Q Who invented computer mouse?
1 Seymour Cray
2 Tim Berners Lee
3 Charles Babbage
4 Douglas Engelbart
Q Sun temple at Modhera was built by which of the following rulers?
Ans 1. Krishna Deva Raya
2. Aditya I
3. Govinda II
4. Raja Bhimdev I
Q Which of the following is the Ladakhi dance that got its place in the Guinness Book of World Records?
Ans 1. Kathok Chenmo
2. Shon dance
3. Shondol dance
4. Spao dance
Q Deficiency of iodine results in an insufficient amount of the ________hormone.
1 adrenaline
2 thrombopoietin
3 thyroid
4 melatonin
Q The season for torrential downpours, often accompanied by hail, associated with violent winds, and localized thunderstorms. In West Bengal, these kinds of storms are known as:
1Trade winds
2 Loo
3 Kaal Baisakhi
4 Mahawat
Q Which of the following Articles of the Indian Constitution directs the state “to protect monuments of national importance”?
1 Article 55
2 Article 49
3 Article 53
4 Article 51
Q How many oxygen atoms are there in a molecule of hydrogen peroxide?
Ans 1. 1
2. 4
3. 2 [ H2O2 ]
4. 3
Q Which festival is celebrated in the month of February by the Angami tribe of
Nagaland?
1. Hornbill festival
2 Majuli festival
2 Losoong festival
4 Sekrenyi festival
Q Which of the following natural ports is known as the ‘Queen of the Arabian Sea‘?
Ans 1.Kochi
2. Mormugao
3. New Mangalore
4. Mumbai
Q Rani ki Vav, built in the 11th century CE is a stepwell located in the Indian state of _.
1. Madhya Pradesh
2 Rajasthan
3 Gujarat
4 Uttar Pradesh
Q Kalashram, a dance school in New Delhi was started by __.
1. Sitara Devi
2 Shovana Narayan
3 Pandit Birju Maharaj
4 Pandit Durgalal
Q Loans upto what amount can be issued under the MUDRA Shishu Loan?
1. RS.50000
2 RS.60000
3 RS.30000
4 RS.10000
Q Daimabad, a Harappan site is presently located in which of the following places in India?
1. Rajasthan
2 Gujarat
3 Haryana
4 Maharashtra
Q Select the option representing the given communities and their total population in CORRECT percentage, according to Census of India 2011.
1. Hindu – 79.8%, Muslim – 14.2%, Christian – 2.3%
2 Hindu – 79.8%, Muslim – 14.2%, Christian – 6.3%
3 Hindu – 79.8%, Muslim – 16.2%, Christian – 2.3%
4 Hindu – 89.8%, Muslim – 14.2%, Christian – 2.3%
Q Which Article of the Constitution of India guarantees equality of opportunity in matters of public employment?
1. Article 14
2 Article 16
3 Article 23
4 Article 21
Q Who was the Prime Minister of United Kingdom when the ‘Indian Independence Act’ was passed?
1. Clement Attlee
2 Ramsay MacDonald
3 Winston Churchill
4 Stanley Baldwin
Q Who among the following was hanged till death by the British Government in 1915 for his involvement in the Ghadar Conspiracy?
1. Bhagwan Singh Gyanee
2 Sohan Singh Bhakhna
3 Tarak Nath Das
4 Kartar Singh Sarabha
Q What is the biggest flower in the world which produces the largest single bloom?
1. Corpse Flower
2 Talipot Palm
3 Rafflesia Arnoldii
4 Queen of Andes
Q Padma Bhushan awardee, Alarmel Valli is a __ dancer of India.
1. Kathak
2 Mohiniyattam
3 Kathakali
4 Bharatanatyam
Q In which year was the Central Rural Sanitation Programme launched in India?
1. 1984
2 1987
3 1986
4 1988
Q Which of the following was used as the main electronic component in the first generation computers?
1 Vacuum Tubes
2 Transistors
3 Microprocessor
4 Integrated Circuits
Q The Vikramshila University was built during the rule of which of the following dynasties?
1. Pallava
2 Pala
3 Chola
4 Chalukya
Q Mahavira Jayanti marks the birth anniversary of the _ tirthankara of Jainism.
1. twenty-second
2 second
3 first
4 twenty-fourth
Q In which year was the Congress Socialist party established?
1. 1934
2 1933
3 1935
4 1932
Q Rangeen Mahal, built in the 16th century CE is situated in which of the following cities of Karnataka?
1. Udupi
2 Kolar
3 Bidar
4 Hubli
Q What was Swami Vivekananda’s birth name?
1. Narendranath Datta
2 Debendranath Datta
3 Surendranath Datta
4 Nagendranath Datta
Q Who was the last Deputy Chairman of the Planning Commission of India?
1. Pranab Mukherjee
2 Jaswant Singh
3 Montek Singh Ahluwalia
4 KC Pant
Q Who among the following became the first Indian female athlete to win two
Olympic medals?
