1.
History of India – Ancient, Medieval & Modern
Which text mentions the division of Vedic society into four varnas?
(A) Yajurveda
(B) Purusa-sukta of Rigveda
(C) Upanishads
(D) Shatapatha Brahmana
Who first discovered the traces of the Harappan Civilization?
(A) Sir John Marshall
(B) RD Banerji
(C) A Cunningham
(D) Daya Ram Sahani
The date of the Harappan Civilization was fixed using:
(A) Pottery design
(B) Stratification
(C) Aryan invasion
(D) Radio Carbon-14 dating
The main purpose of fortifications in Harappan towns was:
(A) Safety from robbers
(B) Protection against cattle raiders
(C) Flood protection
(D) Religious rituals
The Battle of Plassey (1757) is significant because:
(A) It ended Mughal rule
(B) It established British dominance in Bengal
(C) It started the Maratha Empire
(D) It led to the formation of INC1
2. Indian National Movement – Important Events, Leaders, Ideology
Who composed the song ‘Vande Mataram’?
(A) Rabindranath Tagore
(B) Ramdhari Singh Dinkar
(C) Sarojini Naidu
(D) Bankim Chandra Chatterjee
The theme of Anandamath is based on which revolt?
(A) Chuar Revolt
(B) Sanyasi Revolt
(C) Poligar Revolt
(D) Talukdar’s Revolt
Which movement was launched by Mahatma Gandhi in 1942?
(A) Non-Cooperation Movement
(B) Civil Disobedience Movement
(C) Quit India Movement
(D) Swadeshi Movement
Who was the first tribal leader inspired by Gandhi’s ideology?
(A) Alluri Sitaram Raju
(B) Jodanang
(C) Jhabkar Bapa
(D) Rani Gaidinliu
Who authored ‘Neel Darpan’ on indigo farmers?
(A) Bankim Chandra Chatterjee
(B) Dinbandhu Mitra
(C) Sharat Chandra Chatterjee
(D) Rabindranath Tagore2
3. Indian Polity and Governance – Constitution, Parliament, State Legislatures
Which amendment inserted “Socialist” in the Preamble?
(A) 42nd
(B) 44th
(C) 52nd
(D) 61st
Salary of High Court Judges is charged from:
(A) Consolidated Fund of India
(B) Contingency Fund of India
(C) Public Account of India
(D) State Revenue
Which schedule prescribes the territorial extent of Indian states?
(A) First
(B) Second
(C) Third
(D) Fourth
Article for Special Officer for Linguistic Minorities:
(A) 338
(B) 350B
(C) 370
(D) 371
Power to create/abolish Legislative Council in states lies with:
(A) President
(B) Parliament
(C) State Governor
(D) Supreme Court3
4. Geography of India & the World – Physical, Social, Economic
Largest river island in the world, located in India:
(A) Srirangam
(B) Majuli
(C) Bhavani
(D) Divar
Highest mountain peak in India:
(A) Nanda Devi
(B) Kanchenjunga
(C) Mount Everest
(D) Trisul
Which river is called “Ganga of the South”?
(A) Krishna
(B) Godavari
(C) Kaveri
(D) Tungabhadra
The Thar Desert is located in:
(A) Rajasthan
(B) Gujarat
(C) Punjab
(D) Haryana
Southernmost point of Indian mainland:
(A) Indira Point
(B) Kanyakumari
(C) Cape Comorin
(D) Rameswaram4
5. Indian Economy – Basic Structure, Budgeting, Banking, Taxation
Financial Inclusion was first included in which Five Year Plan?
(A) 8th
(B) 9th
(C) 10th
(D) 11th
Giffin Goods are:
(A) Inferior goods with upward sloping demand
(B) Luxury goods
(C) Substitute goods
(D) Complementary goods
Who regulates Housing Finance Companies in India?
(A) SEBI
(B) RBI
(C) NABARD
(D) NHB
Architect of the Second Five Year Plan:
(A) Jawaharlal Nehru
(B) PC Mahalanobis
(C) VKRV Rao
(D) Amartya Sen
National Small Savings Fund is part of:
(A) Consolidated Fund of India
(B) Public Account of India
(C) Contingency Fund of India
(D) State Budget5
6. General Science – Physics, Chemistry, Biology Basics
Which gas is most abundant in Earth’s atmosphere?
