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Thursday, March 16, 2017


Various Sciences

1. Philology is the 

a) Study of bones                          b) Study of muscles

c) Study of architecture                d) Science of languages

2. Anatomy is the branch of science which deals with

a) Structure of animals and plants

b) Functioning of body organs

c) Animal behaviour

d) Cells and Tissues

3. Study of earthquakes is known as

a) Ecology                     b) Seismology

c) Numismatics             d) None of these

4. Ecology deals with

a) Birs                            b) Cell Formation

c) Relation between organism and their environment 

d) Tissues

5. Meteorology is the science of

a) Weather                 b) Meteors

c) Metals                    d) Earthquakes

6. Oncology is the study of 

a) Birds                        b) Cancer

c) Mammals                 d) Soil

7. Study of life in outer space is known as

a) Endobiology                       b) Exobiology

c) Enterobiology                     d) Neobiology

8. Numismatics is the study of 

a) Coins                         b) Numbers 

c) Stamps                       d) Space

9. Evgenics is the study of 

a) Altering human beings by changing their genetic components

b) People of European origin

c) Different races of mankind

d) Genetics of plants 

10.  Orniothology is the

a) Study of bones                                b) Study of birds

c) Study of smells                               d) None of these

11. Entomology deals with 

a) Plants                                 b) Animals

c) Insects                               d) Chemicals

12. Epidemology is the study of 

a) Dermis Diseases                  b) Epidemic Diseases

c) Epidermis diseases              d) None of these

13. Which of the following is wrongly matched?

a) Zoology - A branch of biology that deals with animal life

b) Virology - The Science that deals with viruses

c) Oncology - The study of wine

d) Toxicology -  A branch of Pharmacology dealing with poisons and other toxic substances

14. Lithology is the Study of 

a) Characteristics of rocks

b) Bones

c) Elections and prediction of results

d) Mountains

15. The study concerned with the production, control and application of extremely low temperatures is called

a) Chorology                             b) Cryogenetics 

c) Cytology                               d) Cytogenetics

16. Study of Sound and Sound waves is known as

a) Astrophysics                    b) Acoustics

c) Sonalogy                          d) Hydrology

17. Which of the following is correctly matched?

a) Carpology - Study of fruits and seeds

b) Cardiology - branch of medicine dealing with heart

c) Phytology - Study of plants

d) All of the above are correct

18. Study of a branch of medicine dealing with the eye and its diseases is 

a) Ophthamology                             b) Oenology

c) Ontology                                      d) Optics

19. The study of Kidney diseases is called

a) Oncology                      b) Nephrology

c) Oology                          d) Sialogy

20. Theology deals with

a) Religions                          b) Animal life

c) Plants                               d) Bones

21. The study of Skulls is called

a) Conchology                      b) Ethology

c) Craniology                       d) Hygiene

22. A branch of medicine dealing with the immune system of the body is called as

a) Genetics                                       b) Immunology

c) Gynaecology                                d) Geology

23. Geology is the study of 

a) Chemical composition of the earth's crust 

b) Nature Knowledge

c) Trees

d) Physics of the earth

24. Optics is the study of

a) Plants                         b) Eye sight

c) Chemicals                  d) Diseases of teeth


Answers:- 1. d)  2. a)  3. b)  4. c)  5. a)  6. b)  7. b)  8. a)  9. a)  10. b)  11. c)  12. b)  13. c)  14. a)  15. b)  16. b)  17. d)  18. a)  19. b)  20. a)  21. c)  22. b)  23. a)  24. b) 





Wednesday, March 15, 2017


Invensions and Discoveries (Set-2)


