Q The first woman Secretary General of SAARC is from which country ?
1 Maldives [ Fathimath Dhiyana Saeed ]
2 India
3 Bhutan
4 Sri Lanka
Q Which is the highest peak in Bihar ?
1 Deomali
2 Sonsagar
3 Kalsubai
4 Someshwar
Q How many women representatives did the Constituent Assembly have?
1 15
2 10
3 12
4 14
Q Gangaur Festival is celebrated in honour of the Goddess __ mostly by the
womenfolk of Rajasthan.
1 Sita
2 Lakshmi
3 Parvati
4 Durga
Q In which of the following dance forms women imitate parrots as part of the performance ?
1 Bhagoria
2 Suwa
3 Jawara
4 Tertali
Q Who wrote the book ‘The Quest for Equity in Development’?
1 Manmohan Singh
2 Shashi Tharoor
3 Amartya Sen
4 IK Gujral
Q The ___came to be known as the Dutch Palace .
1 Hawa Mahal
2 Mattancherry Palace
3 Mysore Palace
4 Leh Palace
Q Which part of human ear collects sound from its surrounding ?
1 Pinna
2 Anvil
3 Cochlea
4 Hammer
Q The Guindy National Park is located in :
1 Andhra Pradesh
2 Telangana
3 Tamil Nadu
4 Himachal Pradesh
Q Which among the following music is NOT associated with Uttar Pradesh ?
1 Rasiya
2 Tappa
3 Kajri
4 Birha
Q ‘India : The Future is Now’ is written by ____
1 Shashi Tharoor
2 Natwar Singh
3 Amish Tripathi
4 Arundhati Roy
Q The first Indian to swim across English channel was ___
1 Mihir Sen
2 GV Mavlankar
3 G Shankar Kurup
4 C Rajgopalachari
Q Kishtwar National Park is located in:
1 Jharkhand
2 Jammu and Kashmir
3 Himachal Pradesh
4 Uttarakhand
Q Which is the first month of Indian National Calendar ?
1 Chaitra
2 Phalguna
3 Kartika
4 Ashvin / Ashwin
Q The hill station of Kalimpong is situated in _____
1 West Bengal
2 Sikkim
3 Arunachal Pradesh
4 Maharashtra
Q ‘Tolu Bommalata’ (leather shadow puppet show) is a traditional art form from the state of:
Ans 1. Tamil Nadu
2. Andhra Pradesh
3. Karnataka
4. Kerala
Q The ‘Dhangari Gaja’ traditional folk dance belongs to which of the following states ?
1 Madhya Pradesh
2 Maharashtra
3 Meghalaya
4 Manipur
Q The __ is the site of the complete digestion of carbohydrates, proteins and fats.
1 small intestine
2 large intestine
3 liver
4 food pipe
Q How many rock-cut caves and temples are there at Ajanta?
1 15
2 31
3 30
4 20
Q The famous collection of animal fables written by Vishnu Sharma is known as ____
1 Panchatantra
2 Jataka
3 Kathasarit Sagar
4 Hitopadesha
Q The Prarthana Samaj was established in __ in Bombay.
1 1867
2 1865
3 1869
4 1871
Q Khadar and Bhangar are types of ____ soil
1 Red
2 Alluvial
3 Laterite
4 Black
Q Which is the smallest union territory of India area-wise?
Ans 1. Puducherry
2. Lakshwadeep
3. Andaman and Nicobar Island
4. Dadra & Nagar Haveli and Daman and Diu
Q Who was the first captain of India Hockey Team in Olympics?
1 Lal Bokhari
2 Jaipal Singh Munda
3 Krishan Lal
4 Dhyan Chand
Q In which of the following states of India does the ‘Sonepur Cattle Fair’ take place?
1 Bihar
2 Madhya Pradesh
3 Jharkhand
4 Uttar Pradesh
Q Buddha Purnima, celebrated by the devotees of Gautam Buddha, is celebrated in the
Hindu month of ___.
1 Chaitra
2 Vaisakha
3 Phalguna
4 Magha
Q The Great Stupa of Sanchi was built during the reign of which of the following kings?