(A) Oxygen
(B) Nitrogen
(C) Carbon Dioxide
(D) Hydrogen
The SI unit of electric current is:
(A) Volt
(B) Ampere
(C) Ohm
(D) Watt
Which vitamin is produced in human skin in sunlight?
(A) Vitamin A
(B) Vitamin B12
(C) Vitamin C
(D) Vitamin D
DNA is mainly found in:
(A) Cytoplasm
(B) Nucleus
(C) Mitochondria
(D) Ribosome
The chemical formula of common salt is:
(A) NaCl
(B) KCl
(C) Na2CO3
(D) CaCl26
7. Current Events of National & International Importance
Who is the current President of India (as of 2025)?
(A) Ram Nath Kovind
(B) Droupadi Murmu
(C) Pranab Mukherjee
(D) Narendra Modi
Which country hosted G20 Summit 2024?
(A) India
(B) Brazil
(C) Indonesia
(D) Italy
The Nobel Peace Prize 2024 was awarded to:
(A) Greta Thunberg
(B) Volodymyr Zelenskyy
(C) Narges Mohammadi
(D) Maria Ressa
The Chandrayaan-3 mission was launched by:
(A) NASA
(B) ISRO
(C) Roscosmos
(D) CNSA
Which Indian state recently implemented Uniform Civil Code?
(A) Uttar Pradesh
(B) Uttarakhand
(C) Gujarat
(D) Kerala7
8. Environment & Ecology – Climate Change, Biodiversity, Organizations
The world’s largest tropical peatland is in:
(A) Amazon Basin
(B) Congo Basin
(C) Kikori Basin
(D) Rio de la Plata Basin
Which protocol deals with ozone layer protection?
(A) Kyoto Protocol
(B) Montreal Protocol
(C) Paris Agreement
(D) Nagoya Protocol
COP28 was held in which city?
(A) Glasgow
(B) Dubai
(C) Madrid
(D) Katowice
The Green Grid Initiative is related to:
(A) Solar energy
(B) Wind energy
(C) Nuclear energy
(D) Hydroelectricity
Which is a biodiversity hotspot in India?
(A) Thar Desert
(B) Western Ghats
(C) Indo-Gangetic Plain
(D) Deccan Plateau8
9. Uttar Pradesh Specific Knowledge – Culture, Economy, Agriculture, Traditions
The famous ‘Kathak’ dance originated from:
(A) Rajasthan
(B) Uttar Pradesh
(C) Punjab
(D) Gujarat
Which city is known as the “Sugar Bowl of India”?
(A) Lucknow
(B) Meerut
(C) Kanpur
(D) Gorakhpur
The Kumbh Mela is held at which UP city?
(A) Varanasi
(B) Prayagraj
(C) Mathura
(D) Agra
The ‘Chikankari’ embroidery is associated with:
(A) Lucknow
(B) Moradabad
(C) Bareilly
(D) Aligarh
Which river flows through Kanpur?
(A) Yamuna
(B) Ganga
(C) Gomti
(D) Ghaghra
10. Government Schemes – Central & UP-specific
Pradhan Mantri Jan Dhan Yojana is related to:
(A) Rural electrification
(B) Financial inclusion
(C) Skill development
(D) Crop insurance
The ‘One District One Product’ scheme is implemented in:
(A) Maharashtra
(B) Uttar Pradesh
(C) Gujarat
(D) Punjab
Ayushman Bharat is a scheme for:
(A) Housing
(B) Health insurance
(C) Education
(D) Agriculture
Which scheme aims to double farmers’ income by 2022?
(A) PM-KISAN
(B) PM-FBY
(C) PMGSY
(D) PMUY
The ‘Mission Shakti’ scheme in UP is for:
(A) Women empowerment
(B) Skill development
(C) Urban development
(D) Child nutrition
11. Demographics – Census Data of UP, Urbanization Trends
According to Census 2011, the most populous state in India is:
(A) Maharashtra
(B) Uttar Pradesh
(C) Bihar
(D) West Bengal
The literacy rate of Uttar Pradesh as per Census 2011 is approximately:
(A) 60%
(B) 67%
(C) 72%
(D) 80%
Which city is the most urbanized in UP?