26. The velocity of light was first measured by 

a) Einstein                       b) Newton 

c) Romer                         d) Galileo

27. Who proposed the chemical evolution of life?

a) Darwin                           b) Lamarck

c) Oparin                            d) Haeckel 

28. The telephone was invented by

a) John Logie Baird     

b) Alexander Graham Bell 

c) Thomas Alva Edison

d) James Watt

29. Who among the following evolved the concept of relationship between mass and energy?

a) Einstein                                  b) Planck

c) Dalton                                    d) Rutherford

30. March the following columns ;

Column I                              Column II

A. Radioactivity                   1. Planck

B. Periodic Table                  2. Thompson

C. Quantum Theory              3. Rutherford 

D. X-rays                              4. Mendelef

                                              5. Roentgen
                                               
                                              6. Becquerrel

a) A-1, B-3, C-5, D-2

b) A-6, B-5, C-3, D-5

c) A-3, B -2, C-1, D-5

d) A-6, B-4, C-1, D-5

31. Match the following columns :

a) Marconi                                1. Radio 

b) Darwin                                  2. Natural selection theory 

c) Laennec                                 3. Orthogenesis theory 

d) Baird                                     4. Stethoscope 

                                                  5. Television 

a) A-1, B-3, C-4, D-5

b) A-5, B-4, C-3, D-2

c) A-1, B -2, C-4, D-5

d) A-3, B-5, C-2, D-4

32. Robert Koch worked on 

a) Tuberculosis                     b) Cholera

c) Malaria                             d) Diabetes

33.Who discovered Uranus?

a) Herschel                       b) Galileo

c) Copernicus                   d) None of these

34. Who among the following is associated with the invention of  Computers?

a) Edison                                  b) Charles Babbage 

c) MacMillan                           d) J.L.Baird

35. Alfred Nobel is associated with the invention of 

a) Cosmic rays                        b) Dynamite

c) Dynamo                              d) Penicillin

36.Funk Discovered 

a) Proteins                             b) Vitamins

c) Enzymes                           d) Hormones

37. Who discovered 'Vitamin-D'?

a) Funk                            b) Charles Darwin

c) Hapkins                       d) Leeuwenhock

38. Which of the following is wrongly matched?

a) Heart Transplant Surgery -  Christine Barnard

b) Bacteria - Leeuwenhock

c) Vaccination - Edward Jenner

d) Rabies Vaccine - Alexander Fleming

39. The credit of inventing the 'Revalwar' is to 

a) Samuel Kolt                       b) SAmuel F.B. Morse

c) William Bullock                 d) David Bushnell

40. Who discovered sea route to India via Cape of Good hope?

a) Captain Cook                          b) Copernicus

c) Vasco De Gama                      d) Amundson

41. Who invented the 'Barometer' 

a) Fred Morrisson                 b) Torricelli

c) James Puckle                    d) Carlson

42. Insulin for Diabets is invented by

a) Edward Janner                     b) Alexander Fleming

c) E.F. Banting                         d) Hoffman

43. Thomas Alva Edison invented 

a) Electric Lamp                         b) Microphone

c) Transistor                               d) Fountain Pen

44. Who invented the Polio Vaccine?

a) Land Steiner                    b) Sigmund Freud

c) Jonas Salk                       d) Edward Jenner

45. Which of the following is wrongly matched?

a) Printing Press - John Gutenberg 

b) Transistor - Michael Faraday

c) Radiocrabon dating - Libby

d) Relativity theory - Einstein

46. X-ray was invented by

a) Henry Bessemer                          b) William K. Roentgen

c) Spangler                                      d) Karl Elsener

47. David Bushnell invented which of the following

a) Submarine                           b) Radar

c) Telescope                            d) Refrigerator

48. Atomic Bomb was invented by

a) Nicolas Cugnot                   b) John Harrison

c) Alva J.Fisher                       d) J.Robert Oppenheimer

49. 'Samuel Cohen' invented which of the following

a) Neutron bomb                   b) Neutron

c) Chronometer                     d) Gramphone


Answers:- 26. c)  27. a)  28. b)  29. a)  30. d) 31. c)  32. a)  33. a)  34. b)  35. b)  36. b)  37. c)  38. d)  39. a)  40. c)  41. b)  42. c)  43. a)  44. c)  45. b)  46. b)  47. a)  48. d)  49. a)







Tuesday, March 14, 2017


Invensions and Discoveries (Set-1)

