Q Reis Magos Fort is in _
1 Andaman and Nicobar Islands
2 Goa
3 Kerala
4 Pondicherry
Q United Progressive Alliance [ UPA ] was founded in ?
1 2002
2 2003
3 2004
4 2005
Q ‘Chandrabhaga Fair’ is organised in which of the following districts of Rajasthan ?
1 Jaipur
2 Jhalawar
3 Jaisalmer
4 Ajmer
Q The first author to receive the ‘Bharatiya Jnanpith Award’ was ?
1 of Malayalam literature
2 of Hindu literature
3 of Bengali literature
4 of Kannada literature
Q Who among the following has given the concept of Human Development ?
1 Amartya Sen
2 Mahbub-ul-Haq
3 Sukbamoy Chakravarty
4 GS Chaddha
Q Who was the first Indian to qualify for the ICS (Indian Civil Service) during the British rule?
1 Satyendranath Tagore
2 Shadi Lal Aggarwal
3 Gurusaday Dutt
4 RC Dutt
Q How much was the approximate gap percentage between the literacy rates of male and females at the national level as per Census 2001?
1 17.2%
2 30.8%
3 21.6 %
4 12.3%
The gap in male-female literacy rates was decreased from 24.84 % points in 1991 to 21.70 % in 2001 . In 2011 , the gap in male-female literacy rates was reduced to 16.68 % points in 2011
Q Consider one of the best in India . Temi Tea garden is the only tea estate in the state of :
1 Sikkim
2 West Bengal
3 Assam
4 Odisha
Q In India , Black Revolution is associated with self dependence in the production of _______
1 Crude petroleum
2 Oil seeds production
3 Black box
4 No option is correct
Q Who was the second son of Mughal Emperor Babur?
1 Dara Shikoh
2 Sultan Daulat Afza
3 Kamran Mirza
4 Murad Bakhsh
Q According to Indian government archives, Qutab Minar (Qutub Minar) was built approximately in the year _
1 1193
2 1220
3 1012
4 1068
Q Which of the phylum Jellyfish belongs to?
1 Rotifers
2 Annelida
3 Cnidaria
4 Echinoderm
Q How many chambers are there in the heart of fishes?
Ans 1. 4
2. 2
3. 3
4. 1
Q Which of the following is the second-largest planet in our solar system?
1 Jupiter
2 Venus
3 Neptune
4 Saturn
| Solar System | Jupiter > Saturn > Uranus > Neptune > Earth > Venus > Mars > Mercury |
Q Which of the following pigment is responsible for the red color of the tomato?
1 Anthocyanin
2 Carotenoids
3 Xanthophylls
4 Lycopene
Q The Swaythling Cup is related to which of the following Sports/games ?
1 Chess
2 Table Tennis
3 Badminton
4 Golf
Q Which of the following Table Tennis World Championship events was held in India?
1 17th World Championships, 1950
2 19th World Championships, 1952
3 20th World Championships, 1953
4 18th World Championships, 1951
| India has hosted the World Table Tennis Championships three times | 1952 [ Mumbai ] , 1975 [ Kolkata ] , 1987 [ New Delhi ] |
Q ‘The Life Divine’, ‘The Synthesis of Yoga’ and ‘Savitri’ are the popular works of which of the following extremist freedom fighters of India?
1 Lala Lajpat Rai
2 Aurobindo Ghosh
3 Bal Gangadhar Tilak
4 Bipin Chandra Pal
Q ‘Kashida’ is a type of embroidery that is famous in which Indian state ?
1 Punjab
2 West Bengal
3 Jammu And Kashmir
4 Rajasthan
Q Mera Houchongba is an important festival to celebrate peace in which Indian state?
1 Assam
2 Manipur
3 Chhattisgarh
4 Jharkhand
Q In which of the following State/Union Territory Thikse Monastery is located?
1 Ladakh
2 Nagaland
3 Sikkim
4 Manipur
Q What is the atomic number of Ferrous?
1 27
2 26
3 28
4 29
Q The Ragi tradition of Shabad Kirtan was started under the patronage of :
1 Guru Arjan Dev
2 Guru Gobind Singh
3 Guru Ram Das
4 Guru Tegh Bahadur
Q Who among the following pioneering Bengali women serialised her autobiography ‘Amar Katha’ between 1910 and 1919 ?
1 Binodini Dasi
2 Rassundari Debi
3 Kailashbashini Devi
4 Begum Rokeya Sakhawat Hossain
Q Which of the following cell organelles helps process and package proteins and lipid
molecules?
1 Ribosome
2 Golgi apparatus
3 Lysosome
4 Mitochondria
Q In which year Swami Vivekananda participate in the Parliament of the World’s Religions ?
1 1893 AD
2 1873 AD
3 1883 AD
4 1863 AD
Q Which of the following was the UK’s first Indian MP?
1 Nirj Deva
2 Dadabhai Naoroji
3 Raja Ram Mohan Roy
4 C. Rajagopalachari
Q What is the chemical formula of Benzene?
1 C6H8
2 C6H6
3 CH4
4 CHO3
Q During the reign of Akbar , his courtier Dasvant was well known for his skills in :
1 painting
2 archery
3 music
4 revenue administration
Q Baagh Naach of Odisha is performed in the Hindu month of ___
1 Chaitra
2 Bhadra
3 Phalguna
4 Baishak
Q Corundum and Cryolite are important ores of which of the following metals?
