Q Cotton requires _ temperature, light rainfall or irrigation, _ frost-free days
and bright sun-shine for its growth.
1 high, 150
2 low, 150
3 high, 210
4 low, 210
Q What is the national flower of Myanmar ?
1 Padauk
2 Shapla
3 Rhododendron
4 Golden Wattle
Q Indian Standard Time (IST) is ahead of Greenwich Mean Time (GMT) by __.
1 3 hours 45 minutes
2 2 hours
3 7 hours 15 minutes
4 5 hours 30 minutes
Q Hill Area Development Programmes were initiated during the ______________ Five-Year Plan covering 15 districts.
Ans 1. Second
2. Fifth
3. Fourth
4. Sixth
Q Who was the first Indian to get the Oscar for lifetime achievements in cinema in 1992?
1 Tarun Majumdar
2 Satyajit Ray
3 T Rama Rao
4 K Viswanath
Q Who was the last Nawab of Oudh ?
1 Wajid Ali Shah
2 Saadat Khan Burhanul mulk
3 Siraj-ud-daulah
4 Asaf-ud-daula
Q Muscles are of three types. Which of the following is NOT one of them?
1 Skeletal
2 Sesamoids
3 Cardiac
4 Smooth
Q Phawngpui or the Blue Mountains is the highest peak in the state of :
1 Odisha
2 Uttarakhand
3 Mizoram
4 Kerala
Q Which act was passed by the British Government of India to introduce Provincial Autonomy?
1 Government of India Act of 1935
2 Indian Independence Act of 1947
3 Charter Act of 1853
4 India Council Act of 1892
Q Who wrote the “Harshacharita”, a biography of Harshavardhana?
1 Harisena
2 Banabhatta
3 Xuan Zang
4 Ravikirti
Q When did Indigo revolt, a peasant movement, start in India?
1 1859
2 1861
3 1889
4 1857
Q In which year Pandit Ravi Shankar got Bharat Ratna ?
1 1999
2 2001
3 1990
4 1998
Q Which is the highest point of Iraq ?
1 Cheekha Dar
2 Mount Noshaq
3 Gangkhar Puensum
4 Mount Hkakabo
Q The reproduction in yeast happens by the process of __.
1 Fertilisation
2 Spore formation
3 Budding
4 Fragmentation
Q When was the Lucknow Pact signed by All India Muslim League and Indian National Congress?
1 1919
2 1916
3 1911
4 1906
Q _ is the chemical process in which different types of chemical reactions are involved in controlling the living state of the cells in an organism.
1 Respiration
2 Transportation
3 Metabolism
4 Excretion
Q How many members of the Legislative Council are there in the state of Karnataka?
Ans 1. 75
2. 100
3. 68
4. 78
Q Who won a bronze medal in Weightlifting at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney?
1 Mirabai Chanu
2 Neelam Setti Laxmi
3 Kunjarani Devi
4 Karnam Malleswari
Q Which among the following is the monsoon mud festival of Goa?
1 Sarhul
2 Karma
3 chikal kalo
4 Ladainha
Q Amar is suffering from Beriberi. What deficiency he has?
1 Vitamin B1
2 Vitamin K
3 Vitamin C
4 Vitamin A
Q Where does Alaknanda River join Bhagirathi River in India?
1 Dehradun
2 Prayagraj
3 Champawat
4 Devprayag
Q Mohiniyattam dance form gets its name from Hindu God _.
1 Shiva
2 Kartikeya
3 Vishnu
4 Krishna
Q Plant cells differ from animal cells in having an additional layer around the cell membrane termed as __.
1 Vacuole
2 Cell wall
3 Chloroplast
4 Cytoplasm
Q Which article of the Indian constitution specifies equality before the law?
1 Article 36
2 Article 23
3 Article 19
4 Article 14
Q The wet temperate type of forests are found between a height of __ metres.
1 1500 and 3000
2 1000 and 2000
3 500 to 1000
4 2000 and 3000
Q “India : The Future Is Now” book is written by __.
1 Shashi Tharoor
2 VS Naipaul
3 Kiran Desai
4 Chetan Bhagat
Q In which state of India is the Seshachalam biosphere reserve located?
Ans 1. Andhra Pradesh
2. Kerala
3. Tamil Nadu
4. Karnataka
Q Mohur , the gold coin and Rupiya , the silver coin introduced by __
1 Sher Shah Suri [ Farid Khan ]
2 Akbar
3 Humayun
4 Babur
Q Who among the following is famously called the Iron Lady of India?
1 Mary Kom
2 Indira Gandhi
3 Lata Mangeshkar
4 Deepika Padukone
Q The popular depiction named ‘Ravana Shaking Mount Kailash’ is depicted in which of the following cave ?
1 Ellora
2 Kanheri
3 Ajanta
4 Hatigumpha
Q “World Refugee Day” is observed every year on __.
1 17th June
2 20th June
3 22th June
4 18th June
Q Which of the following dancer is related to Odissi dance?
