Q Which dance is performed by the Chang tribe of Nagaland to celebrate victory over enemies on the battlefield ?
1 Cheraw
2 Chang Lo
3 Nongkrem
4 Bhortal
Q How many elements did Mendeleev put in the periodic table?
1 56
2 34
3 63
4 76
Q Who among the following laid siege to the fortress of Jhansi in 1858?
1 Sir Hugh Rose
2 AO Hume
3 General Dyer
4 Sir Colin Campbell
Q Which is the lowest point of India ?
1 Kuttanad
2 Wayanad
3 Chettinad
4 Indira Point
Q ‘Akela’ is a fictional character in the children’s story book
1 The Jungle Book
2 The Adventures of Tom Sawyer
3 The Adventure of Huckleberry Finn
4 Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland
Q Which of the following festivals is celebrated during the Amavasya of the Kartik month?
Ans 1. Govardhan puja
2. Dhanteras
3. Raksha Bandhan
4. Diwali
Q Who among the following is credited with being the ‘Pioneer of Rocket Technology’ in India?
1. Lord Cornwallis
2 Babar
3 Akbar II
4 Tipu Sultan
Q ‘Adhai-Din-Ka-Jhonpra’ is one of the oldest mosques situated in __.
1 Hyderabad
2 Ajmer
3 Cuttack
4 Burhanpur
Q How many Lok Sabha seats are allocated to the NCT of Delhi?
1 7
2 8
3 6
4 9
Q The Muslim League fixed __ 1946 as the ‘Direct Action Day’.
1 13 August
2 16 August
3 15 August
4 14 August
Q In which year was the Food Corporation of India (FCI) set up as the country was facing major shortage of food grains, especially wheat?
1 1978
2 1989
3 1992
4 1965
Q Youth dormitory of which tribe is called ‘Gituona’ ?
1 Oraon
2 Kamar
3 Birhor
4 Baiga
Q Who among the following bestowed upon Milkha Singh the title of the ‘Flying Sikh’ ?
1 General Yahya Khan
2 General Ayub Khan
3 Jawaharlal Nehru
4 Lal Bahadur Shastri
Q The Hindu Widow Remarriage Act was passed in:
1 1885
2 1856
3 1823
4 1818
Q Black soil is ideal for growing __.
1 rice
2 cotton
3 jute
4 wheat
Q In which of the following states is the Similipal National Park located?
Ans 1. Odisha
2. Tamil Nadu
3. Bihar
4. Maharashtra
Q Who among the following is the author of the book ‘Maun Muskaan Ki Maar’?
Ans 1. Ashutosh Rana
2. Jugal Hansraj
3. Uday Chopra
4. Ronit Roy
Q Dhenka is a well known musical instrument of which one of the following Indian state ?
1 Odisha
2 Kerala
3 Maharashtra
4 Goa
Q The Bengal tiger was adopted as ‘The national animal of India’ in the year __.
1. 1978
2 1974
2 1976
4 1972
Q Myopia disease also known as nearsightedness is cured by which of the following lens?
1 Convex lens
2 Spherical lens
3 Concave lens
4 Plane mirror
Q In which of the following states is Sirohi /Shirui National Park located?
Ans 1. West Bengal
2. Assam
3. Manipur
4. Odisha
Q Charminar, a popular monument and mosque, is located in:
1. Delhi
2 Hyderabad
3 Chennai
4 Mumbai
Q In which of the following states is the ‘International Cherry Blossom Festival’ celebrated annually?
1. Punjab
2 Himachal Pradesh
3 Meghalaya
4 Uttarakhand
Q In which state is the Ananthagiri Hills located?
1 Telangana
2 Andhra Pradesh
3 Kerala
4 Karnataka
Q Which of the following events was led by Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel?
1. Dandi March
2 Bardoli Satyagraha
3 Chittagong Armoury Raid
4 Kakori Conspiracy
Q Jaita is the main dance form of which state?
1 Madhya Pradesh
2 Uttar Pradesh
3 Himachal Pradesh
4 Andhra Pradesh
Q Who invented the electric bulb?
1. Albert Einstein
2 Isaac Newton
3 Thomas Alva Edison
4 Alexander Graham Bel
Q Chhath Puja, the famous traditional festival of India is dedicated to which of the following Gods?
1. Moon
2 Lord Brahma
3 Sun
4 Lord Shiva
Q Who was the viceroy of India when Arya Samaj was founded by Swami Dayananda Saraswati?
Ans 1. Lord Northbrook
2. Lord Curzon
3. Lord Lansdowne
4. Lord Dalhousie
Q The Union Government, under __ of the Constitution of India, is required to lay an annual financial statement of estimated receipts and expenditure before both Houses of Parliament.
1 Article 110
2 Article 118
3 Article 112
4 Article 202
Q Holt Mackenzie and Robert Merttins Bird introduced:
Ans 1. The Mahalwari System
2. The Ryotwari System
3. The Doctrine of Lapse
4. The Permanent Settlement
Q Who was the first person to receive the Sahitya Akademi Fellowship awarded by the Government of India in 1968 ?
1 S Radhakrishnan
2 C Narayan Reddy
3 VS Naipaul
4 SL Bhayarappa
Q Hasdeo , Jonk , Seonath , Ong and Tel are the major tributaries of which river ?
1 Mahanadi
2 Krishna
3 Kaveri
4 Godavari
Q In which year was the Jnanpith Award given for the first time ?
1 1965
2 1957
3 1961
4 1963
Q The last Sunga ruler was assassinated by his minister Vasudeva , who later founded the ____ dynasty .
