Q Who was the first Indian Army officer to be promoted to the rank of field marshal?
Ans 1. Karam Singh
2. Sam Manekshaw
3. K M Cariappa
4. Vikram Batra
Q Dhinodhar Hills is located in which Indian state/Union Territory?
1 Gujarat
2 Maharashtra
3 West Bengal
4 Andaman and Nicobar Islands
Q Tusu Parab is celebrated in which of the following states of India?
1 Jharkhand
2 Tripura
3 Telangana
4 Punjab
Q What is the calling code of Nepal ?
1 +975
2 +977
3 +94
4 +92
Q Dr BR Ambedkar was associated with which of the following communities ?
1 Berar
2 Santal
3 Mahar
4 Sangoi
Q Who is the author of the book ‘Chokar Bali’ ?
1 Rabindranath Tagore
2 Munshi Premchand
3 Bankim Chandra
4 Jaishankar Prasad
Q The last Nizam of Hyderabad _____
1 Mir Osman Ali
2 Wajid Ali Shah
3 Mansur Ali Khan
4 Hamidullah Khan
Q Shyama Sangeet is Bengali devotional music dedicated to which of the following deities?
1 Kali
2 Saraswati
3 Shiva
4 Vishnu
Q How many committees were set up by the Constituent Assembly for framing the
Constitution?
1 20
2 11
3 22
4 9
Q On the bank of which river was the Battle of Dharmatpur fought on 15 April 1658 between Aurangzeb and Maharaja Jaswant Singh?
1 Yamuna
2 Krishna
3 Narmada
4 Satluj
Q Who among the following has written the novel ‘In Custody’?
1 Mulk Raj Anand
2 P Lal
3 Anita Desai
4 Dom Moraes
Q Who was the first cricketer to win an Arjuna award ?
1 Salim Durani
2 Vijay Manjrekar
3 Chandu Borde
4 Mansoor Ali Khan Pataudi
Q Which among the following states of India is also known as ‘Orchid Paradise of India’ ?
1 Arunachal Pradesh
2 Tamil Nadu
3 Andhra Pradesh
4 Madhya Pradesh
Q Which of the following is the largest peninsular river in India?
1 Kaveri
2 Godavari
3 Krishna
4 Mahanadi
Q A megabyte (MB) consists of 1024 __.
1 Terabytes
2 Kilobytes
3 Gigabytes
4 Bytes
Q Gorumara National Park is in which state of India ?
1 West Bengal
2 Tamil Nadu
3 Maharashtra
4 Manipur
Q The highest peak of Bihar is _____
1 Someshwar
2 Deomali
3 Sonsogor
4 Kalsubai
Q During whose reign did the Moroccan traveller Ibn Battuta visit India in the 14th century?
1 Feroz Shah Tughlaq
2 Alauddin Khalji
3 Mohammad Bin Tughlaq
4 Jalaluddin Khalji
Q The ‘Punjab Himalayas’ lie between _ rivers.
1 Satluj and Kali
2 Kali and Tista
3 Teesta and Dihang
4 Indus and Satluj
Q ‘Under the Deodars’ , ‘The Jungle Book’ and ‘In Black and White’ are the famous books written by _______
1 Rudyard Kipling
2 Ruskin Bond
3 VS Naipaul
4 Shashi Tharoor
Q Who among the following discovered the neutrons?
1 J. Chadwick
2 Neils Bohr
3 E. Goldstein
4 Ernest Rutherford
Q Which of the following teams won the first edition of Merdeka Tournament in 1957 ?
1 Singapore
2 Indonesia
3 South Vietnam
4 Hong Kong
Q ‘Mando’ is a musical form of which state that evolved during the 19th and 20th centuries among the Goan Catholics ?
1 Goa
2 Rajasthan
3 Punjab
4 Himachal Pradesh
Q In which of the following years were the Kandahar Edicts of Ashoka discovered?
1. 1958
2 1960
3 1956
4 1954
Q The Kanheri Caves,built by Buddhists, are located in which of the following states?
1 Maharashtra
2 Karnataka
3 Bihar
4 Andhra Pradesh
Q Which soil is commonly known as ‘Usara soil’ ?
1 Saline
2 Arid
3 Laterite
4 Alluvial
Q Jawara dance is a popular folk dance of which state of India ?
1 Madhya Pradesh
2 Rajasthan
3 Jharkhand
4 Maharashtra
Q Who among the following started the Kuka Movement?
