Q The last Nawab of Awadh was ______.
Ans 1. Wajid Ali Shah
2. Mir Jafar
3. Mansur Ali Khan
4. Alivardi Khan
Q The prefix ‘ ____ ‘ is equal to a factor of 1018.
1 atto
2 peta
3 femto
4 exa
Q The prefix ‘ ____ ‘ is equal to a factor of 1018.
1 atto
2 exa
3 peta
4 femto
Q In which year did the first Bengali woman writer Ashapoorna Devi win the Jnanpith Award?
Ans 1. 1974
2. 1976
3. 1975
4. 1973
Q Which is the first month of the Indian national calendar year beginning on 22 March, which is the day after the spring equinox?
Ans 1. Ashwin
2. Chaitra
3. Phalguna
4. Kartika
Q As of 2025, which is the world’s largest drainage basin with an area of about 70,00,000 km2?
Ans 1. Amazon basin
2. Congo basin
3. Amur basin
4. Nile basin
Q Operation ‘Smiling Buddha’ is associated with :
1 India’s first cloned baby
2 India’s first nuclear test
3 India’s first GM crop
4 India’s first HVY seed
Q Who among the following got the honour of becoming the first speaker of the Lok Sabha ?
1 GV Mavalankar
2 S Radhakrishnan
3 M Ananthasayanam Ayyangar
4 Krishna Sinha
Q How many members represented the Indian Princely States in the Constituent Assembly in 1946?
1 81
2 75 93
3 62
4 75
Q To which of the following states does the Aji Lamu folk dance belong?
Ans 1. Assam
2. Tripura
3. Manipur
4. Arunachal Pradesh
Q Who among the following is the author of the novel ‘Oliver Twist’?
Ans 1. Charlotte Bronte
2. Charles Dickens
3. Thomas Hardy
4. EM Forster
Q Which of the following wildlife sanctuaries is located in Goa ?
1 Interview Island Wildlife Sanctuary
2 Bhagwan Mahavir Wildlife Sanctuary
3 Chinnar Wildlife Sanctuary
4 Dandeli Wildlife Sanctuary
Q Who among the following discovered the Microwave ?
1 Henri Bacqueral
2 Pency Spencer
3 Dmitri Mendeleev
4 Wilson Greatbatch
Q In which state is the Thoseghar waterfall located?
Ans 1. Maharashtra
2. Odisha
3. Karnataka
4. Madhya Pradesh
Q In which state is Ranthambore National Park located ?
1 Rajasthan
2 Assam
3 Madhya Pradesh
4 Uttar Pradesh
Q Karaga festival is celebrated in which of the following states ?
1 Tamil Nadu
2 Telangana
3 Karnataka
4 Maharashtra
Q Jute is also known as ___ fibre
1 golden
2 platinum
3 diamond
4 silver
Q Who developed the Integrated Circuit Chip?
1 John McCarthy
2 Robert Noyce
3 Sabeer Bhatia
4 Charles Babbage
Q Among the following famous personalities, whose autobiography is ‘The Road Ahead’?
1 Bill Gates
2 Elon Musk
3 Jeff Bezos
4 Steve Jobs
Q Which of the following was a travel book written by Ibn Battuta in Arabic in the 14th century ?
1 Rihlah
2 Kay Mulkkalauraaj
3 Safarnama
4 Tuhfat an-Nuzzar
Q The festival of ‘Hareli’ is celebrated in which of the following Indian states ?
1 Punjab
2 Chhattisgarh
3 Madhya Pradesh
4 Odisha
Q What is the molecular mass of nitric acid ?
1 45 u
2 36 u
3 63 u
4 70 u
Q Which Article of the Constitution of India provides for ‘equality before law’ ?
1 Article 14
2 Article 19
3 Article 25
4 Article 15
Q Which World heritage Monument has been acclaimed as the ‘Necropolis of the Mughal dynasty ?
1 Humayun’s Tomb
2 Mahabodhi Temple Complex
3 Qutub Minar
4 Red Fort Complex
During India’s independence movement, who was the only President of the Indian National Congress who resigned from the presidency even after being elected?
Ans 1. Dadabhai Naoroji
2. Subhash Chandra Bose
3. Abul Kalam Azad
4. Vallabhbhai Patel
Q Who is the creator of WWW or the world wide web ?
1 Tim Berners Lee
2 Larry Page
3 Sergey Brin
4 H Edward Robert
Q Armed Forces [ Special Powers ] Act ____ , is an Act that granted special powers to the Indian Armed Forces in areas classified as ‘distributed areas’ .