1 Chandragupta
2 Ashoka
3 Bindusara
4 Brihadratha
Q Which among the following languages was added to the list of official language in the Indian Constitution in 1967 ?
1 Sindhi
2 Bengali
3 Tamil
4 Telugu
Q The line that separates crust from the mantle is known as___________
1 Andrij’s discontinuity
2 Moho’s discontinuity
3 Comp’s discontinuity
4 Magma’s discontinuity
Q Nalanda University was established by __ in the 5th century.
1 Skandagupta
2 Chandragupta II
3 Kumaragupta
4 Samudragupta
Q The fundamental duties are defined under which Article of the Indian Constitution?
1 53A
2 50A
3 51A
4 52A
Q The Parliamentary form of government is also referred to as the __ model.
1 Theocracy
2 Westminster
3 Plutocracy
4 Communist
Q Bats search out prey and fly in dark night by emitting and detecting reflections of which type of Sound waves ?
1 Sonic Waves
2 Hypersonic Waves
3 Subsonic Waves
4 Ultrasonic Waves
Q The birthplace of the tenth and last guru of Sikhs Guru Gobind Singh is ___
1 Patna Sahib
2 Nankana Sahib
3 Lahore
4 Amritsar
Q Who among the following was the founder of the Vakataka Dynasty?
1 Pravarasena I
2 Vindhyashakti
3 Pravarasena II
4 Prabhavatigupta
Q Rukmini Devi Arundale and T Balasaraswati are the famous dancer of _____
1 Bharatanatyam
2 Kathak
3 Manipuri
4 Sattriya
Q Fundamental Rights was borrowed from the Constitution of .
Ans 1. United Kingdom
2. South Africa
3. Germany
4. The United States of America
Q Which of the following is called the Powerhouse of the cell ?
1 Mitochondria
2 Lysosomes
3 Plasma membrane
4 RBC
Q Which article of the Constitution of India abolishes the concept of ‘untouchability’ and
prohibits its practice in any shape or form?
1 16
2 15
3 17
4 14
Q Which among the following instruments is used to measure the humidity of the air or a
gas?
1 Hygrometer
2 Anemometer
3 Bolometer
4 Hydrometer
Q In India , who is known as the highest law officer ?
1 Attorney General of India
2 President of India
3 Comptroller and Auditor General of India
4 Advocate General of the State
Q A cyclone is known by different names in different parts of the world. It is called a ‘hurricane’ in _____
1 North America
2 Japan
3 Australia
4 India
Q Who gave the title of ‘Raja’ to Ranjit Singh ?
1 Zaman Shah
2 Diwan Shah
3 Lord Lake
4 King of Kashmir
Q Who was the last Governor General of Bengal ?
1 William Bentick
2 Warren Hastings
3 Lord Canning
4 Lord Cornwallis
Q Which is the second highest mountain peak in the world ?
1 Godwin Austen / K2 [ 8,611 m ]
2 Kangchenjunga
3 Lhotse
4 Makalu
Q ‘Yakshagana’ folk dance is associated to which Indian state ?
1 Karnataka
2 Assam
3 Bihar
4 Rajasthan
Q What is the other name of Sodium carbonate ?
1 Washing Soda
2 Baking Soda
3 Baking Power
4 No option is correct
Q Which Mughal emperor introduced the ‘Halo’ in Mughal painting ?
1 Jahangir
2 Babur
3 Humayun
4 Akbar
Q National Flag of Bangladesh was designed by ______
1 Kamrul Hassan / Quamrul Hassan
2 Kazi Nazrul Islam
3 Ziaur Rahman
4 Nandalal Bose
Q Octopus is an the example of Phylum _____
1 Mollusca
2 Arthropoda
3 Hemichordata
4 Echinodermata
Q Who built Badshahi Mosque at Lahore ?
1 Aurangzeb
2 Akbar
3 Shah Jahan
4 Humayun
Q Which amendment restricted the size of Council of Minister to 15 % of the total size of the house ?
1 91st
2 74th
3 86th
4 61st