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Q1. One of the following is not a 'sitar' player. Who is that?
Correct answer : 2
Q2. Which one of the following does not belong to the Carnatic music form?
Correct answer : 1
Q3. Where is the National Institute of Nutrition located?
Correct answer : 4
Q4. During whose rule the Mughal Painting art reached its climax?
Correct answer : 3
Q5. Where was the first Asian Games held?
Correct answer : 3
Q6. In which year Nobel Prize for Economics was instituted?
Correct answer : 4
Q7. Who among the following wrote "Mein Kampf"?
Correct answer : 1
Q8. The train "Himsagar Express" runs between
Correct answer : 2
Q9. Which of the following vedas contain theory of classical music?
Correct answer : 2
Q10. What was the first newspaper to be published in India?
Correct answer : 4
Q11. Who among the following wrote "Gitarahasya"
Correct answer : 1
Q12. "A sanyasi, indentured labourer in Fiji, carried a Tulsidas Ramayana, recite verses from this book to the rural people". Whom are we talking about?
Correct answer : 2
Q13. Which was the first definite communist journal to be published in India?
Correct answer : 3
Q14. With which of the following 'Ramanujacharya' was associated?
Correct answer : 1
Q15. Arrange the following temples/monuments in their chronological period of construction.... A)Puri Jagannath Temple b)Madurai Meenakshi Temple c)Mahabalipuram shore temples d)Qutub Minar
Correct answer : 1
Q16. Which one of the following statement is not relevant to Vedic God "Indra"?
Correct answer : 2
Q17. Some of the earliest recorded discussions on philosophical issue like the transmigration of soul, in the early Indian context are mentioned in ......
Correct answer : 3
Q18. Which of the following Rig Vedic Gods is believed to be the upholder of the "Rta" or "Cosmic Order"?
Correct answer : 2
Q19. Hindi and Urdu languages have taken birth from which of the following?
Correct answer : 3
Q20. The aim of the Asiatic Society was to....
Correct answer : 3
Q21. With which of the following Raja Ram Mohan Roy was not related?
Correct answer : 4
Q22. Who introduced English education in India?
Correct answer : 1
Q23. " Rule of Law" during British India meant.....
Correct answer : 3
Q24. Who introduced "Indian Civil Service" in India?
Correct answer : 3
Q25. "Indians are hot tempered but honest" Whose quote is this?
Correct answer : 3
Q26. The first human statue worship in India was that of......
Correct answer : 4
Q27. Which metal was first used by the vedic people?
Correct answer : 4
Q28. The script of the Harappan people consisted of.....
Correct answer : 2
Q29. Arrange the following Hindu Gods in chronological order according to their importance during the later vedic period: a) Indra b)Vishnu c)Prajapati d)Rudra
Correct answer : 4
Q30. Pick out the unrelated statements with reference to: "In Rig vedic times the king was assisted in administration by......" a)the collector of taxes b)the administrator of Justice c)the Senani d)the Purohita
Correct answer : 1
Q31. Which of the following kings were the first to issue gold coins?
Correct answer : 3
Q32. The present characteristic features of Hinduism had developed during the time of......
Correct answer : 2
Q33. Who suggested first that India could be reached from Europe by sailing west?
Correct answer : 4
Q34. The first use to which the wheel was put appears to have been for
Correct answer : 4
Q35. The most peculiar characteristic and ability of a man, which makes the process of transmission of knowledge permanent and easier is to....
Correct answer : 3
Q36. "Rajatarangini" written by Kalhan is about......
Correct answer : 1
Q37. The earliest evidence of the practice of Sati can be gleaned from....
Correct answer : 4
Q38. Buddha's teachings were mainly centred around.....
Correct answer : 3
Q39. What was the central point in Ashoka's "Dhamma"?
Correct answer : 4
Q40. "Arthashastra" by Kautilya is a book on......
Correct answer : 3
Q41. "Tripitakas" are the sacred books of......
Correct answer : 1
Q42. What distinguishes Jainism from Buddhism?
Correct answer : 2
Q43. What does "Buddha" mean?
Correct answer : 4
Q44. "Milindapanha" represents....
Correct answer : 4
Q45. "Purushasukta" is found in which of the following?