Q. The research centre of national institute ofOceanography is at?

a) Kolkata

b) Kochi

c) Panaji

d) Mumbai

Q. Saha institute of Nuclear physics is located at?

a) New Delhi

b) Karnal

c) Kolkata

d) Lucknow

Q. The translation of "Abhijana shakuntalam" wasdone by?

a) William jones

b) Johanan Duncan

c) William Tacher

d) William Hawkins

Q. Ainus" tribe belongs to which Country?

a) South America

b) Malaysia

c) Japan

d) Greenland

Q. Which constitutional amendment act gave Goa astatehood status?

a) 43th

b) 61th

c) 71th

d) 56th

Q. The book "philosophic zoologique" was writtenby?

a) Auguest Weismann

b) JP lamarck

c) Robert darwin

d) Carolus linnaeus

Q. Who is authorized to approve the five year plansin India?

a) Finance Ministry

b) National Development Council

c) Planning Commission

d) International Monetary Found

Q. Where is the Kaziranga sanctuary located inindia?

a) West Bengal

b) Uttarakhand

c) Assam

d) Sikkim

Q. What kind of right is the 'Right to Information'?

a) Legal Right

b) Directive principle of state policy

c) Moral right

d) Fundamental right

Q. Which one of the following Rivers does not flowthrough state of Haryana?

a) Sahibi

b) Ghaggar

c) Yamuna

d) Manjeera

Q. When was OTCEI (over the counter Exchange ofindia) incorporated?

a) 1989

b) 1990

c) 1985

d) 1996

Q. With which Governor General of India, is theDoctrine of Lapse associated?

a) Lord Dalhousie

b) Lord Mountbatten

c) Lord Lytton

d) Lord Irwin

Q. Which article empowers the president of India toelect Anglo-Indian members to Lok sabha?

a) Article 318

b) Article 311

c) Article 331

d) Article 78

Q. Who is known as "Prophet of new India"?

a) Swami Vivekananda

b) Dayanand saraswati

c) Raja ram mohan roy

d) Atmaram panduranga

Q. The upanishads were translated by dara shikohin persian under the title of

a) Kitabul Bayan

b) Al Fihrist

c) Mayma-ul-Bahrain

d) Sirr-i-akbar

Q. Census falls under which scedule of Indianconstitution?

a) 3rd Schedule

b) 5th Schedule

c) 7th Schedule

d) 8th Schedule

Q. In 1333 Ad, The African traveler came to india.Who was the sultan of Delhi sultanate at that time?

a) Allaudin khilji

b) Razia sultan

c) Mohammad-bin-tuglaq

d) Sikandar Lodhi

Q. In which year was guru nanak dev born?

a) 1242 AD

b) 1358 AD

c) 1469 AD

d) 1542 AD

Q. Who among the british generals defeated peshwabaji rao II

a) Autram

b) Malcom

c) Elphinstone

d) Kitchner

Q. Who was the founder of Lodhi dynasty

a) Sikandar Lodhi

b) Bahlol Lodi

c) Ibrahim Lodhi

d) Dault khan Lodhi

Q. Which is India's highest award given to civilian?

a) Bharat ratna

b) Jnan peeth Award

c) Ashoka chakra

d) Param veer chakra

Q. In Which session of year president address boththe house of parliament

a) First session (Budget)

b) Second session (Monsoon)

c) Third session (winter)

