dilip Kumar
Q Hawa Mahal was built by Maharaja Sawai Pratap Singh in :
1 1799
2 1734
3 1854
4 1921
Q ‘My Unforgettable Memories’ book written by____
1 Mamta Banerjee
2 Manmohan Singh
3 Narendra Modi
4 IK Gujral
Q Who composed the play ‘Mrichchhakatika’?
1 Bhans
2 Atul
3 Kalidasa
4 Sudraka
Q Who is popularly known as ‘Picasso of India’ ?
1 MF Hussain
2 Tyeb Mehta
3 SH Raza
4 Jamini Roy
Q In the Punjabi festival of Lohri , which element of the nature is worshiped ?
1 Fire
2 Air
3 Earth
4 Water
Q What should be the standard length of a tennis court according the laws of the International Tennis Federation (ITF) ?
Ans 1. 23.77 m
2. 22.45 m
3. 26.42 m
4. 25.34 m
Q Who founded Project Nanhi Kali in 1996 ?
1 Anand Mahindra
2 Rata Tata
3 Azim Premji
4 Narayan Murthy
Q Which of the following years is related to the SARFAESI Act?
1 2002
2 2000
3 1999
4 2004
Q The ‘Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh’ was founded in which of the following districts of
Maharashtra?
1 Amravati
2 Nagpur
3 Ahmednagar
4 Pune
Q Which singer entered the Guinness World Records for the most single studio recordings ?
1 Asha Bhosale
2 Kishore Kumar
3 Mohammad Rafi
4 Lata Mangeshkar
Q Which was discovered by the Scottish physician Daniel Rutherford in 1772 ?
1 Nitrogen
2 Oxygen
3 Hydrogen
4 Sodium
Q ‘Pathfinder‘ , an American Spacecraft , landed on which planet in 1997 ?
1 Mars
2 Venus
3 Moon
4 Jupiter
Q How many Permanent Members are there in United Nations Security Council ?
1 5
2 10
3 15
4 20
| Five Permanent Member of United Nations Security Council | Russia | China | France | the United Kingdom | the United States |
Q The hotel Taj Lake Palace , built in the middle of Lake Pichola , is in which city?
1 Udaipur
2 Jaipur
3 Jodhpur
4 Jaisalmer
Q Henry Cavendish discovered hydrogen in which year ?
1 1766
2 1781
3 1774
4 1772
Q Who wrote the famous book ”We, the People” ?
1 Nani Palkhivala
2 LK Advani
3 IK Gujral
4 Shashi Tharoor
Q Ustad Amjad Ali is famous for playing which instrument —
1 Sarod
2 Sitar
3 Shehnai
4 Harmonium
Q Katal is the unit of ____
1 catalytic activity
2 radiant intenstiy
3 luminous intensity
4 permeability
Q Onam is a festival celebrated in which Indian state :
1 Kerala
2 Karnataka
3 Goa
4 Tamil Nadu
Q Boy : Tales of Childhood’ is an autobiographical book by __.
1 Mark Twain
2 Ruskin Bond
3 Lewis Carroll
4 Roald Dahl
Q The absolute refractive index of __ is 2.42.
1 crown glass
2 diamond
3 water
4 air
Q Which of the following environmentalists was awarded the Stockholm Water Prize in 2015?
1 Anadish Pal
2 Vandana Shiva
3 Tulsi Gowda
4 Rajendra Singh
Q Who among the following first demanded Swaraj, or self-rule, as the goal of the Indian National Congress at the 1906 Calcutta session?
1 AO Hume
2 Subhas Chandra Bose
3 Dadabhai Naoroji
4 Bal Gangadhar Tilak
Q Name the painter of the famous painting , ‘Mahishasura’ .
1 Tyeb Mehta
2 MF Hussain
3 Amrita Sher-Gil
4 Raja Ravi Verma
Q Rs. 10 banknote of Mahatma Gandhi (New) series has base colour of ______.
Ans 1. chocolate brown
2. stone grey
3. fluorescent blue
4. lavender
Rs. 10 banknote of Mahatma Gandhi (New) series has base colour of chocolate brown
Rs. 20 banknote of Mahatma Gandhi (New) series has base colour of greenish yellow
Rs. 50 banknote of Mahatma Gandhi (New) series has base colour of fluorescent blue.
Rs. 100 banknote of Mahatma Gandhi (New) series has base colour of lavender
Rs. 200 banknote of Mahatma Gandhi (New) series has base colour of bright yellow
Rs. 500 banknote of Mahatma Gandhi (New) series has base colour of stone grey
Rs. 2000 banknote of Mahatma Gandhi (New) series has base colour of magenta