Q In which of the following states is the ‘Jhora’ dance performed as a springtime celebration?
1 Tripura
2 Karnataka
3 Uttarakhand
4 Himachal Pradesh
Q The first National Games known as the Indian Olympic Games were hosted before independence in the year _ .
1 1924
2 1926
3 1930
4 1928
Q The LPG model of development was introduced in 1991 by the then Finance Minister
__.
1 P Chidambaram
2 PV Narasimha Rao
3 Pranab Mukherjee
4 Dr Manmohan Singh
Q At what latitude does the easterly jet stream blow over peninsular India during the summer months?
1 14°N
2 30°N
3 24°N
4 28°N
Q In which year was Delhi officially announced as the Capital of British India by then Emperor George V ?
1 1907
2 1909
3 1911
4 1913
Q Bhatiali is the folk music of which of the following states ?
1 Kerala
2 West Bengal
3 Karnataka
4 Tamil Nadu
Q Which of the following novels of Shashi Tharoor is a satirical verse on the epic Mahabharata?
1 Why I Am A Hindu
2 The Hindu Way: An Introduction to Hinduism
3 The Great Indian Novel
4 An Era of Darkness
Q Which of the following dance forms originated in Kuchelapuri or Kuchelapuram, in the 3rd century BC in South India?
1 Odissi
2 Kuchipudi
3 Kathakali
4 Bharatnatyam
Q In which of the following years was the Election Commission of India established?
1 1954
2 1957
3 1950
4 1960
Q Who among the following is a famous veena player?
1 Gopal Das
2 N. Rajam
3 Sultan Khan
4 V. Dhannamal
Q Whose army was defeated by the army of Kakatiya rulers in 1303 at Warangal?
1 Iltutmish
2 Balban
3 Alauddin Khalji [ Malik Juna ]
4 Muhammad Tughlaq
Q Which of the following inscriptions of Rudradaman happened to be the first royal inscription of early India composed in chaste Sanskrit ?
1 Prayag
2 Girnar
3 Mehrauli
4 Chirand
Q Palladium on barium sulphate (Pd/BaSO4) is also known as:
1 an aldol reaction catalyst
2 a Cannizzaro reaction catalyst
3 the Rosenmund catalyst
4 a Hillman reaction catalyst
Q ‘Files and Ranks’ are used in which of the following games?
1 Polo
2 Chess
3 Badminton
4 Hockey
Q The terms, ‘Aus’, ‘Aman’ and ‘Boro’, are associated with which crop ?
1 Maize
2 Rice
3 Tea
4 Wheat
Q During the Mughal period, what were the farmers called who cultivate their own land?
1 Zamindar
2 Muzarain
3 Khud kashta
4 Pahi Kasht
Q Uraiyur , a place famous for cotton, was the political centre (capital) of the:
1 Chalukyas
2 Cholas
3 Pandyas
4 Cheras
Q Dhanuyatra is a great mass festival of Odisha which is based on the noble deeds of Lord__.
1 Ram
2 Ganesh
3 Krishna
4 Hanuman
Q In which state constituency, the Electronic Voting Machine was first used in India?
1 Andhra Pradesh
2 Tamil Nadu
3 Delhi
4 Kerala
Q Which of the following system was the base of collection of land revenue in Deccan during Akbar’s ruling period?
1 Kankut
2 Number of plough
3 Zabti
4 Ghalla Bakhshi
Q Which condition, also known as icterus, causes a yellowing of your skin and the whites of your eyes?
1 Eczema
2 Jaundice
3 Pemphigus
4 Ichthyosis
Q When was the Duty-Free Tariff Preference (DFTP) Scheme for Least Developed
Countries (LDCs) announced by India?
1 2006
2 2008
3 2009
4 2010
Q The most common rainfall measurement is the total rainfall depth during a given period, which is expressed in __.
1 millimetres (mm)
2 hectopascal (hPa)
3 millibar (mbar)
4 kilopascal (kPa)
Q Which famous experiment was done by Michael Faraday in 1831?
1 Discovery of law of elasticity
2 Discovery of electromagnetic induction
3 Discovery of quantum magnetometers
4 Discovery of natural radioactivity
Q The proclamation of Constitutional Emergency must be approved by both the houses of parliament within __ from the date of its issue.
1 2 months
2 3 months
3 6 months
4 12 months
Q Which of the following soil varieties is favourable for the growth of mangroves and deltaic vegetation?
1 Desert soil
2 Fine clay and alluvial soil
3 Black soil
4 Laterite soil
Q When did the Chittagong Armory Raid take place and who was its chief organizer ?
1 1930 , Surya Sen
2 1929 , Batukeshwar Datta
3 1929 , Sachindra Nath Sanyal
4 1930 , Ram Prasad Bismil
Q The Drafting Committee of the Constituent Assembly was consisted of __
members.
