Q North Indian architecture is called:
1 Dravidian style
2 Nagara style
3 Roman-Greek style
4 Indo-Saracenic style
Q Phag dance, also known as Faag or Phaag dance, is a popular folk-dance form of _
1 Haryana
2 Mahrashtra
3 Goa
4 Assam
Q Tribes of the Nicobar Islands pay their respects to the departed soul of the head of the family during the __.
1 Ossuary Feast
2 Jagaddhatri Puja
3 Ganjan Festival
4 Kalpataru Utsav
Q On which day was the National Emblem of India adopted?
1 15th August 1952
2 26th January 1950
3 15th August 1947
4 26th January 1959
Q Which is the state animal of Uttar Pradesh?
1 Fishing cat
2 Red panda
3 Swamp deer
4 Spectacled monkey
Q Which of the tides have variations in height?
1 Mixed tide
2 Semi diurnal tide
3 Diurnal tide
4 Neap tide
Q Who was the founder of Grameen bank?
1 Amartya Sen
2 Mahbub Ul Huq
3 Netra Singh
4 Muhammad Yunus
Q What is the percentage of urban population of India according to the 2011 Census?
Ans 1. 25.16%
2. 41.16%
3. 31.16%
4. 35.16%
Q The Sun temple built at Gaya during the Sultanate period has an inscription containing the name of a Sultan twice. Who is this Sultan ?
1 Alauddin Khilji
2 Firoz Shah Tughla
3 Qutbuddin Mubarak Shah
4 Muhammad Bin Tughlaq
Q During the winter months, the weather conditions in India are primarily influenced by the high pressure system over which region?
Ans 1. Central and Western Australia
2. Central and Eastern Asia
3. Central and Western Asia
4. Central and Southern Europe
Q Identify the scientific name of sea pen that belongs to phylum Cnidaria.
Ans 1. Gorgonia
2. Pennatula
3. Obelia
4. Adamsia
Q The Begumpuri mosque was built during the reign of which of the following rulers ofthe Delhi Sultanate?
Ans 1. Muhammad Tughlaq
2. Sikandar Lodhi
3. Bahlul Lodhi
4. Firuz Shah Tughlaq
Q Banabhatta was a court poet of Harshavardhana, who wrote a book called:
Ans 1. Mudrarakshasa
2. Nitisara
3. Harshacharita
4. Arthashastra
Q When was the Delhi-Lahore Bus service first started?
1 2015
2 1999
3 2016
4 2010
Q The phrase “Procedure established by law” in the Indian Constitution is borrowed from:
1 Australian Constitution
2 Canadian Constitution
3 Japanese Constitution
4 United States of America Constitution
Q Which famous Chinese philosopher and scholar emphasised the importance of ethical values, family relationships and social harmony in his teachings?
1 Confucius
2 Mao Zedong
3 Sun Tzu
4 Laozi
Q Who among the following is the author of the book ‘The Secret of the Veda’?
1 Sri Aurobindo
2 Annie Besant
3 Swami Vivekananda
4 J Krishnamurti
Q Which of the following days is celebrated as ‘World Water Day’?
1 22 March
2 29 March
3 18 February
4 5 April
Q Who among the following rulers succeeded to the throne of Ferghana in 1494?
1 Genghis Khan
2 Babur
3 Muhammad Adil Shah
4 Timur
Q Who was the first musician to be awarded the prestigious Bharat Ratna, India’s highest civilian honour?
1. M S Subbulakshmi
2 Pt Hari Prasad Chaurasia
3 Begum Akhtar
4 Pt Ravi Shankar
Q Who among the following is India’s only publicly well-known woman shehnai player?
1. Bageshwari Qamar
2 Rasoolan Bai
3 Gauhar Jaan
4 Binodini Dasi
Q Jawed Karim is one of the co-founders of which of the following applications?
1 Gpay
2 Signal
3 You Tube
4 Pinterest
Q The Golden Quadrilateral Project of Government of India was launched in the year 2001, this project aimed at development of __.
1 railways
2 waterways
3 highways
4 airports
Q Who used a home-made microscope to discover the invisible world of microbes, forwhich he is called the founding father of microbiology?
Ans 1. Matthias Schleiden
2. Robert Brown
3. Antoni van Leeuwenhoek
4. Rudolf Virchow
Q In which year the Central Information Commission was established by the Government of India?
1 2007
2 2001
3 2005
4 2003
Q At the 1992 Summer Olympics, ______ became the first woman to carry the flag of India at the opening ceremony of any Olympics.
