Q The ICAR – Sugarcane Breeding Institute is located at:
1 Cuddalore
2 Coimbatore
3 Tirunelveli
4 Vellore
Q Nirmal paintings are associated with which of the following states ?
1 Andhra Pradesh
2 Nagaland
3 Meghalaya
4 Arunachal Pradesh
Q In which of the following countries is Jhumming known as ‘Conuco’?
1 Vietnam
2 Madagascar
3 The US
4 Venezuela
| Slash and burn agriculture | Milpa [ in Mexico and Central America ] , Conuco [ in Venezuela ] , Roca [ in Brazil ] , Masole [ in Central Africa ] , Ladang [ in Indonesia ] , Ray [ in Vietnam ] , Chena [ in Sri Lanka ] and Logan [ in Western Africa ] |
Q Bagurumba is a folk dance of which Indian state?
1 Goa
2 Assam
3 Mizoram
4 Karnataka
Q What was the original name of Swami Vivekananda?
1 Nrusimha Bhan
2 Narendranath Dutta
3 Mula Sankara
4 Vardhamana
Q In which year did the Constituent Assembly set up a Drafting Committee under the Chairmanship of Dr. BR Ambedkar to prepare a Draft Constitution for India?
1 1948
2 1946
3 1949
4 1947
Q Who was the first Indian Army officer to be promoted to the rank of field marshal?
1 Karam Singh
2 Sam Manekshaw
3 K M Cariappa
4 Vikram Batra
0 Which of the following universities was founded by Kumaragupta, the ruler of the Gupta dynasty
1 Delhi University
2 Taxila University
3 Nalanda University
4 Pune University
Q Mangal Pandey was hanged to death for attacking British officers in Barrackpore on __.
1 27 March 1857
2 29 March 1857
3 23 March 1857
4 31 March 1857
Q ‘Wings of Fire’ is a famous autobiography of which Indian scientist?
1 CV Raman
2 Homi J Bhabha
3 Vikram Sarabhai
4 APJ Abdul Kalam
Q In which state of India is the Pattadakal dance festival held?
1 Karnataka
2 Jharkhand
3 Manipur
4 Assam
Q Tapeworm belongs to which group of the animal kingdom?
1 Platyhelminthes
2 Porifera
3 Annelida
4 Coelenterata
Q Which of the following gases shields the surface of earth from ultraviolet (UV) radiation from the sun?
1 Ozone
2 Carbon dioxide
3 Oxygen
4 Carbon monoxide
Q Who gave the expanding universe hypothesis?
Ans 1. Edwin Hubble
2. Galileo Galilei
3. CV Raman
4. James Clerk Maxwell
Q The Great Indian Novel is written by the famous politician __.
1 Shashi Tharoor
2 Varun Gandhi
3 AK Antony
4 Derek O’Brien
Q Which part of the Constitution of India talks about the Directive Principles of State Policy?
1 Part V
2 Part III
3 Part II
4 Part IV
Q Which of the following is an Indian game of snake boat race?
1 Field hockey
2 Mallakhamb
3 Kho-Kho
4 Vallam kali
Q _ Directive principles of State Policy were added to the Indian
Constitution by the 42nd Constitutional Amendment Act of 1976.
1 Three
2 Four
3 Five
4 Two
Q In which year was the Netaji Subhas National Institute of Sports Patiala established?
Ans 1. 1961
2. 1957
3. 1971
4. 1982
Q Who among the following founded Brahmo Samaj in Calcutta (Kolkata)?
1 Raja Ram Mohan Roy
2 Ishwar Chandra Vidyasagar
3 Swami Dayanand Saraswati
4 Swami Vivekanand
Q Kalamandalam Kalyanikutty Amma is known for which classical dance form?
1 Manipuri
2 Mohiniyattam
3 Kuchipudi
4 Odissi
Q In which state of India is the Gulbarga Fort situated?
1 Uttar Pradesh
2 Himachal Pradesh
2 Karnataka
4 Assam
Q In which state of India is Saga Dawa or the Triple Blessed Festival celebrated?
1 Andhra Pradesh
2 Uttar Pradesh
3 Sikkim
4 Karnataka
Q Who among the following persuaded Mahatma Gandhi to allow women to join the Salt Satyagraha movement?
1 Annie Besant
2 Ashalata Sen
3 Kamaladevi Chattopadhyay
4 Ambabai
Q Who among the following devised the policy ‘Doctrine of Lapse’?
1 Lord Dalhousie
2 Lord Cornwallis
3 Lord Canning
4 Lord Mountbatten
Q Which of the following does NOT belong to Arthropoda group of animal kingdom?
