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Q This temple, that was built by Raja Bhimdev I of the Solanki Dynasty, has a rectangular
pond called ‘Surya Kund’ in front of it. What is the name of this temple?

1 Modhera Sun Temple

2 Khajuraho

3 Konark Sun Temple

4 Chausath Yogini

Q Cricketer MS DHONI was granted the honorary rank of Lieutenant Colonel in the Territorial Army of India in the year :

1 2010

2 2011

3 2012

4 2013

Q Who among the following was the first Chairman of the Order of Business Committee
of the Constituent Assembly?

1 Sachchidananda Sinha

2 Jawaharlal Nehru

3 Harendra Coomar Mookerjee

4 Kanaiyalal Maneklal Munshi

Q As per Article __ of the Indian Constitution, the Council of Ministers are
collectively responsible to the Lok Sabha.

1 75(3)

2 74(1)

3 73(2)

4 72(1)

Q Who was the first Russian Prime Minister to visit independent India ?

1 Boris Yeltsin

2 Nikolai Bulganin

3 Vladimir Putin

4 Mikhail Gorbachev

Q ‘Zuari’ is an important river of which of the following state?

1 Uttarakhand

2 Sikkim

4 Goa

4 Odisha

Q Annamacharya composed Sankirtans in praise of which God?

1. Lord Rama

2 Lord Krishna

3 Lord Venkateshwara

4 Lord Shiva

Q Bhoota Kola , a spirit worship ritual dance is of which state ?

1 Andhra Pradesh

2 Tamil Nadu

3 Kerala

4 Karnataka

Q Which State was founded by Nizam-ul-Mulk in 1724?

1 Awadh

2 Hyderabad

3 Mysore

4 Bengal

Q On which river did the “Kalinga War” take place?

1 Rushikulya river

2 Mahanadi

3 Daya river

4 Baitarani river

Q _ oblong orbit overlaps the orbit of Neptune.

1 Mars’

2 Pluto’s

3 Jupiter’s

4 Venus’

Q Identify the device used to change the resistance in an electric circuit.

1 Ammeter

2 Conductor

3 Rheostat

4 Voltmeter

Q Who is known as the ‘Father of the Indian Nuclear Programme’?

1 C.N.R. Rao

2 M.S. Swaminathan

3 Vikram Sarabhai

4 Homi Jehangir Bhabha

Q Which of the following folk music of Chhattisgarh is based on the epic Mahabharata?

1 Paani Haari

2 Ghumar

3 Pandavani

4 Maand

Q Which medicinal plant found in India is used for the treatment of blood pressure?

1 Mint

2 Tulsi

3 Aloe vera

4 Sarpagandha

Q Which African leader wrote the autobiography ‘ Long Walk to Freedom’?

1 Robert Mugabe

2 Nelson Mandela

3 Muammar Gaddafi

4 Desmond Tutu

Q Who among the following leaders led the Revolt of 1857 in Bihar?

1 Rajendra Prasad

2 Devi Singh

3 Rajkumar Shukla

4 Kunwar Singh

Q In which year was the Training of Rural Youth for Self Employment (TRYSEM) scheme
launched by Government of India?

1 1991

2 2000

3 1979

4 1965

Q In India, which type of soil is also known as Regur soil and is ideal for cotton crops?

1 Arid soil

2 Laterite soil

3 Black soil

4 Alluvial soil

Q In which sessions of the Indian National congress was the song “Vande Mataram”
sung for the first time?

1 1885 Session

2 1896 Session

3 1919 Session

4 1890 Session

Q ‘Saga Dawa’ is one of the biggest Buddhist festivals. In which one of the following states is it celebrated?

Ans 1. Jharkhand

2. Sikkim

3. Odisha

4. Kerala

Q Which of the following folk dances is performed by the tribes of Araku Valley in
Visakhapatnam
District?

1 Chakri

2 Dhimsa

3 Kajari

4 Wancho

Q Who led the Nyaya Yudh movement in Haryana ?

1 Chaudhary Devi Lal Singh

2 Om Prakash Chautala

3 Bhupendra Singh Hooda

4 Neeraj Sharma

Q Fort of Kushalgadh is located in which Indian state?

1 Chhattisgarh

2 Maharashtra

3 Madhya Pradesh

4 Uttar Pradesh

Q Lakshmibai National College of Physical Education is located at __.

1 Shahdara, Delhi

2 Patiala, Punjab

3 Gwalior, Madhya Pradesh

4 Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala

Q As per the estimation of Scholars, what was the total number of wells in Mohenjodaro

 A. About 150 

B. About 250

C. About 500

 D. About 700

Q The Battle of Chandawar was fought between Mohammad Ghori and Jaichand of
Kannauj of the __ dynasty.

1 Gahadavala

2 Bactrian

3 Gupta

4 Chauhan

Q The concept of fundamental duties in the Constitution of India was taken from:

Ans 1. Germany

2. Australia

3. USA

4. USSR

Q In which of the following states is the Nizam Sagar Dam situated?

Ans 1. West Bengal

2. Karnataka

3. Telangana

4. Andhra Pradesh

Q The first Regional Rural Bank was established in India in the year:

1 1982

2 1980

3 1975

4 1991

Q What is the approximate length of the navigable inland waterways of India?

1 14,500 km

2 15,600 km

3 16,400 km

4 12,800 km

Q As per the Tinkathia system, the farmers of Champaran were under the obligation to
cultivate three Kathas per beegha of his land with __.

1 wheat

2 maize

3 rice

4 indigo

Q According to Census of India 2011, what is the male literacy rate in Bihar?

