Q Who was the first winner of the Pro Kabaddi League ?
1 Bengaluru Bulls
2 Patna Pirates
3 Jaipur Pink Panthers
4 Bengal Warriors
Q The decadal growth rate from 2001-2011 was recorded as _ according to the 2011 census.
1 17.64%
2 17.54%
3 15.64%
4 21.54%
Q Sonalika and Kalyan Sona, introduced in 1963, are High Yielding Variety (HYV) seeds of which of the following crops?
1 barley
2 rice
3 wheat
4 maize
Q Which of the following musicians is India’s only female Shehnai player ?
1 Jogamaya Shukla
2 Bageshwari Qamar
3 Philomena Thumboochetty
4 Sharan Rani
Q Which of the following festivals is celebrated as New Year’s Day in the states of Andhra Pradesh, Telangana and Karnataka?
Ans 1. Baishagu
2. Ugadi
3. Brahmotsavam
4. Dasara
Q The I-league is associated with which of the following sports?
1 Badminton
2 Golf
3 Hockey
4 Football
Q The National Awards to Teachers were first instituted in __.
1 1972
2 1958
3 1947
4 1964
Q The Centre for Cultural Resources and Training (CCRT) was setup in __ as an autonomous organisation by the Government of India.
1 1959
2 1969
3 1979
4 1989
Q Osakothi is waning / dying form of mural painting from the state of :
1 Karnataka
2 Odisha
3 Rajasthan
4 Maharashtra
Q When is Raksha Bandhan celebrated in India as per the Hindu calendar?
Ans 1. Amavasya, Shravan month
2. Poornima, Ashadha month
3. Amavasya, Ashadha month
4. Poornima, Shravan month
Q In 1946, BN Rao was formally appointed as _ to the core drafting Committee of the Indian Constitution.
1 Chief Draftsman
2 Vice-Chairman
3 Constitutional Advisor
4 Anglo-Indian Representative
Q Which of the following institutions is referred to as ‘lender of last resort’?
1 NABARD
2 SBI
3 RBI
4 SEBI
Q In Himachal Pradesh , which of the following is a floral festival ?
1 Chaitraul festival
2 Doongri festival
3 Phulaich festival
4 Gochi festival
Q Who created FORTRAN-the first high level computer programming language ?
1 Marc Andreessen
2 Dan Bricklin
3 John Backus
4 Larry Ellison
Q What is the range of mesosphere ?
1 0-10 km
2 10-30 km
3 50-100 km
4 50-80 km
Q In which year was the Local Area Bank (LAB) Scheme introduced?
1 1993
2 1995
3 1996
4 1994
Q In which Indian state is Jaitak Fort located?
Ans 1. Himachal Pradesh
2. Arunachal Pradesh
3. Maharashtra
4. Punjab
Q What is the state flower of Manipur ?
1 Shirui Lily
2 Lotus or Water Lily
3 Rohida
4 Jasmine
Q Kailash Satyarthi was awarded the Nobel Prize in 2014 in the field of:
1 Literature
2 Physiology
3 Chemistry
4 Peace
Q _ was succeeded by Chakravarti Rajagopalachari who became the first Indian
Governor-General of Independent India.
1 Lord Mountbatten
2 Lord Curzon
3 Lord Hastings
4 Lord Wellesley
Q Which Hockey team was the winner of first Men Hockey World Cup in 1971 ?
1 India
2 Pakistan
3 Australia
4 Germany
Q Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE), which was a guerrilla organisation that sought to establish an independent Tamil state, Eelam, in northern and eastern Sri Lanka was founded by ______.
Ans 1. A Neminathan
2. Velupillai Prabhakaran
3. Douglas Devananda
4. S Ravishankar
Q At the close of play’ is an autobiography of which sportsperson?
Ans 1. Shahid Afridi
2. Ricky Ponting
3. Shane Warne
4. VVS Laxman
Q Which among the following rivers is also known as the ‘twin’ or ‘handmaid‘ of the Narmada?
1 Luni
2 Mahi
3 Tapti
4 Sabarmati
Q The Development of Women and Children in Rural Areas (DWCRA) program was launched in the year __.
1 1981
2 1982
3 1985
4 1980
Q In which plant tissue does photosynthesis primarily occur?