1 8
2 14
3 9
4 7
| Drafting Committee [ 7 members ] | Alladi Krishnaswami Ayyar | N Gopalaswami | BR Ambedkar | KM Munshi | Mohammad Saadulla | BL Mitter | DP Khaitan |
Q As per Census 2011, the Buddhist Religious community constituted _ percent
of the total population of India.
1 1.7
2 0.7
3 0.4
4 2.3
Q The average elevation of the eastern ghat is _.
1 300 metres
2 900 metres
3 600 metres
4 1200 metres
Q In which state of India is Kund or Tanka used for water harvesting?
1 Uttar Pradesh
2 Bihar
3 Rajasthan
4 Andhra Pradesh
Q With which of the following games is Nomura Cup associated ?
1 Golf
2 Polo
3 Basketball
4 Badminton
Q Ebony and Mahogany trees are found in which type of forests?
1 Montane forests
2 Mangrove forests
3 Tropical evergreen forests
4 Tropical deciduous forests
Q The Five Kingdom Classification of living organism was first proposed by:
1 James A White
2 Charles Darwin
3 RH Whittaker
4 Aristotle
Q The persistence of sound in an auditorium is the result of repeated reflections of sound and is called __
1 Intensity
2 Vibration
3 Reverberation
4 Ranging
Q For which of the following films did Bhanu Athaiya receive an oscar for the best costume designer?
1 Gandhi
2 Salaam Bombay
3 Slumdog Millionaire
4 Lagaan: Once Upon a Time in India
Q __ is often touted as Tansen of the 20th century, this musical genius blended
the best of classical music and created a unique style of his own.
1 Ustad Ali Baksh Khan
2 Bade Ghulam Ali Khan
3 Barkat Ali Khan
4 Mubarak Ali Khan
Q Who among the following holds the record of presenting the most number of financial budgets as of 2024?
1 Pranab Mukherjee
2 Morarji Desai
3 Nirmala Sitharaman
4 Yashwant Sinha
Q ‘Talatal Ghar’ is a historical monument situated in which of the following Indian states ?
1 Assam
2 West Bengal
3 Odisha
4 Maharashtra
Q Who among the following was the first chairman of the ISRO?
1 A. S. Kiran Kumar
2 Satish Dhawan
3 Shailesh Nayak
4 Vikram Sarabhai
Q In which of the following years did India NOT host the ICC Cricket World Cup
Tournament?
1 1996
2 1983
3 1987
4 2011
| ICC Cricket World Cup | 1987 [ India and Pakistan ] , 1996 [ India , Pakistan and Sri Lanka ] , 2011 [ India , Sri Lanka and Bangladesh ] and 2023 [ India |
Q In 1936, The Independent Labour Party was founded by _.
1 BR Ambedkar
2 Bhagat Singh
3 Bal Gangadhar Tilak
4 Mohan Singh Bhakhna
Q The Beighton Cup is associated with which of the following sports?
1 Cricket
2 Golf
3 Table Tennis
4 Hockey
Q Which of the following Sultans of Delhi primarily adopted a policy of consolidation rather than expansion?
1 Bahlol Lodi
2 Ibrahim Lodi
3 Balban
4 Alauddin Khalji
Q Who among the following Indian women has scored the highest aggregate runs in the Women’s ODI cricket format as of 2025 ?
1 Harmanpreet Kaur
2 Mithali Raj
3 Smriti Mandhana
4 Deepti Sharma
Q The autobiography ‘Unbreakable: An Autobiography’ is written by which of the following sportspersons of India?
1. Sachin Tendulkar
2 M C Mary Kom
3 P T Usha
4 Yuvraj Singh
Q Who is the author of ‘The Interpreter of Maladies’?
Ans 1. Jhumpa Lahiri
2. Alberto Vourvoulias
3. Anita Desai
4. Amitav Ghosh
Q Articles 214 to 231 in Part VI of the Indian Constitution deal with the __.
1 High Courts
2 Supreme Court
3 Subordinate Courts
4 District Courts
Q The Bengal Sati Regulation which banned the Sati practice in all jurisdictions of British India was passed in _.
11850
2 1792
3 1838
4 1829
Q In which of the following states is Govindji Nartanalaya located?
1 Assam
2 Manipur
3 Nagaland
4 Tripura
Q Which was India’s first indigenously made film in colour.
1 Chottan Chetan
2 Kisan Kanya
3 Alam Ara
4 The Last Emperor
Q Which Indian cartoonist’s autobiography is titled ‘The Tunnel of Time’?
1. Ajit Ninan
2 OV Vijayan
3 RK Laxman
4 Mario Miranda
Q Article 29 and 30 of the Indian Constitution deals with the __.
