Q How many Fundamental units are there ?
1 9
2 8
3 7
4 6
| 7 Fundamental units | time [ seconds ] | length [ meter ] | mass [ kilogram ] | electric current [ ampere ] | temperature [ kelvin ] | amount of substance [ mole ] | luminous intensity [ candela ] |
Q Which among the following committees recommended for the establishment of the Central Vigilance Commission?
1 U.K. Sharma Committee
2 S.N. Verma Committee
3 Y.V. Reddy Committee
4 K. Santhanam Committee
Q Who among the following was one of the founders of the Swaraj Party?
1 Subhas Chandra Bose
2 Bal Gangadhar Tilak
3 Chittaranjan Das
4 Jawahar Lal Nehru
Q In which of the following states of India is the largest salt water lake, the Chilika lake, located?
1 Andhra Pradesh
2 Tamil Nadu
3 Odisha
4 Kerala
Q Under which Schedule of the Indian Constitution is the form of oath or affirmation for a Judge of the Supreme Court mentioned?
1 Fourth Schedule
2 Third Schedule
3 Second Schedule
4 First Schedule
Q Which of the following festivals is celebrated in Jharkhand?
I. Jawa
II. Rohini
1 Both I and II
2 Only I
3 Neither I nor II
4 Only II
Q _ are known as the protein factory of the cell.
1 Ribosomes
2 Endoplasmic Reticulum
3 Nucleus
4 Mitochondria
Q Which city is known as Manchester of India?
1 Bhopal
2 Ahmedabad
3 Kanpur
4 Surat
Q The zig-zag movement of the small particles suspended in a liquid or gas is called .
1 Osmosis
2 Diffusion
3 Compressibility
4 Brownian motion
Q According to the Koppen climate classification system, ‘Am’ is the code for which type of climate?
1 Tropical wet and dry climate
2 Tropical monsoon climate
3 Humid subtropical climate
4 Marine west coast climate
| Koppen specifies three A climates | Wet equatorial climate [ Af ] , Tropical monsoon climate [ Am ] , Tropical wet and dry climate [ Aw ] |
Q Which of the following diseases is commonly known as ‘Brain Fever’?
1 Encephalitis
2 Tetanus
3 Gonorrhoea
4 Cholera
Q The tribal festival named ‘Pawl Kut’ is traditionally associated with:
1 Assam
2 Sikkim
3 Mizoram
4 Meghalaya
Q Carbon, diamond and graphite are together called .
1 Isotopes
2 Isomers
3 Isomorphs
4 Allotropes
Q In chess which of the following may move only diagonally?
1 The Queen
2 The Bishop
3 The Knight
4 The Rook
Q N A Palkhivala, an eminent jurist and constitutional expert, called the as the ‘identity card of the Constitution’.
1 Citizenship
2 Directive Principles of State Policy
3 Preamble
4 Fundamental Rights
Q What is the standard weight of a lawn tennis ball?
1 56.0 – 59.4 grams
2 76.0 – 79.4 grams
3 46.0 – 49.4 grams
4 66.0 – 69.4 grams
Q Who among the following was the first Finance Minister of Independent India?
1 Rajendra Prasad
2 BR Ambedkar
3 Abul Kalam Azad
4 RK Shanmukham Chetty
Q Which of the following is associated with the retreating monsoon in India?
1 Loo
2Mahawat
3 October heat
4 Kaal Baisakhi
Q Who among the following formed the Bihar Provincial Kisan Sabha in 1929?
1 Jayprakash Narayan
2 JM Sengupta
3 Kunwar Singh
4 Swami Sahajanand Saraswati
Q Which famous santoor player was honoured with the Ustad Hafiz Ali Khan Award in 1998?
1 Abhay Sopori
2 Satish Vyas
3 Shivkumar Sharma
4 Tarun Bhattacharya
Q Mohan Veena player, Pandit Vishwa Mohan Bhatt won the __ Award in the
year 1994.
1 Grammy
2 Sangita Kalanidhi
3 Oscar
4 Sangeet Natak Akadem
Q _____ a movie directed by Dadasaheb Phalke in 1913, is considered as first full lenth film of India .
1 Alam Ara
2 Raja Harishchandra
3 Kisan Kanya
4 My Dear Kuttichathan
Q Who was the first president of the All-India Trade Union Congress?
1. Lala Lajpat Rai
2. MN Roy
3. NM Lokhande
4. Lokmanya Tilak
Q ‘Kunbi Dance is a popular dance associated with which Indian state ?