1 66.76%

2 71.20%

3 68.54%

4 75.23%

Q Ibrahim Khan Lodi’s Tomb is situated near the tehsil office in _.

1 Charkhi Dadri

2 Panipat

3 Yamunanagar

4 Kaithal

Q In which year was the Tendulkar Committee appointed by the Government of India to
take a fresh look at the poverty lines?

1 1991

2 1993

3 1979

4 2005

Q Which of the following Indian states/ UTs has the highest scheduled tribe population in
comparison to its total population?

1 Mizoram

2 Delhi

3 Lakshadweep

4 Andaman and Nicobar

Q The famous king Pulakeshin II belonged to which of the following dynasties?

1 Pandya dynasty

2 Pallava dynasty

3 Chalukya dynasty

4 Mauryan dynasty

Q Vide 61st amendment of Constitution of India, which of the following amendments was
made?

1 Attempt was made to reduce the powers of supreme Court and High Courts

2 The voting age was reduced from 21 to 18

3 Fundamental duty was added

4 Right to property was removed from the list of fundamental rights

Q The first Commonwealth Games were held in:

Ans 1. 1920

2. 1935

3. 1930

4. 1925

Q What is the study of coins called?

1 Almanac

2 Numismatics

3 Petroglyphs

4 Curator

Q The deficiency of which vitamin causes anaemia?

1 Vitamin E

2 Vitamin D

3 Vitamin 12

4 Vitamin B3

Q ‘Lai-Phi’ and ‘Chin-Phi’ are the cultural costumes of which state?

1 Nagaland

2 Uttarakhand

3 Manipur

4 Sikkim

Q The Thiksey Monastery, the famous Buddhist building is located in which State/UT of
India?

1 Ladakh

2 Pondicherry

3 Himachal Pradesh

4 Kerala

Q In 2015, how many United Nations members adopted Sustainable Development Goals?

1 193

2 150

3 112

4 120

Q Narendra Modi Cricket Stadium [ Motera Stadium ] is one of the premier stadiums in India located at
__.

1 Ahmedabad

2 New Delhi

3 Baroda

4 Surat

Q _ literally means ‘dance of the enchantress’. It is one of the most striking
in the Indian classical dance repertoire.

1 Kuchipudi

2 Mohiniyattam

3 Kathakali

4 Bharatanatyam

Q The All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS), Bilaspur, is located in which of the
following states?

1 Gujarat

2 Uttar Pradesh

3 Himachal Pradesh

4 Telangana

Q Where did Mahatma Gandhi join the Satyagraha against the high tax demands
following the failure of peasants harvest in 1918?

1 Kheda

2 Champaran

3 Ahmedabad

4 Surat

Q How many windows are there on the outside walls of Hawa Mahal of Jaipur?

1 965

2 964

3 953

4 973

Q Which of the following is the strongest base?

1 Aluminium hydroxide

2 Ammonium hydroxide

3 Sodium hydroxide

4 Barium hydroxide

Q The 2026 Winter Olympics will be held in __.

1 The US

2 Japan

3 Italy

4 The UK

Nirmal paintings are associated with which of the following states ?

1 Nagaland

2 Meghalaya

3 Andhra Pradesh

4 Arunachal Pradesh

Q The ‘Desert Festival’ takes place annually at __ in Rajasthan.

1 Jaipur

2 Jaisalmer

3 Kota

4 Bikaner

Q The ‘Charbagh’ designs are a part of which of the following architectural styles?

1 Persian

2 Dravida

3 Nagara

4 Vesara

Q From which of the following Viceroys of India did Hume obtain permission for the first
session of the Indian National Congress?

1 Lord Dufferin

2 Lord Curzon

3 Lord Elgin

4 Lord Ripon

Q Who among the following is the author of the book ”Sita ; An An Illustrated Retelling of the Ramayana” ?

1 Ravinder Singh

2 Devdutt Pattanaik

3 Amish Tripathi

4 Durjoy Dutta

Q In Table Tennis , the length of upper surface of the table is ___

1 264 cm

2 780 c

3 270 cm

4 274 cm

Q Which of the following was the port-city of the Pandyan Kingdom?

1 Tenkasi

2 Korkai

3 Dindigul

4 Virudhunagar

Q Who among the following is the author of the book ‘The Zoya Factor’ ?

1 Kiran Desai

2 Sudha Murty

3 Anuja Chauhan

4 Nandini Bajpai

Q The best-known_________ ruler was Prithviraja III who was defeated by anAfghan ruler Sultan Muhammad Ghori in 1192.

1 Pala

2 Rashtrakuta

3 Chahamana

4 Pratihara

Q According to the Census of India 2011 ,what was the percentage of Sikh communities in the total population in India?

1 1.7%

2 14.2%

3 0.4%

4 79.8%

Total Population Percentage [ 2011 Census ] Hindu [ 79.8 % ] , Muslim [ 14. 2 % ] , Christian [ 2.3 % ] , Sikh [ 1.7 % ] , Buddhist [ 0.7 % ] and Jain [ 0.4 % ]

Q Who among the following kings founded a suburban township near Vijayanagara
called Nagalapuram?

1 Deva Raya II

2 Rajaraja Chola

3 Rajendra I

4 Krishnadevaraya

Q In a situation wherein A (female) and B (male) are working in same office, same designation, same nature of work but unequal payment, which of the following Articles of the Constitution will be applicable?

1 Article 44

2 Article 39(d)

3 Article 40

4 Article 48A

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