Q ‘Talatal Ghar’ is a historical monument situated in which of the following Indian states ?
1 Assam
2 West Bengal
3 Odisha
4 Maharashtra
Q Which festival in the Bastar region is celebrated along with the worship of the local goddess , Kesharpal Kesharpalin Devi ?
1 Madai
2 Vishu
3 Onam
4 Puthandu
Q __ was the temporary Chairman of the first meeting of the Constituent
Assembly held on 9 December 1946.
1 Sachchidananda Sinha
2 Gopalaswami Ayyangar
3 Krishnaswamy Ayyar
4 Madhava Rao
Q __ is called the father of the modern Indian Renaissance due to the remarkable
changes he instituted in 18th and 19th century India.
1 Atmaram Pandurang
2 Raja Ram Mohan Roy
3 Swami Ramakrishna Paramahansa
4 Swami Vivekananda
Q When did Babar defeat and kill Ibrahim Lodi?
1 1526 AD
2 1525 AD
3 1520 AD
4 1522 AD
Q ‘Baithakichi’ is a type of which folk music form in India?
1 Bihugeet
2 Pandavani
3 Bhatiali
4 Lavani
Q Pantothenic acid refers to which Vitamin among the following?
1 Vitamin B5
2 Vitamin B6
3 Vitamin B1
4 Vitamin B12
Q DNA was first isolated , analysed and recognised as a unique macro-molecule by ___ in 1869.
1 Friedrich Miescher
2 Oswald Avery
3 William Astbury
4 Alfred Hershey
Q The Constitution (101st Amendment) Act, 2016, deals with:
1 extending the reservation of seats for SCs and STs in the Lok Sabha and State
Assemblies
2 10% reservation for Economically Weaker Sections (EWSs)
3 introducing the Goods and Services Tax
4 constitutional status to the National Commission for Backward Classes
Q In 1724, who was reappointed Viceroy of the Deccan with the title of Asaf Jah?
1 Farrukhsiyar
2 Murshid Quli Khan
3 Qamar-ud-din Siddiqi
4 Saadat Khan Burhan-ul-Mulk
Q Which ex-Prime Minister of India is known as ”Chanakya of Modern India” ?
1 IK Gujral
2 VP Singh
3 PV Narasimha Rao
4 Charan Singh
Q In which of the following states is the Panna National Park located?
1 Madhya Pradesh
2 Odisha
3 Tamil Nadu
4 Meghalaya
Q_ is the property of metals by virtue of which they can be drawn into thin
wires.
1 Malleability
2 Refining
3 Ductility
4 Conductivity
Q A traditional basketball team has 12 players, with __ basketball players on the
court at any given time.
1 7
2 5
3 4
4 6
Q What is Brahmaputra River called in Arunachal Pradesh?
1Tsangpo
2 Mandakini
3 Purab Ganga
4 Dihang
Q Who among the following freedom fighters was the first woman to become the
Governor of Uttar Pradesh State?
1 Sheila Dikshit
2 Raikumari Amrit Kaur
3 Sarojini Naidu
4 Kasturba Gandhi
Q In which of the following states of India is Gangaur festival celebrated?
1 Rajasthan
2 Karnataka
3 Kerala
4 Manipur
Q With which of the following musical instruments was Ustad Alla Rakha primarily
associated?
1 Flute
2 Sitar
3 Sarod
4 Tabla
Q Who among the following is the author of the book ‘Selection Day’?
1 Chetan Bhagat
2 Aravind Adiga
3 Vikram Seth
4 Kiran Desai
Q The rhythmic rise and fall of ocean water twice in a day is called a __.
1 tide
2 current
3 fall
4 wave
Q Who among the following led of the famous Indigo Revolt in Bengal?
1 Vasudev Balwant Phadke
2 Bishnu Charan Biswas and Digambar Biswas
3 Mahatma Gandhi
4 Madari Pasi
Q The Mahabodhi Temple is an ancient Buddhist temple. It is situated in which state of
India?
