Q1. The National Flag of India was designed by
(a) Mahatma Gandhi
(b) Subhash Chandra Bose
(c) Bhikaiji Cama
(d) Pingali Venkayya
(e) Alluri Sitarama Raju
Q2. The Indian national Song was written by
(a) Aurobindo
(b) Bankim Chandra Chatterjee
(c) Rabindranath Tagore
(d) Jadunath Bhattacharya
(e) None of these
Q3. The book “My Presidential Years” was written by
(a) Dr. Shankar Dayal Sharma
(b) Dr. S. Radhakrishnan
(c) R. Venkataraman
(d) Dr. Rajendra Prasad
(e) Giani Zail Singh
Q4. Chilka lake is located in:
(a) Orissa
(b) Bihar
(c) Rajasthan
(d) Maharashtra
(e) Tamil Nadu
Q5. The ‘National School of Drama’ is situated in which of the following cities?
(a) Mumbai
(b) New Delhi
(c) Bhopal
(d) Kolkata
(e) Pune
Q6. Indian National Calendar was adopted in
(a) 1947
(b) 1950
(c) 1957
(d) 1960
(e) 1955
Q7. The National Institute of Agricultural Marketing
(a) Jaipur
(b) New Delhi
(c) Nagpur
(d) Hyderabad
(e) Banglore
Q8. In which State is the Guru Shikhar peak located?
(a) Rajasthan
(b) Gujarat
(c) Madhya Pradesh
(d) Maharashtra
(e) Uttarakhand
Q9. “Midnight Diaries” is an autobiography of
(a) Gennady Zyuganov
(b) Mikhail Gorbochev
(c) George W. Bush
(d) Bill Clinton
(e) Boris Yeltsin
Q10. State emblem was adopted by the Government of India in
(a) 1945
(b) 1947
(c) 1950
(d) 1954
(e) 1952
Q11. Indian National Bird is called
(a) Pavo cristatus
(b) Pavo muticus
(c) Afropavo congensis
(d) Perto Fruico
(e) None of these
Q12. The planning Commission of India was constituted in the year
(a) 1942
(b) 1947
(c) 1950
(d) 1955
(e) 1962
Q13. Which of the following folk dances is associated with Rajasthan?
(a) Rauf
(b) Jhora
(c) Veedhi
(d) Gair
(e) Bihu
Q14. Which of the following prizes is also known as the Alternative Nobel prize?
(a) Pulitzer prize
(b) Magsaysay award
(c) Booker prize
(d) Right Livelihood award
(e) Grammy award
Q15. In which year National Film Awards were initiated?
(a) 1952
(b) 1953
(c) 1954
(d) 1955
(e) 1950