1 Goa
2 Sikkim
3 Goa
4 Assam
Q Who among the following was elected as the Permanent Chairman of the Constituent Assembly in 1946?
Ans 1. Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel
2. Dr. Rajendra Prasad
3. Jawahar Lal Nehru
4. Lal Bahadur Shastri
Q With which of the following states is the tribal festival named ‘Samakka Saarakka Jaathara‘ [ Medaram Jatara ] traditionally associated?
1 Tripura
2 Telangana
3 Tamil Nadu
4 Kerala
Q ‘Dhopkhel’ is a traditional ball game which is played in the Indian state of :
1 Assam
2 Tamil Nadu
3 Kerala
4 Karnataka
Q The total length land border of India is ___
1 15 , 106.7 km
2 14, 106.7 km
3 13, 106.7 km
4 16, 106.7 km
Q In which year did the first Amendment of the Constitution take place?
Ans 1. 1953
2. 1951
3. 1960
4. 1947
Q For how many days did Mahatma Gandhi and his team of volunteers walk for the Dandi March?
Ans 1. 31 days
2. 15 days
3. 24 days
4. 11 days
Q The Ganapati festival was introduced by __ in 1893.
1 Bipin Chandra Pal
2 Lala Lajpat Rai
3 Bal Gangadhar Tilak
4 Chandrasekhar Azad
Q Who became the first player in history to win the ‘Sir Garfield Sobers Trophy‘ for ‘Player of the Year’ ?
1 Sachin Tendulkar
2 Rahul Dravid
3 Ricky Ponting
4 Jacques Kallis
Q With reference to dance forms from India, which of the following pairs is INCORRECT?
1 Kalbelia – Rajasthan
2 Gomira – Karnataka
3 Gotipua – Odisha
4 Sattriya – Assam
| Dance Forms | Kalbelia dance [ Rajasthan ] , Gomira dance [ West Bengal ] , Gotipua dance [ Odisha ] , Sattriya dance [ Assam ] |
Q What is the maximum length of the tennis racquet for professional play?
1 35 inches
2 29 inches [ 73.66 cm ]
3 30 inches
4 40 inches
Q Abdul Hamid Lahori’s work titled ‘Badshah Nama’ is the official history of his patron:
1 Jahangir
2 Aurangzeb
3 Shah Jahan
4 Humayun
Q Which festival among the following is celebrated in Manipur?
1 Hornbill
2 Anthrium
4 Yaoshang
4 Nongkrem
Q The historical Sher Shah Suri Marg is called the National Highway no. __
between Delhi and Amritsar.
1 9
2 3
3 1
4 7
Q Part XVII of the Constitution of India deals with the official language in Articles 343 to __.
1 352
2 349
3 356
4 351
Q Ghiyas ud-din Balban had set up a _ department called ‘Diwan-i-arz‘.
1 agriculture
2 education
3 military
4 commerce
Q Which Indian state is known for the traditional craft of Batto Bai dolls ?
1 Gujarat
2 Rajasthan
3 Madhya Pradesh
4 Uttar Pradesh
Q Whose death prompted Smt. Indira Gandhi to cut short her visit to the funeral of the leader of the USSR, Leonid Brezhnev?
1 Shri Fakhruddin Ali Ahmed
2 Shri Sanjay Gandhi
3 Acharya Vinoba Bhave
4 Field Marshal KM Cariappa
Q Which Article of the Indian Constitution mentions that every religious denomination or section shall have the right to own and acquire movable and immovable property?
1 Article 26(c)
2 Article 26(d)
3 Article 26(b)
4 Article 26(a)
Q Tanya Hemant is related to which of the following sports?
1 Tennis
2 Chess
3 Badminton
4 Hockey
Q Which bank was established as the Bank of Calcutta in the year 1806 ?
1 Axis Bank
2 Union Bank of India
3 State Bank of India
4 IDBI
Q Who was appointed the temporary Chairman of the Constituent Assembly ?
1 SC Bose
2 Acharya Kriplani
3 Sachchidananda Sinha
4 C Rajagopalachari
Q The term ‘Regatta’ is associated with which of the following ?
1 Yacht
2 Cycle
3 Horse
4 Motor Car
Q With which of the following states are songs called ‘Lotia’ traditionally associated?