1 Kerala
2 Bihar
3 Uttar Pradesh
4 Rajasthan
Q At the age of __, Mahavira left home and went to live in a forest.
1 33
2 27
3 30
4 35
Q Name the only Female Muslim ruler of India.
1 Khadīja
2 Khawla bint al-Azwar
3 Razia Sultana
4 Nusaybah bint Ka’ab
Q Which of the following diseases is caused by the deficiency of Vitamin A?
1 Kwashiorkor
2 Scurvy
3 Marasmus
4 Night blindness
Q An Unsuitable Boy’ is the autobiography of _.
1 Akshay Kumar
2 Anurag Kashyap
3 Karan Johar
4 Salman Khan
Q Who set up the Asiatic Society of Bengal?
1 William Jones
2 Warren Hastings
3 James Mill
4 Robert Clive
Q Which mineral is also known as ‘fool’s gold’?
1 Magnetite
2 Pyrite
3 Quartz
4 Fluorite
Q In which year was the first ICC men’s Cricket World Cup played?
1 1976
2 1974
3 1975
4 1977
Q Baking soda is the common name of __.
1 sodium bicarbonate
2 ammonium hydroxide
3 tartaric acid
4 citric acid
Q The Barabati Fort is situated in the city of.
1 Madurai
2 Raipur
3 Guwahati
4 Cuttack
Q By maternal descent, Mughals were descendants of ?
1 Genghis Khan
2 Galba
3 Alexander
4 Timur
Q Gochi festival is an Indian festival majorly celebrated in __.
1 Goa
2 Chhattisgarh
3 Himachal Pradesh
4 Karnataka
Q Who founded Shantiniketan near Bolpur on 22 December 1901?
1 Dr Rajendra Prasad
2 Durgabai Deshmukh
3 Rabindranath Tagore
4 Gopal Krishna Gokhale
Q Jagoi and Cholom are the two main divisions of ?
1 Odissi
2 Bharatanatyam
3 Manipuri
4 Kathak
Q Which freedom fighter is also known as the ‘Grand Old Man of lndia’?
1 Mahatma Gandhi
2 Dr. Zakir Hussain
3 Chakravarti Rajagopalachari
4 Dadabhai Naoroji
Q Mohandas Gandhi was awarded the Kaisar-i-Hind award in 1915 by ____ of Penshurst for his contribution to ambulance services in South Asia.
1 Lord Dalhousie
2 Lord Hardinge
3 Lord Ripon
4 Lord Curzon
Q Who among the following is the first female from India to win a Grammy award?
1 Tanvi Shah
2 Neeti Mohan
3 Monali Thakur
4 Palak Muchhal
Q Who among the following is the author of the book ‘Sea of Poppies’?
1 Amitav Ghosh
2 Chetan Bhagat
3 Shashi Tharoor
4 V Naipaul
Q What is the fourth state of matter called ?
1 Plasma
2 Solid
3 Liquid
4 Gas
Q Ghatotkacha [ who ruled in the years 290-305 B.C ] was a king from which dynasty ?
1 Gupta Dynasty
2 Kanva Dynasty
3 Shunga Dynasty
4 Mauryan Dynasty
Q Gugga Naumi is a religious festival in connection with snake-worship. This festival is of which state ?
1 Haryana
2 Assam
3 Odisha
4 Tamil Nadu
Q How many Chromosomes does a human cell contain ?
1 46
2 38
3 52
4 64
Q Resul Pookutty won Oscars for the movie ”Slumdog Millionaire” in the category of :
1 Best Sound Mixing
2 Best Original Song
3 Best Costume Design
4 Best Foreign Language Film
Q Which is the longest national highway in India?
1 NH-22
2 NH-102
3 NH-7
4 NH-44
Q Which of the following is a dance form of Maharashtra?