d) All of these

Q. Nanda devi biosphere reserve is located in whichIndian state

a) Arunachal pradesh

b) Assam

c) Manipur

d) Uttrakhand

Q. Who holds the portfolio of 'Minister forDepartment of space' in the present Union cabinetof India?

a) Jual oram

b) Nitin gadkari

c) Narendra Modi

d) Ashok gajapathi raju

Q. Where is the centre for cellular and molecularBiology(CCMB) located?

a) Pune

b) Bengaluru

c) Panaji

d) Hyderabad

Q. Who was the first ruler of the Mughal Empire?

a) Akbar

b) Babur

c) Shah jahan

d) Humayun

Q. Which organization introduced the Industrialworkers consumer price Index?

a) National human rights commission

b) International labour organization

c) Reserve bank of India

d) Labour buraeu

Q. Which scheme (Yojana) was indruced by unionGovernment of India in December 2016 to promotedigital payments?

a) Digi dhan vyapar yojna

b) Rojgar yojna

c) Jan dhan yojana

d) Ujjwala yojna

Q. The rangarajan committee is appointed to studywhich of the following issues?

a) Poverty in India

b) Industrialization in India

c) Exports and imports in India

d) Sports in India

Q. The provisions regarding division of taxesbetween the Union and the states-

a) Can be suspended during financial emergency

b) Can be suspended during National Emergency

c) Cannot be suspended under any circumstances

d) Can be suspended only with the consent of amajority of the state Legislatures.

Q. Public accounts committee present its report to-

a) Parliament

b) The president

c) Prime Minister

d) Finance Minister

Q. Offences are tried under the protection of CivilRights Act, 1955 by the courts of

a) Sessions court

b) Judicial magistrate first class

c) Judicial magistrate second class

d) Chief judicial magistrate

Q. Under the protection of Civil Rights Act, 1955,All offences are-

a) Cognizable

b) Bailable

c) Compoundable

d) Punishment with imprisonment and fine both

Q. Who was the Chairman of the twelfth financecommission?

a) A.M. khusro

b) K.C. pant

c) Montek singh

d) C.Rangarajan

Q. Who was the chairman of the 13th Financecommission?

a) Indira Rajaraman

b) C. Rangarajan

c) Vijay Kelkar

d) None of the above

Q. Who among the following was the Chairman of14th finance commission?

a) Shanta kumar

b) C. rangarajan

c) Y.V. reddy

d) None of the above

Q. Who was the first chairman of planningcommission of India?

a) M. Viswesvarya

b) Pt. jawaharlal Nehru

c) P.C. Mahalanobis

d) John Mathai

Q. Who works as the Chairman of the planningcommission?

a) President

b) Prime Minister

c) Vice-President

d) Governor of reserve Bank

Q. The Ex-officio-Chairman of planningcommission is-

a) President

b) Finance Minister

c) Vice-president

d) Prime Minister

Q. National Development council is primarilyrelated to-

a) Approval of Five-year plans

b) Execution of village development plans

c) Formation of development plans

d) The financial relation between states and Union.

Q. The Chairman of the constitutional reviewcommission set up in February, 2000 is-

a) M.N. Venkatachaliah

b) R.S. Sarkaria

c) Krishna lyer

d) Fatima Beevi

Q. Who is the chairman of central pollution controlBoard?

a) President

b) Prime Minister

c) Vice-President

d) Environment Minister.

Q. Mandal Commission, whose proposals createdmassive dispute, was set up by-

a) Indira Gandhi

b) Morarji Desai

c) Rajeev Gandhi

d) Vishwanath Pratap singh

Q. 'Zero Hour' is the contribution of which countryto the parliamentary system?

a) India

b) America

c) Britain

d) Switzerland

Q. The 1st joint meething of both Houses of theIndian parliament was held in connection with

a) Dowry abolition bill

b) Hindu code bill

c) Bank nationalisation bill

d) Gold control bill

Q. Who was the right to issue money from theconsolidated found of india?

a) Comptroller and Auditor general

b) Finance Minister of India

c) Authorized Minister

d) None of the above

Q. Which is the largest item under Non-planexpenditure of central Government?

a) Defence

b) Subsidy

c) Interest payment

d) Pension

Q. The authorization for the withdrawal of foundsfrom the consolidated found of India must comefrom-

a) The president of India

b) The Parliament of India

c) The Prime Minister of India

d) The union finance Minister

Q. The Golden Jubilee of Indian parliament wascelebrated on-

a) 01-01-1997

b) 15-08-1997

c) 26-01-2002

d) 13-05-2002

Q. Who was the Nationalist leader to be elected asspeaker of central Legislative assembly in 1925?

a) Moti Lal Nehru

b) Vitthalbhai patel

c) Vallabhbhai patel

d) C.R. das