1 Cockroach
2 Octopus
3 Butterfly
4 Spider
Q Which of the following enzymes is found in saliva of human body which breaks down starch into simple sugar?
1 Trypsin
2 Amylase
3 Renin
4 Pepsin
Q Which of the following is an autobiography of Barack Obama?
1 Matters of Discretion
2 Dreams from my Father: A Story of Race and Inheritance
3 Wings of Fire
4 I Am My Own Model : An Autobiography
Q Yamini Krishnamurthy is known for which classical dance form?
1 Mohiniyattam and Manipuri
2 Kuchipudi and Mohiniyattam
3 Bharatanatyam and Kuchipudi
4 Manipuri and Odissi
Q Name the album for which Pandit Ravi Shankar won the Grammy award in 1967.
1 Full circle
2 Concert for Bangladesh
3 West Meets East
4 Three Ragas
Q Who among the following Indian dancers was the first woman in Indian history to be nominated as a member of the Rajya Sabha?
1 Madhuri Dixit
2 Rukmini Devi Arundale
3 Mallika Sarabhai
4 Saroj Khan
Q Who among the following freedom fighters of India revived the Indian National Army ‘Azad Hind Fauj’ (which was formed in 1942 by Rash Behari Bose and Captain-General Mohan Singh) in the year 1943?
1 Bhagat Singh
2 Mahatma Gandhi
3 Subhas Chandra Bose
4 Jawaharlal Nehru
Q In which state of India is the Natyanjali festival celebrated?
1 Rajasthan
2 Tamil Nadu
2 Uttar Pradesh
4 Goa
Q Who among the following was Akbar’s revenue minister?
1 Birbal
2 Raja Man Singh
3 Tansen
4 Todar Mal
Q Who is the author of the book ‘Gone Girl’?
1 Gillian Flynn
2 Anna Burns
3 Damon Galgut
4 Yann Marte
Q Which of the following glands/organs in human body secretes bile juice?
1 Liver
2 Pineal
3 Pituitary
4 Pancreas
Q The feature of Fundamental Rights in the Indian Constitution is borrowed from the Constitution of _.
1 Australia’
2 Ireland
3 Britain
4 United States of America
Q Which of the following Public Sector Undertakings does NOT have ‘Maharatna’ status?
Ans 1. Steel Authority of India Limited
2. Engineers India Limited
3. GAIL (India) Limited
4. Coal India Limited
Q Bonalu is a Hindu festival celebrated to worship Goddess Mahakali in which of the following states?
1 Kerala
2 Assam
3 Telangana
4 Madhya Pradesh
Q Which of the following naturally occurring acids is present in ant sting?
1 Oxalic acid
2 Lactic acid
3 Citric acid
4 Methanoic acid
Q Who published the logistic equation model of population growth in 1838?
1 Alfred Russel Wallace
2 Howard Thomas Odum
3 Pierre François Verhulst
4 George Evelyn Hutchinson
Q The oceanic crust of the earth mainly consists of __.
1 iron and alumina
2 silica and alumina
3 silica and magnesium
4 magnesium and nickel
Q Right to Education was added as a fundamental right in the Indian Constitution in
__.
1 2004
2 1997
3 2002
4 1986
Q In which of the following sites of Indus Valley Civilisation was ‘The Great Bath’ found?
1 Kalibangan
2 Dholavira
3 Mohenjo-Daro
4 Lothal
Q __ founded Satyashodhak Samaj, which campaigned against idolatry and
the caste system.
1 Debendranath Tagore
2 Jyotirao Govindrao Phule
3 Keshab Chandra Sen
4 Raja Ram Mohan Roy
Q In which state of India is the Sri Brahmapureeswarar temple situated?
1 Andhra Pradesh
2 Rajasthan
3 Manipur
4 Tamil Nadu
Q ‘Waiting for a Visa’ is the autobiography of which of the following persons?
1 BR Ambedkar
2 Jawaharlal Nehru
3 Mahatma Gandhi
4 Indira Gandhi
Q In which of the following states is the Goncha Festival celebrated?
1 Odisha
2 Karnataka
3 Chhattisgarh
4 Jharkhand
Q What is the chemical formula of baking soda?
1 CaSO4
2 Na2CO3
3 NH4Cl
4 NaHCO3
Q Ghiyasuddin Balban (1265-1286 AD), ruler of the Slave dynasty, took up the title of
__.
1 NurMahal (light of the palace)
2 JahanPanah (protector of the world)
3 Zil-i-Ilahi (shadow of God)
4 Nur-al-Din (light of the faith)
Q The Treaty of Lahore was signed in 1846 between the British empire and __.
