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This section includes 657 Mcqs, each offering curated multiple-choice questions to sharpen your Testing Subject knowledge and support exam preparation. Choose a topic below to get started.
| 1. |
Author of the novel ?Madame Bovary‘ is— |
| A. | Emil Zola |
| B. | Flaubert |
| C. | Kafka |
| D. | Victor Hugo |
| Answer» C. Kafka | |
| 2. |
Kuchipudi is a dance from— |
| A. | Kerala |
| B. | Tamil Nadu |
| C. | Karnataka |
| D. | Andhra Pradesh |
| Answer» E. | |
| 3. |
Which dance is in the form of dance drama in Kerala and is usually performed in the open and lasts the whole night ? |
| A. | Mohiniattam |
| B. | Kathakali |
| C. | Ottam Thullal |
| D. | Kuchipudi |
| Answer» C. Ottam Thullal | |
| 4. |
The Chief Election Commissioner is— |
| A. | Elected by the Parliament |
| B. | Appointed by the Minister of Parliamentary Affairs |
| C. | Appointed by the President |
| D. | Nominated by the Prime Minister |
| Answer» D. Nominated by the Prime Minister | |
| 5. |
Aqua regia is a mixture of— |
| A. | One part HNO3 and three parts HCl |
| B. | Three parts HNO3 and one part HCl |
| C. | One part H2SO4 and three parts HCl |
| D. | Three parts H2SO4 and one part HCl |
| Answer» B. Three parts HNO3 and one part HCl | |
| 6. |
Generally who are the members of the Gram Sabha ? |
| A. | All the heads of families of the respective villages |
| B. | All the voters in the respective villages |
| C. | All adult males in the villages |
| D. | Nominated members |
| Answer» C. All adult males in the villages | |
| 7. |
The Tattvabodhini Sabha was founded by— |
| A. | H. V. Derozio |
| B. | Rammohan Roy |
| C. | Debendranath Thakur |
| D. | Swami Vivekananda |
| Answer» D. Swami Vivekananda | |
| 8. |
The famous Ilbert Bill Controversy arose during the tenure of— |
| A. | Lord Mayo |
| B. | Lord Lytton |
| C. | Lord Dufferin |
| D. | Lord Ripon |
| Answer» E. | |
| 9. |
Who was the Mughal Emperor to have lifted the Jaziya on Hindus |
| A. | Babar |
| B. | Akbar |
| C. | Jahangir |
| D. | Shahjahan |
| Answer» C. Jahangir | |
| 10. |
A. C. is used in homes because— |
| A. | It is safe |
| B. | It is easily reproducible |
| C. | It is cheap |
| D. | It is economical in transmission |
| Answer» E. | |
| 11. |
Which of the following Indian Police Service Officer has recently announced voluntary retirement ? |
| A. | K. N. Misra |
| B. | Ashok Pradarshni |
| C. | Kiran Bedi |
| D. | Badal Das |
| Answer» D. Badal Das | |
| 12. |
Who is the eminent Marathi screen play writer and journalist, who received the K. K. Birla Foundation‘s Saraswati Samman Award for his play Kanyadan‘ ? |
| A. | Girish Karnad |
| B. | Vijay Tendulkar |
| C. | Anna Sahib Kirloskar |
| D. | Neelu Phule |
| Answer» C. Anna Sahib Kirloskar | |
| 13. |
What will be the final temperature when 80 calories of heat is taken out from 1 gm of water at 0°C ? |
| A. | – 1°C |
| B. | – 80° |
| C. | 1°C |
| D. | 0°C |
| Answer» E. | |
| 14. |
Subsidiary Alliance‘ system was introduced by— |
| A. | Lord Dalhousie |
| B. | Lord Curzon |
| C. | Lord Hastings |
| D. | Lord Wellesley |
| Answer» E. | |
| 15. |
The Chief Minister of Kerala is— |
| A. | H. D. Kumaraswamy |
| B. | M. Karunanidhi |
| C. | A. K. Anthony |
| D. | V. S. Achuthanandan |
| Answer» E. | |
| 16. |