Ans 1. Thakur Singh Sandhawalia
2. Satguru Ram Singh
3. Baba Dayal Das
4. Balak Singh
Q The shehnai is a reed instrument with how many holes along the tube?
Ans 1. Six
2. Eleven
3. Seven
4. Five
Q Malic Acid is found in which of the following substances?
Ans 1. Vinegar
2. Ant’s sting
3. Apple
4. Tamarind
Q Which Indian player is also called as Dhing Express?
Ans 1. Dutee Chand
2. P.T. Usha
3. Neeraj Chopra
4. Hima Das
Q Which Indian city is also known as Queen of Deccan?
Ans 1. Puducherry
2. Amritsar
3. Pune
4. Ahmedabad
Q Who is famously known as the Tiger of Mysore?
Ans 1. Asaf Jah I
2. Baji Rao I
3. Sheikh Mohammad Abdullah
4. Tipu Sultan
Q During the British rule in India, who among the following unfurled the flag of India in Germany in 1907?
1 Sarojini Naidu
2 Annie Besant
3 Bhikaji Cama
4 Sucheta Kriplani
Q Who among the following is the first Indian woman to receive the Ashoka Chakra?
Ans 1. Neerja Bhanot
2. Sarojini Naidu
3. Indira Gandhi
4. Kiran Bedi
Q As per the Census of India 2011, Bihar is the least literate state with a literacy rate of _____ %.
Ans 1. 66.95
2. 67.06
3. 65.46
4. 63.82
Q In which of the following states is Kolannalu dance form performed?
Ans 1. Kerala
2. Tamil Nadu
3. Odisha
4. Andhra Pradesh
Q The first Olympic Games of the modern era opened in _______ on 6 April 1896.
Ans 1. Amsterdam
2. London
3. Los Angeles
4. Athens
Q Which of the following hills is located in Andhra Pradesh?
1. Anaimalai Hills
2 Palkonda Hills
3 Nilgiri Hills
4 Mahabaleshwar Hills
Q Stereopsis is a feature associated with the __.
1. eye
2 nose
3 ear
4 tongue
Q Which of the following novels is written by Anita Desai?
Ans 1. Jaya
2. Clear Light of Day
3. The White Tiger
4. The Blue Umbrella
Q Microfinance programmes were first created by Nobel prize winning Economist Muhummad Yunus in what decade?
1 1960s
2 1990s
3 1970s
4 1950s
Q A Shot at History: My Obsessive Journey to Olympic Gold’ is the autography of the famous sportsperson __.
1. PV Sindhu
2 Lovlina Borgohain
3 Abhinav Bindra
4 Mirabai Chanu
Q ‘A Champion’s Mind: Lessons from a Life in Tennis’ is the autobiography of which of the following tennis players?
Ans 1. Pete Sampras
2. Maria Sharapova
3. Boris Becker
4. Leander Paes
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 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 ‘GOAL’ is an autobiography of which famous Indian player?
Ans 1. Major Dhyan Chand
2. Sunil Chetri
3. Balbir Singh
4. Roop Singh
Q The Andhra State Act (1953) formed the __ linguistic state of India.
1. second
2 first
3 fourth
4 third
Q Which Article of the Indian Constitution deals with the impeachment of the President?
Ans 1. Article 61
2. Article 59
3. Article 53
4. Article 58
Q Which of the following festivals celebrates the belief in the resurrection of Jesus Christ?
1 Christmas
2 Good Friday
3 Easter
4 Halloween
Q Article 32 of the Constitution of India deals with the:
1. Right to Freedom of Speech and Expression
2 Right to Property
3 Right to Constitutional Remedies
4 Right against Exploitation
Q How many total jumps are there in a 3000 m steeplechase race?
1 36
2 33
3 35
4 34
Q In which of the following sports is ‘dunk shot’ used?
Ans 1. Basketball
2. Hockey
3. Tennis
4. Baseball
Q The Man Who Made The Elephant Dance’ is an autobiography of the famous
entrepreneur _.
1. Dr. Verghese Kurien
2 Rattan Tata
3 Mukesh Ambani
4 Ghanshyam Das Birla
Q In which part of the Constitution of India is the manner of election of the President described?
1. Part VI
2 Part IV
3 Part V
4 Part VII
Q Which of the following Indian cities is famous for Kalamkari painting?
1 Kakinada
2 Golconda
3 Masulipatnam
4 Visakhapatnam
Q The first South Asian Games were hosted by _.
