Q Which famous temple also known as ‘The Big Temple’ has been built by Rajaraja Chola I?
1 Airavatesvara Temple at Darasuram
2 Brihadisvarar Temple at Thanjavur
3 Nageswaraswamy Temple at Kumbakonam
4 Sri Venkateswara Swami Vaari Temple at Tirupati
Q Which is the first known instrument to measure the humidity of air or gas, built by Leonardo da Vinci around 1400?
1 Transmissometer
2 Disdrometer
3 Hygrometer
4 Sling psychrometer
Q Which among the following Chola emperors defeated the Pandya king Maravarman Rajsimha II in the battle of Vellore?
1 Rajendra I
2 Vijayalaya
3 Parantaka I
4 Rajaraja I
Q Which of the Mendel’s laws states that a diploid organism passes a randomly selected allele for a trait to its offspring, such that the offspring inherit one allele from each parent?
1 Law of dominance
2 Law of paired factor
3 Law of segregation
4 Law of independent assortment
Q A __ is issued to prevent an inferior court or tribunal from exceeding its jurisdiction, which is not legally vested, or acting without jurisdiction or acting against the principles of natural justice.
1 writ of mandamus
2 writ of habeas corpus
3 writ of prohibition
4 writ of quo-warranto
Q Which Article of the Indian Constitution mentions that the law declared by the Supreme Court shall be binding on all the courts within the territory of India?
1 Article 147
2 Article 137
3 Article 141
4 Article 151
Q Which traditional dance of Goa is performed during the Shigmo festival?
1 Lavani
2 Jagar
3 Morulem
4 Kalbelia
Q The central theme of which of the following classical dance forms are the love stories of Krishna and Radha?
Ans 1. Odissi
2. Sattriya
3. Kuchipudi
4. Manipuri
Q Pusarla Venkata Sindhu won silver medal in badminton in which Olympics Games?
1 London 2012
2 Rio 2016
3 Beijing 2008
4 Tokyo 2020
Q What is pro-vitamin A or the anti-cancer compound present in carrots called?
1 Alpha-resins
2 Beta-carotene
3 Alpha-terpenoid
4 Delta-terpenes
Q Mohiniyattam dance is performed by women in honour of the Hindu god __________ in his incarnation as the enchantress Mohini.
Ans 1. Rama
2. Vishnu
3. Shiva
4. Krishna
Q Who among the following led the Theosophical Society in India and helped to spread its beliefs all over India?
1 Colonel Henri Steel Olcott
2 Hari Chand Chintamani
3 Annie Besant
4 Madam H.P. Blavatsky
Q ‘The International Astronomical Union (IAU) adopted a new definition of a planet. Pluto does not fit this definition. It is no longer a planet of the solar system.’ In which year did the Pluto lost the status of a planet?
1 2006
2 2005
3 2001
4 2003
Q The Karla caves are located in which of the following states of India?
1 Maharashtra
2 Madhya Pradesh
3 Karnataka
4 Bihar
Q Which committee is related to fundamental duties?
1 Verma Committee
2 LM Singhvi Committee
3 Vasantrao Naik Committee
4 Rajmannar Committee
Q The conversion between the solid and the gaseous phases of matter, with no
intermediate liquid state is called?
1 Sublimation
2 Deposition
3 Solidification
4 Vaporisation
Q The height of the net in volleyball for women must be __.
1 2.24 m
2 2.15 m
3 2.10 m
4 2.43 m
| Volleyball Net [ Height ] | Men [ 2.43 m ] and Women [ 2.24 m ] |
Q The Prayaga Prashasti (also known as the Allahabad Pillar Inscription) was composed in Sanskrit by Harishena, the court poet of:
1 Kharavela
2 Samudragupta
3 Harshavardhana
4 Asoka
Q Who was the Hindu ruler when Alauddin Khilji attacked Ranthambore in 1301?
1 RamdevPratap
2 Rudra Dev
3 Karna
4 Hammir Dev
Q What is the standard size of basketball for men?
1 06
2 07
3 08
4 05
Q Where is the Narora Nuclear Power plant located?
1 Tamil Nadu
2 Uttar Pradesh
3 Maharashtra
4 Karnataka
Q According to the Census of India-2011, which state has the lowest sex ratio?