1 Xylem
2 Phloem
3 Mesophyll
4 Epidermis
Q Who among the following was the first and the longest serving attorney general of India?
1 Milon Kumar Banerji
2 Niren De
3 Motilal Chimanlal Setalvad
4 Lal Narayan Sinha
Q Who among the following was one of the members of the fusion group ‘Shakti’ that performed worldwide?
1 Bickram Ghosh
2 Zakir Hussain
3 Anindo Chatterjee
4 Fiyaz Khan
Shakti were a fusion band formed by English guitarist John McLaughlin , Indian violin player L Shankar , percussionists Zakir Hussain [ pn Tabla ] and TH Vinayakram [ on Ghatam ]
Q During the Mughal reign, panchayats were headed by a headman known as _.
1 Muqaddam
2 Pradhan
3 Patwari
4 Mansabdar
Q Who is the author of the book ‘Seven Summers’?
Ans 1. RK Narayan
2. Arun Shourie
3. Mulk Raj Anand
4. Nirad C Chaudhuri
Q For how many days is the Hornbill festival held?
Ans 1. 5
2. 10
3. 15
4. 20
Q As of 2025, when was the last fundamental duty added to Article 51 A ?
1 2000
2 2002
3 2004
4 2003
Q Which of the following dance forms of Nagaland is performed as preparation for a hunting expedition ?
1 Modse
2 Nati
3 Popir
4 Gotipua
Q Sarojini Naidu was elected first Indian woman President of the Indian National Congress at __________.
Ans 1. Kanpur
2. Ahmedabad
3. Delhi
4. Nagpur
Q Which was the first historic novel written in Bengali by Bhudeb Mukhopadhyay ?
1 Anguriya Binimoy
2 Rangbhoomi
3 Anandmath
4 Godan
Q ‘Thang ta’ is the martial art form of which state ?
1 Manipur
2 Himachal Pradesh
3 Assam
4 Tamil Nadu
Q In which year Shivaji adopted the title ‘Chhatrapati’ ?
1 1674
2 1701
3 1760
4 1699
Q Which American Journalist covered the Salt Satyagraha in India ?
1 Webb Millar
2 Mark Tully
3 Francis Louis
4 Philip Sprat
Q Barabati Fort is situated in which state in India ?
1 Odisha
2 Rajasthan
3 Maharashtra
4 Tripura
Q How many major theories have been established on the origin of iron in India ?
1 Five
2 Two
3 Three
4 Four
Q Narendra Nath Datta, the prime follower of Ramakrishna Paramahamsa is also known as:
Ans 1. Swami Dayanand Sarasvati
2. Swami Vivekananda
3. Ishwar Chandra Vidyasagar
4. Swami Sahajanand
Q Which of the following Mughal Emperors was so concerned about the addiction of tobacco that he banned it?
Ans 1. Jahangir
2. Shah Jahan
3. Akbar
4. Aurangzeb
Q In which region of Rajasthan is the nuclear power plant located ?
1 Rawatbhata
2 Jaipur
3 Kota
4 Pokhran
Q Which of the following temples is also known as ‘Khajuraho of Vidarbha’ ?
1 Markandeshwar temple
2 Kailash
3 Kashi Vishwanath
4 Bhimashankar
Q ‘Ghumura’ is a folk dance of which state in India ?
1 Odisha
2 Rajasthan
3 Bihar
4 Jharkhand
Q ‘A Parliament form of Government’ is borrowed from which country ?
1 British Constitution
2 Australia
3 Ireland
4 USA
Q The term ‘Takshan’ in the Vedic period was used for __.
1 Carpenter
2 Kulapa
3 Senani
4 Rathakara
Q Which organization has won the Noble Peace Prize three times ?
1 The International Committee of the Red Cross
2 World Food Programme
3 European Union
4 International Atomic Energy Agency
The International Committee of the Red Cross has received the most Nobel Peace prizes [ 1917 , 1944 and 1963 ] , having been awarded the Prize three times for its humanitarian work
Q ‘Pawl Kut’ festival is celebrated in which state of India ?
1 Assam
2 Manipur
3 Mizoram
4 Meghalaya
Q Who is the first female Badminton player from India to achieve the World No 1 spot in 2015 ?