1 Telangana
2 Rajasthan
3 Maharashtra
4 Meghalaya
Q In which year ‘Project Elephant’ was launched in India ?
1 1991
2 1992
3 1993
4 1994
Q ‘Sense and Sensibility’, ‘Mansfield Park’ and ‘Emma’ are written by whom among the following authors?
1. D H Lawrence
2 Jane Austen
3 Thomas Hardy
4 George Eliot
Q ‘Alpana’ is a traditional art form of which state of India?
1 West Bengal
2 Uttarakhand
3 Kerala
4 Rajasthan
Q Who invented ‘Power Loom’ ?
1 Edmund Cartwright
2 James Hargreaves
3 JL Baird
4 Wright Brothers
Q Who invented ‘Spinning Jenny’ ?
1 James Hargreaves
2 Alexander Fleming
3 JL Baird
4 Wright Brothers
Q ‘Murad Janjira’ fort is in which state ?
1 Maharashtra
2 Rajasthan
3 Madhya Pradesh
4 West Bengal
Q Nishagandhi dance festival is celebrated in which state of India ?
1 Kerala
2 Assam
3 Manipur
4 Tripura
Q Which is the only country to win FIFA World Cup , ICC Cricket World Cup and Rugby World Cup ?
1 England
2 Australia
3 New Zealand
4 South Africa
Q Central Salt and Marine Chemicals Research Institute is located in :
1 Bhavnagar
2 Shimla
3 Cuttack
4 Lucknow
Q Hill Palace Museum is located in which state ?
1 Kerala
2 Rajasthan
3 Tripura
4 Maharashtra
Q Who proposed the ‘Drain Wealth’ theory ?
1 Dadabhai Naoroji
2 Bal Gangadhar Tilak
3 Bipin Chandra Pal
4 Jyotiba Phule
Q Which of the following statements best defines the monoecious?
1 A flower with gynoecium only
2 A flower with androecium only
3 A flower with both androecium and gynoecium
4 A flower with dithecous
Q In 1915, Mahatma Gandhi returned to India at Apollo Bunder in Mumbai on board which ship ?
1 SS Arabia
2 SS Great Eastern
3 RMS Olympic
4 HMS Caledonia
Q Natyanjali Dance Festival is celebrated in which state of India ?
1 Tamil Nadu
2 Kerala
3 Rajasthan
4 Assam
Q Notre-Dame is located in __
1 Paris
2 Newyork
3 Rome
4 Geneva
Q __ is related to football.
1 Irani Cup
2 Duleep Trophy
3 Santosh Trophy
4 Sultan Azlan Shah Cup
Q Who coined the term “Judicial Activism” in 1947?
1 Arthur Schlesinger Jr.
2 Harlan F Stone
3 Pierce Butler
4 John Roberts
Q ‘Ankiya Nats’ are one-act plays distinct to the culture of __.
1. Kerala
2 Odisha
3 Assam
4 Tamil Nadu
Q Makar Sankranti is the festival dedicated to which of the following Lords?
1 Indra
2 Surya
3 Chandra
4 Ganesha
Q Who among the following has authored the play ‘Nil Darpan’?
1 Chittaranjan Das
2 Motilal Nehru
3 Dinabandhu Mitra
4 Sarojini Naidu
Q Ben Silbermann is the co-founder and CEO of which of the following applications?
1 Signal
2 Twitter
3 Pinterest
4 Adobe
Q Who of the following was associated with the Young Bengal Movement?
1 Keshub Chunder Sen
2 Ishwarchandra Vidyasagar
3 Henry Derozio
4 Swami Vivekananda
Q As per Census 2011, females constituted __ of the total population of India.
1 38.5 percent
2 42.5 percent
3 48.5 percent
4 52.5 percent
The population of the country as per the provisional figures of Census 2011 is 1210.19 million of which 623.72 million [ 51.54% ] are males and 586.46 million [ 48.46% ] are females
Q The battle of Plassey was fought between the East India Company, force headed by Robert Clive, and the Nawab of Bengal, __ in 1757.
1 Mir Qasim
2 Shah Alam
3 Siraj-Ud-Daulah
4 Mir Jafar
Q Which of the following dynasty was associated with “tripartite struggle”?
I. Pala
II. Chola
III. Gurjara-Pratihara
1 I and III
2 I and II
3 I, II and III
4 II and III
The Tripartite struggle was between the Gurjara-Pratihara Empire , the Pala Empire and the Rashtrakuta Empire