Q Who founded Arya Women’s Society/Arya Mahila Samaj at Pune in 1882?
1 Tarabai Shinde
2 Pandita Ramabai Saraswati
3 Savitribai Phule
4 Fatima Sheikh
Q ‘Waghya Murali’ dance, associated with Lord Khandoba, originated in which state of India?
1 Maharashtra
2 Rajasthan
3 Bihar
4 Gujarat
Q Hammer , anvil , stirrup are all parts of a human’s _____
1 Heart
2 Stomach
3 Ear
4 Nose
Q Which is the highest peak located in Himachal Pradesh ?
1 Reo Purgyil
2Mount Deomali
3 Kalsubai
3 Sonsogor
Q Which of the following Indian football players is nicknamed as ‘Sikkimese Sniper’?
Ans 1. Sandesh Jhingan
2. Bhaichung Bhutia
3. Subrata Pal
4. Sunil Chhetri
Q Project Snow Leopard was launched in India in ________.
Ans 1. 2014
2. 2012
3. 2009
4. 2006
Q Who is the author of the book ‘A Suitable Boy’?
Ans 1. Devdutt Pattanaik
2. Vikram Seth
3. Arundhati Roy
4. Khushwant Singh
Q Which state has the longest coastline in India ?
1 Kerala
2 Odisha
3 Gujarat
4 Maharashtra
Q Which of the following was the first fort by English East India Company in India ?
1 Fort William
2 Fort St George
3 Sewri Fort
4 Masulipatnam
Q Which of the following books is written by Sudha Murthy?
Ans 1. Interpreter of Maladies
2. Unaccustomed Earth
3. The Namesake
4. Mahashweta
Q Beri-Beri is caused by the deficiency of which type of vitamin ?
1 Vitamin B1
2 Vitamin B12
3 Vitamin B6
4 Vitamin B3
Q The Gurjara-Pratihara dynasty was founded by __ in the region of Malwa in the
eighth century.
1 Dhruva
2 Vatsaraja
3 Mihira Bhoja
4 Nagabhata I
Q UPSC is a Constitutional Body to conduct examinations for appointments to the services of the Union and the services of the State, respectively, under Article ________.
Ans 1. 332
2. 328
3. 324
4. 320
Q The tagline of the UCO Bank is ____
1 Good People to bank with
2 Honours Yours Trust
3 Faithful and Friendly
4 Where every individual is committed
Q Where was the Formula One 2013 Indian Grand Prix held?
1 Chicane Circuit
2 Madras Motor Race Track
3 Buddh International Circuit
4 Kari Motor Speedway
Q Gol Gumbaz was designed by ?
1 Geroge Witter
2 Ustad Ahmed of Lahouri
3 Henry Irwin
4 Yaqut of Dabul
Q The SI unit of power of lens is :
1 Dioptre
2 kWh
3 Joule
4 Watt
Q Which of the following newspapers was edited by Dadabhai Naoroji ?
1 Mahratta
2 Samvad Kaumudi
3 Shom Prakash
4 Rast Goftar
Q Which of the following festival is celebrated in Odisha ?
1 Hornbill
2 Chappar Mela
3 Bonalu
4 Bali Trutiya
Q In basketball, a free-throw is worth how many points?
1 1
2 4
3 2
4 3
Q Who among the following emphasised the worship of God as Nirankar (formless) in
Punjab, India?
1 Baba Ram Singh
2 Baba Dayal Das
3 Guru Gobind Singh
4 Maharaja Ranjit Singh
Q In which year the Communist Party was formed in India ?
1 1940
2 1927
3 1925
4 1932
Q Who among the following Chahamana ruler defeated Sultan Muhammad Ghori in
1191?
1 Prithviraja III
2 Jaya Pala
3 Durlabharaja III
4 Ajayaraja II
Q In which state is the hill station Matheran located ?
1 Maharashtra
2 West Bengal
3 Madhya Pradesh
4 Himachal Pradesh
Q Who among the following is the architect of the World Heritage site, Chhatrapati
Shivaji Terminus in Mumbai?
1 Henry Irwin
2 FW Stevens
3 George Wittet
4 William Emerson
Q Which of the following statements about the Summer Olympics of 2012 is CORRECT ?
1 Athens hosted the Summer Olympics of 2012
2 London hosted the Summer Olympics of 2012
3 Beijing hosted the Summer Olympics of 2012
4 Paris hosted the Summer Olympics of 2012
Q In which of the following states is the festival called ‘Kharchi Puja’, involving the worship of 14 deities in 7 days, traditionally celebrated?
Ans 1. Tripura
2. Odisha
3. Kerala
4. Jharkhand
Q Ganga Sagar Mela is conducted at the mouth of the river Hooghly in __.
1 West Bengal
2 Bihar
3 Goa
4 Andhra Pradesh
Q The National Diamond Institute is located at :
1 Surat
2 Gandhinagar
3 Hyderabad
4 Shimla
Q Who was the President of Indian National Congress at the time of Independence of India ?
1 JB Kripalani
2 Maulana Abul Kalam Azad
3 Badruddin Tyabji
4 WC Banerjee
Q Which place was called the ‘nursery of bengal army’ ?
1 Awadh
2 Satara
3 Jhansi
4 Meerut
Q Which of the following is the highest gravity dam in India?
1 Hirakund Dam
2 Bhakra Dam
3 Sardar Sarovar Dam
4 Mettur Dam
Q ‘The White Tiger provides’ a darkly humorous perspective of India’s class struggle in a
globalised world. It is written by __.