1 Maharashtra
2 Haryana
3 Rajasthan
4 Bihar
Q Ohira folk music is primarily associated with one of the popular festivals of which of the following states?
1 Kerala
2 Assam
3 Jharkhand
4 Karnataka
Q Dekhni is a folk dance associated with which Indian state ?
1 Goa
2 Bihar
3 Madhya Pradesh
4 West Bengal
Q The words “socialist and secular” were added to the preamble through which amendment act?
1 86th Amendment Act, 2002
2 44th Amendment Act, 1978
3 42nd Amendment Act, 1976
4 69th Amendment Act, 1991
Q Lui-Ngai-Ni is celebrated as a seed sowing festival by the people of ___________.
Ans 1. Manipur
2. Assam
3. Arunachal Pradesh
4. Sikkim
Q Who was the Governor General of India during the revolt of 1857?
1 Charles John Canning
2 William Henry Cavendish-Bentinck
3 Lord Minto
4 James Andrew Broun-Ramsay Dalhousie
Q Which of the following martial dances is related to Uttarakhand?
Ans 1. Thang-ta
3. Gatka
3. Choliya
4. Silambam
Q Which of the following Articles in the Constitution of India provides protection to President and Governors and Rajpramukhs?
1 Article 361
2 Article 362
3 Article 364
4 Article 367
Q Which of the following planets’ atmosphere is made up of thick white and yellowish clouds of sulphuric acid?
1 Neptune
2 Venus
3 Mars
4 Jupiter
Q Whose autobiography is titled ‘A Life Apart’?
1 Vinita Agarwal
2 Bindu Bhatt
3 Prabha Khaitan
4 Mannu Bhandari
Q According to census 2011, Density of population is __ persons per square km.
1 382
2 412
3 362
4 392
Q In which of the following places is the Tak Tok festival celebrated?
1 Ladakh
2 Assam
3 Nagaland
4 Tripura
Q Who among the following is the author of Sri Lanka’s national anthem ?
1 Ananda Samarkoon
2 Kumaratunga Munidasa
3 Siri Gunasinghe
4 PB Jayasekara
Q Who discovered Electron ?
1 JJ Thomson
2 Rutherford
3 Chadwick
4 Darwin
Q What is the wavelength range of visible light?
1 0.2 to 0.3 µm
2 0.7 to 0.9 µm
3 0.4 to 0.7 µm
4 1 to 2 µm
Q The famous Hornbill Festival of Nagaland begins every year on which day?
1 1 November
2 1 December
3 1 October
4 1 January
Q When was air transport nationalised in India?
1 1950
2 1951
3 1952
4 1953
Q The ‘Western disturbances’ originates from the __.
1 East China Sea
2 Mediterranean Sea
3 Arabian Sea
4 Red Sea
Q In which year was Indian Olympic Association formed?
1 1920
2 1927
3 1900
4 1928
Q What is ‘NIKKEI’ ?
1 Share Price Index of Tokyo Share Market
2 Name of Japanese Central Bank
3 Foreign Exchange Market of Japan
4 Japanese name of Country’s Planning Commission
Q The Gateway of India, located in the city of Mumbai, is built in which of the following architectural styles?
1 Indo-Greek
2 Indo-British
3 Indo-Saracenic
4 Indo-Sino
Q Which type of electoral system has been adopted in case of Rajya Sabha by the
Constitution?
1 Two Party System
2 First Past The Post
3 Proportional Representation
4 One Party System
Q ______rejected the superstitious beliefs in Hinduism and gave the slogan ‘Go back to Vedas’.
1 Swami Sahajanand
2 Atma Ram Pandurang
3 Swami Dayanand Sarasvati
4 Ishwar Chandra Vidyasagar
Q The Barabati Fort built by the Ganga dynasty is situated in the Indian state of
__.
1 Karnataka
2 Telangana
3 Odisha
4 Madhya Pradesh
Q Which of the following is one of the largest spiral galaxies?
1 Milky Way
2 Cygnus A
3 NGC 6872
4 Maffei 1
Q Who among the following was the Governor General when the practice of Sati was banned through a law in British India?