1 Birju Maharaj
2 Shovana Narayan
3 Rukmini Devi
4 Sujata Mohapatra
Q Which of the following administrative units was introduced during the reign of Shah Jahan?
Ans 1. Chakla
2. Mahals
3. Paraganas
4. Subah
Q The Seventy-First Amendment to the Indian Constitution included Konkani, Manipuri,
and Nepali languages in the _ Schedule.
1 Seventh
2 Sixth
3 Fifth
4 Eighth
Q Directive Principles of State Policy of the Indian constitution are borrowed from the
constitution of which country?
1 Germany
2 Spain
3 Ireland
4 Japan
Q Which among the following lakes lies on the borders of Andhra Pradesh and Tamil
Nadu?
1 Pulicat
2 Dal
3 Loktak
4 Sambhar
Q Buddha meditated for days on end under a peepal tree at __, where he attained
enlightenment.
1 Sarnath
2 Bodh Gaya
3 Ujjain
4 Kushinaga
Q The tropic of cancer does NOT pass through which of the following states of India?
1 Rajasthan
2 Jharkhand
3 Mizoram
4 Odisha
Q PARAM supercomputer belongs to which generation of computers?
1 Third
2 Fifth
3 First
4 Second
Q What is the pH of human blood?
1 5.8
2 10
3 6.5
4 7.4
Q Who among the following has written the Hindi novel ‘Kafan’?
Ans 1. Jaishankar Prasad
2. Sumitranandan Pant
3. Premchand
4. Mahadevi Verma
Q Articles 25 to 28 of the Indian Constitution refer to the:
1 right against exploitation
2 cultural and educational rights
3 right to constitutional remedies
4 right to freedom of religion
Q What is the percentage of the disabled population in India according to the 2011census?
Ans 1. 2.21%
2. 2.97%
3. 3.63%
4. 1.33%
Q Which of the following is the largest freshwater lake in India?
1 Wular
2 Bhimtal
3 Loktak
4 Barapani
Q How many players on each side are allowed on the field at a time in the game of
Volleyball?
1 6
2 8
3 7
4 5
Q Koli is the folk dance of which of the following Indian states?
1 Maharashtra
2 Jharkhand
3 West Bengal
4 Tamil Nadu
Q “Oder-Neisse Line” is a boundary between which two countries?
1 Germany and Poland
2 South Vietnam and North Vietnam
3 The USA and Canada
4 France and Germany
Q Which country is known as ‘Island of Pearls’?
1 Bahrain
2 Denmark
3 Japan
4 Norway
Q The First historic novel ‘Anguriya Binimoy’ was written by :
1 Bhudev Mukhopadhyay
2 Sarat Chandra
3 Bankim Chandra
4 Salim Ali
Q In which year did Khudiram Bose tried to assassinate Kingsford in Muzaffarpur?
1 1908
2 1910
3 1904
4 1906
Q Who was the first woman to be nominated as the member of Rajya Sabha?
1 Rukmini Devi Arundale
2 Sucheta Kriplani
3 Sushma Swaraj
4 Kamaladevi Chattopadhyay
Q Which Indian was crowned Miss World Continental Queen of Beauty -Asia and Oceania in 1999 ?
1 Yukta Mookhey
2 Reita Faria
3 Priyanka Chopra
4 Aishwarya Rai
Q Name the class of folk songs of Goa , usually sung to mourn the death of the loved ones ?
1 Banvarh
2 Lotia
3 Maand
4 Panihari
Q Bell Metal alloy consists of :
1 copper and tin
2 copper and nickel
3 copper and zinc
4 copper and aluminum
Q When was the decimal system of currency introduced in India?
1 1957
2 1947
3 1950
4 1952
Q “I Witness : Partial Observation” book is written by ______
1 Kapil Sibal
2 Shashi Thaoor
3 Chetan Bhagat
4 VS Naipaul
Q Which of the following terms is used in India for a tract of land lying between two confluent rivers?
1 Doab
2 Valley
3 Plateau
4 None of these
Q Who was elected the Congress president after the end of the Tripuri crisis?
1 Rajendra Prasad
2 Jawahar Lal Nehru
3 Sarojini Naidu
4 JB Kriplani
Q Which Sultans of the Sultanate of Delhi transferred his capital from Delhi to Agra?
1 Sikandar Lodhi
2 Ibrahim Lodi
3 Khizr Khan
4 Bahlol Lodi
Q Which of the following Harappan sites is thought to have direct sea trade links with Mesopotamia?
1 Lothal
2 Ropar
3 KotDiji
4 Dholavira
Q Buddhism was divided into Mahayana and Hinayana during the reign of which of the following rulers?
1 Kanishka
2 Ashoka
3 Chnadragupta
4 Harsha
Q In the Constitution of India, promotion of international peace and security is mentioned in which of the following parts?
1 Directive Principles of State [ Article 51 A ]
2 Fundamental Duties
3 Preamble to the Constitution
4 Ninth Schedule
Q Who was elected unopposed as the President of India?