Ans 1. Nilima Ghose
2. Karnam Malleswari
3. PT Usha
4. Shiny Abraham Wilson
Q Which of the following states is known for extensive cultivation of coffee in India?
1 Maharashtra
2 Karnataka
3 Odisha
4 Assam
Q The Vithal temple of Hampi has _ columns that produce musical notes.
1 75
2 63
3 56
4 49
Q Which of the following statements is correct regarding Pradhan Mantri Jeevan Jyoti Bima Yojana?
I. This scheme is available to people in the age group 18 to 50 years.
II. Risk coverage under this scheme is for Rs. 2 Lakh in case of death of the insured, due to any reason.
1 Only II
2 Only I
3 Both I and II
4 Neither I nor II
Q When was the Poona Pact signed between Gandhiji and Dr. BR Ambedkar?
1 September, 1932
2 July, 1932
3 August, 1932
4 November, 1932
Q With which of the following oceans would you associate the ‘Ring of Fire’?
1 Arctic
2 Indian
3 Pacific
4 Atlantic
Q ‘A Meeting by the River’ is a music album by which Indian musician, for which he won the Grammy for Best World Music Album in 1993?
Ans 1. Pandit Ravi Shankar
2. Pandit Vishwa Mohan Bhatt
3. Pandit Hariprasad Chaurasia
4. Pandit Shivkumar Sharma
Q The style of Kachni , Bharni and Kohbar belong to which traditional Indian Painting ?
1 Warli Painting
2 Madhubani Painting
3 Pattachitra Painting
4 Miniature Painting
Q How many districts are there in Uttar Pradesh for administrative convenience?
1 100
2 90
3 75
4 80
Q Hampi was declared as a World Heritage Site by UNESCO in which of the following years
Ans 1. 1980
2. 1999
3. 1986
4. 1990
Q In which of the following Indian states Nanda Devi Biosphere Reserve is located?
1 Punjab
2 Uttarakhand
3 Haryana
4 Himachal Pradesh
Q Who described Archimedes‘ method of finding the specific gravity of substances using a balance in the treatise ‘The Little Balance’ [ La Balancitta ]?
1 Galileo Galilei
2 Michael Faraday
3 Daniel Bernoulli
4 Albert Einstein
Q In which of the following states is the Losoong festival celebrated?
Ans 1. Karnataka
2. Himachal Pradesh
3. Sikkim
4. Andhra Pradesh
Q Which Indian language was first accorded the status of a ‘Classical Language’ in India?
1 Odia
2 Tamil
3 Sanskrit
4 Telugu
Q In which of the following states is the Sambhar Lake located?
1 Rajasthan
2 Jharkhand
3 Gujarat
4 Tamil Nadu
Q Which Indian holds the Olympic record for most goals scored by an individual in an Olympic men’s hockey final?
1 Balbir Singh Dosanjh
2 Dhanraj Pillai
3 Ajit Pal Singh
4 Dhyan Chand
Q In which of the following states is Kali Tiger Reserve located?
Ans 1. Assam
2. Telangana
3. Karnataka
4. Arunachal Pradesh
Q Who among the following authored the book ‘The Great Indian Novel’?
1. Khushwant Singh
2 Shashi Tharoor
3 Vikram Seth
4 Rohinton Mistry
Q In which of the following states are the snake boat races held in the months of August and September?
Ans 1. Telangana
2. Jharkhand
3. Kerala
4. Arunachal Pradesh
Q A macromolecule consisting of ten or more monosaccharide units linked together by glycosidic bonds is called:
1 a disaccharide
2 an oligosaccharide
3 a polysaccharide
4 a monosaccharide
Q On which of the following dates is the Good Governance Day observed in India every year?
Ans 1. 25 December
2. 4 October
3. 5 July
4. 12 September
Q Trachoma is a preventable disease that results from poor hygiene and sanitation. Which of the following body parts does it affect?
1 Stomach
2 Heart
3 Eye
4 Ear
Q Sultan Muhammad Bin Tughluq appointed __, a wine distiller, to a high
administrative post in the Delhi Sultanate.
1 Aziz Khummar
2 Manka Tabbakh
3 Ladha
4 Firuz Hajjam
Q Who among the following Sikh Gurus laid the foundation of ‘Khalsa Panth’?
1 Guru Teg Bahadur
2 Guru Nanak Dev
3 Guru Gobind Singh
4 Guru Arjan Dev
Q The average growth rate of population during the decade of 2001 to 2011 was _.
1 16.64%
2 18.64%
3 17.64%
4 19.64%
Q Kolhapur city is located on the banks of which of the following rivers?
1 Panchganga
2 Chambal
3 Sarau
4 Misu
Q Which among the following is the fifth state of matter?
