Q Who among the following is the first Indian woman to receive the Ashoka Chakra?
Ans 1. Neerja Bhanot
2. Sarojini Naidu
3. Indira Gandhi
4. Kiran Bedi
Q Who founded Trinamool Congress in 1998 and became its Chairperson, after separating from the Indian National Congress?
Ans 1. Jayaram Jayalalithaa
2. Kanimozhi
3. Supriya Sule
4. Mamata Banerjee
Q Rottela Panduga or the Roti Festival is celebrated in which Indian state?
Ans 1. Maharashtra
2. Andhra Pradesh
3. Tamil Nadu
4. Karnataka
Q _____is the highest peak in the Eastern Ghats.
Ans 1. Mahendragiri
2. Khasi
3. Kanchenjunga
4. Anai Mudi
Q Which among the following pairs of ‘animal – phylum of animal kingdom they belong’ is INCORRECT ?
1 Liver fluke – Nematoda
2 Prawns – Arthropoda
3 Starfish – Echinodermata
4 Sycon – Porifera
Prawns [ Arthropoda ] , Starfish [ Echinodermata ] . Sycon [ Porifera ] , Liver fluke [ Flatworm ]
Q Which among the following festivals marks the birthday of a great Buddhist saint Je Tsongkhapa?
Ans 1. Sarhul
2. Losar
3. Tusu
4. Galdan Namchot
Q In India, National Statistics Day is celebrated on ______.
Ans 1. 22nd June
2. 15th June
3. 28th June
4. 29th June
Q At which of the following place, Dhamek Stupa and Chaukhandi Stupa located?
1 Sarnath
2 Kushinagar
3 Sanchi
4 Shravasti
Q The popular depiction named ‘Ravana Shaking Mount Kailash’ is depicted in which cave ?
1 Ellora caves
2 Ajanta caves
3 Karla caves
4 Bagh caves
Q Garia Puja is a festival in the third week of April . This festival is related to which of the following states ?
1 Tripura
2 Punjab
3 Arunachal Pradesh
4 Madhya Pradesh
Q Gangkhar Puensum, the highest unclimbed mountain in the world, is located at ____
1 Bhutan
2 Sri Lanka
3 Iraq
4 Myanmar
Q Which is the highest plateau in the world?
Ans 1. Tibet plateau
2. Deccan plateau
3. East African Plateau
4. Western plateau
Q Before 23rd August, 1954, Rajya Sabha was called as __
1 United Council
2 Council of States
3 Council of Union
4 National Council
Q Who wrote the famous novel “Durgeshnandini”?
1. Ishwar Chandra Vidyasagar
2. Sarat Chandra Chattopadhyay
3. Bankim Chandra Chatterjee
4. Rabindranath Tagore
Q ____ is an ancient martial art that originated in peninsular India as a part of military training for warriors.
Ans 1. Kalaripayattu
2. Gatka
3. Karate
4. Muay Thai
Q Which among the following is the highest peak in India?
Ans 1. Nanga Parbat
2. Namcha Barwa
3. Nanda Devi
4. Kanchenjunga
Q Which among the following has written the book ‘The Pregnancy Bible’?
Ans 1. Vidhya Balan
2. Shilpa Shetty
3. Rani Mukherjee
4. Kareena Kapoor
Q In 1982, which of the following was used as the mascot for the Asian Games held in Delhi?
1 Appu
2 Shera
3 La’eeb
4 Stumpy
Q The famous anthology of poems ‘Madhushala’ is written by __.
1 Kannadasan
2 Harivansh Rai Bachchan
3 Mahasweta Devi
4 Kusumagraj
Q Who wrote the book ‘The Golden Boat’?
Ans 1. Satyajit Ray
2. Munshi PremChand
3. Rabindranath Tagore
4. RK Narayan
Q The Halda festival is celebrated in which of the following states of India?
1 Maharashtra
2 Himachal Pradesh
3 Meghalaya
4 Karnataka
Q Name the mirror which is used in the side mirrors of cars.
1 Plane
2 Parabolic
3 Convex
4 Concave
Q Humayun’s Tomb situated in Delhi is built by __.
1 Maham Begum
2 Gulbadan Begum
3 Biga Begum
4 Hamida Begum
Q Which among the following lakes is known as the only “Floating Islands Lake” in India?
Ans 1. Kolleru
2. Loktak
3. Pulicat
4. Chilka
Q The shehnai is a reed instrument with how many holes along the tube?
Ans 1. Six
2. Eleven
3. Seven
4. Five
Q The foundation day of Uttarakhand is celebrated on:
Ans 1. 30 September
2. 9 November
3. 15 August
4. 20 October
Q Bara Imambara, a historical edifice with marvellous architecture, is situated in which of the
following cities?
1 Panipat
2 Lucknow
3 Hyderabad
4 Mumbai
Q When did India last won gold for hockey in the Olympic Games ?
1 1980
2 1956
3 1948
4 1952
Q Who among the following is NOT considered as the violin trinity of Carnatic music?
Ans 1. M S Gopalakrishnan
2. Lalgudi Jayaraman
3. TN Krishnan
4. TH Vinayakram
Q Who among the following is the author of the book ‘The Insider’?