1 William Bentinck
2 William Butterworth Bayley
3 Charles Metcalf
4 Henry Hardinge
Q ‘Fugdi’ is a folk dance primarily performed in:
1 Tamil Nadu
2 Sikkim
3 Goa
4 Uttarakhand
Q __________is the first South Indian musician to win a Grammy for Best World Music Album for his role as a ghatam and morsing player in Mickey Hart’s album‘Planet Drum’.
1 Phani Narayana
2 S Ballesh
3 Dr. Ramachandra Murthy
4 TH Vinayakram
Q Who among the following was granted the title of ‘Chief of the Merchants’ or MalikutTujjar by the Bahamani ruler, Humayun Shah?
1 Ahmad III
2 Aladdin Imad Shah
3 Yusuf Adil Shah
4 Mahmud Gawan
Q The Third Battle of Panipat was fought in 1761 between the Marathas and who among the following Afghan rulers?
1 Zaman Shah
2 Humayun Mirza
3 Nadir Shah
4 Ahmad Shah Abdali
Q In 1960, which isotope was used to define the standard measure of length?
1 Krypton-88
2 Krypton-86
3 Krypton-83
4 Krypton-90
Q Which of the following is one of the favourite traditional ‘shabdam’ number in Kuchipudi dance form?
1 Jatiswaram
2 Dashaavataara
3 Ganesh Vandana
4 Krishna Leela
Q In which place of Andhra Pradesh stupa sites Jagayyapetta, Amaravati, Bhattiprolu, Nagarjunkonda, Goli, etc are found?
1 Srisailam
2 Vengi
3 Gandikota
4 Anantapur
Q Who is considered as the first person in India to do poverty estimate?
1 Dandekar and Rath
2 Dadabhai Naoroji
3 Rangarajan
4 Mahatma Gandhi
Q Which of the following is the highest navigable lake in the world?
1 Huron
2 Titicaca
3 Superior
4 Como
Q Ajmer Sharif is the shrine of which of the following Sufi saints?
1 Mohammad Ghori
2 Mohammad Bin Tughlaq
3 Khwaja Moinuddin Chishti
4 Bhaktiyar Khilji
Q The length of a day on ___ is approximately 16 hours.
1 Mars
2 Venus
3 Neptune
4 Mercury
Q In which city is the Central Institute of Indian languages located ?
1 Mysuru
2 Bengaluru
3 Dharwad
4 Udup
Q From which of the following Constitutions has the India Constitution adopted the system of ‘First Past the Post’?
1 Irish Constitution
2 British Constitution
2 United States Constitution
4 French Constitution
Q The Chief Minister of a State acts as __ of the concerned zonal council on
rotation basis along with the other Chief Ministers in that zonal council.
1 Member
2 Vice Chairman
3 Ex- officio Chairman
4 Chairman
Q Who among the following is the first female from India to win a Grammy award?
1. Palak Muchhal
2 Neeti Mohan
3 Tanvi Shah
4 Monali Thakur
Q The district of Shivamogga that is famous for its Iron-Ore and Manganese mineral is located in which state of India ?
1 Karnataka
2 Maharashtra
3 Rajasthan
4 Jharkhand
Q Which of the following reactions leads to the formation of glucose pentaacetate from acetic anhydride?
1 Oxidation
2 Addition of ketone
3 Acetylation of glucose
4 Reduction
Q The Central Office of the Reserve Bank of India was initially established in which present city in 1935?
1 Delhi
2 Mumbai
3 Kolkata
4 Chennai
Q In kabaddi, when a raider touches any body part of any defender or any part of their clothing, it is called:
1 catch
2 tag
3 pursuit
4 raid
Q In which part of the constitution are centre-state relations mentioned ?
1 Part IV
2 Part IX
3 Part XI
4 Part XII
Q Which of the following combinations is NOT correct?
1 Wular lake – Kashmir
2 Vembanad lake – Maharashtra
3 Chilika lake – Odisha
4 Nainital lake – Uttarakhand
| Lakes | Wular lake [Jammu and Kashmir ] , Vembanad lake [ Kerala ] , Chilika lake [ Odisha ] , Nainital lake [ Uttarakhand ] |