Q In badminton, 0 points is called _.
1 in
2 love
3 play
4 out
Q What is the mass of Earth?
1 7.97×1024 kg.
2 8.97 × 1024 kg.
3 5.97× 1024 kg.
4 6.97 ×1024 kg
Q How many squares are there on a chessboard ?
1 68
2 64
3 62
4 66
Q Chumathang hot springs are located in_____.
1 Meghalaya
2 Ladakh
3 Sikkim
4 Himachal Pradesh
Q In which state can you find the Himalayan Yew ?
1 Jammu and Kashmir
2 Arunachal Pradesh
3 Sikkim
4 Uttarakhand
Q ‘Pataca‘ is the currency of which country ?
1 Laos
2 Macau
3 Panama
4 Ethiopia
Q Which folk music does NOT belong to Tamil Nadu?
1 Ammanaivari
2 Villu Pattu
3 Khubakeshei
4 Nattupura
Q The book ‘Your Best Day is Today!’ is written by __.
1 Twinkle Khanna
2 Gauri Khan
3 Anupam Kher
4 Divya Dutta
Q Which writ literally means ‘what is your authority’?
1 Habeas Corpus
2 Mandamus
3 Quo-Warranto
4 Prohibition
Q When is International Dance Day celebrated :
1 27th April
2 28th April
3 29th April
4 30th April
Q In which year were the first Winter Olympic games held ?
1 1976
2 1924
3 1928
4 1948
| First Summer Olympics | 1896 [ Athens ] |
| First Winter Olympics | 1924 [ Chamonix , France ] |
| First Paralympic Games | 1960 [ Rome ] |
| First Winter Paralympics Games | 1976 [ Sweden ] |
Q ‘Atla Taddi’, a festival celebrated by married and unmarried women alike to seek the blessings of Devi Gauri for a long and happy married life and a suitable groom, respectively, is celebrated in __.
1 Andhra Pradesh
2 Kerala
3 Chhattisgarh
4 Odisha
Q __ was the first Indian woman to write an autobiography and also the
first to do so in Bengali in her book titled ‘Aamar Jiban’, which was published in 1876.
1 Rassundari Devi
2 Manikuntala Sen
3 Sarala Devi Chaudhurani
4 Santisudha Ghosh
Q Manipuri dance mainly depicts the life story of which of the following Hindu gods?
1 Ram
2 Krishna
3 Narasimha
4 Vishnu
Q Who among the following economist coined the terminology ‘Hindu Rate of Growth’ ?
1 Vijay Kelkar
2 Bimal Jalan
3 Raj Krishna
4 Amiya Kumar Bagchi
Q Which of the following city is called ‘Zero Mile Centre’ because of its location on India’s Geographic centre ?
1 Bhopal
2 Jabalpur
3 Nagpur
4 Indore
Q _____ is also known as the ‘Scotland of India’ .
1 Darjeeling
2 Coorg
3 Shimla
4 Gangtok
Q Who is the author of the book ‘The Blue Umbrella’ ?
1 Aravind Adiga
2 Ruskin Bond
3 Vikram Seth
4 Jhumpa Lahiri
Q In which year was Tilka Manjhi hanged ?
1 1775
2 1779
3 1784
4 1789
Q Snails and slugs belong to which of the following phyla ?
1 Mollusca
2 Annelida
3 Arthropoda
4 Porifera
Q Who discovered that mosquitoes spread malaria ?
1 Edward Jenner
2 Ronald Ross
3 Robert Hooke
4 Dr Alphonse Laveran
Q In 1809, Lord __ signed the Amritsar Treaty with Maharaja Ranjit Singh.
1 James Andrew Ramsay – Dalhousie
2 Michael John Hastings
3 Charles T. Metcalfe
4 William Bentinck
Q Who was the first person to conduct a systematic study of chromosomes during division and called this process mitosis?
1 Friedrich Miescher
2 Walther Flemming
3 Thomas Hunt Morgan
4 Antonie van Leeuwenhoek
Q To which of the following states does the dance drama ‘Khyal’ belong?
1. Rajasthan
2 Gujarat
3 Madhya Pradesh
4 Punjab
Q Which article of the Indian Constitution deals with the Union Executive?
1 Article 38 to 50
2 Article 52 to 78
3 Article 80 to 86
4 Article 112 to 118
Q Kakrapar Atomic Power Project is located in which of the following states?
1 Madhya Pradesh
2 Rajasthan
3 Gujarat
4 Haryana
Q As per 2011 census, which of the following States/Union Territories has the highest density of population?