Ans 1. PV Narasimha Rao
2. Oscar Fernandes
3. K Natwar Singh
4. Manmohan Singh
Q Who among the following is the author of ‘Grandparents’ Bag of Stories’?
Ans 1. Gauri Khan
2. Twinkle Khanna
3. Arundhati Roy
4. Sudha Murty
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 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 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 Yaoshang festival which is famous in Manipur is celebrated for _ days.
1 four
2 three
3 two
4 five
Q Kumarakom boat race is the most admired boat race to take place on the Vembanad
Lake in September during the __ festival.
1 Onam
2 Nowruz
3 Deepavali
4 Lohri
Q Who among the following formed the Tattvabodhini Sabha in 1839?
1 Keshab Chandra Sen
2 Swami Dayanand Saraswati
3 Debendranath Tagore
4 Ramakrishna Paramahamsa
Q Ain-i-Akbari which is the third volume of the book ‘Akbar Nama’ deals with __.
1 Akbar’s religion
2 Akbar’s events of Akbar’s reign
3 Akbar’s ancestors
4 Akbar’s administration
Q Who among the following rulers was chronicled by Minhaj-i Siraj?
1 Razia Sultan
2 Ghiyasuddin Tughluq
3 Babur
4 Akbar
Q __ is a disease which is transmitted by the Aedes mosquito which lays eggs in water-logged places and multiply over time.
1 Diarrhoea
2 Malaria
3 Dengue
4 Elephantiasis
Q What was the shape of the Great Bath of Mohenjo Daro?
1 Elliptical
2 Rectangular
3 Circular
4 Square
Q Who is the first Law officer of India?
1 Governor
2 Prime Minister
3 President
4 Attorney-General
Q Which explorer discovered a sea route to India in 1498?
1 Megasthenes
2 Vasco da Gama
3 Marco Polo
4 Thomas Coryat
Q How much was the approximate gap percentage between the literacy rates of male and females at the national level as per Census 2001?
1 17.2%
2 30.8%
3 21.6 %
4 12.3%
Q Pandit Shiv Kumar Sharma is associated with __ musical instrument.
1 sarod
2 harmonica
3 santoor
4 piano
Q In basketball, what can be the maximum number of points that can be scored in a
shot?
1 3
2 1
3 4
4 2
Q Who among the following was the first Indian boxer to receive a medal at the Olympic games?
Ans 1. Vijender Singh
2. Laishram Sarita Devi
3. Lovlina Borgohain
4. Mary Kom
Q In which of the following states is Sirohi /Shirui National Park located?
1. West Bengal
2. Assam
3. Manipur
4. Odisha
Q Who was the founder of the reform movement, Arya Samaj?
1 Swami Dayananda Saraswati
2 MG Ranade
3 Anand Mohan Bose
4 Raja Ram Mohan Roy
Q Who among the following was the first Indian to win the Miss World beauty pageant?
1 Reita Faria
2 Priyanka Chopra
3 Aishwarya Rai
4 Yukta Mookhey
Q In which year did Atal Bihari Vajpayee undertake a bus journey to Lahore to sign a Peace
Declaration ?
1 1999
2 1998
3 2000
4 2001
Q The Treaty of Mangalore was signed in :
1 1784
2 1780
3 1782
4 1769
Q The Kalinga War was fought in which year ?
1 261 B.C
2 361 BC
3 461 BC
4 483 BC
Q Ten Degree channel is located between :
1 Little Andaman and Car Nicobar
2 Port Blair and Little Andaman
3 Nancowry Island and Great Nicobar Island
4 North Andaman Islands and Richie Island
Q Starting from which of the following years did Raja Ram Mohan Roy publish the Sambad Kaumudi ?
1 1821
2 1845
3 1817
4 1834
Q The Speaker of the sixth Lok Sabha who later became the President of India was ________
1 Neelam Sanjeeva Reddy
2 BD Jatti
3 Fakhruddin Ali Ahmed
4 VV Giri
Q Amrabad Tiger Reserve is located in which state of India ?
1 Telangana
2 Odisha
3 Bihar
4 Madhya Pradesh
Q Dzongkha is the official language of :
1 Bhutan
2 Nepal
3 Myanmar
4 Sri Lanka
Q ‘Castling’ is related to which of the following sports?
1 Chess
2 Billiards
3 Tennis
4 Table Tennis
Q A.R. Rahman won Oscars for the movie ‘Slumdog Millionaire’ in the category of ______
1 Best Original Score and Best Original Song
2 Best Sound Mixing
3 Best Foreign Language Film
4 Best Costume Design
Q ‘Kiratarjuniya’ is an epic poem by _____
1 Bharavi
2 Kalidasa
3 Asvaghosh
4 Ved Vyasa
Q Who is the author of the book ‘The Lowland’ ?
1 Jhumpa Lahiri
2 Kiran Desai
3 Sudha Murty
4 Arundhati Roy
Q When did the first Huna invasion take place ?
1 458 AD
2 358 AD
3 258 AD
4 548 AD
Q Who assumed the title of ‘Ksitipasatapatih’ [ Lord of hundred kings ] ?
1 Skandgupta
2 Samudragupta
3 Chandragupta
4 Chanakya