Q The festival of Durga Puja is observed to celebrate the triumph of Goddess Durga over ______.
Ans 1. Hiranyakashipu
2. Mahishasura
3. Ravana
4. Jarasandha
Q Which city of India is known as the ‘Detroit of India’ due to its automobile industry ?
1 Chennai
2 Mumbai
3 Bengaluru
4 Pune
Q Which of the following is a folk dance from the state of Gujarat ?
1 Tippani
2 Phag
3 Dhimsa
4 Dhamal
Q The famous festival of ‘Tsokum Samai’ is celebrated by the people of which state to invoke blessings for a rich harvest ?
1 Mizoram
2 Assam
3 Nagaland
4 Meghalaya
Q The provision for the post of Vice-President in the Indian Constitution was take from ___
1 France
2 United States of America
3 Ireland
4 Japan
Q Which of the following is a tradtional dance form of Sri Lanka ?
1 Bihu
2 Kathak
3 Kandyan dance
4 Bharatanatyam
Q Who is the author of the book ‘Vrihat Katha Kosha’ ?
1 Laxmidhar
2 Jayanaka
3 Harisena
4 Rajashekhar
Q ‘Jwala Mata Ki Jai‘ is the war cry of which regiment of the Indian Army ?
1 Garhwal Rifles
2 Dogra Regiment
3 Mahar Regiment
4 Jammu and Kashmir Rifles
Q Banabhatta was a court poet of Harshavardhana, who wrote a book called:
Ans 1. Mudrarakshasa
2. Nitisara
3. Harshacharita
4. Arthashastra
Q Who among the following personalities is known as the ‘Queen of Carnatic Music’ ?
1 MS Subbulakshmi
2 Vijaya Rajendran
3 Kavita Krishnmoorti
4 Lata Mangeshkar
Q Who among the following is the author of the book ‘The Art of Living — A Guide to Contentment, Joy and Fulfillment’?
1 Kiran Bedi
2 Tenzin Geyche Tethong
3 Dalai Lama
4 NR Narayana Murthy
Q The second highest peak of Western Ghat Meesapulimala is found in _ town of Kerala
1 Kollam
2 Munnar
3 Kochi
4 Thrissur
Q How long does the earth takes to rotate 1 degree ?
1 4 minutes
2 15 minutes
3 36 minutes
4 24 minutes
Q Which of the following is a popular tribal dance of Assam, performed by Bodo
women?
1 Bagurumba Dance
2 Jhumur Dance
3 Deodhani Dance
4 Bhortal Dance
Q A feature described in the Indian Constitution called ‘centrifugal form of federalism where the center is stronger than the states’ is borrowed from the constitution of which country?
1 France
2 Canada
3 Ireland
4 United States of America
Q Which among the following is the lightest gas?
1 Oxygen
2 Carbon dioxide
3 Hydrogen
4 Neon
Q Gol Gumbaz was designed by ?
1 Henry Irwin
2 George Wittet
3 Ustad Ahmad of Lahaouri
4 Yaqut of Dabul
Q Which of the following is an autobiography by LK Advani ?
1 My Truth
2 Matters of Discretion
3 My Country My Life
4 The Insider
Q In which of the following states is the site of Bhimbetka situated?
1 Chhattisgarh
2 Punjab
3 Tamil Nadu
4 Madhya Pradesh
Q Under which Act did the individual members of the Executive Council have their own portfolio?
Ans 1. The Indian Councils Act of 1858
2. The Indian Councils Act of 1861
3. The Indian Councils Act of 1909
4. The Indian Councils Act of 1892
Q Who among the following is the author of ‘Tarikh-i-Mubarak Shahi’?
1 Yahya Sirhindi
2 Ziauddin Barani
3 Abul Fazl
4 Abdul Malik Isami
Q Who was the first Governor-General under the British rule in India?
1 George Barlow
2 Warren Hastings
3 Charles Cornwallis
4 John Adam
Q During whose reign did the Moroccan traveller Ibn Battuta visit India in the 14th century?
1 Feroz Shah Tughlaq
2 Alauddin Khalji
3 Mohammad Bin Tughlaq
4 Jalaluddin Khalji
Q Who is the First woman to win BCCI lifetime Achievement Award ?
1 Shanta Rangaswamy
2 Jhulan Goswami
3 Mithali Raj
4 Diana Edulji
Q Who is the author of the book named ‘Oliver Twist’ ?
1 Charles Dickens
2 Mark Twain
3 Jane Austen
4 Rudyard Kipling
Q Kollam is a traditional folk art of which state ?
1 Kerala
2 Uttarakhand
3 Rajasthan
4 Bihar
Q Who discovered the blood groups ?
1 Karl Landsteiner
2 Louis Pasteur
3 Robert Koch
4 William Harvey
Q Who was the winner of the first Indian Premier League?
1 Rajasthan Royals
2 Kolkata Knight Riders
3 Chennai Superkings
4 Mumbai Indians
Q The process of protecting iron by coating with Zinc is called _______
1 Galvanising
2 Smelting
3 Rusting
4 Corrosion
Q The community called Thatheras figures in the Representative List of the Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity, UNESCO for __.
1. manufacturing terracotta decorative objects
2 manufacturing brass and copper utensils
3 their traditional dance form called Bhangra
4 their martial art
Q Pampas , Steppes , Savanna and Prairies are all names of famous :
1 cyclones
2 lakes in america
3 grasslands
4 waterfalls
Q Haddu Khan and Hassu Khan were regarded as great masters of which style ?
1 Dhrupad
2 Tappa
3 Khyal
4 Thumri
Q Which temple is also known by the name ‘Black Pagoda’ ?