1 Uttar Pradesh
2 National capital territory of Delhi
3 Maharashtra
4 Chandigarh
Q The Sino-Indian border is divided into how many sectors?
1 2
2 3
3 5
4 4
The India-China border is divided into three sectors namely ; Western sector , Middle sector , and Eastern sector
Q Which of the following Indus Valley Civilisation sites was first excavated by NG Majumdar?
1 Lothal
2 Chanhudaro
3 Kalibangan
4 Banawali
Q ‘Ali More Angana’, which was composed by Ravi Pawar, was sung by which of the following classical singers?
1 Kishori Amonkar
2 Shubha Mudgal
3 Shraddha Pandit
4 Rekha Bhardwaj
Q Which among the following generations of Computer used vacuum tubes?
1 First Generation
2 Third Generation
3 Fourth Generation
4 Second Generation
| First Generation computer | vacuum tubes |
| Second Generation computer | transistors |
| Third Generation computer | integrated circuits |
| Fourth Generation computer | microprocessors |
Q Which is the largest country of Africa ?
1 Algeria
2 Cameroon
3 Sudan
4 Chad
| Largest country of South America | Brazil |
| Largest country of North America | Canada |
| Largest country of Africa | Algeria |
Q National Institute of Mountaineering and Adventure Sports (NIMAS) is located at __.
1 Nagaland
2 Arunachal Pradesh
3 Mizoram
4 Himachal Pradesh
Q The Phool Dei festival is primarily celebrated by the people of __ in India.
1. Gujarat
2 Sikkim
3 Uttarakhand
4 Karnataka
Q Which of the following hills are known for Bauxite Mines?
1 Agasthyamalai hills
2 Gandhamardhan hills
3 Panchpatmali hills
4 Savandurga hills
Q Which of the following personalities was instrumental in introducing the Green Revolution in India?
1 Venkatrao K Badami
2 Virender Lal Chopra
3 MS Swaminathan
4 Madappa Mahadevappa
Q The Rourkela Steel Plant started with the inauguration of first blast furnace by the then President of India in :
1 1951
2 1954
3 1958
4 1959
Q In which state of India can we find the preserved Buddhist caves called ‘Karla‘ ?
1 Bihar
2 Karnataka
3 Maharashtra
4 Madhya Pradesh
Q ____ was the first artificial satellite launched by the Soviet Union in 1957.
1 RISAT-1
2 Sputnik-1
3 Cartosat-2
4 Bhaskara
Q Who amongst the following Delhi Sultanate rulers sent his army under Malik Kafur’s command to conquer South India?
1 Ghiyas-ud-din Balban
2 Iltutmish
3 Alauddin Khilji
4 Qutub-al-din Aibak
Q In which year did Johannes Nicolaus Bronsted and Thomas Martin Lowry propose the fundamental concept of acids and bases?
1 1921
2 1923
3 1925
4 1928
Q __ states that the rates of diffusion of gases are inversely proportional to the
square roots of their densities under similar conditions of temperature and pressure.
1 Tyndall’s Law
2 Kepler’s Law
3 Pascal’s Law
4 Graham’s Law
Q The Sun Temple at Konark was built under the rule of which dynasty?
1 Pallava Dynasty
2 Pandya Dynasty
3 Eastern Ganga Dynasty
4 Rashtrakuta Dynasty
Q According to the Census of India 2011, which of the following states has the largest Buddhist population?
1 Uttar Pradesh
2 Maharashtra
3 Madhya Pradesh
4 West Bengal
Q Name the white precipitate formed in the reaction of sodium sulphate and barium chloride.
1 Barium hydroxide
2 Barium sulphate
3 Sodium chloride
4 Sodium oxide
Q In which regiment of the British Army was Mangal Pandey a sepoy during the first war of independence?
1. 6th Dragoon Guards
2 3rd Native Bihar Infantry
3 34th Bengal Native Infantry
4 11th Native Infantry
Q ‘Kati Bihu‘ in Assam is celebrated by lighting a lamp in front of a ______ tree / plant.
Ans 1. banyan
2. neem
3. banana
4. tulsi
Q Sangeet Natak Akademi awardee Jatin Goswami is a famous ________dancer.
Ans 1. Mohiniyattam
2. Kathak
3. Sattriya
4. Kathakali
Q Who among the following is the constitutional head of the Union executive?
1. The Prime Minister
2 The President
3 The Chief Justice
4 The Vice President
Q The Wangala festival is mainly celebrated by which tribe?
1 Garo
2 Munda
3 Tharu
4 Bheel
Q Who found the journal ‘Bande Mataram‘ in India ?