1 Bayalata
2 Jhumar
3 Rouf
4 Lavani
Q Indian mountaineer ____ is the first woman in the world to climb Mount Everest twice and first woman to successfully climb Mt Everest from Kangshung Face.
1 Santosh Yadav
2 Arunima Sinha
3 Premlata Aggarwal
4 Bachendri Pal
Q ‘Cracking the Code: My Journey to Bollywood’ is the autobiography of _.
1 Karan Johar
2 Ayushmann Khurrana
3 Rajkumar Rao
4 Sushant Singh Rajput
Q In which district of Rajasthan is the Elephant festival celebrated every year?
1 Kota
2 Ajmer
3 Jaipur
4 Alwar
Q Which of the following festivals is associated with Arunachal Pradesh?
1 Pongal
2 Wangala
3 Ugadi
4 Solung
Q With which musical instrument is Hariprasad Chaurasia associated?
1 Sitar
2 Flute
3 Santoor
4 Tabla
Q Nati is a folk dance of which Indian state?
1 Kerala
2 Nagaland
3 Bihar
4 Himachal Pradesh
Q Who is the author of the book ‘A Suitable Boy’?
1 Devdutt Pattanaik
2 Vikram Seth
3 Arundhati Roy
4 Khushwant Singh
Q Megasthenes, an ambassador, was sent to the court of __ by the Greek ruler of
West Asia, Seleucus Nicator.
1 Ashoka
2 Chandragupta
3 Samprati
4 Bindusara
Q Earthworm belongs to which group of animal kingdom?
1 Mollusca
2 Arthropoda
3 Annelida
4 Nematoda
Q Who wrote the book ‘Gulamgiri’?
1 Jyotirao Phule
2 Ghasidas
3 Narayana Guru
4 Ishwar Chandra Vidyasagar
Q _____is known as the energy currency of the cell.
1 ATP
2 ADP
3 DNA
4 RNA
Q Which of the following Indian rivers is also referred to as ‘Dakshin Ganga’?
1 Mahanadi River
2 Godavari River
3 Sutlej River
4 Krishna River
Q Minati Mishra was associated with which classical dance of India?
1 Kuchipudi
2 Odissi
3 Manipuri
4 Kathak
Q Tooth decay starts when the pH of the mouth is lower than __.
1 10.5
2 5.5
3 7.5
4 9.5
Q The feature of Directive Principles of State Policy in the Indian Constitution is
borrowed from the Constitution of __.
1 Ireland
2 Australia
3 Canada
4 France
Q Bhagwati Committee (1973) presented a report on __.
1 unemployment
2 population growth
3 poverty
4 commerce
Q ‘Maru Mahotsav’ also known as desert festival is celebrated in __.
1 Jaisalmer
2 Jaipur
3 Srinagar
4 Leh
Q Who among the following founded Arya Samaj in 1875?
1 Ishwar Chandra Vidyasagar
2 Raja Ram Mohan Roy
3 Swami Vivekanand
4 Swami Dayanand Saraswati
Q Qutbuddin Aybak ruled over Delhi from __.
1 1206 to 1210
2 1236 to 1240
3 1210 to 1236
4 1266 to 1287
Q Who wrote the famous autobiography titled ‘Becoming’?
1 Johnny Marr
2 Steffi Graf
3 Andre Agassi
4 Michelle Obama
Q Battle of Sirhind [ 1555 ] was fought between Sheh Shah Suri and ___
1 Akbar
2 Humayun
3 Shah Jahan
4 Aurangzeb
Q It is believed that Lord Shiva assumed the form of ____ and married Parvati at the site of the Meenakshi temple in South India.
1 Sundareshwarar
2 Nataraja
3 Harihara
4 Pashupati
Q Representatives of the Maratha Empire and the British East India Company signed the
‘Treaty of Salbai’ in which year?
1 1771
2 1758
3 1769
4 1782