Q In which Indian state is the Barabati Fort located?
1 Kerala
2 West Bengal
3 Maharashtra
4 Odisha
Q ”The Fall of a Sparrow” is an autobiography of ____
1 Salim Ali
2 Raj Kapoor
3 Kapil Dev
4 Atal Bihari Vajpayee
Q What is the state flower of Manipur ?
1 Shirui Lily
2 Lotus or Water Lily
3 Rohida
4 Jasmine
Q The first Defence minister of independent India was:
Ans 1. C Rajagopalachari
2. Baldev Singh
3. Shri Jagjivan Ram
4. Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel
Q _____ are often referred to as the amphibians of the plant kingdom .
1 Bryophyta
2 Phanerogamae
3 Pteridophyta
4 Thallophyta
Q Originated from the folk songs of ancient Punjab , ___ often depicts the plight of a lover
1 Tappa
2 Jugni
3 Jhoda
4 Bhangra
Q Who among the following personalities is well known for his Bhoodan and Sarvodaya Movement ?
1 Syed Ahmed Khan
2 Syama Prasad Mukherjee
3 Aurobindo Ghosh
4 Acharya Vinobha Bhave
Q Which of the following is the highest peak of Sri Lanka ?
1 Pidurutalagala
2 Gangkhar Puensum
3 Mount Hkakabo
4 Mount Noshaq
Q Who is known as the father of Blue Revolution in India?
1 Verghese Kurien
2 Sam Pitroda
3 Hiralal Chaudhuri
4 M.S. Swaminathan
Q Pin valley National park is situated in:
1 Andhra Pradesh
2 Arunachal Pradesh
3 Himachal Pradesh
4 Madhya Pradesh
Q Blue jay or Indian Roller is the state bird of how many Indian states?
1 4
2 5
3 2
4 3
| Blue Jay [ or Indian Roller ] | Karnataka , Odisha and Telangana |
Q Who was the first person to receive Nobel prize in the field of Physics ?
1 Linus Pauling
2 Jean Henry Dunant
3 Wilhelm Conrad Rontgen
4 Wangari Maathai
Q _ is the study of ancient plants, like mosses, that grow in moist, humid environments.
1 Ethnobotany
2 Bryology
3 Palynology
4 Dendrology
Q Book ‘A brief history of time’ is written by:
1 John Green
2 J K Rowling
3 Suzame Colling
4 Stephen Hawking
Q Which of the following writs provides a remedy for a person who has been unlawfully held in prison?
1 Certiorari
2 Habeas Corpus
3 Mandamus
4 Prohibition
Q The Dargah of Sheikh Khwaja Qutubuddin Bakhtiyar Kaki is located in:
1 Ajmer
2 Ajodhan
3 Delhi
4 Agra
Q Which of the following pairs is INCORRECTLY matched?
1 Colosseum – Italy
2 Chichen Itza – Brazil
3 Petra – Jordan
4 Machu Picchu – Peru
| Seven Wonders of the World | Petra [ Jordan ] , Colosseum [ Italy ] , Machu Picchu [ Peru ] , Chichen Itza [ Mexico ] , Taj Mahal [ Agra , India ] , Christ the Redeemer [ Brazil ] , The Great Wall of China [ China ] |
Q Who was the President of Congress during Belgaum Summit of Congress in 1924?
1 K.L. Nehru
2 Charu Majumdar
3 J.L. Nehru
4 M.K. Gandhi
Q Who built the magnificent cave temples ‘Ratha’ in Mahabalipuram ?
1 Maharana Pratap Singh
2 Narsimha
3 Akbar
4 Ashoka
Q With reference to the steel plants in India, which of the following pairs is CORRECT ?
1 Durgapur – Odisha
2 Salem – Tamil Nadu
3 Rourkela – West Bengal
4 Bokaro – Bihar
| Steel Plants in India | Bokaro Steel Plant [ Jharkhand ] , Rourkela Steel Plant [ Odisha ] , Durgapur Steel Plant [ West Bengal ] , Salem Steel Plant [ Tamil Nadu ] |
Q Muga silk is associated to which of the following states of India?
1 Assam
2 Bihar
3 Arunachal Pradesh
4 Maharashtra
Q Einstein was awarded the Nobel Prize for:
1 Theory of relativity
2 Theory of photoelectric effect
3 Theory of specific heat
4 Theory of Brownian motion
Q Graphene is :
1 Isotope of boron
2 An alloy of iron
3 Allotrope of Carbon
4 An alloy of tin
Q Pandit Budhaditya Mukherjee is associated with which of the following musical instruments?
Ans 1. Tabla
2. Sitar
3. Veena
4. Flute
Q Which article of Indian constitution deals with discrimination against any Indian citizen on various grounds?