1 Ramanand Chatterji
2 Bipin Chandra Pal
3 Aurobindo Ghosh
4 Ganesh Shankar Vidyarthi
Q The __ results from an increase in the proportion of workers relative to non-workers in the population.
1 age structure of population
2 demographic dividend
3 population momentum
4 old-age dependency ratio
Q The minimum strength of the Council of Ministers in a state as per the Indian Constitution is __ .
1 15 persons
2 14 persons
3 12 persons
4 13 persons
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 kings founded the Nalanda Mahavihara?
1. Chandragupta I
2 Kumargupta I
3 Kumargupta II
4 Samudragupta
Q ______rejected the superstitious beliefs in Hinduism and gave the slogan ‘Go back toVedas’.
1 Swami Sahajanand
2 Ishwar Chandra Vidyasagar
3 Atma Ram Pandurang
4 Swami Dayanand Sarasvati
Q Who among the following was the British resistance at Lucknow during the Revolt of 1857?
1 Colonel Oncell
2 Henry Lawrence
3 John Nicholson
4 William Taylor
Q Which vitamin is involved in red blood cell formation, neurological function and DNA synthesis?
1 Vitamin K
2 Vitamin B7
3 Vitamin B12
4 Vitamin E
Q What is the distance between the rail tracks in a broad gauge?
1. 1.76 m
2 1.79 m
3 1.67 m
4 1.59 m
Q In which of the following states is Sabarimala Sree Dharma Sastha Temple located?
Ans 1. Telangana
2. Kerala
3. Andhra Pradesh
4. Karnataka
Q The Parliamentary Form of Government has been borrowed by the Indian Constitution from the Constitution of which country ?
1 United Kingdom
2 Ireland
3 United States of America
4 France
Q The Treaty of Srirangapatnam was signed in 1792 between Tipu Sultan of Mysore and who among the following representatives of the British East India Company ?
1 Charles Cornwallis
2 Warren Hastings
3 Robert Clive
4 John Cartier
Q Which of the following is a rare group of genetic disorders caused by mutations of certain genes affecting the colour (pigmentation) of the skin, hair and eyes?
1 Alkaptonuria
2 Alagille syndrome
3 Albinism
4 Angelman syndrome
Q Ustad Bundu Khan and Santosh Mishra are the famous players of which musical instrument ?
1 Sitar
2 Sarangi
3 Sarod
4 Tabla
Q In classical dance , which Rasa reprsents ”Anger” ?
1 Veera
2 Raudra
3 Hasya
4 Shanta
Q The Chhath Puja of Bihar is dedicated to which deity?
1 Vishnu Dev
2 Indra Dev
3 Surya Dev
4 Chandra Dev
Q Which Navratna company is fondly called ‘Vizag Steel‘ ?
1 Essar Steel Limited
2 IISCO Steel Plant
3 Rashtriya Ispat Nigam Limited
4 JSW Steel Limited
Q The Murlen National Park is located in which state ?
1 Telangana
2 Mizoram
3 Jharkhand
4 Himachal Pradesh
Q What is the number of protons present in beryllium.
1 1
2 4
3 3
4 2
| Beryllium | 4 protons, 5 neutrons, and 4 electrons are there in an atom of beryllium. Its mass number is 10 |
Q The International Olympic Committee was established in the year __.
1 1892
2 1894
3 1896
4 1890
Q Which of the following musical instruments is an example of the stringed instruments played by the Manganiars of west Rajasthan?
1 Kamaicha
2 Manjira
3 Jhanj
4 Toomba
Q Who among the following is considered as the ‘Father of Modern Atomic Theory’?
1 Otto Hahn
2 John Dalton
3 Willard Gibbs
4 Robert Boyle
Q The town of Nagalapuram was founded by which of the following kings of the
Vijayanagar empire?
1. Deva Raya II
2 Achyuta Deva Raya
3 Krishnadeva Raya
4 Deva Raya I
Q Name the author of ‘Hind Swaraj’.
1. MK Gandhi
2 VD Savarkar
3 MG Ranade
4 GK Gokhale
Q During eight Five Year Plan , India became a member of the World Trade Organization on 1 January ___
1 1998
2 1995
3 1997
4 1999
Q The largest number of MPs in the seventeenth Lok Sabha are from which of the following states of India ?
1 Uttar Pradesh
2 Odisha
3 Rajasthan
4 Madhya Pradesh
Q Who has written the book ‘Rhythmic Echoes and Reflections : Kathak’ ?