1 Right to Equality
2 Cultural and Educational Rights
3 Right Against Exploitation
4 Right to Freedom
Q Which is the largest earthen dam in India and second largest in Asia. The dam is named after the son of Mahabali , who was the king of Kerala.
1 Mettur Dam
2 Nagarjuna Sagar Dam
3 Banasura Sagar Dam
4 Krishna Raja Sagar Dam
Q Which of the following biosphere reserve is extended in three states of India?
1 Nilgiris
2 Gulf of mannar
3 Nanda Devi
4 Sundarbans
Q The Simla Conference of _ was a meeting between the Viceroy of India Lord Wavell and the major political leaders of British India at Simla.
1 1919
2 1945
3 1928
4 1936
Q During the making of Indian Constitution from which country’s constitution the feature , ‘Procedure for amendment in the Constitution’ is taken ?
1 South Africa
2 Australia
3 Germany
4 Ireland
Q The Indian Council Act passed in 1909 was popularly known as ____.
1 Charter Act
2 Morley Minto Reforms
3 Pitt’s India Act
4 Wavell Plan
Q Who is the author of the novel ‘Fire on the Mountain’?
1 Mulk Raj Anand
2 Anita Desai
3 R.K. Narayan
4 Bhabani Bhattacharya
Q Which of the following hormone helps in regulating blood sugar levels of human body?
1 Thymus
2 Insulin
3 Adrenalin
4 Testosteron
Q ”The United Nations was NOT created to take mankind to heaven, but to save humanity from hell.” Who said this ?
1 U Thant
2 Kurt Waldheim
3 Kofi A Annan
4 Dag Hammarskjold
Q Which of the following organisations, divided into two branches, was established by Lokmanya Bal Gangadhar Tilak and Annie Besant?
1 Theosophical society
2 Home Rule League
3 East Indian Association
4 Indian Association
Q Khalsa College, Amritsar Was established in _ by the leaders of the Singh
Sabha movement.
1 1882
2 1892
3 1886
4 1896
Q Arundhati Roy won the Booker Prize in 1997 for which of the following books?
1 The God of Small Things
2 The Inheritance of Loss
3 Midnight Children
4 A Bend in the River
Q Where was the first session of United Nations held?
1 New York
2 Paris
3 London
4 Geneva
The first session of the United Nations General Assembly was convened on 10 January 1946 at the Methodist Central Hall in London
Q Who of the following is the author of the book ‘Kumarasambhava’ ?
1 Kalidasa
2 Kalhana
3 Bhavabhuti
4 Banabhatta
Q Absorption of water by plant roots is an example of _.
1 transpiration
2 guttation
3 osmosis
4 diffusion
Q Which Portuguese ruler abolished Sati in Goa?
1 Pedro Alvares Cabral
2 Francisco De Almeida
3 Afonso de Albuquerque
4 Vasco Da Gama
Q What is the name for the gestures used in Bharatnatyam?
1 Laya
2 Mudras
3 Tripatakas
4 Gatakas
Q Name the high court that has jurisdiction over the Union Territory of the Andaman and Nicobar Islands .
1 The Calcutta High Court
2 The Delhi High Court
3 The Madras High Court
4 The Andhra Pradesh High Court
Q Humayun Tomb, which is located in _ is an example of Mughal architecture
inspired by Persian architecture.
1 Bengaluru
2 Delhi
3 Jaipur
4 Hyderabad
Q Sri Akal Takht Sahib is located within the ____ complex .
1 Patna Sahib
2 Golden Temple
3 Gurudwara Bangla Sahib
4 Paonta Sahib
Q The Rourkela Steel Plant was developed with the collaboration of __.
1 France
2 Germany
3 Japan
4 Britain
Q The Swaran Singh Committee had suggested the incorporation of a total of __ Fundamental Duties.
1 10
2 15
3 8
4 12
Q Which genus of the Rhodophyceae family possesses an erect series of branches and a filamentous prostrate section attached to the substratum by means of unicellular rhizoids?
1 Polysiphonia
2 Dictyota
3 Laminaria
4 Sargassum
Q ‘A Passage to India’, a novel about the British Empire, was written by which of the following authors?
1 James Joyce
2 Sinclair Lewis
3 Anita Loos
3 EM Forster
4 Nirad C Chaudhuri
Q Which of the following alternatives best describes the term ‘phamsana’ in context to temple architecture?
1 A structure of flat round slab at the top of the temple
2 Temple roofs that are composed of several slabs
3 The distance between the Garbhagriha and mandapa
4 The top of the temple where the dhwaja (flag) is situated
Q Mahatma Gandhi’s first major public appearance in India after returning from South Africa was at the opening of the ___ in February 1916.
1 University of Madras
2 University of Calcutta
3 University of Bombay
4 Banaras Hindu University