Q In which of the following state of India Tirthmukh Mela is held ?
1 Punjab
2 Rajasthan
3 Tripura
4 Tamil Nadu
Q In 2015 , Jaipur was designated as a member of UNESCO Creative Cities Network in the field of :
1 gastronomy
2 film
3 crafts and folk art
4 music
| There are Eight Indian Cities in UNESCO Creative Cities Network [ UCCN ] | Varanasi [ Music ] , Jaipur [ Crafts and Folk Arts ] , Chennai [ Music ] , Hyderabad [ Gastronomy ] , Mumbai [ Film ] , Srinagar [ Crafts and Folk Arts ] , Kozhikode [ Literature ] , Gwalior [ Music ] |
Q Who was the Governor-General during the Anglo-Nepal war?
1 Lord Auckland
2 Lord Hardinge
3 Lord Hastings
4 Lord Wellesley
Q Which city is located on the banks of the river Mula-Mutha ?
1 Surat
2 Nagpur
3 Pune
4 Ahmedabad
Q The first Indian woman judge of the Supreme Court of India was :
1 Fathima Beevi
2 Leila Seth
3 Indu Malhotra
4 Ruma Pal
Q ‘Mudiyettu’ is a traditional folk theatre form of which Indian state ?
1 Manipur
2 Kerala
3 Assam
4 Madhya Pradesh
Q Under which article the provision of facility of education in mother tongue at the primary level has been made?
1 Article 349
3 Article 346
3 Article 350 A
4 Article 351
Q At which place did Raja Ram Mohan Roy form a reform association called Brahmo Sabha in the year 1828 ?
1 Bombay
2 Calcutta
3 Pune
4 Madras
Q Which of the following is a string instrument commonly featured in the folk music of Gujarat?
1 turi
2 bungal
3 jantar
4 pava
Q In which year did the annexation of Awadh by Lord Dalhousie take place?
1 1857
2 1850
3 1856
4 1858
Q Which cricketer has the highest batting average in ODI Cricket ?
1 Virat Kohli
2 Ryan ten Doeschate
3 Babar Azam
4 Rassie van der Dussen
| Highest batting average in Test Cricket | Don Bradman [ Australia ] |
| Highest batting average in ODI Cricket | Ryan ten Doeschate [ Netherlands ] |
| Highest batting average in T20 Cricket | Sami Muhammad Sohail [ Malawi ] |
Q Sir CV Raman received the Nobel Prize for Physics in the year 1930 for his ground breaking work in the field of ___
1 Brownian motion
2 Scattering of light
3 Photoelectric effect
4 X Rays
Q Name the annual fair of Rajasthan at which camel trading is a major event ?
1 Suraj Kund Mela
2 Maru Mela
3 Pushkar Mela
4 Sonepur Mela
Q The Poona Sarvajanik Sabha was established by MG Ranade and GV Joshi on :
1 2nd April 1870
2 2nd April 1869
3 2nd April 1871
4 2nd April 1872
Q Which among the following bestowed upon Milkha Singh the title of the ‘Flying Sikh’ ?
1 Jawahar Lal Nehru
2 General Yahya Khan
3 General Ayub Khan
4 General Pervez Musharraf
Q Who was the captain of the Indian cricket team in the inaugural world cup in 1975 ?
1 S Venkataraghavan
2 Bishen Singh Bedi
3 GR Viswanath
4 Mansur Ali Khan Pataudi
Q Tusu is a harvest festival celebrated in Jharkhand during the winter in the last day of ___ month
1 Chaitra
2 Magha
3 Poush
4 Phalguna
Q The Bhotia dance form is a folk-dance from which of the following Indian states?
1 Goa
2 Odisha
3 Uttarakhand
4 Tamil Nadu
Q Who among the following was the founder of Bahmani sultanate?
1 Dawood Shah
2 Feroze Shah
3 Hasan Gangu
4 Mujahid Shah
Q Which date is celebrated as Hindi Divas?