1 Shovana Narayan
2 Saswati Sen
3 Birju Maharaj
4 Damayanti Joshi
Q What was invented by ‘Zacharias Janssen’ ?
1 Microscope
2 Television
3 Telephone
4 Radio
Q Under which article the President declares ‘President Rule’ in India ?
1 Article 356
2 Article 352
3 Article 360
4 Article 280
Q Who is the author of the book named ‘Pinjar’ ?
1 Amrita Pritam
2 Kiran Desai
3 Sudha Murty
4 Arundhati Roy
Q Who was the editor of Marathi newspaper , ‘Kesari’ ?
1 Bal Gangadhar Tilak
2 Bipin Chandra Pal
3 Jawahar Lal Nehru
4 Atmaram Pandurang
Q About what percentage of water of Indus river system is received by Pakistan under Indus Water Treaty ?
1 80 %
2 60 %
3 70 %
4 40 %
Q Meghaduta was written by which poet of ancient India?
1 Ravikirti
2 Kalidasa
3 Harisena
4 Vyasa
Q Who is known as ‘the wizard of Hockey’ ?
1 Major Dhyanchand
2 Jaipal Singh Munda
3 Balbir Singh Sr
4 Kishan Lal
Q How many holes of a Shehnai are used for playing ?
1 5
2 7
3 10
4 8
Q In approximately how much time does Mars complete one spin on its axis?
1 16 hours
2 1 day 18 hours
3 18 hours
4 1 day
Q Where was the first experimental satellite telecommunication earth station set up in 1967 in India ?
1 Aurangabad
2 Ahmedabad
3 Allahabad
4 Ahmednagar
Q What is the name of the famous British social reformer known for founding the Indian Home Rule League in 1916?
1 Maria Rye
2 Annie Besant
3 Catherine Osler
4 Anne Knight
Q Which article of the Indian Constitution specifies Hindi as official language of the Union?
1 Article 343
2 Article 370
3 Article 80
4 Article 51A
Q Partition of Bengal in 1905 was carried out by which of the following British viceroys?
1 Lord Wavell
2 Lord Mayo
3 Lord Curzon
4 Lord Linlithgow
Q In which of the following years did Sher Shah of Sur defeat the Mughal emperor Humayun?
1 1539
2 1537
3 1540
4 1538
Q Pandit Chatur Lal, who toured with Pandit Ravi Shankar is known for which of the following musical instruments?
1 Tabla
2 Tambura
3 Sarang
4 Sarod
QWhere is the Vivekanand Rock Memorial situated?
1 Port Blair
2 Vishakhapatnam
3 Kanyakumari
4 Chennai
Q The Tripartite struggle happened among the Palas, the Pratiharas and the _.
1 Rashtrakutas
2 Maukharis
3 Chandelas
4 Chalukyas
Q ‘Rudreswara Temple‘ or Veyisthambala Gudi [ thousand pillars temple ] was built by Rudra Deva. Which dynasty does Rudra Deva belong to ?
1 Chola
2 Chalukya
3 Kakatiya
4 Pallav
Q Which is Satyajit Ray‘s famous film about the decline of the aristocratic zamindari style of living ?
1 Apur Sansar
2 Charulata
3 Jalsaghar [ The Music Room ]
4 Pather Panchali
Q Pool swimming at the Olympic Games takes place inside a ___ meter-long swimming pool divided into eight lanes.
1 75
2 50
3 100
4 25
Q The census operations of India had been carried out in __ phases according to
census 2011.
1 2
2 3
3 7
4 5
Q The system of scientific naming Organism was introduced by :
1 George Caley
2 Carolus Linnaeus
3 Alexis Carrel
4 Angel Cabrera
Q Which Indian city is known as ‘Manchester of North India’ ?
1 Kanpur
2 Ahmedabad
3 Coimbatore
4 Gurgaon
| Nickname of Indian cities | Kanpur [ Manchester of North India ] , Solan [ Mushroom city of India ] , Jaipur [ Pink City ] , Udaipur [ City of Lakes ] , Ahmedabad [ Manchester of India ] , , Coimbatore [ Manchester of South India ] , Bangalore [ Silicon Valley of India ] , Chennai [ Detroit of India ] , Jaisalmer [ Golden City ] , Jodhpur [ Blue City ] , Shillong [ Scotland of the East ] , Madurai [ Athens of the East ] , Coorg [ Scotland of India ] , Nagpur [ Orange city ] , Surat [ Diamond city ] , Kanpur [ Leather city ] , Kishangarh [ Marble city of India ] , Jalore [ Granite city of India ] , Cuttack [ Silver city of India ] |