1. Who among the following is the inventor of a system of writing and printing for the blind?

a) Robert Wilhelm Bunsen

b) Louis Braille

c) Sir Humphrey Davy

d) Christian Huygents

2. The scientist who first discovered that the earth revolves round the sun was

a) Newton                                    b) Dalton

c) Copernicus                               d) Einstein

3. Alexander Fleming Discovered

a) Penicillin                                  b) X-Ray

c) Streptomycene                         d) Telephone

4. Who among the following invented the stream engine?

a) Marconi                            b) James Watt

c) Thomas Savery                d)  Wright Brothers

5. Who invented typewriter ?

a) Shockley                            b) Pascal 

c) Sholes                                d) Waterman

6. Match the following columns :

Column I                                   Column II

A. Proton                                  1. Chadwick 

B. Neutron                                2. Millikan

C. Charge of Electron               3. Gold Stein

D. Shalled nature of atom         4. Rutherford

                                                   5. Madam Curie

7. Who discovered circulation of blood in the human body?

a) Edward Jenner                         b) Joseph Lister

c) William Harvey                       d) Jonon Esals

8. The first attempt in printing was made in England by

a) James Arkwright                      b) James Watt

c) William Caxton                        d) Issac Newton

9. Who was the surgeon who pioneered antiseptic surgery in 1865 ?

a) Edward Jenner                      b) Joseph Listen

c) Henry William                      d) John Sleeman

10. The credit of developing the polio vaccine goes to 

a) Faraday                             b) J.L. Baird

c) Edison                               d) Marconi

11. The Credit of developing the polio vaccine goes to 

a) Jonas Salk                        b) Alb E. Sabin

c) Selman Waksman            d) None of these

12. Mark the wrong combination

a) James Wall : Steam Engine

b) A.G. Bell : Telephone

c) J.L. Baird : Television

d) J.Perkins : Penicillin

13. Blaise Pascal is associated with

a) Calculating machine 

b) Computers

c) Cinema 

d) None of these

14. Wright Brothers are regarded inventors of the 

a) Balloon                        b) Bicycle

c) Aeroplane                    d) None of these

15. Which of the following pairs is incorrect ?

a) Roentgen : X-Ray

b) Newton : Law of Gravitation 

c) Faraday : Diffusion of gases

d) Pasteur : Bacteriology 

16. The Electron was first identified by

a) J.J. Thompson                       b) J.Kepler

c) D. Rutherford                        d) James Chadwick

17. Oxygen is discovered by

a) Rutherford                      b) William Ramsay

c) Priestly                           d) Neils Bohr

18. Who created the artificial 'gene'?

a) Hargobind Khorana                          

b) J.J. Thompson

c) Benjamin Franklin 

d) Meghnad Saha

19. Logarithm tables were invented by 

a) John Napier                        b) John Doe

c) John Harrison                     d) John Douglas

20. Which of the following was discovered by Ronald Ross?

a) Cholera Germs                     b) Malaria Parasite

c) Jaundice germs                    d) None of these

21. Who defined the law of gravitation?

a) Newton                              b) Archmides

c) Galileo                               d) Faraday

22. Who discovered plants have life ?

a) Robert Koch                    b) J.C, Bose

c) Paul Berg                        d) George Snell

23. Who among the following invented the small pox vaccine?

a) Robert Koch                           b) Edward Jenner

c) Robert Hook                           d) Louis Pasteur

24. Zero was invented by

a) Indians                                  b) Egyptians

c) Greeks                                  d) None of these

25. Who invented the Doctor's thermometer?

a) Fahrenheit                         b) Edison

c) Galileo                              d) None of these


Answers:- 1. b)  2. c)  3. a)  4. b)  5. c)  6. b)  7. c)  8. c)  9. b)  10. b)  11. a)  12. d)  13. a)  14. c)  15. c)  16. a)  17. c)  18. a)  19. a)  20. b)  21. a)  22. b)  23. b)  24. a)  25. a)



  


Transport System (Set-3)

53. Of the following which Railway station in UNESCO world Heritage sites list?

a) Tilak memorial Terminus

b) Chatrapati Shivaji Terminus

c) Trans Siberian Station 

d) New York Railway Station 

54. In Indian which port was constructed with the co-operation of Private Companies?

a) Kandla Port (Gujarat)

b) Haldia Port (West Bengal)

c) Ennore Port ( Tamil Nadu)

d) Tuticorin (Tamil Nadu)