1 12th September
2 17th September
3 14th September
4 11th September
Q The crescograph was invented by _________
1 Homi J Bhabha
2 Meghnad Saha
3 Jagdish Chandra Bose
4 Satendranath Bose
Q What is the height of the stump from the ground in cricket?
1 27 inch
2 28 inch
3 25 inch
4 26 inch
Q ‘Matua Dharma Mahamela’ is related to which state?
1 Arunachal Pradesh
2 Madhya Pradesh
3 Rajasthan
4 West Bengal
Q The world’s first stock exchange was established in :
1 London
2 New York
3 Amsterdam
4 Paris
Q Select the CORRECT pair of Indian classical dancers of Odissi style.
1 Sujata Mohapatra and Madhavi Mudgal
2 Mallika Sarabhai and Shobha Naidu
3 Amala Shankar and Singhajit Singh
4 Meenakshi Sundaram Pillai and Savitha Sastry
Q Which of the following is the largest phylum of animalia?
1 Chordata
2 Annelida
3 Mollusca
4 Arthropoda
Q Who among the following was called as ‘Ajatshatru’ by Gandhiji?
1 Lala Lajpat Rai
2 Bal Gangadhar Tilak
3 Bhagat Singh
4 Dr. Rajendra Prasad
Q Whichof the following energy resources is also known as Liquid Gold?
1 Petroleum
2 Natural Gas
3 Uranium
4 Coal
Q According to the Census of India 2011 , what is the sex ratio of Daman and Diu?
1 518
2 718
3 818
4 618
Q In India, the voting age was reduced from 21 to 18 years by the __ Constitutional Amendment Act, 1988.
1 60th
2 62nd
3 61st
4 63rd
Q Raja Parba, also known as Mithuna Sankranti, is a ______ -day-long festival of womanhood celebrated in Odisha, India.
Ans 1. five
2. four
3. three
4. six
Q In which year was the Insurance Regulatory and Development Authority of India set up?
1 1999
2 1995
3 2011
4 2002
Q Indian Standard Time (IST) is ahead of Greenwich Mean Time (GMT) by ______.
Ans 1. 3 hours 45 minutes
2. 2 hours
3. 7 hours 15 minutes
4. 5 hours 30 minutes
Q Which of the following committees was associated with Industrial Licensing Policy Inquiry ?
1 Gadgil Committee
2 Hazari Committee
3 Dutt Committee
4 Sen Committee
Q ‘281 and beyond’ is the autobiography of which veteran cricketer?
1 Sourav Ganguly
2 VVS Laxman
3 Kapil Dev
4 Ajinkya Rahane
Q The nineteenth century saw the golden age of Kathak under the patronage of
__, the last Nawab of Oudh.
1 Wajid Ali Shah
2 Asaf-ud-daula
3 Saadat Khan Burhanul mulk
4 Siraj-ud-daulah
Q Where is the ICAR-National Research Centre for Banana established?
1 Hajipur, Bihar
2 Belgaum, Karnataka
3 Tiruchirappalli, Tamil Nadu
4 Jalgaon, Maharashtra
Q Under which of the following the Panchayati Raj System has been arranged in India ?
1 Fundamental Rights
2 Fundamental Duty
3 Directive Principles of State Policy
4 Election Commission Act
Q Who among the following was the founder of the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh in 1925?
1 Deendayal Upadhyay
2 Keshav Baliram Hedgewar
3 Madhavrao Sadashivrao Golwalkar
4 Vinayak Damodar Savarkar
Q Which of the following is a form of folk music , mainly belonging in the state of West Bengal ?
1 Baul
2 Mando
3 Kajri
4 Lotia
Q How many fundamental SI units are there ?
1 7
2 5
3 4
4 9
Q Who is the author of the book ‘Wise and Otherwise’?
Ans 1. Sudha Murty
2 Arundhati Roy
3. Amish Tripathy
4. Chetan Bhagat
Q With which of the following states is the traditional instrument called ‘Pena’
associated?