Who launched the Non-Cooperation Movement in 1920 ? |
| A. | Frontier Gandhi |
| B. | Surendranath Banerjee |
| C. | Woomesh Chandra Banerjee |
| D. | None of these |
| Answer» E. | |
| 17. |
Who is the eminent Bengali dramatist who wrote Abong Indrajit‘ ? |
| A. | Manoj Mitra |
| B. | Prapto Mitra |
| C. | Badal Sarkar |
| D. | Mohit Chattopadhyay |
| Answer» D. Mohit Chattopadhyay | |
| 18. |
Who was the Sikh Guru to slaughtered by Aurangzeb ? |
| A. | Ram Das |
| B. | Teg Bahadur |
| C. | Arjundev |
| D. | Gobind Singh |
| Answer» C. Arjundev | |
| 19. |
Which of the following is electrovalent ? |
| A. | Oxygen molecule |
| B. | Sodium chloride |
| C. | Water |
| D. | Ammonia |
| Answer» C. Water | |
| 20. |
Name the Indian playwright, actor and director, recipient of Sangeet Natak Akademi Award (1972), Kamala Devi Award 71, Homi Bhabha Fellowship for creative work and Bharatiya Jnanpith Award (1999). |
| A. | Shekhar Kapur |
| B. | Amol Palekar |
| C. | Girish Karnad |
| D. | Kamal Hasan |
| Answer» D. Kamal Hasan | |
| 21. |
Neutrons in an atom— |
| A. | Are equal to the number of electrons and protons |
| B. | Revolve about the nucleus in fixed orbit |
| C. | Contribute to nuclear charge |
| D. | Vary in number with different isotopes |
| Answer» C. Contribute to nuclear charge | |
| 22. |
Production of heat due to flow of electric current through a conductor is given by— |
| A. | Joule effect |
| B. | Joule-Thomson effect |
| C. | Seebeck effect |
| D. | Peltier effect |
| Answer» B. Joule-Thomson effect | |
| 23. |
When the temperature of a metalrises, its electrical resistance— |
| A. | Increases |
| B. | Decreases |
| C. | Does not change |
| D. | None of the above |
| Answer» B. Decreases | |
| 24. |
Who edited Harijan Patrika‘ ? |
| A. | Aurobindo Ghosh |
| B. | Mahatma Gandhi |
| C. | Bal Gangadhar Tilak |
| D. | Bipin Pal |
| Answer» C. Bal Gangadhar Tilak | |
| 25. |
Which of the following countries was recently suspended from the Commonwealth ? |
| A. | Pakistan |
| B. | South Africa |
| C. | India |
| D. | Sri Lanka |
| Answer» B. South Africa | |
| 26. |
Editor of the Magazine Sambad-Pravakar‘ was— |
| A. | Debendra Nath Thakur |
| B. | Akshoy Kumar Dutta |
| C. | Pearychand Mitra |
| D. | Iswar Chandra Gupta |
| Answer» E. | |
| 27. |
Water equivalent of a body is measured in— |
| A. | Degrees centrigrade |
| B. | Calories |
| C. | Grams |
| D. | Dynes |
| Answer» D. Dynes | |
| 28. |
Who was conferred the title of Gunraj Khan ? |
| A. | Bipradas Pipilai |
| B. | Maladhar Basu |
| C. | Kavi Jaydeva |
| D. | Sri Chaitanya |
| Answer» C. Kavi Jaydeva | |
| 29. |
The proposed site for private port in West Bengal is— |
| A. | Falta |
| B. | Kakdwip |
| C. | Kulpi |
| D. | Sagar Island |
| Answer» D. Sagar Island | |
| 30. |
The most populous city of India in 2001 is— |
| A. | Kolkata |
| B. | Chennai |
| C. | Delhi |
| D. | Mumbai |
| Answer» E. | |
| 31. |
Which of the following countries has recently signed the Kyoto Protocol ? |
| A. | India |
| B. | USA |
| C. | China |
| D. | Australia |
| Answer» E. | |
| 32. |
One of the famous tragedies of Shakespeare is— |
| A. | The Merchant of Venice |
| B. | Macbeth |
| C. | The Tempest |
| D. | As You Like It |
| Answer» C. The Tempest | |
| 33. |
The fuel in a nuclear reactor is— |
| A. | Graphite |
| B. | Heavy water |
| C. | Cadmium |