55. Which of the following Port is called as 'Gateway of Karnataka?

a) Marmagoa Port)

b) New Mangalore Port

c) Mysore Port        

d) Nava Seva Port

56. Rajasansi Airport is located at which city?

a) Jaipur                         b) Bikaneer

c) Guwahati                   d) Amritsar

57. V.D. Savarkar International Airport is Located at which city?

a) Pune                              b) Portblair

c) Guwahati                      d) Jaipur

58. Of the following Inland waterways which is correctly matched?

a) NW-1 : Allahabad - Haldia Stretch

b) NW-2 : Sadiya - Dhubri Stretch

c) NW-3: Kottapuram - Kollam Stretch

d) All the above are correct

59. India's oldest Port ( estd. in 1870) is ? 

a) Chennai Port                        b) Kolkata Port

c) Kandla Port                          d) Ennore Port

60. Which is correctly matched ?

a) Golden Quadrilateral Project connects - Delhi, Mumbai, Chennai, Kolkata

b) Nort - South project connects - Srinagar to Kanyakumari

c) East - West Porject connects - Silchar to Porbandar 

d) All the above are correct

61. What is most universal form of transport ?

a) Road                             b) River

c) Railway                        d) Pipeline

62. Which country has the largest network of high ways?

a) USA                            b) Russia

c) China                          d) India

63. Railway was first introduced in the year of 

a) 1853                             b) 1843

c) 1825                             d) 1815

64. The first railway was opened between

a) Stockholm and London

b) London and Cambridge

c) Cambridge and Darlington

d) Darlington and Stockholm 

65. Northern Trans-continental Railway runs between 

a) Seatle and New York 

b) San Francisco and Washington

c) Los Angles and New York

d) Halifax and Vancouver

66. The Big Inch Pipeline is located in the following countries

a) Russia                              b) China

c) Germany                          d) USA

67. Between which places the Big Inch Pipeline transport oil ?

a) Bern and Bonn

b) Xinhua and Canton

c) Gulf of Oman and Moscow

d) Gulf of Mexico and N.E. USA

68. What is the name of longest pipeline of the world?

a) The Golden Pipeline or Petrol Trans

b) The Tap Trans or Arab pipeline

c) The Big Inch Pipeline

d) The Carpathian Pipeline

69. The Kiel Canal Links

a) Black Sea to Mediterranean Sea

b) North Sea to Arctic Ocean

c) Amsterdam to Rotterdam

d) North Sea to Baltic Sea

70. Central Transcontinental Railway connects

a) Sanfrancisco to Yucatan

b) Vancouver to New York

c) New York to Sanfrancisco

d) Leningrad to Vladivostok

71. Which is one the busiest shipping routes of the World?

a) The Suez route

b) North Atlantic route

c) The Panama route 

d) The Pacific route

72. The Canadian - Pacific railway joins

a) Montreal to Halifax

b) Halifax to Ottava

c) Ottava to Vancouver

d) Halifax to Vancouver

73. Which is the busiest airport of the world ?

a) Heathrow                      b) Chicago

c) Tokyo                           d) Paris

74. Which is the busiest railway junction of the world ? 

a) New York                              b) Istambul

c) Chicago                                d) Moscow


Answers:- 53. b)  54. c)  55. b)  56. d)  57. b)  58. d)  59. b)  60. d)  61. a)  62. a)  63. c)  64. d)  65. a)  66. d)  67. d)  68. b)  69. d)  70. c)  71. b)  72. d)  73. a)  74. c)


Friday, March 10, 2017


Transport System (Set-2)

29. Match the following 

National Highway                       Connected Cities

A. NH 1                                  1. Delhi-Kolkata

B. NH 2                                  2. Delhi-Kolkata

C. NH 3                                  3. Chennai-Thane

D. NH 4                                  4. Delhi-Amritsar

a) A-3, B-1, C-2, D-4

b) A-4, B-2, C-1, D-3

c) A-3, B-2, C-1, D-4

d) A-4, B-1, C-2, D-3

30. Which of the following towns is not on the 'Golden Quadrilateral' being created for the roads infrastructure of the country?

a) Chennai                             b) Hyderabad

c) Vishakhapatnam                 d) Bhubaneshwar

31. Which from the following towns is not on the 'Golden Quadrilateral' being created for the roads infrastructure of the country?

a) Ajmer                            b) Ahmedabad

c) Jabalpur                         d) Gaya

32. Put the following states in the decreasing order by length of surfaced roads

A. Maharashtra                             B. Karnataka

C. Tamil Nadu                              D. Uttar Pradesh

a) A, B, C, D                               b) D, A, C, B

c) A, D, C, B                               d) A, C, B, D

33. Match the following 

National Highways No.                       Cities Connected

A. NH 7                                            1. Varanasi to Kanyakumari

B. NH 6                                            2. Jabalpur-Jaipur

C. NH 9                                            3. Kolkata-Hazira

D. NH 12                                           4. Pune-Machilipatnam

a) A-2, B-3, C-4, D-1

b) A-1, B-3, C-4, D-2

c) A-1, B-4, C-3, D-2

d) A-2, B-4, C-3, D-1

34. India's railway network is the fourth largest in the world standing next to 

a) Germany, Italy and France

b) U.S.A., Russia, China

c) Japan, China, U.K.