1. Kerala
2 Goa
3 Sikkim
4 Manipur
Q Which part of the human body has the growth stages divided into – Anagen , Catagen and Telogen?
1 Hair
2 Nose
3 Tooth
4 Nails
Q In which of the following Indian states is the Bar Navapara Wildlife Sanctuary located?
1 Chhattisgarh
2 Karnataka
3 Sikkim
4 Assam
Q Which of the following rivers originates from the ‘Rakas Lake’?
Ans 1. Sutlej
2. Beas
3. Chenab
4. Jhelum
Q What is the state flower of Manipur ?
1 Shirui Lily
2 Lotus or Water Lily
3 Rohida
4 Jasmine
Q The Mahakali Caves are a group of 19 rock cut monuments located in __.
1 Maharashtra
2 Madhya Pradesh
3 West Bengal
4 Tamil Nadu
Q Which of the following palaces is located in Hyderabad ?
Ans 1. Chowmahalla Palace
2. Ujjayanta Palace
3. Kanakakkunnu Palace
4. Amba Vilas Palace
Q Teeyan is a festival celebrated in Punjab, which celebrates the onset of ______.
Ans 1. winter
2. summer
3. spring
4. monsoon
Q As per the Census-2011, the total absolute increase in population during the decade is __.
1 15.23 crore
2 17.21 crore
3 18.19 crore
4 16.41 crore
Q The famous Kosijura Case of Bengal happened in whose reign ?
1 Warren Hastings
2 Lord Cornwallis
3 John Shore
4 Wellesley
Q 74th Constitutional Amendment Act gave Constitutional recognition to municipalities by adding ______
1 Part IX-A
2 PART XIII
3 Part XX
4 Part IVA
Q ‘Pandavani’ is the most celebrated folklore of ____
1 Maharashtra
2 Rajasthan
3 Chhattisgarh
4 Karnataka
Q Ping Pong Diplomacy is related to which country ?
1 China
2 Bhutan
3 Nepal
4 Myanmar
Q Who is considered as the father of ‘Green Revolution’ ?
1 Dr, Norman Borlaug
2 Verghese Kurien
3 Sam Pitroda
4 Durgesh Patel
Q Who among the following was the founder of the Khudai Khidmatgars, a powerful nonviolent movement among the Pathans of North-West Frontier Province?
1 Khan Abdul Ghaffar Khan
2 Abdul Qayyum Khan Kashmiri
3 Mohammad Ali Jinnah
4 Khan Abdul Jabbar Khan
Q ‘Operation Cactus’ was an operation by Indian Armed Forces to foil the coup of which neighbouring country ?
1 Bhutan
2 Myanmar
3 Maldives
4 Bangladesh
Q Whom did Lord Minto send to Ranjit Singh to make a peace immediate before the Treaty of Amritsar [ 1909 ] ?
1 Charles Metcalfe
2 Robert Clive
3 Joshua Child
4 Ochterlony
Q The Business Advisory Committee of the Rajya Sabha was constituted for the first time in :
1 1954
2 1951
3 1952
4 1953
Q When did Bhagat Singh and Batukeshwar Dutt throw the bombs inside the Central Assembly in
Delhi?
1 8 April 1929
2 8 March 1929
3 8 January 1929
4 8 May 1929
Q How many sessions of the Constituent Assembly were conducted for the formulation of Indian Constitution ?
1 12
2 11
3 13
4 10
| First Session: | 9-23 December, 1946 |
| Second Session: | 20-25 January, 1947 |
| Third Session: | 28 April – 2 May, 1947 |
| Fourth Session: | 14-31 July, 1947 |
| Fifth Session: | 14-30 August, 1947 |
| Sixth Session: | 27 January, 1948 |
| Seventh Session: | 4 November,1948 – 8 January, 1949 |
| Eighth Session: | 16 May – 16 June, 1949 |
| Ninth Session: | 30 July – 18 September, 1949 |
| Tenth Session: | 6-17 October, 1949 |
| Eleventh Session: | 14-26 November, 1949 |