Q Raj Ghat is the memorial of _.
1 Indira Gandhi
2 Rajiv Gandhi
3 Mahatma Gandhi
4 Jawaharlal Nehru
Q Who is the main architect of Shri Ram Mandir of Ayodhya?
1 Chitra Vishwanath
2 Chandrakant Bhai Sompura
3 Sashi Prabhu
4 Ram Suthar
Q Who among the following was the first tribal speaker of Lok Sabha ?
1 GV Mavalankar
2 GMC Balayogi
3 PA Sangma
4 Manohar Joshi
Q Phawngpui or the Blue Mount ain is the highest peak in the state of __.
1 Uttarakhand
2 Mizoram
3 Kerala
4 Sikkim
Q India’s total area accounts for about _ of the total geographical area of the
world.
1 2.4 per cent
2 4.4 per cent
3 3.4 per cent
4 1.4 per cent
Q In which two layer of the Earth does the ‘The Gutenberg discontinuity’ lies ?
1 The mantle and the core
2 Upper mantle and transition zone
3 Transition zone and lower mantle
4 Lower mantle and outer core
| Gutenberg Discontinuity | between the mantle and the core |
| Mohorovicic Discontinuity | between the crust and the mantle |
| Repetti Discontinuity | between the lower mantle and the upper mantle |
Q Ponmudi hill station is in _
1 Tamil Nadu
2 Kerala
3 Himachal Pradesh
4 Odisha
Q Which Schedule to the Constitution of India specifies allocation of powers and functions between Union and States?
1 7th
2 3rd
3 5th
4 10th
Q The Drafting Committee of the Indian Constitution had _.
1 seven members
2 six members
3 eight members
4 nine members
Q Which hills are located at the junction of Eastern and Western Ghats?
Ans 1. Nilgiri
2. Palconda
3. Satpura
4. Vindhyas
Q The martial dance form of Punjab is ____
1 Daaga
2 Laaga
3 Panga
4 Baaga
Q In which state of India ‘Chhapar Mela‘ a social festival is organised ?
1 Bihar
2 Jharkhand
3 Punjab
4 Rajasthan
Q Which amendment made it mandatory for the President to give his assent to the Constitutional Amendment bills?
1 24th
2 58th
3 44th
4 28th
Q __ has the lowest record of population density having just 17 per square
kilometre, as per census 2011.
1 Arunachal Pradesh
2 Goa
3 Sikkim
4 Mizoram
Q _____is also known by the name of Amba Vilas .
1 Leh Palace
2 Sanchi Stupa
3 Mysore Palace
4 Hawa Mahal
Q The first English newspaper in India ‘Bengal Gazette’ was started by_________.
1 Richard Wellesley
2 James Augustus Hicky
3 Subash Chandra Bose
4 John Adams
Q Which is the world’s highest plateau ?
1 Tibetan Plateau
2 Chota Nagpur Plateau
3 Meghalaya Plateau
4 Deccan Plataeu
Q Which city is called as mini-Harappa?
1 Sohgura
2 Desalpur
3 Lothal
4 Kot Diji
Q Who is generally referred to as the ”Missile Man of India” ?
1 Dr APJ Abdul Kalam
2 Salim Ali
3 Rajendra Singh
4 Jadav Payeng
Q __ are commonly known as comb jellies.
1 Platyhelminthes
2 Arthropoda
3 Ctenophora
4 Mollusca
Q Which international organisation governs basketball in the world ?
1 IBA
2 RBA
3 FIBA
4 NBA
Q 11 -degree channel divides which of the following group of islands ?
1 Andaman and Nicobar
2 Minicoy and Lakshadweep
3 Maldives and Lakshadweep
4 Amindivi and Cannanore
Q Kaikottikali dance is performed to celebrate which festival?
1 Baisakhi
2 Durga Puja
3 Makar Sankranti
4 Onam
Q Pellagra is caused due to the lack of which of the following vitamins?
1 B1
2 B3
3 A
4 D
Q Talonite is a combination of cobalt and __.
1 chromium
2 zinc
3 copper
4 iron
Q Which among the following is the largest phylum of Animalia?
1 Ctenophora
2 Arthropoda
3 Platyhelminthes
4 Mollusca
Q Who was the first Indian to win the All England Badminton Championship?
1 Prakash Padukone
2 Saina Nehwal
3 Srikanth Kidambi
4 P.V. Sindhu
Q Kanthuri Festival is celebrated in which state of India ?
1 Karnataka
3 Telangana
3 Tamil Nadu
4 Kerala
Q ‘Agriculture’ is a subject is included in which list of the Constitution ?
1 State List
2 Concurrent List
3 Union List
4 Residuary Powers
Q Who has won the most number of Gold Medals in Olympics ?