1 Dhaka
2 Colombo
3 Kathmandu
4 Calcutta (Kolkata)
Q The book ‘Man Kautuhal’ was compiled by which of the following kings of Medieval
India?
1. Parantaka Viranarayana
2 Rajashekhara Varman
3 Raja Mansingh Tomar
4 Krishna II
Q Which constitutional amendment had replaced the Collegium System of appointing judges to the Supreme Court and High Courts with the National Judicial Appointments Commission [ NJAC ] ?
1 99th Amendment
2 26th Amendment
3 71st Amendment
4 92nd Amendment
Q In which language was the Mangalkavyas written ?
1 Bengali
2 Braj
3 Pali
4 Hindi
Q Which article of the Indian Constitution empowers each House of the Parliament to make rules for regulations , subject to the provision of this Constitution , the procedure and the conduct of its business ?
1 Article 118 [ 1]
2 Article 118 [ 2 ]
3 Article 118 [ 3 ]
4 Article 118 [ 4 ]
Q The First Five Year Plan was released in the year __.
1. 1951
2 1960
3 1961
4 1952
Q Raw potato is a perfect sample for the test of presence of :
1 Starch
2 Vitamin B12
3 Protein
4 Vitamin C
Q The highest reaches of the Darjeeling and Sikkim Himalayas are inhabited by which tribe __
1 Lepcha
2 Bushman
3 Zulu
4 Himba
Q Standing Buddha of Sarnath is a fine example of which dynasty ?
1 Gupta
2 Delhi Sultanate
3 Pratiharas
4 Maurya
Q Which sub-division of the Himalayas comprises the Karakoram , Ladakh , Zaskar and Pir Panjal ranges ?
1 Kashmir or Northwestern Himalayas
2 Himachal and Uttarakhand Himalayas
3 Darjeeling and Sikkim Himalayas
4 Arunachal Himalayas
Q Which dance form was introduced by the great Vaishnava saint and reformer of Assam , Mahapurusha Sankaradeva ?
1 Sattriya
2 Kathak
3 Kuchipudi
4 Odissi
Q Which ancient poet is known as Adikavi ?
1 Valmiki
2 Banabhatta
3 Sri Aurobindo
4 Bilhana
Q Before entering into Bangladesh in which direction does the Brahmputra river turn almost 90 degree at Dhubri ?
1 South
2 North
3 East
4 wEST
Q Who is the author of the book ‘To Kill a Mockingbird’ ?
1 Harper Lee
2 Jane Austen
3 VS Panipaul
4 Ruskin Bond
Q Which among the following banks was inaugurated by Mahatma Gandhi in 1919 ?
1 Union Bank of India
2 State Bank of India
3 Punjab National Bank
4 Central Bank of India
Q In which of the following years was the Interim Government of India formed from the newly elected Constituent Assembly?
1 1940
2 1946
3 1943
4 1945
Q Which phylum is commonly known as comb jellies or sea walnuts ?
1 Ctenophora
2 Mollusca
3 Echinodermata
4 Coelenterata
Q Kadamba Mayurasharman gave up his traditional profession and took to arms and successfully established his kingdom in __ state.
1 Andhra
2 Gujarat
3 Rajasthan
4 Karnataka
Q The Indian National Congress was established when _ delegates from all over
the country met at Bombay in December 1885.
1 72
2 56
3 83
4 64
Q Which of the following animals does NOT find a place in the National Emblem of India?
1. Bull
2 Camel
3 Horse
4 Lion
The state emblem is an adaptation from the Sarnath Lion Capital of Ashoka. In the original, there are four lions, standing back to back, mounted on an abacus with a frieze carrying sculptures in high relief of an elephant, a galloping horse, a bull and a lion separated by intervening wheels over a bell-shaped lotus. Carved out of a single block of polished sandstone, the Capital is crowned by the Wheel of the Law (Dharma Chakra).
Q Why was the 1997-1998 budget known as the “Dream Budget”?
1 It strengthened focus on poverty alleviation.
2 It lowered tax slabs of personal and corporate income tax and boosted the IT sector.
3 It raised spending on education by 34.2% and also focused on job guarantees.
4 It liberalized rules for non-resident investments and opened up mutual funds to the
private sector.
| 1997-98 Budget | It was called a ‘Dream Budget’ as it set out the road map for major reforms , including lowering of personal income-tax slab and corporate tax . It was presented by P Chidambaram |