Consider the following statements: 1. St. Francis Xavier was one of the founding members of the Jesuit Order. 2. St. Francis Xavier died in Goa and a church is dedicated to him there. 3. The Feast of St. Francis Xavier is celebrated in Goa each year. Which of the statements given above are correct?

Consider the following statements in respect of Bharat Ratna and Padma Awards: 1. Bharat Ratna and Padma Awards are titles under the Article 18(1) of the Constitution of India. 2. Padma Awards, which were instituted in the year 1954, were suspended only once. 3. The number of Bharat Ratna Awards is restricted to a maximum of five in a particular year. Which of the above statements are not correct?

Which one of the following foreign travelers elaborately discussed about diamonds and diamond mines of India?

Consider the following pairs: Tradition — State 1. Chapchar Kut Festival – Mizoram 2. Khongjom Parba ballad – Manipur 3. Thang-Ta dance – Sikkim Which of the pairs given above is/are correct?

Consider the following pairs: Traditions — Communities 1. Chaliha Sahib Festival — Sindhis 2. Nanda Raj Jaat Yatra — Gonds 3. Wari-Warkari — Santhals Which of the pairs given above is/are correctly matched?

With reference to India’s culture and tradition, what is ‘Kalaripayattu’?

In India, if a religious sect/community is given "the status of a national minority", what special advantages it is entitled to? 1. It can establish and administer exclusive educational institutions. 2. The President of India automatically nominates a representative of the community to Lok Sabha. 3. It can derive benefits from the Prime Minister's 15-Point Programme. Which of the statements given above is/are correct?

India maintained its early cultural contacts and trade links with Southeast Asia across the Bay of Bengal. For this pre-eminence of early maritime history of Bay of Bengal, which of the following could be the most convincing explanation/explanations?

Consider the following statements: 1. The National School of Drama was set up by Sangeet Natak Akademi in 1959. 2. The highest honor conferred by the Sahitya Akademi on a writer is by electing him its Fellow. Which of the statements given above is/are correct?

Consider the following statements: 1. Orange Prize is awarded to a work of published fiction in English by a woman. 2. Pulitzer Prize is awarded by the Commonwealth Foundation to a citizen of any Commonwealth country for any literary work in English. Which of the statements given above is/are correct?

Match List I with List II and select the correct answer using the code given below the lists: List I (Eminent Person) A. Bhanu Bharti B. Mike Pandey C. Mohd Zahur Khayyam D. Vinda Karabdikar List II (Known As) 1. Music Composer 2. Poet and litterateur 3. Theatre director 4. Wildlife film maker Codes: A    B    C    D

The Pulitzer Prize is associated with which one of the following?

Match List I with List II and select the correct answer using the code given below the lists: List I (Writer) A. V S Naipaul B. Salman Rushdie C. Paul Scott D. J G Farrell List II (Book) 1. The Siege of Krishnapur 2. In a Free State 3. Midnight’s Children 4. Staying On Codes: A B C D

In which one of the following films did the Nobel Laureate Pearl S. Buck collaborate?

Which one of the following pairs is not correctly matched? Monastery – State

Consider the following statements: 1. The Man Booker Prize is awarded to citizen of any of the countries of the British Commonwealth or the Republic of Ireland. 2. A leading London-based software company underwrites the Man Booker Prize presently. 3. The winner of the Man Booker Prize in year 2004 is a South Asian. Which of the statements given above is/are correct?

The Archaeological Survey of India is an attached office of the Department/Ministry of

Consider the following statements: 1. The Islamic Calendar is twelve days shorter than the Gregorian Calendar. 2. The Islamic Calendar began in AD 632 3. The Gregorian Calendar is a solar calendar. Which of the statements given above is/are correct?

Chapachar Kut is a festival celebrated in the state of

Which one of the following pairs of primitive tribes and places of their inhabitation is not correctly matched?

The first feature film (talkie) to be produced in India was

Assertion (A): The sponsor and the most prominent figure of the Chisti order of Sufis in India is Khwaja Moinuddin Chisti. Reason (R): The Chisti order takes its name from a village Chisti in Ajmer. In the context of the above two statements, which one of the following is correct?

The tribal population in Andaman and Nicobar Islands belongs to the

The silver coins issued by the Guptas were called

Which one of the following was a corporation of merchants in ancient India?

The Badami rock inscription of Pulakesin I is dated in the Saka year 465. If the same were to be dated in Vikrama Samvat, the year would be

According to ancient Indian cosmogonic ideas the sequential order of the cycle of four aeons (Yugas) is

In the Indian context the term ‘De-notified tribes’ refers to

In the context of ancient Indian society, which one of the following terms does not belong to the category of the other three?

Which one of the following pairs is correctly matched?

Which one of the following pairs is correctly matched?

The word ‘Hindu’ as reference to the people of Hind (India) was first used by

The lead character in the film The Bandit Queen has been played by

The Nobel Prize for deciphering the language of bees was awarded to

Who among the following introduced the famous Persian Festival of NAUROJ in India?

Who is the well-known collector of artifacts and curios?

Which one of the following is the National Flower of India?

Matriarchical system obtains among the

Match the columns: (A) West Bengal - (i) Alpana (Maharashtra - (ii) Rangoli (C) Tamil Nadu - (iii) Pahari (D) Rajasthan - (iv) Kolam A B C D

Consider the following pairs: Person – Field of activity 1. Subramania Bharati – Literature 2. Mokshagundam Visvesvaraya – Medicine 3. Jamsetji Nusserwanji Tata – Engineering and Planning 4. Rabindranath Tagore – Painting

Who among the following was not a writer of legal texts?

Dada Saheb Phalke Award is given for outstanding contribution in the field of

Match the following: (A) Ravi Verma - (i) Modern Art (Amrita Shergil - (ii) Music (C) Jamini Roy - (iii) Folk lore (D) Ravi Shankar - (iv) Medical Practitioner

Match the following: (A) Vikram Seth ? (i) Photographer (Raghu Raj ?      (ii) Film Director (C) Charles Correa  (iii) Writer (D) Mira Nair ?      (iv) Architect

In a civilized urban society, what makes people live together?

The first month of the Saka era is