| D. | Uranium |
| Answer» E. | |
| 34. |
Which of the following occupies 22•4 litres at N.T.P. ? |
| A. | 17 gms NH3 |
| B. | 22 gms CO2 |
| C. | 1.7 gms NH3 |
| D. | 4.4 gms CO2 |
| Answer» B. 22 gms CO2 | |
| 35. |
The only Sultan of Delhi who exempted his subject from nearly 24 taxes was— |
| A. | Mubarak Shah Khalji |
| B. | Ghiyasuddin Tughlaq |
| C. | Firoz Tughlaq |
| D. | Sikandar Lodi |
| Answer» D. Sikandar Lodi | |
| 36. |
The President of India is elected by an electoral college comprising the— |
| A. | Members of the Lok Sabha only |
| B. | Members of the Rajya Sabha only |
| C. | Elected Members of both Houses of Parliament and Members of the Legislative Assemblies of all States |
| D. | Members of both Houses |
| Answer» D. Members of both Houses | |
| 37. |
To whom is the Council of Ministers collectively responsible ? |
| A. | The President |
| B. | The Prime Minister |
| C. | The Lok Sabha |
| D. | The Rajya Sabha |
| Answer» D. The Rajya Sabha | |
| 38. |
In bacteria, which of the following photosynthesis is present ? |
| A. | PS I |
| B. | PS II |
| C. | Both PS I and PS II |
| D. | None of the above |
| Answer» D. None of the above | |
| 39. |
We find Indir-Thakrun‘ in— |
| A. | Aranyak |
| B. | Pather-Panchali |
| C. | Ichamati |
| D. | Devajan |
| Answer» C. Ichamati | |
| 40. |
Anhydrous CaO may be used to dry— |
| A. | H2S gas |
| B. | NH3 gas |
| C. | CO2 gas |
| D. | HCl gas |
| Answer» C. CO2 gas | |
| 41. |
Aurangzeb defeated Jaswant Singh the ruler of Jodhpur in the war of Dharmat of 1658 A.D. In which state Dharmat is situated ? |
| A. | Rajasthan |
| B. | Madhya Pradesh |
| C. | Gujarat |
| D. | Uttar Pradesh |
| Answer» C. Gujarat | |
| 42. |
Which Article of the Indian Constitution provides to th39e Parliament the power to amend the Constitution ? |
| A. | 360 |
| B. | 368 |
| C. | 390 |
| D. | 348 |
| Answer» C. 390 | |
| 43. |
Hans Christian Andersen‘ was born in— (A) (B) (C) (D) Ans : (C) |
| A. | Poland |
| B. | Russia |
| C. | Denmark |
| D. | Germany |
| Answer» D. Germany | |
| 44. |
Dr. M. S. Subbulakshmi has distinguished herself in the field of— |
| A. | Kathak |
| B. | Bharat Natyam |
| C. | Playing Violin |
| D. | Vocal Music |
| Answer» E. | |
| 45. |
Geeta-Govindam‘ by Kavi Jaydev was written in— |
| A. | Bengali |
| B. | Sanskrit |
| C. | Maithili |
| D. | Apabhramsa |
| Answer» C. Maithili | |
| 46. |
When was Purna Swaraj‘ day first celebrated ? |
| A. | August 15, 1947 |
| B. | August 15, 1930 |
| C. | January 26, 1950 |
| D. | January 26, 1930 |
| Answer» E. | |
| 47. |
Who is the famous South Indian musician and saint, who was an exponent of Carnatic music ? |
| A. | Tyagaraja |
| B. | B. Subramanium |
| C. | R. Ramachandran |
| D. | P. Venkataraman |
| Answer» B. B. Subramanium | |
| 48. |
Which historical monument in Delhi is a synthesis of Persian and Indian Styles of Architectures ? |
| A. | Qutub Minar |
| B. | Lodi Tomb |
| C. | Humayun Tomb |
| D. | Red Fort |
| Answer» D. Red Fort | |
| 49. |
Which city is called Gateway of India ? |
| A. | Kolkata |
| B. | Chennai |
| C. | Mumbai |
| D. | Delhi |
| Answer» D. Delhi | |
| 50. |
Which of the following States has the largest size of population ? |
| A. | Uttar Pradesh |
| B. | Madhya Pradesh |
| C. | West Bengal |
| D. | Maharashtra |
| Answer» B. Madhya Pradesh | |