1 Sun Temple , Konark
2 Trimbakeshwar Temple , Nasik
3 Ramanathaswamy Temple , Rameswaram
4 Banke Bihari Temple , Vrindavan
Q What is the zone between the Tropic of Cancer and the Arctic Circle in Northern Hemisphere , and the Tropic of Capricorn and the Antarctic Circle in Southern Hemisphere called ?
1 Temperate Zone
2 Torrid Zone
3 Frigid Zone
4 None of these
Q Which of the following reform movement was founded by Swami Dayanand Saraswati in Bombay in 1875?
1 Arya Samaj
2 Brahmo Samaj
3 Ramakrishna Mission
4 Satyashodhak Samaj
Q In which state are ‘Pattachitra paintings’ found ?
1 Odisha
2 Bihar
3 Maharashtra
4 Rajasthan
Q Which of the following is the national festival of Assam that marks the beginning of the Assamese New Year and is associated with the agricultural harvest?
1 Majuli Festival
2 Ambubachi Festival
3 Bohag Bihu Festival
4 Dehing Patkai Festival
Q The minimum age requirement for becoming a member of aa Municipality is __ [ prescribed under Article 243V of the Constitution of India ].
1 18
2 21
3 25
4 35
Q English as the official language of India for higher education was incorporated in the resolution formulation by ____
1 Lord Hastings
2 Lord Wellesley
3 Lord Macaulay
4 Lord Dalhousie
Q PAN is a(an) __ digit unique alphanumeric number issued by the Income Tax
Department.
1 11
2 10
3 8
4 12
Q The World Water Day is annually celebrated on _.
1 4th April
2 24th January
3 20th August
4 22nd March
Q Which of the following Writs protects the right to life and personal liberty?
1 Quo Warranto
2 Prohibition
3 Habeas Corpus
4 Mandamus
Q What is the height of elevation of the Peninsular plateau?
1 150 m
2 250-500 m
3 600-900 m
4 300 m
Q Who among the following is the writer of the play ‘Andher Nagari Chaupat Raja’?
1 Bharatendu Harischandra
2 Mahavir Prasad Dwivedi
3 Maithili Sharan Gupt
4 Sumitranandan Pant
Q Which of the following temples is located at Kanchipuram?
1 Ekambareswarar Temple
2 Sree Padmanabhaswamy Temple
3 Sri Venkateswara Swamy Vaari Temple
4 Arulmigu Ramanathaswamy Temple
Q Which physical law states that the pressure and temperature of a gas are inversely proportional provided the volume and the number of gas molecules remain constant ?
1 Charles’s law
2 Boyle’s law
3 Gay-Lussac’s law
4 Avogadro’s law
Q On the bank of which river was the Battle of Dharmatpur fought on 15 April 1658 between Aurangzeb and Maharaja Jaswant Singh?
1 Yamuna
2 Krishna
3 Narmada
4 Satlu
Q The Sirpur Shrine is situated in which of the following states?
1 Odisha
2 Uttar Pradesh
3 Chhattisgarh
4 Bihar
Q Who among the following is credited for the enactment of First Factory Act, 1881, which had provisions to regulate employment of children?
1 Lord Mayo
2 Lord Ripon
3 Lord Curzon
4 Lord Irwin
Q In which Indian musician’s name did the state of Massachusetts in the USA declare April 20th in 1984 as a day in his name?
1 Brij Narayan
2 Ali Akbar Khan
3 Rajeev Taranath
4 Amjad Ali Khan
Q When and where was the first Wimbledon tournament held?
Ans 1. 1888, Church Road site, Wimbledon
2. 1877, Worple Road Site, Wimbledon
3. 1887, Worple Road Site, Wimbledon
4. 1887, Church Road site, Wimbledon
Q Which of the following devices is used to convert alternating current into direct curent ?
1 Rheostat
2 Rectifier
3 Capacitor
4 Calorimeter
Q Various industralists came together in 1944 and drafted a joint proposal for setting up a planned economy in India. It is famously known as the ___ Plan.
1 Pune
2 New Delhi
3 Bombay
4 Kolkata
Q How many dance forms have been acknowledged by Sangeet Natak Akademi as classical dance forms of India as of 2024?
1 Four
2 Eight
3 Six
4 Ten
Q Which of the following festivals celebrates the belief in the resurrection of Jesus Christ?
1 Christmas
2 Good Friday
3 Easter
4 Halloween
Q Members of which of the following phyla are commonly known as sea walnuts?
1 Arthropoda
2 Platyhelminthes
3 Mollusca
4 Ctenophora
Q Access to internet is the fundamental right under which article of the Indian
constitution ?
1 Article 21
2 Article 22
3 Article 20
4 Article 19
Q Who used a home-made microscope to discover the invisible world of microbes, forwhich he is called the founding father of microbiology?
Ans 1. Matthias Schleiden
2. Robert Brown
3. Antoni van Leeuwenhoek
4. Rudolf Virchow
Q The ‘Punjab Himalayas’ lie between _ rivers.
1 Satluj and Kali
2 Kali and Tista
3 Teesta and Dihang
4 Indus and Satluj
| Nepal Himalayas | Kali and Teesta |
| Kumaon Himalayas | Satluj and Kali |
| Assam Himalayas | Teesta and Brahmputra |
Q Dr A.P.J. Abdul Kalam has NOT written which one of the following books?
1 Response in the Living and the Non-living
2 Target 3 Billion
3 Advantage India: From Challenge to Opportunity
4 The Luminous Sparks
| Target 3 Billion | Dr A.P.J. Abdul Kalam |
| Advantage India: From Challenge to Opportunity | Dr A.P.J. Abdul Kalam |
| The Luminous Sparks | Dr A.P.J. Abdul Kalam |
| Response in the Living and the Non-living | Jagadish Chandra Bose |