1 Article 11
2 Article 19
3 Article 13
4 Article 15
Q Silver Fiber Revolution is associated to:
1 Leather
2 Oil seeds
3 Jute
4 Cotton
Q The Indian Standard Time is calculated from the clock tower of __.
1 Hamirpur
2 Rampur
3 Mirzapur
4 Sambalpur
Q Who among the following was the first Indian woman to swim across the English Channel?
1 Arati Saha
2 Ujwala Rai
3 Nisha Millet
4 Karnam Malleswari
Q The name of UTI Bank was changed to __ in 2007 .
1 HDFC Bank
2 IDBI Bank
3 Centurion Bank
4 Axis Bank
Q Captain Hawkins and Sir Thomas Roe visited India during the reign of ____
1 Humayun
2 Akbar
3 Jahangir
4 Babur
Q Which party government announced the formation of a second backward classes
commission in 1978?
1 Indian National Congress Party
2 Bharatiya Janata Party
2 Janata Party
4 United Democratic Party
Q Who became the Nawab of Bengal after Alivardi Khan ?
1 Sarfaraaz Khan
2 Shuj-ud-din Muhammad Khan
3 Siraj-ud-Daulah
4 Mir Zafar
Q Who among the following was popularly known as the ‘parrot of India’?
1 Tansen
2 Ibn Battuta
3 Amīr Khosrow
4 Ziauddin Barani
Q Which of the following committes recommended inclusion of fundamental duties?
1 Tarapore Committee
2 Radha Krishnan Committee
3 Balwantrai Mehta Committee
4 Swaran Singh Committee
Q Which of the following temple is built by Rastrakutas Dynasty?
1 Kailash Temple
2 Adi Kumbeswarar
3 Brihadeshwara Temple
4 Chennakeshava Temp
Q In which field ‘Saraswati Samman’ award is given?
1 Music
2 Literature
3 Journalism
4 Dance
Q Who among the following Indian personalities is also known as ‘Young Turk’?
1 Chandra Shekhar
2 Bhagat Singh
3 Lala Lajpat Rai
4 Bal Gangadhar Tilak
Q Which of the following is NOT a nuclear power station?
1 Ramagundam
2 Rawat Bhata
3 Naraura
4 Kalpakkam
| Nuclear Power Plants in India | Kaiga [ Karnataka ] , Kakrapar [ Gujarat ] , Kudankulam [ Tamil Nadu ] , Kalpakkam [ Tamil Nadu ] , Tarapur [ Maharashtra ] , Narora [ Uttar Pradesh ] and Rajasthan Nuclear Power Plant [ Rawatbhata , Rajasthan ] |
Q In which year did the Indian Premier League [ IPL ] start?
1 2008
2 2007
3 2009
4 2013
Q First time in which year did Edmund Hillary and Tenzing Norgay conquer the world’s highest mountain peak Mount Everest ?
1 1953 AD
2 1965 AD
3 1958 AD
4 1961 AD
Q ‘Unbreakable’ is the autobiography of ____
1 Mary Kom
2 Sania Mirza
3 Mike Tyson
4 PT Usha
Q Car moving on a straight road is an example of ____ motion .
1 periodic
2 random
3 rectilinear
4 curvilinear
Q The Contingency Fund of India is established under which Article of the Indian Constitution ?
1 Article 267
2 Article 148
3 Article 76
4 Article 324
Q At which session of Congress was the first foreign leader to chaired ?
1 Allahabad [ George Yule ]
2 Madras
3 Bombay
4 Kanpur
| First English President [ Foreign ] of the Indian National Congress | George Yule [ 1888 , Allahabad Session ] |
Q The mouth of Mollusca contains a file-like rasping organ for feeding which is called ____
1 chitinous
2 radula
3 parapodia
4 coelomate
Q Who was the founder of Kalchuri dynasty?
1 Kokalla I
2 Vasudev Kanva
3 Vijayalaya
4 Simuka
Q Which Schedule of Indian Constitution was added by the 74th Constitutional Amendment Act ?
1 Twelfth
2 Tenth
3 Ninth
4 Eighth
12 Schedule of the Indian Constitution deals with the provisions that specify the powers , authority and responsibilities of Municipalities . This schedule was added by the 74th Amendment Act of 1992 . It has 18 matters
Q Over how many Indian states does the Deccan Plateau extend?
1 7
2 8
3 5
4 6
| Deccan Plateau extends over Eight States | Telangana | Maharashtra | Andhra Pradesh | Karnataka | Kerala | Tamil Nadu |
Q When was the Lucknow Pact Signed by the Muslim League and the Indian National
Congress?
1 1916
2 1925
3 1919
4 1905