1 Usain Bolt
2 Michael Phelps
3 Katie Ledecky
4 Chen Long
Q International Kabaddi Federation was founded in which year?
1 2015
2 2004
3 1950
4 2010
Q The sole temple of Lord Brahma is located in which city of India ?
1 Delhi
2 Jaipur
3 Pushkar
4 Udaipur
Q Who was the Viceroy of India at the times of the Dandi March initiated by Gandhiji ?
1 Lord Reading
2 Lord Irwin
3 Lord Linlithgow
4 Lord Willingdon
Q Who among the following Mughal Emperors was called as Darvesh or a Zinda Fakir?
1 Aurangzeb
2 Shah Jahan
3 Humayun
4 Babur
Q On which date did the NITI Aayog replace the Planning Commission?
1 1st of January 2017
2 1st of January 2014
3 1st of January 2016
4 1st of January 2015
Q ‘Ungalil Oruvan’ (One Among You) is the autobiography of which of the following chief ministers?
Ans 1. MK Stalin
2. Pinarayi Vijayan
3. Basavaraj Bommai
4. K Chandrashekhar Rao
Q Which Article of the Indian Constitution mentions about the ‘Promotion of educational and economic interests of Scheduled Castes, Scheduled Tribes and other weaker sections’?
1 Article 45
2 Article 47
3 Article 48
4 Article 46
Q What is the tagline for Punjab National Bank?
1 Good People to Bank With
2 Where India banks
3 The Name You Bank Upon
4 Honours Your Trust
Q Who is the author of ‘Black Beauty’?
1 Charles Dickens
2 Carlo Collodi
3 Mark Twain
4 Anna Sewell
Q Harivarasanam award is given in the field of music by which of the following state governments?
1 Maharashtra
2 Kerala
3 Andhra Pradesh
4 Karnataka
Q Which of the following is NOT written by Jawaharlal Nehru ?
1 An Autobiography
2 A Bunch of Old Letters
3 The Discovery of India
4 The Broken Wing
Q Pushyabhuti dynasty, after Prabhakarvardhana, strengthened its position in the regions of Punjab and Haryana after defeating which of the following dynasties?
1 Chalukyas
2 Hunas
3 Maitrakas
4 Maukharis
Q Which among the following is the lowermost plants of the plant kingdom?
1 Thallophyta
2 Pteridophyta
3 Phanerogamae
4 Bryophyta
Q In which of the following states is the Similipal Biosphere Reserve located?
1 West Bengal
2 Odisha
3 Maharashtra
4 Uttar Pradesh
Q Who was the President of the Congress Session held in Calcutta in 1906?
1 Gopal Krishan Gokhale
2 Dadabhai Naroji
3 Bal Gangadhar Tilak
4 Lala Lajpat Rai
Q All the festivals listed below are festivals of Assam. Of these, which of the following festivals is specifically hosted in the Kamakhya Devi temple in Guwahati?
1 Ambubachi Festival
2 Bihu Festival
3 Baishagu Festival
4 Majuli Festival
Q Tropic of Cancer does NOT pass through which of the following Indian state?
Ans 1. Mizoram
2. Gujarat
3. Tripura
4. Maharashtra
| Tropic of Cancer | 8 [ Gujarat , Rajasthan , Madhya Pradesh , Chhattisgarh , Jharkhand , West Bengal , Tripura and Mizoram ] |
Q One of the most important music forms of Uttarakhand, ________ was originally performed in royal courts.
Ans 1. Maand
2. Somar
3. Thadya
4. Baryi
Q ______ dance is performed only by the unmarried girls of the Malwa community.
Ans 1. Kaksar
2. Saila
3. Phulpati
4. Karma
Q Which article of the Indian Constitution states that the ‘Law declared by Supreme Court is to be binding on all courts’ within the territory of India?
1 Article 127
2 Article 133
3 Article 147
4 Article 141
Q Which television channel presents the IMMIES Awards every year with an aim to reward the best talent in the Indian music industry?
1 9XM
2 MTV
3 Channel V
4 B4U Music
Q The spelling Oriya was replaced by Odia by which Constitutional Amendment Act ?
1 96th Constitutional Amendment Act , 2011
2 21st Constitutional Amendment Act , 1967
3 71st Constitutional Amendment Act , 1992
4 92nd Constitutional Amendment Act , 2003
Q Noble gases belong to which of the following groups of the periodic table?
1 16
2 18
3 13
4 15
Q Who is the Supreme Commander of the defence forces of India?
1 President
2 Chief of Defence
3 Prime Minister
4 Defence Minister
Q Who was the founder of Hyderabad state?