d) Japan, Russia, Germany

35. Which of the following port is also called 'Jawaharlal Nehru Port'?

a) Chennai                                      b) Navaseva

c) Kandla                                        d) Paradeep

.36. From which of the following Port maximum Iron ore exported?

a) Kolkata                                       b) Mumbai

c) Kandla                                        d) Vizag

37. The length of the Konkan Railway is 

a) 560 km                              b) 660 km 

c) 760 km                              d) 860 km 

38. Which is the longest National Highways in India?

a) NH-5                               b) NH-7

c) NH-21                             d) NH-3

39. How many Railways Zones are there in India?

a) 9                            b) 12

c) 19                          d) 17

40. Which of the following Port is the latest build?

a) Ennor                             b) Kandla

c) Navaseva                        d) Kochi

41. Loka Priya Gopinath Bordoliyo International Airport is located at?

a) Guwahati                        b) Ahmedabad

c) Srinagar                         d) Amritsar

42. Garden reech work shop is located at?

a) Mumbai                       b) Visakhapatnam

c) Kolkata                        d) Kochi

43.Which of the following is Natural Port?

a) Kandla                         b) Paradeep

c) Tutikorin                      d) Mumbai

44. Which Indian States have no Railway line yet

a) Meghalaya                    b) Sikkim

c) 1 & 2                           d) Asom

45. Which of the following is wrongly matched?

Zone                                       Headquarter

a) North-West                          - Jaipur (Rajasthan

b) West-Central                       - Jabalpur (Madhya Pradesh)

c) South-West                         - Bilaspur (Chhatisgarh)

d) East Costal                         - Bhubaneswar (Orissa)

46. Present Indian Railway net work spread to approximately?

a) 73,818 km                        b) 63,465 km

c) 98,718 km                        d) 89,763 km 

47. World's highest Rail bridge ( above sea level 370 m) is being constructed in Jammu Kashmir on which river?

a) Ravi                                        b) Sindhu

c) Cheenab                                  d) Sutlez

48. Indian's first Magnetic Rail is being built in?

a) Yalahanka                            b) Indore

c) Perambur                            b) Chittaranjan

49. Which of the following Airport upgrade recently to International Airports

a) Kalikut International Airport (Kalikut-Kerala)

b) Srinagar International Airport (Srinagar-J & K)

c) Sanganeshwar International Airport (Jaipur-Rajasthan

d) All the above 

50. The first 'Garib Rat' runs (in 2006, Oct 4) in between 'Saharsa (Bihar) to Amritsar (Punjab)'. The remaining Garib Rai's are run in between?

A. Nijamuddin-Patna                                 B. Nijamuddin-Chennai

C. Nijamuddin-Mumbai                             D. Secunderabad-New Delhi

a) A, B, C                                               b) A, B, C, D

c) A, D                                                    d) A, C

51. How many Recruitment Boards are there in Indian Railways?

a) 16                                               b) 19

c) 15                                               d) 21

52. India's First electric train name ?

a) Deccan Queen                              b) Faire Queen

c) Elizabeth-I                                  d) None of the above 

Answers:- 29. b)  30. b),  31. c)  32. c)  33. b)  35. b)  36. d)  37. c)  38. b)  39. d)  40. a)  41. a)  42. c)  43. d)  44. c)  45. c)  46. b)  47. c)  48. b)  49. b)  49. d)  50. b)
  

Thursday, March 09, 2017


Transport System (Set-1)