1 Vikram Seth
2 Amitav Ghosh
3 Shashi Tharoor
4 Aravind Adiga
Q Subansiri, Jia Bharali, Dhansiri and Puthimari are the major tributaries of which river?
1 Mahanadi
2 Godavari
3 Bhagirathi
4 Brahmaputra
Q The book ‘Every Child Matters’ is written by :
1 Kailash Satyarthi
2 Chetan Bhagat
3 Jawahar Lal Nehru
4 Arun Shourie
Q Maand folk music related to which state ?
1 Madhya Pradesh
2 Uttar Pradesh
3 Rajasthan
4 Jharkhand
Q Bidar Fort is situated in which state of India?
1 Meghalaya
2 Gujarat
3 Rajasthan
4 Karnataka
Q Guru Ghasidas led which of the following movements to improve the social condition of leather workers in British India?
Ans 1. Satyashodhak Samaj
2. Satnami Movement
3. Aravipuram Movement
4. Nirankari Movement
Q Who among the following is the first singer to be presented with India’s highest
civilian honour, the Bharat Ratna?
1 Bismillah Khan
2 Ustad Ali Akbar Khan
3 Madurai Shanmukhavadivu Subbulakshmi
4 Hariprasad Chaurasia
Q Th invention of crescograph is associated with which of the following scientists of India ?
1 Homi J Bhabha
2 Meghnad Saha
3 Jagdishchandra Bose
4 Satyendranath Bose
Q The Tripartite struggle happened among the Palas, the Pratiharas and the _.
1 Rashtrakutas
2 Maukharis
3 Chandelas
4 Chalukyas
Q The core of the earth is mainly made up of __.
1 nickel and silica
2 nickel and iron
3 silica and magnesium
4 silica and alumina
Q Who launched the Golden Quadrilateral Project ?
1 Atal Bihari Vajpayee
2 Manmohan Singh
3 Narendra Modi
4 Jawahar Lal Nehru
The Golden Quadrilateral Project was launched in 2001 by Atal Vihari Vajpayee . It connects the four major cities of Delhi , Mumbai ,Chennai and Kolkata
Q Which President of USA was awarded the Noble Peace Prize in 2009 to strengthen international diplomacy and cooperation between people ?
1 Barack Obama
2 Bill Clinton
3 Ronald Reagan
4 George Bush
Q Who started White Revolution in India ?
1 Verghese Kurian
2 MS Swaminathan
3 Dietrich Brandis
4 Sam Pitroda
Q According to the 2011 census , the total percentage of Muslims in India is ______
1 14.2 %
2 18.2 %
3 21.2 %
4 10.2 %
Q Who introduced the practice of Sijda and Paibos in the court ?
1 Balban
2 Alauddin Khilji
3 Qutub -din-Aibak
4 Iltutmish
Q The Temperate grasslands of South Africa are called ?
1 Velds
2 Pampas
3 Prairies
4 Downs
Q ‘Doddabetta’ is the highest peak of which mountain range ?
1 Nilgiri
2 Aravalli
3 Vindhya
4 Satpura
Q Which product received the first geographical indication [ GI ] tag in India ?
1 Darjeeling Tea
2 Dindigul Locks
3 Kandhamal Haldi
4 Kandagi Saree
Q Nur Jahan was the wife of which Mughal emperor ?
1 Jahangir
2 Akbar
3 Shah Jahan
4 Humayun
Q The first man who place his foot on the moon is ________
1 Major Yuri Gagarin
2 Neil Armstrong
3 Dennis Tito
4 Mathew Webb
Q Who discovered Oxygen ?
1 Carl Scheele
2 Daniel Rutherford
3 Henry Cavendish
4 Humphry Davy
Q The term ‘Protozoa’ was coined by __.
1 Goldfuss
2 Robert Grant
3 Lamarck
4 Charles Darwin
Q Who was the founder of the Shuddhi Movement ?
1 Swami Dayanand Saraswati
2 Raja Ram Mohan Roy
3 Atmaram Pandurang
4 Debendranath Tagore
Q The 86th Amendment Act , 2002 inserted which article in the Constitution of India ?
1 Article 21-A
2 Article 22
3 Article 18
4 Article 17
Q The number of parliamentary seats [ Lok Sabha ] in Karnataka ?
1 28
2 25
3 26
4 29
Q Musa paradisiaca is commonly known as ______.
Ans 1. apple
2. watermelon
3. Guava
4. Banana
Q In which of the following countries is the headquarters of ICC (International Cricket Council) located?
Ans 1. The UAE
2. India
3. Australia
4. The UK
Q ‘A Promised Land’ is a book by _______.
Ans 1. Nelson Mandela
2. Barack Obama
3. Adolf Hitler
4. Mahatma Gandhi
Q Into how many books (Mandalas) is the Rigveda divided?
Ans 1. 16
2. 10
3. 5
4. 13
Q In which of the following states is the Pakke Tiger Reserve located?
Ans 1. Arunachal Pradesh
2. Assam
3. Mizoram
4. Andhra Pradesh
Q Which of the following hill stations is NOT in Uttarakhand?
1 Daringbadi
2 Nainital
3 Chakrata
4 Mussoorie
Q Which Article of the Constitution of India deals with the organization of village
panchayat?
1 Article 38
2 Article 45
3 Article 40
4 Article 36