1 Aluminium
2 Iron
3 Silver
4 Tin
Q Which of the following is a religious and artistic dance which is done in honor of Lord Subrahmanya?
1 Gambhira
2 Mayil Attam
3 Kachchhi Ghodi
4 Singhi Chaam
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 This is the fourth color of the rainbow is __
1 Violet
2 Red
3 Green
4 Yellow
| Rainbow colors | Red , Orange , Yellow , Green , Blue , Indigo and Violet |
Q In which classical dance forms the performance includes a Sutradhara or Nattuvanar who is the conductor of the entire performance?
1 Kuchipudi
2 Bharatnatyam
3 Kathak
4 Odissi
Q The concept of ‘Navratnas’ was evolved in which year Union Budget ?
1 1997-98
2 1999-2000
3 1990-91
4 1995-96
Q The white blood cells in human blood are also called:
1 melanocytes
2 leukocytes
3 erythrocytes
4 granulocytes
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 Part XVII of the Constitution of India deals with the official language in Articles 343 to
__.
1 349
2 356
3 351
4 352
Q Jhaveri Sisters are famous for which form of classical dance?
1 Odissi
2 Mohiniyattam
3 Kuchipudi
4 Manipuri
Q The world famous painting ‘The Last Judgement’ was created by which painter ?
1 Michelangelo
2 Leonardo da Vinci
3 Raphael
4 Van Gogh
Q Gangaur festival is mainly celebrated in which of the following Indian states?
1 Himachal Pradesh
2 Maharashtra
3 Rajasthan
4 Odisha
Q Which leader formed ‘India Home Rule Society‘ in London ?
1 Shyamji Krishna Varma
2 Gopal Krishna Gokhale
3 Lala Lajpat Rai
4 Annie Besant
Q Al-Masudi , a resident of Baghdad , had visited India in whose reign ?
1 Mahipala
2 Rambhadra
3 Mihir bhoj
4 Mahendra Pal
Q Thunder Cloud happens in which layer of the atmosphere ?
1 Troposphere
2 Stratosphere
3 Ionosphere
4 Ozonosphere
Q What is the shape of the guard cells which enclose stomata ?
1 Kidney shaped
2 Oval
3 Triangular
4 Rectangular
Q ____ prevents the Panchayat from doing doing wrong things like misusing money or favouring certain people.
1 Gram Sabha
2 District Collector
3 Sarpanch
4 Secretary
Q The atoms of the elements having same difference between mass number and atomic number are called _______
1 Isotones
2 Isobar
3 Isotopes
4 No option is correct
Q Which of the following article of the Indian constitution talks about upholding andprotecting the sovereignty, unity, and integrity of India?
1 Article 51A(a)
2 Article 51A(b)
3 Article 51A(c)
4 Article 51A(d)
Q Gersoppa Falls , also called Jog Falls is on which river ?
1 Sharavati River
2 Kabini river
3 Kali river
4 Shimsha river
Q The Self Respect Movement was launched in _____
1 1925
2 1935
3 1945
4 1955
Q Who started the Tamil weekly magazine ‘Kudi Arasu’ ?
1 Periyar EV Ramasamy
2 TM Nair
3 C Natesa Mudaliar
4 Chinnaswami Subramanya Bharathi
Q Hieun Tsang visited Kanchipuram , the capital of Pallavas , during the reign of which ruler ?
1 Narasimha Varman I
2 Parmeshwar Varman II
3 Mahendra Verman II
4 Mahendra Verman I
Q The swollen bottom part of the carpel in a flower is _____
1 Ovary
2 Style
3 Stigma
4 Anther
Q Who was the contemporary ruler of Emperor Ashoka in Sri Lanka ?
1 Tissa
2 Mahasen
3 Kasyapa
4 Vijayabahu I
Q Which was the first thing that encouraged the Europeans for Indian business ?
1 Spice
2 Indigo
3 Cotton clothes
4 Muslin
Q Buddhist text have been mentioned in which Ashoka’s inscription ?
1 Bhabru
2 Kalinga
3 Dhauli
4 Jaugada
Q Ujjain is situated on the banks of which river ?
1 Shipra
2 Kali
3 Chambal
4 Gomti
Q What is called the hot dry local winds blowing in the northern part of Alps mountain ?
1 Foehn
2 Chinook
3 Khamsin
4 Sirocco
Q Deuterium is an isotope of __
1 Oxygen
2 Nitrogen
3 Helium
4 Hydrogen
Q Who authored “We are Displaced”?
1 Elizabeth Gilbert
2 Balli Kaur Jaswal
3 Chitra Banerjee
4 Malala Yousafzai
Q Onam is celebrated in which Malayalam months ?
1 Kanni
2 Chingam
3 Thulam
4 Dhanu
Q In which of the following states is Anchar Lake located?
1 Meghalaya
2 Assam
3 Jammu and Kashmir
4 Odisha
Q Queen Naikidevi is remembered as the woman who defeated ____ in 1178 CE.
1 Muhammad Ghori
2 Muhammad Bin Tughlaq
3 Mahmud Ghazni
4 Khizr Khan
Q How many elements of India were listed in the UNESCO Representative List of the Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity as of 2025?
Ans 1. 13
2. 15
3. 18
4. 14