1. Which of the following is the largest employer in India?

a) Food Corporation of India

b) Posts and Telegraphs Department

c) Indian Railways  

d) Steel Authority of India

2. The breadth of the railway broad gauge is approximately

a) 2.00 m                          b) 1.83 m

c) 1.676 m                        d) 1.33 m

3. Passenger carriages for the Indian Railways are built in 

a) Chittaranjan                           b) Hubli 

c) Perambur                              d) Veranasi

4. The first railway line in India was started in the year

a) 1850                                  b) 1853

c) 1840                                  d) 1890

5. Diesel locomotives are built in 

a) Bangalore                            b) Varanasi 

c) Perambur                             d) Hubli 

6. The first railway line in India was opened under the Governor Generalship of

a) Lord Rippon                 b) Lord Dalhousie 

c) Lord Bentinck              d) Lord Cornwallis

7. The headquarters of the South-Central Railway zone are located in 

a) Kolkata                            b) Secunderabad

c) Hyderabad                        d) Gorakhpur \

8. The Headquarters of the North-Eastern Railway zone are located at

a) Gorakhpur                        b) Lucknow

c) Allahabad                         d) Moradabad

9. The largest Railways Zone in terms of route kilometerage is 

a) Central                         b) Northern

c) Western                        d) South Central

10. The first locomotive in India was produced at Chittaranjan Locomotive Works. In which year was it produced?

a) 1960-61                                  b) 1950-51

c) 1951-52                                  d) 1961-62 

11. Which among the following is the fastest train in the country?

a) Taj Express                              b) Shatabdi Exspress

c) Rajdhani Express                     d) G.T. Express 

12. Which among the following trains covers the longest route in the country

a) G.T. Express

b) Guwahati - Trivandrum Express

c) Karnataka Express

d) Gorakhpur - Cochi Express

13. Pearl City Express train runs between

a) Delhi-Udaipur                    b) Chennai-Tuticorin

c) Delhi-Jodhpur                    d) Chennai-Bangalore

14. The Chetak Express runs between

a) Delhi-Udaipur                   b) New Delhi-Indore

c) Delhi-Jaipur                     d) Jodhpur-Delhi

15. Since 1950-51 the annual growth rate the Indian Railways have recorded in terms of freight traffic is approximately 

a) 3%                            b) 4 %

c) 4.3%                         d) 6%

16. Railway finance separated from general revenues in the year

a) 1924-25                            b) 1930-31

c) 1950-51                            d) 1951-52

16. Railway finance separated from general revenues in the year

a) 1924-25                                      b) 1930-31

c) 1950-51                                      d) 1951-52

17. What is the maximum speed touched by the fastest train in Indian?

 a) 120 km/h                             b) 130 km/h

c) 135 km/h                              d) 150/ km/h

18. Which among the following train passes through the maximum number of states.

a) Himgiri Express                   b) G.|T. Express

c) Shatabdi Express                  d) Karnataka Express

19. The Head Quarters of the Eastern Railways?

a) Bengalure                           b) Kokata

c) Mumbai                             d) Jabalpur

20. Which Railway route was first electrified in India

a) Delhi/Agra                          b) Calcutta/Patna

c) Mumbai/Pune                     d) None of these

21. Road network in India is spread to approximately 

a) 1,80000 km                          b) 18,00000 km 

c) 5,40000 km                          d) 90,000 km

22. The annual growth rate of road network in India is approximately?

a) 4%                            b) 4.5%

c) 6%                            d) 10.5%

23.What is the share of National Highways in India's total road traffic?

a) 30%                             b) 40%

c) 38%                             d) 42%

24. Which state has the largest road length in the country?

a) Madhya Pradesh                      b) Maharashtra

c) Andhra Pradesh                       d) Punjab

25. The National Highways constitute nearly.........% of the total road length in the country?

a) 2%                                                 b) 3%

c) 4%                                                 d) 6%

26. Nearly......Percent of villages in India are connected with all-weather roads

a) 35%                                       b) 56%

c) 41%                                       d) 45%

27. Almost all the villages in are-connected by all-weather roads

a) Haryana                        b) Kerala

c) Punjab                         d) Gujarat

28. The 'Grand Trunk Road' connects

a) Kolkata and Mumbai

b) Delhi and Chennai

c) Kolkata and Amritsar  

d) Tirupati and Ludhiana


Answers:- 1. c)  2. c)  3.  c)  4. b)  5. b)  6. b)  7 b)  8. a)  9. b)  10. b)  11. b)  12. b)  13. b)  14. a)  15. c)  16. a)  17. d)  18. a)  19. b)  20. c)  21. b)  22. b)  23. b)  24. b)  25. a)  26. c)  27. b)  28. c) 