1 Neelam Sanjiva Reddy
2 VV Giri
3 Giani Zail Singh
4 Dr S Radhakrishnan
Q Who among the following had the shortest tenure as Indian President?
1 Zakir Hussain
2 Neelam Sanjiva Reddy
3 Giani Zail Singh
4 Fakruddin Ali Ahmed
Q When was the name of Madras State changed in Tamil Nadu?
1 1969
2 1956
3 1962
4 1995
Q Which of the following controls the amount of light entering the eye?
1 Iris
2 cornea
3 retina
4 eyelens
Q With which of the following does Haemoglobin has maximum affinity?
1 Carbon Monoxide
2 Oxygen
3 Carbon dioxide
4 Hydrogen
Q What is the numerical value of temperature at which Fahrenheit and Celsius scales are equal?
1 [ -40 ]
2 40
3 273
4 [ -273 ]
Q Mount St. Helens is an active strato volcano located in which country?
1 USA
2 Japan
3 Chile
4 India
Q Who among the following is related with ‘Labour Theory of Property’?
1 John Locke
2 Adam Smith
3 James Mill
4 JJ Rousseau
Q Who rejected the “Principles of Administration as myths and proverbs”?
1 Herbert Simon
2 FW Riggs
3 Dwight Waldo
4 Frank Marini
Q The authoritative text of the Indian Constitution in Hindi was authorized to be published which of the following constitutional amendments?
1 58th Amendment Act , 1987
2 57th Amendment Act , 1987
3 61st Amendment Act , 1988
4 59th Amendment Act , 1988
Q The Chalukya ruler Pulakesin’s victory over Harshavardhana was in year _____-
1 618 AD
2 612 AD
3 622 AD
4 634 AD
Q Chaumukha temple is dedicated to Lord Adinath , is in which state ?
1 Rajasthan
2 Madhya Pradesh
3 Uttar Pradesh
4 Bihar
Q Rojdi is an archaelogical site located in which state ?
1 Gujarat
2 Uttar Pradesh
3 Rajasthan
4 Maharashtra
Q In 1876, Surendranath Banerjea and Ananda Mohan Bose established a nationalist political group in Bengal. The group was named:
1 Indian Association
2 East India Association
3 Indian National Congress
4 London India Association
Q Ahiri is the folk dance of which state ?
1 Himachal Pradesh
2 Madhya Pradesh
3 Andhra Pradesh
4 Arunachal Pradesh
Q At which place in Uttar Pradesh where Lord Buddha returned from heaven to earth ?
1 Sankisa
3 Kaushambi
3 Sravasti
4 Kushinagar
Q Paraguay and Bolivia are the two landlocked country of which continent ?
1 South America
2 North America
3 Australia
4 Europe
Q Which of the following mountain ranges has Kalumar Peak as one of its highest peak ?
1 Vindhya
2 Satpura
3 Aravali
4 Cardamon hills
Q To which of the following regions is the dance form named ‘Rasiya’ traditionally associated ?
1 Braj
2 Awadh
3 Mithila
4 Magahi
Q Who among the following introduced the Sufi order named ‘Chisti Silsila’ in India ?
1 Khwaja Moinuddin
2 Usman Harooni
3 Shaikh Fariduddin
4 Qutb-ud-Din Bakhtiyar Kaki
Q Thoda Martial Art form is from which state of India ?
1 Himachal Pradesh
2 Kerala
3 Manipur
4 Tamil Nadu
Q Who was the President of India when Anti-Defection Bill passed ?
1 Giani Zail Singh
2 Neelam Sanjiva Reddy
3 R Venkataraman
4 Dr Shankar Dyal Sharma
Q Bahmani Kingdom was established in 1347 by :
1 Alauddin Bahman Shah
2 Mahmud Shah
3 Hassan Gangu
4 Alauddin II
Q Which festival in Tripura is held on the seventh day of the month of Vaishakha ?
1 Garia Puja
2 Gaura-Gauri
3 Kharchi Puja
4 Ker Puja
Q Chakyar Koothu is the folk dance of which state of India?
1 Kerala
2 Assam
3 Rajasthan
4 Odisha
Q ‘Ramacharitam’ was written by :
1 Shandhyakar Nandi
2 Chand Bardai
3 Banabhatta
4 Kalhana
Q Under __ (Governor General from 1813 to 1823) a new policy of “paramountcy” was initiated. Now the Company claimed that its authority was paramount or supreme, hence its power was greater than that of Indian states.
1 Lord Hastings
2 Lord Amherst
3 Lord Cornwallis
4 Lord Auckland
Q Kamaicha , Morchang and Ravanhatha are the folk instrument of which state ?
1 Rajasthan
2 Assam
3 Kerala
4 Odisha
Q The most distinctive type of folk songs of Assam are __.
1 Bihu songs
1 Teej songs
3 Qawwali songs
4 Bhuta songs