1 Kanva
2 Kalchuri
3 Kakatiya
4 Korvi
Q The historical importance of ‘Mahanavami Dibba’ is associated with which of the following dynasty ?
1 Vijayanagar
2 Chola
3 Chauhan
4 Pandya
Q Who among the following took away the famous Koh-i-Noor diamond and the jewel studded Peacock Throne of Shahjahan from India ?
1 Nadir Shah
2 Ahmad Shah Abdali
3 Zaman Shah
4 Timur
Q ‘Jagoi’, an Indian classical dance form, is traditionally from the state of _.
1. Punjab
2 Gujarat
3 Karnataka
4 Manipur
Q Every bill after being passed by the houses of parliament, either singly or in a joint sitting, is presented to the __________ for his assent.
Ans 1. President
2. Law Minister
3. Chief Justice
4. Prime Minister
Q Which Indian union territory has ‘Dugong’ as the state animal?
1. Daman Diu
2 Puducherry
3 Ladakh
4 Andaman Nicobar
Q In which of the following states is Murlen National Park located?
Ans 1. Tripura
2. Nagaland
3. Mizoram
4. Assam
Q Who among the following was the founder of Khudai Khidmatgar , a predominantly Pashtun nonviolent resistance movement known for its activism against the British Raj in colonial India?
1. Lala Lajpat Rai
2 Bal Gangadhar Tilak
3 Khan Abdul Ghaffar Khan
4 Subhash Chandra Bose
Q What is the name of Arunachal Pradesh’s traditions water festival held before the commencement of new year in which the image of Lord Buddha is given ceremonial baths with holy water ?
1 Sangken
2 Nuakhai
3 Ugadi
4 Puthandu
Q The process of removing fleece from the body of a sheep is called ?
1 shearing
2 sorting
3 dyeing
4 scouring
Q What was the name of military general in Mughal empire who guided and took care of Akbar in his initial days when Akbar ascended the throne at the age of 14 ?
1 Bairam Khan
2 Todar Mal
3 Man Singh
4 Adham Khan
Q In which city did Swami Vivekananda deliver his famous speech at the World Parliament of Religious in 1893 ?
1 Chicago
2 London
3 Washington DC
4 Paris
Q Murugappa Gold cup associated with which sport ?
1 Hockey
2 Golf
3 Football
4 Cricket
Q Who was the founder of Vakataka dynasty in the 3rd century ?
1 Vindhyashakti
2 Rudrasena
3 Pravarasena
4 Nagabhata
Q ‘Pepa’ is a hornpipe musical instrument that is used in traditional music of which state ?
1 Assam
2 Chhattisgarh
3 Rajasthan
4 Odisha
Pepa is a hornpipe musical instrument which is used in the traditional music of Assam during Bihu festival . Pepa is made up of Buffalo horn
Q In which of the following years the Gajapati kingdom of Orissa established ?
1 1435
2 1567
3 1467
4 1336
Q Damphu is a rare musical instrument belongs to indigenious community of which state of India ?
1 Sikkim
2 Odisha
3 Kerala
4 Rajasthan
Q Chandan Yatra festival is held every year in which state ?
1 Odisha
2 Kerala
3 Rajasthan
4 Assam
Q The ‘The Persecuted’ was the first :
1 English newspaper of India
2 English play of India
3 English journal of India
4 English periodical of India
Q Who is considered the highest law officer of the state in India?
1 Auditor general
2 Advocate general
3 Chief justice of high court
4 Attorney general
Q How many sessions were held in Constituent Assembly ?
1 11
2 9
3 15
4 7
Q What temperature is known as the lowest temperature at which substance can catch fire ?
1 ignition Temperature
2 boiling point
3 melting point
4 critical temperature
Q What is the name of the small strip of land connects the North America and the South America ?
1 Isthmus of Panama
2 Adam’s Bridge
3 Suez Canal
4 Bermuda Strip
Q Who was the first woman in the world to reach the summit of Mt Everest ?
1 Junko Tabei
2 Arunima Sinha
3 Santosh Yadav
4 Bachendri Pal
Q The first telegraph line from Calcutta to Agra opened in ____
1 1853
2 1843
3 1833
4 1823
Q During which of the following national movements in Bengal was a tricolour flag designed?
1. Khilafat Movement
2 Civil Disobedience Movement
3 Swadeshi Movement
4 Quit India Movement
Q Where is the Santa Cruz Cathedral Basilica church located?
1 Kerala
2 Karnataka
3 Goa
4 Sikkim
Q Which of the following is the first language to be declared as a classical language in India?
1 Tamil
2 Telugu
3 Odia
4 Sanskrit
Q The scientific name of mango is ______
1 Punica granatum
2 Citrus aurantium
3 Mangifera indica
4 Ananus sativus
Q In the context of Nobel Prizes, which of the following pairs is INCORRECT?
1 Venki Ramakrishnan – Chemistry
2 Mother Teresa – Peace
3 Chandrashekhar Venkataraman – Medicine
4 Subramanian Chandrashekhar – Physics
| Indian Nobel Laureates | Rabindranath Tagore [ Literature ] , CV Raman [ Physics ] , Hargobind Khorana [ Medicine ] , Mother Teresa [ Peace ] Subrahmanyan Chandrasekhar [ Physics ] , Amartya Sen [ Economics ] , Venkatraman Ramakrishnan [ Chemistry ] , Kailash Satyarthi [ Peace ] , Abhijit Banerjee [ Economics ] |