1 Saina Nehwal
2 PV Sindhu
3 Jwala Gutta
4 Ashwini Ponnappa
Q ______rejected the superstitious beliefs in Hinduism and gave the slogan ‘Go back to Vedas’.
1 Swami Sahajanand
2 Ishwar Chandra Vidyasagar
3 Atma Ram Pandurang
4 Swami Dayanand Sarasvati
Q Who discovered the staining technique called ‘Black Reaction‘, which was capable of revealing neurons in their entirety?
1 Robert Remak
2 Albert Kolliker
3 Camillo Golgi
4 Jacques Loeb
Q Who among the following was the first person to be awarded the Arjuna Award for Archery ?
1 Baba Sravan Kishore
2 Harish Nangunuri
3 Krishna Das
4 Sanjeev Kumar Singh
Q Which viceroy is known as ‘Viceroy of Reverse Character’ ?
1 Lord Lytton
2 Lord Rippon
3 Lord Canning
4 Lord Dalhousie
Q ‘Khubakeshei’ is a type of devotional folk music of which state of India ?
1 Manipur
2 Rajasthan
3 Goa
4 Odisha
Q ‘Puthari’ is a harvest festival celebrated by the Kodagu tribe of :
1 Karnataka
2 Jharkhand
3 Odisha
4 Rajasthan
Q Which social reformer in India in the field of women’s welfare was awarded Bharat Ratna on his 100th birthday ?
1 Dhondo Keshav Karve
2 M Visvesvaraya
3 BC Roy
4 Pandit Bhimsen Joshi
Q Who is the first Indian to win the title of Miss Earth pageant since its inception in 2001 ?
1 Nicole Faria
2 Sushmita Sen
3 Reita Faria
4 Priyanka Chopra
Q Who was the first Indian to join the Indian Civil Service ?
1 Satyendra Nath Tagore
2 Mihir Sen
3 G Sankara Kurup
4 GV Mavlankar
Q Who is the author of the book ‘Riot at Misri Mandi’ ?
1 Vikram Seth
2 Ruskin Bond
3 Shashi Tharoor
4 VS Naipaul
| A Suitable Boy | The Golden Gate | An Equal Music | Riot at Misri Mandi | Two Lives |
Q ‘Fundamental Duties’ is borrowed from which country ?
1 USSR
2 Canada
3 Ireland
4 Australia
Q ‘Popir’ is the folk dance of which state of India ?
1 Arunachal Pradesh
2 Himachal Pradesh
3 Madhya Pradesh
4 Andhra Pradesh
Q Engineer’s Day in India is celebrated on the birthday of :
1 M Visvesvaraya
2 BC Roy
3 Dhondo Keshav Karve
4 Purushottam Das Tandon
Q Who was the first Indian to be elected to the British House of Commons ?
1 Dadabhai Naoroji
2 Bal Gangadhar Tilak
3 Gopal Krishna Gokhale
4 Bipin Chandra Pal
Q Battle of Ghaghra [ 1529 ] was fought between Babur and _______
1 Mahmud Lodi
2 Ibrahim Lodi
3 Rana Sanga
4 Medini Rai
Q Which is the largest moon in the Solar System ?
1 Ganymede
2 Titan
3 Triton
4 Phobos
Q Who is the author of the book ‘Hullabaloo in the Guava Orchard’?
1 Kiran Desai
2 Vikram Seth
3 Shashi Tharoor
4 Ruskin Bond
Q Which is the first ever known autobiography of an Indian woman ?
1 Amar Jiban [ by Rassundari Devi ]
2 Along the Red River
3 Karukku
4 Ente Katha
Q Chalcocite is the one of the important ore of ____
1 Copper
2 Mercury
3 Lead
4 Aluminium
Q ‘Garadi’ is a popular folk dance of _______
1 Puducherry
2 Assam
3 Manipur
4 Nagaland
Q ‘Lone Fox Dancing’ is the autobiography of :
1 Ruskin Bond
2 Shashi Tharoor
3 Chetan Bhagat
4 VS Naipaul
Q In the Indian Constituion , the ‘Idea of Residual power’ has been borrowed from which country ?
1 Canada
2 Australia
3 Ireland
4 France
Q Which dance in Kerala is performed by men adorning the costume of tiger and narrates how the tiger hunts its prey ?
1 Puli Kali
2 Loor
3 Pung Cholom
4 Jhumur
Q ‘Lezim’ is a folk dance of which state of India ?