1 Maharani Chand Kaur
2 Maharaja Ranjit Singh
3 Maharaja Kharak Singh
4 Maharaja Duleep Singh
Q What is the sex ratio (Approx) of India as per Census 2011?
1 840 females per 1000 males
2 940 females per 1000 males
3 740 females per 1000 males
4 640 females per 1000 males
Q Which of the following festivals is associated with Rajasthan?
1 Gudi Padwa
2 Bundi Utsav
3 Matho Narang
4 Bonalu
Q Who among the following Indian musicians received the ‘Best Original Song’ award for his composition in ‘Slumdog Millionaire’, at Oscars 2009?
1 Asha Bhosle
2 AR Rahman
3 Lata Mangeshkar
4 Gulzar
Q What was the pedestrian path for devotees to wave in homage to Stupa called in Buddhist architecture?
1 Medhi
2 Anda
3 Chattra
4 Torana
Q As per Census 2011, which of the following is India’s most populated metropolitan
city?
1 Delhi
2 Mumbai
3 Kolkata
4 Chennai
Q The ‘Hornbill Festival’ is a celebration held every year from 1 to 10 December in ______.
Ans 1. Uttarakhand
2. Nagaland
3. Kerala
4. Haryana
Q ‘Jyotipunj’ is a book written by :
1 Jawahar Lal Nehru
2 Narendra Modi
3 IK Gujral
4 Manmohan Singh
Q The Kambala festival of Karnataka is essentially associated with what ?
1 Buffalo race
2 Cock fighting
3 Tribal dance
4 Bull fighting
Q ‘Fugdi’ is a traditional folk dance popular in which state of India ?
1 Gujarat
2 Goa
3 Assam
4 Manipur
Q Which group of animals are exclusively free living marine animals ?
1 Echinodermata
2 Arthropoda
3 Mollusca
4 Nematoda
Q Which of the following Articles ensures to provide free and compulsory education to all children in the age group of six to fourteen years as a Fundamental Right to Education?
Ans 1. 20A
2. 14
3. 18A
4. 21A
Q Who among the following Mauryan rulers fought the Kalinga War in 261 BC?
1 Ashoka
2 Bindusara
3 Chandragupta Maurya
4 Brihadratha
Q In a drama, Naresh spoke, “Swaraj is my birth right and I shall have it.’’ Who among the following Indian freedom fighters said this slogan?
1 Lokmanya Bal Gangadhar Tilak
2 Bhagat Singh
3 Ambika Charan Majumdar
4 Mahatma Gandhi
Q What is the chemical name of the ionic compound NaCl?
1 Lithium chloride
2 Calcium iodide
3 Sodium chloride
4 Cesium fluoride
Q Which Article of the Constitution of India provides equal protection of the laws andequality before the law?
1 Article 60
2 Article 30
3 Article 42
4 Article 14
Q Who among the following is the first vocalist to receive the Bharat Ratna in 2008 and is also credited to have popularised ‘Khyal Gayaki’ ?
1 Begum Akhtar
2 Gangubai Hangal
3 Pandit Bhimsen Joshi
4 Vishnu Digambar Palushkar
Q According to the Indian Constitution, the Prime Minister shall be appointed by the __.
1 Council of Ministers
2 President of India
3 Chief Justice of India
4 Speaker of the House of the people
Q Who among the following was given the title ‘Quaid-i-Azam’ ?
1 Jawaharlal Nehru
2 Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel
3 Mahatma Gandhi
4 Muhammad Ali Jinnah
Q The number of ministers, including the Chief Minister, in a state shall NOT be less than _.
1 13
2 12
3 11
4 10
Q Who among the following was the first Indian Governor of the Reserve Bank of India?
Ans 1. Morarji Desai
2. Liaquat Ali Khan
3. CD Deshmukh
4. KC Neogy
Q According to Newland’s Law of Octaves , how many elements exist in nature ?
1 56
2 66
3 76
4 86
Q What is the range of frequencies of sound waves audible to human beings?
1 20 Hz to 20 kHz
2 20 Hz to 30 kHz
3 20 Hz to 40 kHz
4 20 Hz to 50 kHz
Q Who is the only President in US history till date to have served two non-consecutive terms as US President ?
1 Grover Cleveland
2 Barack Obama
3 Ronald Reagan
4 Hary S Truman
Q Name the character in Mahabharata who was blessed with the ‘divine vision’ to see the Mahabharata battle and explain it scene by scene to the blind king Dhirtarashtra.
1 Sanjaya
2 Shakuni
3 Dhritarashtra
4 Gandhari
Q Name the only US President who also served as the Chief Justice of the US Supreme Court ?