Dances of India

1. Which among the following is not a classical dance of India?

a) Kuchipudi                       b) Odissi

c) Manipuri                        d) Rasleela

2. Indian classical dance has been popularized abroad by

a) Malaika Arora                 b) Gopi Krishna

c) Uday Shankar                  d) Yamini Krishnamurthy

3. Which among the following is the folk dance popular during the harvest season in Punjab?

a) Kathak                            b) Bhangra

c) Odissi                             d) Garba

4. The Popular folk dance of Uttar Pradesh is known as

a) Maang                           b) Kajri

c) Baul                             d) Boli

5. The oldest form of composition of the Hindustani vocal music is

a) Ghazal                           b) Dhrupad

c) Thumri                          d) None of these

6.The Sangeet natak Akademi fosters the development of dance, drama and music in the country. When was it established?

a) 1951                              b) 1953

c) 1954                              d) 1956

7.The Lalit Kala Akademi was established by the Government of India to promote understanding of Indian Art, both within and outside the country. When was it established?

a) 1951                          b) 1953

c) 1954                          d) 1955

8. Chakri, Hikat, Rauf, Damali, Dandinach, Kud dances are folk dances in which state?

a) Jammu Kashmir                     b) Gujarat

c) Rajasthan                              d) Punjab

9. With which musical instrument was Ustad Mustaq Ali Khan associated:

a) Shehnai                           b) Flute

c) Sitar                                d) Tabla

10. Briju Maharaj is well known exponent of

a) Manipuri dance                 b) Kathakali

c) Odissi dance                     d) Kathak

11. Yamini Krishnamurti is an accomplished exponent of 

a) Kuchipudi                         b) Bharatnatyam

c) Kathak                              d) Odissi

12. Nandalal Bose is known mostly for his

a) Dances                            b) Light Music

c) Paintings                         d) Instumental Music

13. Samantha Fox is associated with

a) Sports                            b) Politics

c) Pop Music                      d) Social Service

14. Pandit Vishwamohan Bhatt, who has won the prestigious 'Grammy Awards' is an exponent in which of the following musical instuments?

a) Sarod                          b) Table

c) Violin                         d) Guitar

15. Mallika Sarabhai is associated with which of the following fields?

a) Social Service                   b) Classical music

c) Classical Dance                d) Sports

16. Zaveri sisters are famous in the field of

a) Manipuri Dance                  b) Mural Painting 

c) Classical Music                  d) Sculpture

17. Thillana is a format of

a) Kuchipudi                         b) Odissi

c) Bhartanatyam                    d) Kathak

18. Most ancient Musical instrument among the following is 

a) Sarod                                b) Tabla

c) Sitar                                 d) Veena

19. People from which state celebrate their harvest festival around Makar Sankranti?

a) Kerala                               b) Punjab

c) Karnataka                          d) Tamil Nadu

20. Which of the following states is Nautanki, a folk dance?

a) Uttar Pradesh                    b) Arunachal Pradesh

c) Meghalaya                        d) Orissa

21. The dance encouraged and performed from the temple of Tanjore was

a) Bharatnatyam                     b) Kathakali

c) Odissi                               d) Mohiniattam

22. Of the following which is wrongly matched?

 Folk Dance                          Famous in

a) Bhangra                            - Punjab

b) Tamasha                           - Maharashtra

c) Garbra                              - Tamil Nadu

d) Munzra                             - Himachal Pradesh  

23. Shanta Rao, Bharati Shivaji, Vaijaintimala, Kanak Rele were the famous dancers in the field of

a) Kathakali                            b) Manipuri

c) Kathak                               d) Mohiniattam

24. 'Dandia' is a popular dance of 

a) Maharashtra                      b) Gujarat

c) Tamil Nadu                       d) Punjab

25. Rajasthani and Pahari Schools were famous for 

a) Music                             b) Dancing 

c) Sculpture                        d) Painting 

26. Kathak is a classical dance of 

a) Manipur                       b) Norht India

c) Tamil Nadu                  d) Kerala

Answers:- 1. d)  2. c)  3. b)  4. b)  5. b)  6. b)  7. c)  8. a)  9. c)  10. d)  11. b)  12. c)  13. c)  14. d)  15. c)  16. a)  17. c)  18. d)  19. c)  20. a)  21. a)  22. c)  23. d)  24. b)  25. d)  26. b)  


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