Q Apart from Gujarat, Jiviti (Jivti/Jivati) Puja is performed by married women, mainly in the state/union territory of _____.
Ans 1. Nagaland
2. Bihar
3. Maharashtra
4. Jammu and Kashmir
Q Who was the prime minister of India when the historical 73rd and 74th Amendments to the Indian Constitution were enacted?
1 I.K. Gujral
2 P.V. Narasimha Rao
3 Rajiv Gandhi
4 V. P. Singh
Q Which forest is regarded as the Lungs of the Earth?
1 Western Ghats
2 Coniferous Forest
3 Temperate Grasslands
4 Amazon Rain Forest
Q Who among the following co-founded Instagram?
1 Jack Ma
2 Kevin Systrom
3 Jack Dorsey
4 Bill Gates
Q To which god is Nawala festival dedicated ?
1 Lord Rama
2 Lord Shiva
3 Lord Krishna
4 Lord Vishnu
Q Who was the first woman Chief Minister of Uttar Pradesh after independence?
1 Anwara Taimur
2 Smt. Sucheta Kriplani
3 Nandini Satpathy
4 Shashikala Kakodkar
Q In which year did the Indian football team qualify for the FIFA World Cup (though they did not participate)?
1 1966
2 1970
3 1950
4 1958
Q In which year High Court of Madras was established?
1 1950
2 1990
3 1800
4 1862
Q Which among the following rivers is also known as ‘Gorakhpur’s Sorrow’?
1 West Kosi
2 West Jhelum
3 West Gandak
4 West Rapti
Q Which of the following inscriptions of Rudradaman happened to be the first royal inscription of early India composed in chaste Sanskrit?
Ans 1. Mehrauli
2. Prayag
3. Chirand
4. Girnar
Q Uttar Pradesh sends _ members to its Legislative council.
1 100
2 20
3 90
4 130
Q In which year, Agra Fort was designated as a UNESCO-World Heritage Site?
1 1995
2 1983
3 1980
4 1975
Q Which is the highest mountain in Gujarat ?
1 Reo Purgyil
2 Girnar
3 Kalsubai
4 Deomali
Q In which state of India is Kund or Tanka used for water harvesting?
1 Uttar Pradesh
2 Punjab
3 Rajasthan
4 Andhra Pradesh
Q Ferns belongs to which of the following divisions of the plant kingdom?
1 Gymnosperms
2 Thallophyta
3 Angiosperms
4 Pteridophyta
Q Which condition, also known as icterus, causes a yellowing of your skin and the whites of your eyes?
1 Pemphigus
2 Jaundice
3 Ichthyosis
4 Eczema
Q What is the percentage share of population working in agricultural sector as per census of India 2011?
1 56.7
2 58
3 54.6
4 50.3
Q In which of the following states is the famous Tawang monastery located?
Ans 1. Assam
2. Sikkim
3. Andhra Pradesh
4. Arunachal Pradesh
Q Who among the following rulers propounded a new way of life/religion called ‘Din-iIlahi’?
Ans 1. Akbar
2. Shah Jahan
3. Jahangir
4. Bahadur Shah II
Q In which state is the Thoseghar waterfall located?
Ans 1. Madhya Pradesh
2. Odisha
3. Karnataka
4. Maharashtra
Q The fifth Sikh Guru compiled Adi Granth , the first official edition of the Sikh scripture
1 Guru Arjan Dev
2 Guru Amar Das
3 Guru Gobind Singh
4 Guru Amar Das
Q Which of the following is the title of the autobiography of Sania Mirza?
Ans 1. A Champion’s Mind
2. Ace Against Odds
3. Playing To Win
4. UnStoppable
Q The two streams Chandra and Bhaga rise on the opposite sides of the Baralacha pass to form which of the following rivers?
Ans 1. Indus
2. Chenab
3. Jhelum
4. Ravi
Q ‘Sangita Ratnakara’ by Pandit Sarngadeva consists of __ chapters.
1 11
2 5
3 9
4 7
Q ‘Ankiya Nats’ are one-act plays distinct to the culture of __.
1. Bihar
2 Odisha
3 Assam
4 Tamil Nadu
Q Which Article of the Indian Constitution mentions that there shall be a Supreme Court India?
1 Article 124
2 Article 123
3 Article 122
4 Article 121
Q The Karni Mata temple in Deshnok (Deshnoke), Rajasthan is famous for the ______ that live, and are revered, in the temple.
Ans 1. monkeys
2. snakes
3. cows
4. rats
Q In which of the following states is the Nahargarh Fort located?
Ans 1. Gujarat
2. Rajasthan
3. Punjab
4. Maharashtra
Q ‘Mahaweli Ganga’ is the longest river of __.
1. Sri Lanka
2 Nepal
3 Pakistan
4 Bhutan
Q Who among the following is associated with Third Anglo Mysore War and introduction of civil services in India?