1 William Howard Taft
2 Thomas Jefferson
3 Ronaldo Reagan
4 Bill Clinton
Q Junagadh Rock Inscription belongs to whom among the following rulers?
1 Bindusara
2 Satakarni I
3 Rudradaman I
4 Kanishka
Q Latin name of Sodium ______
1 Natrium
2 Argentum
3 Aurum
4 Calx
Latin name of Silver [ argentum ] , Latin name of Mercury [ hydrargyrum ] , Latin name of Gold [ aurum ] , Latin name of Calcium [ calx ]
Q In which country was Maria Antoinette , the last queen of France , born ?
1 Austria
2 Berlin
3 Hungary
4 Rome
0 All India Muslim League was formed in __.
1 1906
2 1910
3 1905
4 1908
Q ‘Ambubachi’ festival of Assam is celebrated in the month of __ every year.
1 January
2 December
3 June
4 March
Q According to the Socio-Economic Census 2015, which state has the largest population of households with ‘destitute / living on alms’?
1 Tamil Nadu
2 Chhattisgarh
3 Odisha
4 Bihar
Q Indian men’s hockey team won its first Olympic gold medal in which year?
Ans 1. 1928
2. 1920
3. 1956
4. 1922
Q How many Olympic Medals did India win in the sport of wrestling, as of 2025?
Ans 1. Six
2. Seven
3. Eight
4. Five
| Wrestling : 8 Medals [ 2 Silver + 6 Bronze ] | KD Jadhav [ 1952 Helsinki ] , Sushil Kumar [ 2008 Beijing ] , Sushil Kumar [ 2012 London ] , Yogeshwar Dutt [ 2012 London ] , Sakshi Malik [ 2016 Rio ] , Ravi Kumar Dahiya and Bajrang Punia {{ 2020 [ 2021 ] Tokyo Olympics ] , Aman Sehrawat [ Paris ] |
Q Dandeli Wildlife Sanctuary is located in which of the following states?
Ans 1. Kerala
2. Karnataka
3. Sikkim
4. Jharkhand
Q Integrated Circuits [ ICs ] are related to which generation of computers.
1 First [ Vaccum Tubes ]
2 Second [ Transistors ]
3 Third [ Integrated Circuits ]
4 Fourth [ Microprocessors ]
Q What is the name of Pt. Ravi Shankar’s autobiography?
Ans 1. My Life, My Music
2. Music is Life
3. Musical Journey
4. Music is My Life
Q In which year was the Pro Kabaddi League founded in India?
Ans 1. 2013
2. 2014
3. 2016
4. 2015
| Pro Kabaddi Teams | Bengal Warriors | Bengaluru Bulls | Dabang Delhi | Gujarat Giants | Haryana Steelers | Jaipur Pink Panthers |Patna Pirates | Puneri Paltan | Tamil Thalaivas | Telugu Titans | U Mumba | UP Yoddhas |
Q Thetakudi Harihara Vinayakram, an Indian percussionist, is known for popularising which of the following musical instruments?
Ans 1. Ghatam
2. Tabla
3. Sitar
4. Sarangi
Nikhil Banerjee [ Sitar ] Bickram Ghosh [ Tabla ] , Tulsidas Borkar [ Harmonium ] , Nagai R Muralidharan [ Violin ] , Hariprasad Chaurasia [ Flute / Bansuri ] , Mohanan Chandrasekaran [ Violin ] , Ustad Zakir Hussain [ Tabla ] , Ustad Allah Rakha [ Tabla ] , Ustad Sabir Khan [ Tabla ] , Pt. Kishan Maharaj [ Tabla ] , Amjad Ali Khan [ Sarod ] , Sultan Khan [ Sarangi ] , S Balachander [ Veena ] , Sheikh Chinna Moula [ Nadaswaran ] , Umayalpuram K Sivaraman [ Mridangam ] , Rajeev Taranath [ Sarod ] , Pandit Swapan Chaudhuri [ Tabla ] , Hafiz Ali Khan [ Sarod ] , Lalgudi Gopala Iyer Jayaraman [ Violin ] , Asad Ali Khan [ rudra veena ] , Imrat Khan[ Sitar ] , Vilayat Khan [ Sitar ] , Vikku Vinayakaram [ Ghatam ] . Tanmoy Bose [ Tabla ] , Pandit Nikhil Jyoti Ghosh [ Tabla ] , Shahid Parvez [ Sitar ] , Ustad Bundu Khan [ Sarangi ] , Thetakudi Harihara Vinayakram [ Ghatam ] , Anokhelal Mishra [ Tabla ] , Totaram Sharma [ pakhawaj ] , Bismillah Khan [ Shehnai ]