1. Saikhom Mirabai Chanu
2 Saina Nehwal
3 MC Mary Kom
4 PV Sindhu
Q The Nanda Devi Biosphere Reserve is situated in:
1. Sikkim
2 Uttar Pradesh
3 Uttarakhand
4 Himachal Pradesh
Q Who won the Sultan Padamsee Playwright Award for his first play ‘Larins Sahib’ ?
1 Gurucharan Das
2 Ramcharan Guha
3 Amitav Ghosh
4 Shashi Tharoor
Q Kamyan wrote the Ramayana in which language ?
1 Tamil
2 Telugu
3 Malayalam
4 Kannada
Q What is the meaning of the Greek origin word ‘Elektron’ ?
1 Amber
2 Ebonite
3 Charge
4 Negative
Q Which part of brain is instrumental in making it possible for a person to perform activity such as picking up a pencil from the floor ?
1 Cerebellum
2 Cranium
3 Cerebrum
4 Hypothalamus
Q Which state is the largest producer of Groundnut ?
1 Gujarat
2 Madhya Pradesh
3 Bihar
4 Tamil Nadu
Q The ‘Kathasaritsagara’ is written by ____
1 Somadeva
2 Kalidasa
3 Jayadeva
4 Bhasa
Q The tomb of Itimad-ud-Daulah , Inlaid with Pietra during decoration , is located at____
1 Agra
2 Aurangabad
3 Alwar
4 Ajmer
Q Who is the founder of the social activist organisation called ‘Global March Against Child Labour’ ?
1 Kailash Satyarthi
2 Medha Patkar
3 Ramdeo Misra
4 Sunderlal Bahugana
Q National School of Drama was established in which year ?
1 1959
2 1965
3 1970
4 1984
Q The Silent Valley Movement was started in 1973 in the state of :
1 Kerala
2 Odisha
3 Uttarakhand
4 Madhya Pradesh
Q Who was the recipient of the inaugural Infosys Prize for Social Science [ History ] 2009 ?
1 Upinder Singh
2 Amlan Dutta
3 Krishna Kumar
4 Hari Vasudevan
Q The Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam [ LTTE ] was founded in which year ?
1 1976
2 1980
3 1984
4 2004
Q Who holds the record of serving as the Governor of a single state in India for the longest period of time ?
1 M M Jacob
2 Sarojini Naidu
3 ND Tiwari
4 Lakshmi Kant Jha
Q With reference to the United Nations ‘Sustainable Development Goals’ which is SDG 10 ?
1 Reduced inequalities
2 No Poverty
3 Zero Hunger
4 Good Health and Well Being
Q Which Article of the Indian Constitution mentions that, where the same person is appointed as the Governor of two or more states, the emoluments and allowances payable to him/her shall be allocated among those states?
1 Article 160
2 Article 155
3 Article 158
4 Article 157
Q The approximate period between two consecutive new moon is __
1 29.5 days
2 15.5 days
3 20.5 days
4 24.5 days
Q Which Viceroy appointed the Hunter Commission in 1882 ?
1 Lord Rippon
2 Lord Lytton
3 Lord Canning
4 Lord Cornwallis
Q In which place Govardhan Math located ?
1 Puri
2 Dwarka
3 Rameswarama
4 Badrinath
Q The princely state of Hyderabad was brought under the Indian Union in the year ?
1 1948
2 1952
3 1956
4 1960
Q In 1564 , which queen died while protecting her kingdom Garha Katanga from the Mughal army ?
1 Rani Durgavati
2 Rani Ahilyabai
3 Rani Avantibai
4 Rani Rudrama Devi
Q Who is the first woman to win Nobel Prize in Economics ?
1 Elinor Ostrom
2 Marie Curie
3 Mother Teresa
4 Selma Lagerlof
Q Who holds the record for scoring most runs in a Calendar year in Test Cricket ?
1 Mohammad Yousuf
2 Joe Root
3 Sachin Tendulkar
4 Virat Kohli
Q Philosopher, Jiddu Krishnamurti and spiritual guru, Sathya Sai Baba are among the well known personalities from the state of __.
1 Andhra Pradesh
2 Rajasthan
3 Kerala
4 Madhya Pradesh
Q Which constitutional amendment reduced the voting age from 21 to 18 for Lok Sabha and Assembly elections?
1 51st Amendment
2 71st Amendment
3 41st Amendment
4 61st Amendment
Q India’s only active volcano is located in _.
1 Western ghats
2 Andaman and Nicobar islands
3 Lakshadweep islands
4 Eastern ghats
Q Who among the following abolished sati in India?
1 Curzon
2 William Bentinck
3 Wellesley
4 Dalhousie
Q Courage and Conviction: An Autobiography, is written by whom among the following army generals turned politicians?
1 Bhuwan Chandra Khanduri
2 Vijay Kumar Singh
3 Joginder Jaswant Singh
4 Rajyawardhan Singh Rathod
Q Under the Sukanya Samriddhi Account Yojana, minimum how much money needs to be deposited in one financial year?
1 ₹150
2 ₹100
3 ₹200
4 ₹250
A parent can make a maximum SSY investment of Rs 1.5 lakh and a minimum investment of Rs 250 in a financial year.