Ans 1. Lord Cornwallis
2. Lord Hastings
3. Lord William Ben
4. Lord Wellesley
Q The video assistant referee (VAR) system is used in the game of _______.
Ans 1. cricket
2. basketball
3. hockey
4. football
Q ‘Theyyam’ is a popular dance form of which of the following states ?
1 Karnataka
2 Kerala
3 Gujarat
4 Manipur
Q To which of the following states does the folk dance form ‘Grida’ belong?
Ans 1. Jharkhand
2. Madhya Pradesh
3. West Bengal
4. Chhattisgarh
Q In which year was the Hunter Commission appointed by Lord Ripon?
Ans 1. 1881
2. 1882
3. 1883
4. 1880
Q Viswanathan Anand was the first recipient of the __ in 1991-92.
1. Arjuna Award
2 Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna Award
3 Ekalavya Award
4 Dronacharya Award
Q The 73rd Amendment Act of 1992 gave constitutional recognition to the panchayats by adding a new part ________to the constitution.
1. X
2 XI
3 XII
4 IX
Q The Third Battle of Panipat was fought on ______.
Ans 1. 8 April 1782
2. 31 August 1796
3. 26 November 1773
4. 14 January 1761
Q Who among the following discovered the Theory of Evolution?
1. Charles Robert Darwin
2 Marie Curie
3 Albert Einstein
4 Gregor Johann Mendel
Q In which year was the Tata Iron and Steel Company (TISCO) incorporated?
1. 1932
2 1907
3 1927
4 1913
Q Who among the following commissioned the construction of Red Fort in Delhi?
1. Aurangzeb
2 Akbar
3 Jahangir
4 Shah Jahan
Q What is the chemical formula of muriatic acid?
1. AsH3
2 HCl
3 HNO3
4 H2SO4
Q In which year did Mahesh Bhupathi and Leander Paes win the Wimbledon Men’s Doubles Title?
1. 1997
2 1995
3 1999
4 1998
Q Which of the following Articles of the Constitution of India directs the state to promote international peace and security?
1. Article 48
2 Article 40
3 Article 50
4 Article 51
Q Tulsidas’s composition, the Ramcharitmanas, was written in ________ language.
Ans 1. Sanskrit
2. Urdu
3. Awadhi
4. Assames
Q The river Mandakini joins the river Alaknanda at __.
1. Vishnuprayag
2 Rudraprayag
3 Karnaprayag
4 Devprayag
Q Who had the charge of education portfolio in the first cabinet of free India in 1947?
1. Dr BR Ambedkar
2 Liaquat Ali Khan
3 Dr Rajendra Prasad
4 Maulana Abul Kalam Azad
Q Which of the following diseases is caused by lack of protein in food?
1 Pellagra
2 Goitre
3 Anemia
4 Kwashiorkor
Q Who was the Governor -General of Bengal when ‘Permanent Settlement’ was introduced in 1793?
1 Lord Dalhousie
2 Warren Hastings
3 Lord Canning
4 Lord Cornwallis
Q Where is the headquarters of OECD member countries located?
1 Paris
2 Vienna
3 Geneva
4 New York
Q Which of the following parts of the Indian Constitution deals with ‘Elections’?
1 Part VII
2 Part XIII
3 Part XV
4 Part I
Q Where did Kunwar Singh, a discontented zamindar, organise the Revolt in 1857?
1 Jhansi
2 Awadh
3 Bihar
4 Kanpur
Q Pandit Shivkumar Sharma, who is a recipient of Padma Vibhushan, is associated with which of the following instruments?
1. Santoor
2 Flute
3 Tabla
4 Viloin
Q Who is the founding father of modern economics?
1 Paul Samuelson
2 Alfred Marshal
3 Adam Smith
4 David Ricardo
Q In India, Green Revolution was led by ________
Ans 1. Norman Borlaug
2. M.S. Swaminathan
3. Jawahar Lal Nehru
4. Mahatma Gandhi
Q Which of the below is a psychological disorder of refusal to eat food, caused by under-nutrition?
1. Anorexia Nervosa
2. Kwashiorkor
3. Bulimia Nervosa
4. Marasmus
Q Dudhwa National Park is present in which of the following state?
1 Madhya Pradesh
2 Chhattisgarh
3 Rajasthan
4 Uttar Pradesh
Q Under which Act did the individual members of the Executive Council have their own portfolio?
1 The Indian Councils Act of 1858
2 The Indian Councils Act of 1861
3 The Indian Councils Act of 1909
4 The Indian Councils Act of 1892
Q Who among the following is the author of the book ‘The House of Blue Mangoes’?
1 David Davidar
2 Durjoy Data
3 Arvind Adiga
4 Sekhar Bandyopadhyay