1 Mizoram
2 Maharashtra
3 Rajasthan
4 Manipur
Q ‘Thimithi or firewalking ceremony’ is an annual festival of which state ?
1 Tamil Nadu
2 Rajasthan
3 Odisha
4 Tripura
Q After the death of Tipu Sultan in 1799 in the Battle of Seringapatam and the fall of Mysore, the state was placed under which of the following dynasties?
1 Pusapati
2 Wodeyars
3 Chera
4 Nizam
Q Ciliate, or Ciliophoran are the member of which of the following phylums?
1 Protozoa
2 Rotifers
3 Echinoderm
4 Sipuncula
Q When and where was the first meeting of the Indian National Congress held?
1 1886, at Bombay
2 1885, at Nagpur
3 1885, at Bombay
4 1885, at Poona
Q In which of the following are the dance movements characterised by bent legs, while feet keep rhythm?
1 Manipuri
2 Kathak
3 Bharatanatyam
4 Kathakali
Q Which of the following State Governments organises Surajkund Mela every year?
1 Rajasthan
2 Haryana [ Faridabad ]
3 Madhya Pradesh
4 Jharkhand
Q Shri Narayana Guru, who belonged to the Ezhava caste, started his social reform movement in the modern state of:
1 Maharashtra
2 Odisha
3 Kerala
4 Andhra Pradesh
Q The branch of geology exploring how rocks bend in reaction to forces within the Earth’s interior is called:
1 basic geology
2 mountain geology
3 rock geology
4 structural geology
Q Which of the following was the second language to be accorded classical language status in India?
Ans A. Kannada
B. Odia
C. Sanskrit
D. Tamil
Q The Siberian shelf is largest continental shelf. In which ocean is it situated?
1 Pacific Ocean
2 The Arctic Ocean
3 Bay of Bengal
4 Indian Ocean
Q Who among the following Sultans of the Khilji dynasty started giving cash salary to his soldiers and controlled the market during his reign?
1 Jalal-ud-din Khilji
2 Qutb-ud-din Mubarak
3 Shihab-ud-din Omar
4 Alauddin Khilji
Q Sachindra Nath Sanyal established a branch of Anushilan Samiti at Patna in which of the following years?
1 1913
2 1920
3 1925
4 1929
Q What specialised nerve cells does the phylum Cnidaria have to capture and stun prey such as water fleas and plankton?
1 collar cell
2 stinging cell
3 flame cell
4 chief cell
Q As per Census 2011 , which of the following states has the highest percentage of Scheduled Tribe population in the country?
1 Madhya Pradesh
2 Nagaland
3 Uttar Pradesh
4 Mizoram
Q Which Article of the Constitution of India says that Directive Principles of State Policy are fundamental in the governance of the country and it shall be the duty of the state to apply these in making laws?
1 Article 39
2 Article 38
3 Article 35
4 Article 37
Q Anupama Bhagwat is associated with which of the following musical instruments?
1 Mridangam
2 Sitar
3 Sarangi
4 Surbahar
Q The Kanger Valley National Park is located in which of the following states ?
1 Gujarat
2 Arunachal Pradesh
3 Chhattisgarh
4 Himachal Pradesh
Q A river drains the water collected from a specific area, is known as?
1 Catchment area
2 Watershed
3 Dentritic area
4 Drainage Basin
Q At which place did the Congress declare the resolution of Purna Swaraj in its session in 1929?
1 Bombay
2 Karachi
3 Lahore
4 Madras
Q The Tungabhadra , the Koyana and the Bhima are major tributaries of which Peninsular river?
1 Krishna
2 Godavari
3 Narmada
4 Kaveri
Q Which of the following princely states was annexed by the East India Company in the year 1852 AD under the Doctrine of Lapse?
1 Udaipur
2 Satara
3 Sambalpur
4 Nagpur
Q Which cell organelle is the energy factory of cells and is an important hub for
intracellular interactions with other organelles?
1 Peroxisomes
2 Golgi apparatus
3 Lysosomes
4 Mitochondria
Q Who among the following formed the Bihar Provincial Kisan Sabha in 1929?
Ans 1. Jayprakash Narayan
2. JM Sengupta
3. Kunwar Singh
4. Swami Sahajanand Saraswati