1 Bose-Einstein Condensate (BEC)
2 Plasma
3 Liquid
4 Supersolid
Q Which of the following festival marks the Malayalam New Year ?
1 Ugadi
2 Puthandu
3 Vishu
4 Jur Sital
Q Which of the following novels is set in the background of life in New Delhi after the declaration of Emergency in the 1970’s?
1 Rich Like Us
2 Such a Long Journey
3 The Heart Has its Reason
4 The House of Blue Mangoes
Q The Republic Day parade , in the year 1955, was organised at which of the following places in Delhi?
1Rajghat
2 Old Fort
3 Rajpath
4 Parliament House Street
Q The Communist Party of India was formed in 1925 at the first Party Conference in _ .
1 Madras
2 Kanpur
3 Bombay
4 Delhi
Q Who among the following was the first Indian to conduct a major British orchestra in 1961? He was the Israel Philharmonic Orchestra’s ‘Music Director for Life’.
1 Zubin Mehta
2 Dr. Lakshminarayana Subramaniam
3 Ilaiyaraaja
4 AR Rahman
Q From which Indus Valley site was the bronze statue of ‘Dancing Girl‘ discovered?
1 Lothal
2 Harappa
3 Mohenjodaro
4 Kalibangan
Q Which of the following Prime Ministers, is responsible for Liberalisation, Privatisation and Globalisation in India ?
1 A B Vajpayee
3 I K Gujral
3 Narsimha Rao
4 Rajiv Gandhi
Q Suez Canal connects which two water bodies?
1 Arabian Sea and Indian Ocean
2 Atlantic Ocean and Pacific Ocean
3 Mediterranean Sea and Red Sea
4 Black Sea and Mediterranean Sea
Q Which of the following Articles of the Indian Constitution is related with organisation of village panchayats?
1 Article 38
2 Article 40
3 Article 39
4 Article 37
Q In which of the following years, UNESCO inscribed ‘Kumbh Mela‘ on the ‘Representative list’ of intangible cultural heritage of Humanity?
1 2015
2 2013
2 2017
4 2016
Q Which Article of the Indian Constitution mentions that ‘In the performance of his/her duties, the Attorney-General for India shall have the right of audience in all the courts in the territory of India’?
1 Article 76(1)
2 Article 76(3)
3 Article 76(4)
4 Article 76(2)
Q Who among the following Rajput rulers defeated Muhammad Ghori in the First Battle of Tarain in 1191 AD?
1 Rana Kumbha
2 Maldeo Rathore
3 Prithviraj Chauhan
4 Bappa Rawal
Q Rafael Nadal, one of the top male tennis players in the world hails from which European country?
1. Spain
2 Switzerland
3 Serbia
4 Austria
Q In which of the following states is the Kolleru Lake located?
1. Kerala
2 Karnataka
3 Tamil Nadu
4 Andhra Pradesh
Q __ is a traditional Indian sport, whereby athletes perform various types of gymnastics moves and hold various poses on a vertical wooden pole.
1 Kalaripayattu
2 Nadan Panthu Kali
3 Mallakhamb
4 Yubi Lakpi
Q As per Census 2011, the growth rate of population of the Christian religious
community in the decade 2001-2011 was _.
1 17.7 percent
2 15.5 percent
3 16.8 percent
4 24.6 percent
The growth rate of population in the decade 2001-2011 was 17.7%. The growth rate of population of the different religious communities in the same period was as Hindus[ 16.8% ] , Muslim[ 24.6% ] , Christian [ 15.5% ] , Sikh[ 8.4% ] , Buddhist [ 6.1% ] and Jain [ 5.4% ] .
Q The Seventh Schedule of the Indian Constitution deals with:
1 Name of Union Territories and their extend
2 Forms of Oaths or Affirmations
3 Division of powers between the Union and and the States
4 Provisions relating to the administration and control of scheduled areas and scheduled tribes
Q Match List-I and List-II and select the answer using the code given below the Lists :
| List-I [ Journal / Newspaper / Pamphlet ] | List-II [ Founder / Editor / Author ] |
| A. Kudi Arasu | 1. Aurobindo Ghosh |
| B. Kisan Bulletin | 2. Pherozeshah Mehta |
| C. Bombay Chronicle | 3. Indulal Yagnik |
| D. Bhawani Mandir | 4. EV Ramaswami Naicker |
[a] A-4 , B-3 , C-2 , D-1
[b] A-4 , B-2 , C-3 , D-1
[c] A-1 , B-3 , C-2 , D-4
[d] A-1 , B-2 , C-3 , D-4