(A) Lucknow
(B) Kanpur
(C) Ghaziabad
(D) Varanasi
The sex ratio (females per 1000 males) in UP as per Census 2011 is:
(A) 912
(B) 940
(C) 950
(D) 970
The decadal population growth rate of UP (2001-2011) was:
(A) 10%
(B) 15%
(C) 20%
(D) 25%
12. Awards and Honors – Recent Important Ones
Bharat Ratna 2024 was awarded to:
(A) Lata Mangeshkar
(B) Pranab Mukherjee
(C) Sachin Tendulkar
(D) None of these
The Nobel Prize in Literature 2024 went to:
(A) Annie Ernaux
(B) Abdulrazak Gurnah
(C) Jon Fosse
(D) Olga Tokarczuk
Which Indian won the Ramon Magsaysay Award in 2023?
(A) Sonam Wangchuk
(B) Ravish Kumar
(C) Kiran Bedi
(D) Arvind Kejriwal
Dadasaheb Phalke Award 2024 was given to:
(A) Amitabh Bachchan
(B) Rajinikanth
(C) Waheeda Rehman
(D) Kamal Haasan
The Padma Vibhushan 2024 in Sports was awarded to:
(A) PV Sindhu
(B) Neeraj Chopra
(C) Sunil Chhetri
(D) Vishwanathan Anand
13. Important Days and Themes
World Environment Day is celebrated on:
(A) 5th June
(B) 22nd April
(C) 16th September
(D) 1st December
The theme of International Women’s Day 2025 is:
(A) Gender Equality Today
(B) Invest in Women: Accelerate Progress
(C) Women in Leadership
(D) Empower Women
National Science Day is observed on:
(A) 28th February
(B) 15th August
(C) 11th May
(D) 14th November
International Yoga Day is on:
(A) 21st June
(B) 1st July
(C) 5th September
(D) 10th October
World AIDS Day is observed on:
(A) 1st December
(B) 10th December
(C) 7th April
(D) 2nd October
14. Books and Authors
Who wrote “The India Story” (2024)?
(A) Raghuram Rajan
(B) Bimal Jalan
(C) Shashi Tharoor
(D) Arundhati Roy
“The Light We Carry” is authored by:
(A) Michelle Obama
(B) Barack Obama
(C) Kamala Harris
(D) Hillary Clinton
“Revolution 2020” is a book by:
(A) Chetan Bhagat
(B) Amish Tripathi
(C) Aravind Adiga
(D) Jhumpa Lahiri
“The Last Heroes” is written by:
(A) P Sainath
(B) Ramachandra Guha
(C) Shashi Tharoor
(D) Sudha Murty
“India’s Finance Ministers” is authored by:
(A) Bimal Jalan
(B) YV Reddy
(C) Raghuram Rajan
(D) Manmohan Singh
15. Science & Technology – ISRO Missions, Nobel Prize Highlights
Chandrayaan-3 was launched in which year?
(A) 2021
(B) 2022
(C) 2023
(D) 2024
The Nobel Prize in Physics 2024 was awarded for:
(A) Quantum Dots
(B) Attosecond Physics
(C) Gravitational Waves
(D) CRISPR
Gaganyaan mission is related to:
(A) Mars
(B) Human spaceflight
(C) Asteroid mining
(D) Solar observation
The “Artemis” program is led by:
(A) ISRO
(B) NASA
(C) CNSA
(D) ESA
The “Aditya-L1” mission studies:
(A) Moon
(B) Mars
(C) Sun
(D) Jupiter
16. Basic Computer Awareness – Usage, IT in Governance, Digital India
The full form of CPU is:
(A) Central Processing Unit
(B) Computer Processing Unit
(C) Central Program Unit
(D) Control Processing Unit
Which is NOT an operating system?
(A) Windows
(B) Linux
(C) Oracle
(D) macOS
The Digital India initiative was launched in:
(A) 2012
(B) 2014
(C) 2015
(D) 2016
Which device is used to connect computers in a network?
(A) Router
(B) Printer
(C) Monitor
(D) Keyboard
e-Governance in India was first promoted through:
(A) National e-Governance Plan
(B) Digital India
(C) Make in India
(D) Skill India