1 1958
2 1962
3 1979
4 1977
Q The First Carnatic War was fought between the ____ and the _____
1 Dutch , English
2 Portuguese , English
3 English , French
4 French , Portuguese
Q Which of the following options is a martial art form associated with Kerala ?
1 Kalaripayattu
2 Thoda
3 Thang-ta
4 Silambam
Q Every bill after being passed by the houses of parliament, either singly or in a joint sitting, is presented to the __________ for his assent.
Ans 1. President
2. Law Minister
3. Chief Justice
4. Prime Minister
Q Which of the following nations hosted the first Asian Games in 1951?
Ans 1. Japan
2. Philippines
3. India
4. Indonesia
Q How many fundamental rights and fundamental duties are prescribed in the Constitution of India?
Ans 1. Seven and eleven, respectively
2. Seven and ten, respectively
3. Six and eleven, respectively
4. Eight and ten, respectively
Q Who wrote the book ‘The Algebra of Infinite Justice’ ?
1 Arundhati Roy
2 Kiran Desai
3 Anita Desai
4 Sudha Murty
Q Who was the first Indian astronaut to travel in space ?
1 Rakesh Sharma
2 Rajesh Sharma
3 Kalpana Chawla
4 Mihir Sen
The ‘Pattachitra’ style of painting is a popular art form associated with the state of:
1. Bihar
2. Rajasthan
3. Odisha
4. Uttar Pradesh
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 Nati
3 Gotipua
4 Laho
Q Which caves is a cultural mix of religious arts of Buddhism , Hinduism and Jainism ?
1 Ellora
2 Badami
3 Karla
4 Elephanta
Q Bandipur National Park is in which state ?
1 Karnataka
2 Odisha
3 Madhya Pradesh
4 Rajasthan
Q Who wrote the book ‘The Argumentative Indian’ ?
1 Amartya Sen
2 Shashi Tharoor
3 Anita Desai
4 VS Naipaul
Q Who was the first Indian women to scale the Mount Everest?
1 Santosh Yadav
2 Bachendri Pal
3 Anshu Jamsenpa
4 Arunima Sinha
Q Under whose advice did Mahatma Gandhi decide to travel throughout India for a year, getting to know the land and its people since arriving in India from South Africa in 1915?
Ans 1. Motilal Nehru
2. Gopal Krishna Gokhale
3. Bal Gangadhar Tilak
4. Subhash Chandra Bose
Q When was the All India Tennis Association (AITA) established in India?
Ans 1. 1912
2. 1934
3. 1956
4. 1920
Q When is Indian Army Day celebrated every year?
Ans 1. 15 January
2. 8 March
3. 5 June
4. 23 October
Q ‘Sericulture’ is related to the :
1 rearing of honey bees
2 rearing of silkworms
3 growing of fruits
4 production of jute
Q Which of the following units is used for measurement of concentration [ of the amount of a substance ] ?
1 mole
2 Tesla
3 Lux
4 Joule
Q Article 80 of the Constitution of India lays down the maximum strength of Rajya Sabha as :
1 250
2 240
3 262
4 238
Q _____ is also known as pantothenic acid .
1 Vitamin B5
2 Vitamin B6
3 Vitamin B2
4 Vitamin B1
Q Who among the following discovered vaccination against anthrax?
1 Maurice Hilleman
2 Edward Jenner
3 Robert Koch
4 Louis Pasteur
Q Which of the following regulatory bodies regulates the insurance sector in India ?
1 FSSAI
2 IRDAI
3 NABARD
4 TRAI
Q Which of the following instruments is used for detecting current in an electric circuit ?
1 Calorimeter
2 Sonometer
3 Galvanometer
4 Manometer
Q ‘Mind Master : Winning Lessons from Champion’s Life‘ is the autobiography of :
1 Pentala Harikrishna
2 Viswanathan Anand
3 Magnus Carlsen
4 Koneru Humpy
Q What is the SI unit of mass ?
1 Miligram
2 Kilogram
3 Gram
4 Centigram
Q The _____ volume of the ‘Akbar Nama‘ is known as ‘Ain-i-Akbari’
1 third
2 secind
3 fourth
4 first
Q Which of the following is called the amphibian of plant kingdom ?
1 Bryophyta
2 Crytogam
3 Thallophyta
4 Phanerogam
Q The Centre for Cultural Resources and Training (CCRT) was setup in __ as an autonomous organisation by the Government of India.
1 1989
2 1969
3 1999
4 1979