1 Nizam-ul-Mulk Asaf Jah
2 Sa’adat Khan
3 Tipu Sultan
4 Murshid Quli Khan
Q The book ‘Timeless Laxma’ is based on life of which of the following person?
1 O.P. Laxman
2 R.K. Narayan
3 V.V.S. Laxman
4 R.K. Laxman
Q Digestion of food begins in which part of alimentary canal in human beings?
1 Stomach
2 Small intestine
3 Mouth
4 Large intestine
Q In which of the following states/ union territories is the famous Vaishno Devi Shrine located?
1 Jammu & Kashmir
2 Uttar Pradesh
3 Himachal Pradesh
4 Madhya Pradesh
Q The difference between the value of exports and value of imports of goods of a country in a given period of time is known as __.
1 Balance of Trade
2 Balance of payment
3 Balance of currency
4 Balance of invisibles
Q Under which Governor General did Britishers adopt “Policy of Paramountcy”?
1 Lord Dalhousie
2 Lord Clive
3 Lord Cornwallis
4 Lord Hastings
Q Which of the following Sikh reform movements was started in 1873 in Amritsar?
1 Singh Sabha Movement
2 Gurudwara Movement
3 Akali Movement
4 Babbar Akali Movement
Q Military Commanders during the Rule of Akbar were known as _.
1 Kotwal
2 Faujdars
3 Bakhshi
4 Sadr
Q At which temperature are Fahrenheit and Celsius equal?
1 -30
2 -40
3 -10
4 -20
Q Natyanjali Dance Festival pays tribute to which deity?
1 Lord Brahma
2 Lord Vishnu
3 Lord Ganesh
4 Lord Shiva
Q Battle of Plassey was fought between __.
1 Alivardi Khan and British Amry
2 Sirajuddaulah and British Army
3 Mir Qasim and British Army
4 Marathas and British Army
Q Lomas Rishi Cave, constructed for Buddhist monks is located in which state?
1 Bihar
2 Chhattisgarh
3 Jharkhand
4 Madhya Pradesh
Q Folk music sung on the birth of a child in some Indian states like Bihar, Uttar Pradesh, etc. is called _.
1 gari
2 sohar
2 banna
4 kohbar
Q Which plant tissue is responsible for transport of water and minerals from roots to the leaves?
1 Phloem
2 Xylem
3 Stomata
4 Pith
Q Jallikattu-Bull fight takes place in __.
1 Maharashtra
2 Kerala
2 Tamil Nadu
4 Andhra Pradesh
Q Who appoints Judges of Supreme Court and High Court in India?
1 Chief Justice of India
2 President
3 Prime Minister
4 Law Minister
Q Which of the following festivals is associated with the wedding of Goddess Meenakshi celebrated majorly in Tamil Nadu?
Ans 1. Porag
2. Saga Dawa
3. Bihula
4. Chithirai
Q The National Youth Policy 2014 defines youth as population between the ages of and _.
1 15; 25
2 20; 29
3 15; 29
4 10; 19
Q Who was the first Indian to win the Miss Universe title ?
1 Sushmita Sen [ 1994 ]
2 Lara Dutta
3 Harnaaz Sandhu
4 Reita Faria
Q The atmosphere of planet Venus is made up of thick white and yellowish clouds of:
1 nitric acid
2 acetic acid
3 sulphuric acid
4 hydrochloric acid
Q The English version , ”A Comparison between Women and Men” [ Stri Purush Tulana ] is a book originally translated from Marathi and written by ___
1 Tarabhai Shinde
2 Kiran Desai
3 Arundhati Roy
4 Pandita Ramabai
Q Which of the following is an inosilicate amphibole mineral used in highway
construction and as railroad ballast?
1 Hornblende
2 Olivine
3 Shale
4 Geyserite
Q Which among the following is NOT a Maharatna Company in India ?
1 Oil and Natural Gas Corporation [ ONGC ]
2 National Thermal Power Corporation Limite [ NTPC ]
3 Gas Authority of India Limited [ GAIL ]
4 Hindustan Copper Limited [ HCL ]
| Maharatna Companies | Coal India Limited [ CIL ] , Bharat Petroleum Corporation Limited [ BPCL ] , National Thermal Power Corporation Limited [ NTPC ] , Oil and Natural Gas Corporation [ ONGC ] , Steel Authority of India Limited [ SAIL ] , Indian Oil Corporation Limited [ IOCL ] , Hindustan Petroleum Corporation Limited [ HPCL ] , Gas Authority of India Limited [ GAIL ] , Power Grid Corporation of India [ POWER GRID ] , Bharat Heavy Electricals Limited [ BHEL ] , Power Finance Corporation [ PFC ] , Oil India Limited [ OIL ] and Hindustan Aeronautics Limited [ HAL ] |
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